First Assembly of God Freehold

Can you imagine what could happen if we gave control of our life to God? It’s scary, but the benefits are world-altering. The story of Elisha challenges us to answer God’s calling and take the risks that are necessary to do His will. Come see what life can look like when we let go…when we decide to have Ridiculous Faith.

02/06/22 | Can you imagine what could happen if we gave control of our life to God? It’s scary, but the benefits are world-altering. The story of Elisha challenges us to answer God’s calling and take the risks that are necessary to do His will. Come see what life can look like when we let go…when we decide to have Ridiculous Faith. In Week 5, Pastor Jeff reminds us that how you view a situation ca...

01/30/22 | Can you imagine what could happen if we gave control of our life to God? It’s scary, but the benefits are world-altering. The story of Elisha challenges us to answer God’s calling and take the risks that are necessary to do His will. Come see what life can look like when we let go…when we decide to have Ridiculous Faith. In Week 4, Pastor Jeff reads from the incredible (and slightly obs...

01/23/22 | Can you imagine what could happen if we gave control of our life to God? It’s scary, but the benefits are world-altering. The story of Elisha challenges us to answer God’s calling and take the risks that are necessary to do His will. Come see what life can look like when we let go…when we decide to have Ridiculous Faith. In Week 3, Pastor Jeff reads Elisha’s famous miracle of the woman...

01/16/22 | Can you imagine what could happen if we gave control of our life to God? It’s scary, but the benefits are world-altering. The story of Elisha challenges us to answer God’s calling and take the risks that are necessary to do His will. Come see what life can look like when we let go…when we decide to have Ridiculous Faith. In Week 2, Pastor Matt asks, “How do I have faith in a ridiculous...

01/09/22 | Can you imagine what could happen if we gave control of our life to God? It’s scary, but the benefits are world-altering. The story of Elisha challenges us to answer God’s calling and take the risks that are necessary to do His will. Come see what life can look like when we let go…when we decide to have Ridiculous Faith. In Week 1, Pastor Jeff looks at the call of Elisha in 1 Kings 19:1...

01/02/22 | In the Gospels, Jesus quotes from Isaiah 56:7 saying that God’s house will be a house of prayer. In this first sermon of the New Year, Pastor Jeff looks at three prayers of Old Testament figures that serve as examples for us as we focus on prayer entering the this year: 1. The Prayer of Joshua - Posture in Prayer (Joshua 5:13-15) 2. The Prayer of Abraham - Persistence in Prayer (Genesis...

12/26/21 | Pastor Jeff closes out 2021 with some reflective biblical advice as a new year is upon us. By looking at both the good and bad aspects of the life of King Saul, Pastor Jeff encourages us to: 1) Seek God for Guidance 2) Dodge the Comparison Trap 3) Be honest with Yourself

12/19/21 God is with us – in answered promises, realized dreams, and refreshed hope. How could we help but sing? This December, we're exploring the songs born from our joy that Christ has entered the world. In Week 4, Pastor Jeff unpacks this carol first written over 1200 years ago. Originally functioning as a responsive chant, each line of this carol is about an Old Testament prophecy fulfilled a...

Pastor Matt & Pastor Todd discuss Christmas pageants, context & accuracy of the nativity scene, and our honesty in approaching God. We talk about how in order to receive joy from God, we must be in honest & sincere relationship with him, which involves removing the masks and elephants we put in the way.

12/12/21 God is with us – in answered promises, realized dreams, and refreshed hope. How could we help but sing? This December, we're exploring the songs born from our joy that Christ has entered the world. In Week 3, Pastor Matt focuses on a line, “the little Lord Jesus” in the famous children’s carol, “Away In A Manger.” While sometimes the meaning of the manger can feel cute, childish, or ambig...

12/05/21 God is with us – in answered promises, realized dreams, and refreshed hope. How could we help but sing? This December, we're exploring the songs born from our joy that Christ has entered the world. In Week 2, Pastor Jeff talks about the origins and theology of the famous carol, "O Come All Ye Faithful.” Noting that the song is a call to worship, often times we feel that we don’t measure u...

Did you know "Jingle Bells" was originally meant to be sung on Thanksgiving? Or that "Joy To The World" was meant for Easter Sunday? Pastor Matt & Pastor Todd go through some fun Christmas Song Trivia, then jump into the message discussing biblical hope. We talk about the difference between viewing Christ as "insurance" versus "hope", and the amazing reality that Christmas is meant to remind u...

