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Some days we have it, some days we don’t.  It’s either sun or clouds, smiles or frowns.  That’s life.  But maybe there are specific things we can do, or perspectives we can hold, that help to keep things up instead of down, even when it’s all down! The author of this proverb knew that a lifted spirit can go a long way to a healthy life.  Let’s dive into his thinking and see if it just might bright...

Every parent knows about this.  As their children head out to school or gather for practice with their team, parents long for their children to have friends, the right kind of friends!  But that foundational principle doesn’t end at adolescence. Throughout life, much of what we are and what happens to us comes down to the people we surround ourselves with.  So message to all adults – heed your own...

Remember when your mom used to say, “If you can’t say anything nice then just don’t say anything at all”?  She stole that from the Bible!  Over and over God gives us counsel and warnings on the words that come out of our mouths.  James, in his New Testament letter, tells us the tongue is the most difficult thing in all our lives to control.  Let’s take a look at how the Proverbs direct us to use o...

Every year we get this chance.  Bury the past and begin to build the future.  For many, the application concerns our health, money, relationships.  But what if the focus was Jesus?  Just Jesus.  Know his love at a level we never have.  Understand his plan for our lives to the degree that has never totally sunk in.  In the midst of all our resolutions, even the good and needed ones, let’s keep the...

Imagine being found guilty of a heinous crime, and instead of being rightfully punished you are set free and given a reward that will greatly bless the rest of your life.  That is the message of Christmas!  Of all the things that bring us joy during this season from an earthly practical sense, making it the most wonderful time of the year, the greatest blessing of all is that our sins are forgiven...

Can you think of a time when you just knew you were on the right track?  In your job, your relationships, your mental state – everything, you just seemed to be in the middle of the bullseye.  This is ultimately where God wants us to live, and He provides it through life in Jesus, existing in his kingdom.  No matter how far away we may find ourselves from this kind of hopeful living, there is alway...

Message from week 2 of our series, Buddy the Elf vs. The Grinch. Delivered by Worship Pastor, Aquila Bock on 12/09/24.

It’s more blessed to give than to receive.  That’s what they say anyway.  In reality, it depends how old you are.  Not sure a five-year-old would buy into that way of thinking!  But starting this month we’re all on this line somewhere; giving to those we love and receiving from those who love us.  But the first gifts at the first Christmas were presented to Jesus.  What are you getting him this ye...

What would you rather hear at the gates of heaven – “Well done, good and faithful servant”, or “Away from me, you evildoer”?  That’s a silly question, isn’t it?  But apparently, there are those among us who assume they will hear the former welcome but will receive the latter rejection.  Want to know how to make sure this doesn’t happen to you?  Pay attention to your fruit! Follow us for more weekl...

With very little objection, the most difficult verse in the entire Bible is our focus in this sermon.  Do not worry.  How in the world can one accomplish that?  And better yet, why would a loving Father expect such an impossible task from His children?  All of us have reasons to experience ripples of anxiety over various challenges we face in this life.  Those will never go away!  But wouldn’t it...

As Christians, we all know that our definitive virtue comes down to love.  Our Father is love, and we are to be the same.  Love God and love people; those are the marching orders from Jesus.  But to love an enemy?  Isn’t that taking it a bit too far?  You know that guy we would prefer to punch in the nose, or that girl we would rather ghost?  Our Lord clarifies a radical approach, primarily becaus...

Message from the final week of our series, "Never Trust a Politician With Your Money." Delivered by Stewardship Pastor, Neil Lancaster on 10/20/24.  Follow us for more weekly messages from Eastside pastors! 

The idea of turning over a portion of our hard-earned income to anyone, including God, doesn’t make a whole lot of rational sense.  But God has seldom relied on our sense of reasoning.  He is faithful and will do what He says, and He would even like us to put Him to that test.  Our obedience in the act of generous giving is a step of trust in the One who will care for us more than we could possibl...

Everything we have, including our very lives, has been given to us to be used for the benefit of the One who gave it all to us.  That is a radical way of looking at economics, but it is the very principle that Jesus will look for upon his return.  Because of his vast love for us, Jesus has handed that all over to us believing that we will use it for the right reason.  The reward of obedience will...

Message from the final week of our series, What the World Needs Now. Delivered by Middle School and Families Pastor, Silas Crowell on 09/29/24. Follow us for more weekly messages from Eastside pastors! 

The middle triad of the fruit of the Spirit is focused on how we treat people.  That’s really the bottom line of what our world needs right now, isn’t it?  During a time when division and disagreement are par for the course God calls His People to shine a different light.  Many of the acts of the flesh described in Paul’s earlier paragraph are what we see happening regularly now.  So rise up churc...

Last week we described living by the Spirit as coming together in unity with other people rather than coming apart.  Now, beginning in verse 22, we start to have that broken down more specifically.  In this sermon we will focus on the first three fruit.  Notice the opposing fruit (acts) of the flesh in the previous paragraph that divide and conquer people. Follow us for more weekly messages from E...

Christians are called to follow the leading of the Spirit (which contextually is to love each other) rather than be lulled by human nature (which contextually is to bite and devour each other).  In all our relationships, particularly Christian to Christian, we should learn to pay attention to the Spirit’s leading and not our natural human impulses. Follow us for more weekly messages from Eastside...

Special message from guest speaker, Mark Jones. Delivered at Eastside on 09/01/24.  Follow us for more weekly messages from Eastside pastors!

A special message from Guest Speaker, Steve Poe! Delivered on 08/25/24.

A special message from Guest Speaker, Matt Merold! Delivered on 08/18/24. ______________________ Follow us for more weekly messages from Eastside Pastors!

Special message delivered by Guest Speaker, Rick Burdette on 08/11/24! Follow us for more weekly messages from Eastside pastors! 

Message from guest speaker, Barry Cameron! Delivered at Eastside on 08/04/24 for the first week of our August Guest Speakers Series! Follow us for more encouraging weekly messages from Eastside pastors!

To what extent would you resist someone who had the authority or influence to enforce you to disobey God?  It’s easy for Christians to say they would stand firm in those situations, but what if there were serious consequences that came as a result of your faithfulness?  Lose your job?  Harm a relationship?  Get burned up in a fire?  That last one sounds a bit intense, but this well-known story in...

Read through scripture and one thing becomes clear.  God doesn’t like halfway.  But that’s how some people live – non-committal with God.  They believe in Him, probably like the thought of Him, but still dabble in other life pursuits that promise satisfaction.  The result is a limp at best.  There’s a better way and God proved it by licking up a pool of water with fire.  In dramatic fashion, we le...