Grace Bible Fellowship

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons continues with the third part of a four-part series called "The traits of a good servant." In this part, we continue to share how a much older David, a man after God's own heart, made a difficult decision where he wanted to change who he allowed in his inner circle of friends. He made a decision that he no longer wanted to be around anyone who did not love the Lo...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons continues with the second part of a four-part series called "The traits of a good servant." In this part, we share how a much older David, a man after God's own heart, made a difficult decision to change what he would allow in his life. He made the decision to be more careful with what he allowed in his sight, with what he did both in the presence of others and i...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons follows up the message from last week, " Which servant will His return find you being? " with a follow up message, "The traits of a good servant." Each believer should desire to hear the words, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant" as they enter into Heaven and stand before the throne of the Lord. Using Psalm 101:1-8, Bro. Alan uses this powerful writing of...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons follows up the message, " What will you be doing? " (from August 13th, 2023) and discusses the two types of servants Jesus identified by Jesus by the end of Matthew 24. There are only two types of servants; each person must ask themselves this simple question: what type of servant am I? - Are you a good servant, doing the will of your Master, and anxiously antici...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons discusses the warning given by Jesus in Matthew 24 - what will you be doing when He returns? The Bible gives us a clear picture of what that day will be like when He returns to gather those who have put their faith in Him before the Tribulation begins. The day of His return will be like any other day; you will be doing something. The question is will He find you...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons discusses the often misunderstood view of the role of works and faith. He uses James 2:14-20 and Ephesians 2:8-9 and shares how there is no conflict in what James and Paul teaches - in fact, both apostles are in agreement. Our works do not have a role in our salvation. Our salvation comes through faith in Jesus alone. When we add or take anything away from salvat...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons begins with the warning found in Jeremiah 17:9: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? When it comes to our relationship with the Lord, this is especially true. The Bible is clear that our emotions cannot be what our understanding of salvation means. It's too easy for us to get caught up in the moment. It's too easy to b...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons shares how our attitude towards the trials we face and towards the Lord can determine how well we handle it. Using Psalm 77 and Psalm 23, Bro. Alan shows how David, knowing the stories of the past and how the Lord had worked in the lives of Moses, Joseph, Joshua, and others helped him to put his faith and confidence in God. As David grew older, he could think bac...

In the last part of a two-part series, Bro. Alan Simmons completes this series by explaining the Lord does not want us to see Him as a grievous taskmaster who is determined to rule our lives by a set of rules that proclaim "you must do this" and "you must not do that." Rather, the Lord wants us to desire a deep, personal relationship with Him. What we miss about the relationship He desires is we t...

In the first part of a two-part series, Bro. Alan Simmons introduces the series by explaining how each of us were made for a purpose by a loving and compassionate God. He designed each one of us from the womb with one desire - a personal and deep relationship unlike anything we can imagine. He wants that relationship to be because we, too, desire that intimate relationship with our Creator. And wh...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons asks an important question - do you desire a better country? He explains how many Christians are looking at the situation faced by our modern world and are wondering what happened to their country. Sadly, as he explains, the answer is found in John 3:19: men loved darkness rather than light. But the Bible does offer hope, as Bro. Alan explains - the country we de...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons gives a timely warning about the dangers of recreating the God of the Bible into something that fits better into our life rather than us allowing the Lord to conform us to His image. When we take anything away from the God of the Bible, when we add anything or take anything away from the gospel of Christ, we are recreating God in our own image - we are creating a...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons considers the current American culture's war on men and fatherhood and reminds us that from the beginning, God ordained two important roles for men and women. From the beginning, God's intent were for men and women to be an inseparable team, each other's strengths complementing the other's weaknesses. There's no greater nor higher calling for a man to be a husban...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons focuses on the important message in 1 John 4:9-10 and discusses how much God loves each one of us. Even before He created the world, He already had a plan in place for the redemption of every man and woman willing to seek Him out. He didn't create the opportunity to tempt Adam and Eve to sin, but he gave them the opportunity to exercise their free will. Yes, He l...

This is the final message of a three-part series based on Ephesians 4:29-32 where Bro. Alan Simmons brings focus to the fourth verse of our key passage (verse 32). The apostle Paul, led by the Holy Spirit, wrote the way we avoid grieving the Holy Spirit is to completely change the way we think about and treat those around us - especially other believers. Bro. Simmons reminds us that Paul's letter...

This is the second message of a three-part series based on Ephesians 4:29-32 where Bro. Alan Simmons brings focus to the third verse of our key passage (verse 31). The apostle Paul wrote those things should be put away from you" and the word choice is very clear. It is to be a continual and intentional act. And through Paul, the Holy Spirit addresses the reasons for "corrupt communication" as "bit...

This is the first message of a three-part series based on Ephesians 4:29-32 where Bro. Alan Simmons shares the importance of watching what we say to others. In this introduction, he begins by focusing on how in the book of James, Hebrews, and Jeremiah, there are warnings about what we say and about the condition of our heart. Even David, in Psalm 139, asked the Lord to search his heart and to lead...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons considers the current American culture's war on femininity and motherhood and reminds us that from the beginning, God ordained two important roles for men and women. From the beginning, God's intent were for men and women to be an inseparable team, each other's strengths complementing the other's weaknesses. There's no greater nor higher calling for a woman to be...

In this message, Bro. Alan Simmons reminds us that one of the most dangerous things we can do as believers is to allow our questions to go unanswered. When we become confused or uncertain about our faith, about the trials we face, or about temptation, we often become embarrassed or ashamed to ask questions. And that's when spiritual confusion comes into our life. Satan will begin to use this uncer...

Teaching out of the gospel of Matthew, Bro. Alan continues to examine the importance of measuring our life against the only tool we have - the Bible. When we measure ourselves against the scriptures, it shows us the need to repent of our sins. It also shows that even though we are now His children, we still fight a sin-nature. No, it will not mean we will live a perfect and sinless life, but it me...

Teaching out of the gospel of Matthew, Bro. Alan explores how we are to examine our own lives before we begin to correct others. So often, as believers, we hear other Christians and even the lost tell us to "don't judge unless we want to be judge." But what they often mean is they do not want to have God's standards of morality measured against their life. And if we are honest with ourselves, we a...

Teaching out of Romans, Bro. Alan explores how we are encouraged by the teachings of Paul to examine ourselves and our attitudes towards the sin we keep in our lives. As Jesus hung on the cross, he bore the consequences of sin, not only the sin we committed in the past, but the sin we would commit in the future. But He also bore the the habits and the pull of sin - the desires of sin which is why...

This is not the typical Easter Sunday message but is meant to be one that is thought provoking. Bro. Alan asks the question, what if there were no resurrection Sunday? How important is it to the Christian faith? Just as in the immediate days after the days of Christ's resurrection, there are those today who reject the very idea of Jesus' resurrection but claim to believe in Him. Without the resurr...

One of the most difficult things to deal with is loneliness. Loneliness affects everyone - those who believe in Jesus and those who don't. We all experience times when loneliness overwhelms us. Unfortunately, loneliness never travels alone but brings friends along - depression and despair. Despite social media and more communications possibilities at our disposal, feelings of depression and social...

In this message, Bro. Alan teaches from 1 Corinthians 12:12-18 and discusses the attitude, as believers, we should have towards other members of our own local New Testament church and towards other denominations where the doctrinal differences are minor. He also discusses how we are to use our natural talents and abilities to work towards the common goal of the local New Testament church we belong...