11/28/21 God is with us – in answered promises, realized dreams, and refreshed hope. How could we help but sing? This December, we're exploring the songs born from our joy that Christ has entered the world. In Week 1, Pastor Jeff talks about the origins and theology of the famous carol, "O Holy Night," what many believe to be the first song ever played over radio waves in the United States. It's s...

11/21/21 | With Thanksgiving upon us, Pastor Jeff reminds us to be giving glory to God in everything that we do. This is best accomplished through thankfulness. Reading from Paul’s second letter to the Corinthian church, we see that: 1) Grace Motivates Thankfulness (2 Cor. 4:15) 2) God Merits Thankfulness (2 Cor. 4:15) 3) The Goal - Multiply Thankfulness (2 Cor. 4:5)

11/14/21 We’re excited to have Rev. Jermel Mayo with us this weekend! For our Sunday morning service, Pastor Jermel shared about The Holy Spirit’s role in Jesus’ life, and his role in our lives as well. Be encouraged as you hear from God’s Word today!

11/07/21 When we're pushed to our limit, we have a choice to make. Will we choose the path of least resistance or will we have the courage to take a Stand? In Week 5, Pastor Jeff talks about how a faith that’s tested is a faith that can be trusted. Looking at the story of Daniel’s friends in Daniel chapter 3, we see: 1) Faith obeys God instead of following man (Dan. 3:16) 2) Faith believes in spit...

How do you know when God has spoken something just for you, and when is it right to share that with someone else? Pastor Matt & Pastor Todd talk about this in more detail from Daniel 10:7, along with persistence in prayer, and discuss the depiction of Christ in Revelation chapter 1. We talk about how our view of God must include a deep reverence, respect, and a healthy fear as we approach him...

10/31/21 When we're pushed to our limit, we have a choice to make. Will we choose the path of least resistance or will we have the courage to take a Stand?   In Week 4, Pastor Jeff asks the question, "How do we Stand in Faith when we're praying and nothing seems to be happening?" Many of us have been waiting for breakthrough in a circumstance, relationship, or other areas in our lives. Instea...

10/10/21 | We are so grateful to Pastor Jamal and his family for 13 years of faithful and incredible ministry here at First Assembly as our beloved youth pastor! We love him and his entire family and we celebrate all that God has done through them. On his final Sunday morning with us, Pastor Jamal preaches a sermon titled: "Gospel Fluency." Reading from 2 Timothy 4:1-5, he takes us through some of...

Pastor Matt & Pastor Todd dive deeper into some of the historical and cultural context surrounding the Book of Daniel. We talk about if Nebuchadnezzar's madness in chapter 4 could be classified into a particular mental illness that exists today, and discuss some archeological finds that have helped to confirm the historicity of the book. We also talk more about prayer and confrontation.

10/24/21 When we're pushed to our limit, we have a choice to make. Will we choose the path of least resistance or will we have the courage to take a Stand? In Week 3, Pastor Matt reads the famous story of Daniel in the Lion's Den. Although we often learn this story when we're young, there are some amazing truths in this story for us today. There will be times when God calls us to Stand Strong in o...

10/17/21 When we're pushed to our limit, we have a choice to make. Will we choose the path of least resistance or will we have the courage to take a Stand? In Week 2, Pastor Jeff continues the story of Daniel, who is serving in a country hostile to God. There will be times in our walk with God where God calls us to Stand Up for what's right. Reading from chapter 4 where Daniel confronts King Nebuc...

How do I manage the tension that's between what I believe in my head, and what I feel in my heart? Pastor Matt & Pastor Todd discuss Pastor Jamal's Sunday sermon, "Gospel Fluency", and how scripture is the ultimate tool that anchors us, even when we find it difficult to apply what we believe to what we're personally going through.

This weekend we had missionaries to Cambodia, Troy & Lisa Tabor, at our church for both a Buddhism Seminar on Saturday, as well as for Missions Sunday Service. Pastor Matt & Pastor Todd discuss some highlights from the Buddhism Seminar (the differences between worldviews, how to share the gospel with a Buddhist, etc.), as well as Rev. Troy's Sunday sermon on the Book of Jonah, and his chal...