Commerce Community Church

“How Excellent is Thy Name O Lord our God!” Today we consider the Power of the Name of Jesus! It is an Excellent Power of Love and Mercy which He has bestowed upon His people. His Name is full of Glory, so such that our vocabulary cannot express in words, His powerful Greatness!

The forever question that is asked: How do we know there is a God? The answer to that question is found in John 1:1-5 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in d...

The blessing of inheritance arrives to the believer as Christ fulfills the Father's will at Calvary. Just to meditate upon the blessings that encompasses our life as a Christian is overwhelming and then to see the "promised blessings" in scripture is, well it's just overpowering!

My soul shall be joyful in the Lord. There is hope and strength in the song of the Lord. There is encouragement, and most of all a joy that will fill our spirit, our soul, and speak a peace that passes all understanding in the midst of the turmoil a peace that passes all understanding.

These truly are the days of Elijah, where we must declare the Word of the Lord to the conflict of the enemy. He is warring for our peace and our soul, but we are as God has said: "More than conquerors!" What are the weapons that can pull down the strong holds? The Apostle Paul writes to Timothy and admonishes him to "Fight the 'Good Fight of Faith' - and to "Lay up in store a good foundation again...

“For it became God, to make the Captain of our Salvation perfect through Jesus Sufferings,” Not only do we have a Captain, we have a Great High Priest, a Good Shepherd, a Chief Shepherd and a Bishop of our soul! Jesus is all in all! No matter the Invasion of the enemy, Jesus is beside us and He dwells in us! While our world is experiencing an Invasion from Hell, God is Greater and as we read in Sc...

Eph. 6:12; "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." The Word of the Lord is our strength as we are in the battles of our day! Our weapons of warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God and thru our trust in Him, we can pull down the strong holds! Let me...

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. I Peter 2:24

There is no name higher to use. This question ran through my mind, " how mighty is almighty?" Has Christianity forgot the Great God we serve who loves us and sent His Son to redeem us? He is mighty and afforded the name "Almighty God!"

How blessed we are to have the freedom that God has given to this country. The freedom that many have given their lives for in the past and even today. As we celebrate this important event in our country, may our hearts be filled with thanksgiving. July 4 is a day of celebration for liberty...but the greatest liberty is to be free of the bondage of sin, and to know the grace and mercy of our faith...

Lev. 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Psa 18:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. Psa 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and th...

Singing unto the Lord is a powerful way to Bless the heart of God especially when you Sing the Psalms. 1 Chron. 16:9 “Sing unto Him, Sing Psalms unto Him, talk ye of all His wondrous works.” Ps. 105:2 declares this thought again: “Sing unto Him, Sing Psalms unto Him: talk ye of all His wondrous works.”

Through our Saviour we will Triumph! He is the source of our strength, “a present help in the time of trouble!” To Triumph in the Works of His hands is a most powerful statement. Consider the Works of our Creator, and ponder the glorious Gift of Jesus as He has Redeemed us, He is in the Believer who is serious about Him, He surrounds us day and night and He will never leave us. Let us say “I Will...

Real people standing against the seasons of their lives that were difficult, but it did not detour them from what God required of them. It was a testing and trying season, but God was there all the time.

Are we waiting patiently, full of expectation for the Holy Ghost to flow a fresh through our hearts and souls? This is the question the Lord spoke to me. I thoughts sure ... but then I felt the urgency of the question. I heard the voice of the Lord stir deep in my heart. We are going to need this Holy Ghost power more than we ever imagined as we face these days of the devil's torment. This Holy Gh...

We are in a “Pressing” mode – pressing to overcome the fear of our day; pressing to stand against the works of darkness; pressing to be obedient to the His Voice, and pressing to – well just overcome all the things that have transpired this past year. The great news is this: “No weapon formed against us will prosper!” – we may be partakers of hardship, but “Our Hope is steadfast” – Jesus has never...

The heart of this message is "that no one come behind in the gifts of God." As the testimony of Christ is confirmed in you, you are a witness of God's great gift of salvation!

I Cor. 12:5, 28, 11 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

Commerce Community Church, located in West Des Moines, IA, uploads Sunday sermons each week. Now you can listen to the weekly sermon anytime, anywhere using the RSS feed. You will be blessed by hearing Dr. B. L. Rice present God's Word each Sunday.

O the glorious gifts of God, search them out, meditate upon them and you will sense the powerful presence of your Lord and Saviour. I will pray with the Spirit, I will sing with the Spirit, and I will sing with understanding...to understand we must fill our life with His Word.

What the Church of Jesus Christ needs today is a "fresh burning" a desire to plunge into the heart of God. Could we be like the disciples? We know spiritual things but are not experiencing the power of the precious Holy Spirit.

This power we need, a power that will bring us into eternal life. Yes, sustain us while we "witness" of Jesus on this earth. O the power of resurrection, we know about it, we talk about it, but there is a depth to reach that will push our faith beyond the flesh and keep us from the hours of temptation.

Jesus moves onward to bring salvation to all humanity, even those who would persecute Him. He could do this because He trusted His Father. There is power in us when we trust our God and His Son, our Savior.

God was gracious to offer His beloved Son to the Gentiles. We are a blessed people. We must embrace the "Power of Trust!" Trust is the "firm belief in the reliability, truth, strength of someone." That someone is Jesus! After Peter's struggle, we hear him say... "I'm a servant of Jesus Christ," to them that have obtained like precious faith.. The trial of your faith, being much more precious than...