Creekside Church - Messages

Jesus is the radiance of the Father and fills the world with His light. As His followers we are called to light up the darkness. 

The Bible refers to humans being compared to sheep approximately 55 times, while God describes Himself as a shepherd around 44 times. This analogy is important and appears to be one of the Lord's favorites. There's a wealth of wisdom to glean from understanding ourselves as sheep and Jesus as our shepherd.

Saint Augustine said "You have made us for yourself, O Lord and our hearts are restless until they rest in you." We all have longings, desires, and appetites. We feel deep down the need for bread, the need to be full, the need to be filled...but where do you go to fulfill these appetites, and does it truly satisfy? 

Jesus claimed to be the source of resurrection and eternal life. The question He asked Martha is the question we must answer... "Do you believe this?"

Who did John the Baptist say Jesus was? 

By aligning Himself with the "I Am" of Exodus, Jesus explicitly claims divinity, challenging the contemporary understanding of God and demanding a reevaluation of His Identity and mission. 

In the Gospel of John Jesus makes many statements about who He is.  The question is "who do you say He is?" 

We're teaching on the power and purpose of sex as we close our series Healthy Hearts, Healthy Marriages. 

If you’re single you shouldn’t look to marriage as your ultimate home. If you’re married you shouldn’t look to your marriage as your ultimate home. Whether you’re single or married your ultimate home should be in Jesus. 

God created both male and female in His image and His design was perfect. When we are able to embrace one another's unique design, and gifts, then our marriages become a display of the goodness of God to the world around us. 

We were created to be fully known by God and one another. Don't buy the lie that a pretty facade is better than an ugly truth. 

Second to our relationship with God is our relationship with our spouse. It must take priority over parenting, career, hobbies, etc... but if our marriages are going to thrive we have to have a common mission. What is the mission of your marriage?

When it comes to relationships many of us let our feelings dictate our actions. If there aren’t any “feelings” of love towards our spouse, or friends, we act upon that feeling and choose to stay disconnected from them. What if God related to us this way? What if He only served, or loved us, when we were attractive to Him? Thankfully this is not the truth. 

If we're honest... most of us are self-centered. It is within our nature to make things all about us. If we're ever going to fix this then we need to have a power source outside of ourselves.

What is marriage, and what is its purpose? We're going to begin our brand new series by looking at what the Bible defines as marriage and its purpose. 

We conclude our series on the Return of the King by looking at the first coming of Christ and the second yet to come. 

Peter gives one final charge to the people of God as they await the return of the King. He reminds them all to stay faithful and not lose heart, because one day the story does end, Jesus does return, justice will be delivered, and those who know Him will be caught up in glory for eternity.

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” - Matthew 7:21 (ESV) This is rightfully one of the weightiest verses in all of scripture and it has caused many debates in the church on topics such as eternal security vs conditional security. Can we know with certainty that we are saved and when Jesus return...

In the last days Peter reminds the Church that there will be people who are going to try and lead us astray from the truth. These lies will not always be obvious but subtle distortions of the truth. As followers of Christ we need to be on guard and equip ourselves with the truth. 

Will you ground yourself in the Word of God as you wait for the return of the King?

Have you ever been on the road and your gas light came on but there wasn't a gas station anywhere close? If you’ve ever experienced that then you know it is one of the worst feelings in the world.  When it comes to following Jesus how would you like to finish the race? On fumes or filled up? Better yet, how will the master find you on his return? Clutching on to your salvation or giving it aw...

If you knew Jesus was coming back in 1 to 5 years what would you change? If you knew with certainty that Jesus was coming back in 1000 years would you still believe those changes were worth it?  

Jesus promised that He would return, and today is one day closer. As we wait on the return of the King what sort of lives should we live? How do we prepare for His arrival?

God has a transformation story written for each of us, but in order to see that transformation take place, we have to allow a spiritual metamorphosis to take place. For some of us, surrender to that process comes fairly easy, but for some, we have to look a little like caterpillar soup before we surrender to the beauty of God’s plan.

All of us go through conflict in our lives.  It's easy to act out of anger in certain situations, or to hold on to bitterness in our hearts towards those who've wronged us. As followers of Jesus our aim is to become more like Him, so what does God say about how we are to handle conflict?