Cornerstone Church of Eldridge, Iowa

Don't forget to subscribe to 563church to make sure you are getting all the newest content every week! This morning, at 8:15 am Pastor Daniel Reese and his wife Sena brings us a message titled "Relationships that Reflect Jesus" from Ephesians 5:22-23. Cornerstone: March 24, 2024 1. The love between Christ and His Church · Ephesians 1:9-10 · Ephesians 5:1-2 2. The wife’s relationship to her husband...

This episode was originally aired on March 17.2024. Why do we believe that Jesus is the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) – that He is absolutely unique and Lord over all and the only way to God and heaven? And if He is who He claimed to be, then what does it mean for Him to live within us and to be sufficient for us to live as new creations? This beautiful passage looks at who Jesus is and His signific...

This episode originally aired on Sunday February 10, 2024. Ephesians 5:15-17. God’s will is for us to be filled with the Spirit and this passage outlines 3 indicators of a Christian’s filling of the Spirit. This is the  #7 episode of a multi-year, multi-season sermon series.

Here in this passage we are encouraged to make the best use of time, to even be careful how we use our time, because the days are evil and seek to get us off track with God.  This is the wisdom of walking in God’s ways.

Ephesians 5:11-14 encourages believers to avoid participating in the works of darkness and instead expose them. It emphasizes the transformative power of light, suggesting that exposing darkness brings illumination. The passage concludes by quoting a verse that highlights the awakening of the spiritually dead through Christ's light.

This episode was originally broadcast on February 18,2024 at https://youtube.com/@563church?si=jLG5xklVIeTzuWhq Here in this passage Paul is telling the Ephesian Christians to not partner with the disobedient, but rather we should walk as children of light and produce goodness, righteousness, and truth.  This means that while we are in the world, we are not of the world – we do not adopt the...

This episode originally aired on Sunday February 11, 2024. Ephesians 5:5-6 advises against immorality, stating that those who engage in such behavior will not inherit the kingdom of God. It emphasizes the importance of avoiding actions that go against God's will to secure one's spiritual inheritance. This is the  #3 episode of a multi-year, multi-season sermon series.

The culture around has a view on sex and sexuality that is contrary to God’s desires.  We are to flee from all forms of sexual immorality and focus our attention on our Savior. This episode originally broadcast on February 4,2024 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . This is the2nd episode of a 6th season of a multi-season podcast.

This episode originally broadcast on January 28, 2024 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . This passage reminds believers to imitate God by walking in love, just as Christ loved humanity and gave Himself as a sacrificial offering. This is the first episode in Season 6 featuring chapter 5 of Ephesians in our Battle Ready Series.

This episode originally broadcast on November 19th, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . God’s desire is for us to do honest work, not just floating through our jobs or careers. The more we work just to make ends meet the more we are likely to not put our all into our work. Our ultimate goal is to glorify God in all we do. When we don’t live in God’s ways we might grieve the Holy Spirit. T...

This episode originally broadcast on November 12th, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . There is a biblical anger and then there is sinful anger. The former is anger over things that displease and dishonor God. The latter is often over petty things in our lives that we choose to make a big deal. Paul’s concern here is to make sure that the church addressed sin and interpersonal issues. He...

This episode originally broadcast on November 5th, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . Jesus is truth. He was not simply a good man or a prophet, but is the actual truth – the truth that sets sinners free. This freedom calls us to put off the old self – get rid of the old ways of thinking and doing things. However, we can’t stop there. We need to renew our minds and put on something new t...

The Apostle Paul has spent the majority of this chapter focusing on unity in the Body of Christ and encouraging each person to exercise their gifts. However, this next section moves to recalling the Believers’ old ways of life and the hardness of heart that can be found when one spurns the promptings of the Holy Spirit. God wants our minds to be renewed in Him and not allowed to turn towards old s...

Spiritual growth is vital to the Christian life, but it is not a guarantee. Even gaining knowledge is not a guarantee of growth. All growth needs to be centered on Jesus and done within the body of Christ. When we do this we will grow! This episode originally broadcast on October 15, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . This is the fifth episode in season 5 of the series Battle Ready based...

This episode originally broadcast on October 8, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . God gave the church gifts: apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastor teachers. These gifts to the church are given for the building up the body of Christ so that its members can minister effectively in this world. As each person has been given a gift they are to exercise that gift to magnify Christ. This...

This episode originally broadcast on October 1, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . All the parts of the Body of Christ, the Church, are important. Each contributes something special and it takes unity to keep all the parts working well together. God has given us gifts and He wants each person to exercise their gifts for the good of the whole. This is the third episode in season 5 of the...

This episode originally broadcast on September 24, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . Who is the Church? We are one body in the One Spirit, given one hope in our Lord, the only God. This is the unity that we have, the common bond between all believers. This is the second episode of the 5th season of Battle Ready: Ephesians.

This episode originally broadcast on September 17, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . God has called us to walk in a manner worthy of our calling in Him. This requires us to walk in humility, gentleness, patience, and love while seeking unity in the body of Christ. Many things fight to make us turn on each other, but God has called us to unity and peace. This is the first episode of the...

This episode originally broadcast on June 4, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . What you think about God is so important. How you see God determines the kind of prayers you pray. If you see God as busy, then you will only pray once in a while because you don’t want to bother Him. If you see God as disinterested then you will be hesitant to come to Him with your requests. If you see Him a...

This episode originally broadcast on May 28, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . It is important for the people of God to be grounded in Christ’s love. This is the 7th episode in Season 4: Battle Ready: Ephesians 3.

This episode originally broadcast on May 21, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . We are strengthened with power in the Holy Spirit as Christ dwells, makes His home, in our hearts. As He does this we find that our hearts need renovating. Christ wants to change some things in our lives and transform our inner being to be more like Him. This the 6th episode in season 4 of the Battle Ready Se...

This episode originally broadcast on March 14, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . We can confidently come to God with all our needs and trust that He will take the wreckage of our lives and make things new. This is the fifth episode in the 4th season of Battle Ready: Ephesians 3.

This episode originally broadcast on May 7, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . There’s a spiritual realm out there that cannot be seen with our eyes or recognized by the other four senses. But it is just as real as the physical realm that we live in. God’s wisdom has been revealed to even this realm and the church is the mechanism by which God wants to reveal His wisdom to the spirit wor...

This episode originally broadcast on February 19, April 30, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . God’s grace has been poured into our lives and it grows humility in us. We are still being sanctified, made like Jesus, so it is good to remind ourselves that we are fully pleasing to God when He looks at us through the cross of Christ. This is the third episode of season 4 of Battle Ready: Eph...

This episode originally broadcast on April 23, 2023 at https://www.youtube.com/@563church . The mystery Paul is writing about here in Ephesians is the mystery that gentiles believers become part of Israel. This teaching would have been abhorrent to 1st Century Jews. Yet it is what the Gospel is all about, accepting Christ’s work on the cross as sufficient for our salvation. There’s a mystery to li...