Mt. Lassen Community Church

As I prepare for Sunday’s message I find myself choking back tears and feeling various emotions. Mary anointing Jesus is one of the most beautiful moments in all of scripture. For her, it was a no brainer—I must give Jesus the best gift I can possibly give Him. For us, this is a deep, deep moment, and so much to consider. Ultimately, it is a challenge—How can I give the gift of MY LIFE to the One...

We find ourselves at a funeral service in our text this Sunday: Lazarus has died, and his sisters are there grieving, surrounded by mourning, wailing, and weeping. Jesus arrives on the scene and shows us what true love and comfort looks like. Most importantly, Jesus brings critical truth about life and death, offering hope and an eternal perspective desperately needed in our broken and suffering w...

Elder Brian Tilford brings a message from Job chapters 1 and 2.

John 10:3–5 3 ...and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 “When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 “A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” Spending time with Jesus and learning to hear and follow His voice is...

Have you heard the phrase - “Here’s mud in your eye”? It is a common toast to another’s good health while drinking. The origins of this phrase is unknown—but the best theory is that it comes from this Sunday’s passage in John 9, as Jesus heals the blind man by putting mud in his eyes. In our study this Sunday, we will see 4 major lessons from this chapter. • The Gospel • The nature of Jesus • Stan...

This Sunday we will look at the next two signs in the book of John: Jesus feeding the 5000 men (plus even more women and children) from five loaves of bread and two fish, and then Jesus walking on water. The ongoing theme through this passage is trusting God when there seems to be limitations—when we’ve run out of options and provisions. So, through this passage we will highlight 10 powerful lesso...

For 38 years the crippled man came to the pools of Bethesda, the waters supposedly offering healing. There in the “House of Mercy” (Bet-Hesda) the desperate man longed for healing, but was denied. For 38 long years—he found no mercy in the “house of mercy.” And then Jesus showed up. We have all wasted time, energy, effort, emotions, and money to find solutions to what ails us—when we should have l...

Put yourself in the sandals of the Samaritan woman who met Jesus at Jacob’s Well.   Your fellow town-folk know of your sins. Word got out. And in your shame, and in their scorn, you become a social outcast. You’d rather not face the upturned noses, and the furrowed eyebrows. So, you draw your water in the heat of the day instead of the cool of the morning, when no one else would come to the well f...

John 3:16 begins “For God…” “For” is a connecting word, so we must look back at the context to understand it. And boy, is it a doozy! It speaks of Moses and a weird serpent in the wilderness. Check it out— As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His o...

In our text this week, John takes us behind the scenes, as Jesus turns water to wine at a wedding, without the wedding couple or even the headwaiter knowing that a miracle had taken place.   We often think of the spiritual discipline of “waiting” upon the Lord (as servants), but there is also “waiting” upon the Lord for His perfecting timing in our lives. “Waiting” is often our experience with God...

This coming Sunday we are starting the book of John. This will be a 2–part message— 1 • A short introduction to the book of John 2 • A study on vs 35–51, the invitation to “come and see” Jesus The book of John is all about how Jesus is God-in-the-flesh and how we are saved by faith in Him. John focuses on particular signs and sayings of Jesus to lead us to belief in Him. But, for God to become fle...

Matthew 1 • Gracious Love   This Sunday we are going to look at the greatest love story in all of history: God’s Gracious Love toward in sending His Son Jesus for us.   But we are going to consider this cosmic love story through the lens of Joseph and Mary’s betrothal and marriage.   Which is the greatest love story in all of literature or media? Romeo & Juliet? Rose & Jack? Scarlett O’Hara & Rhet...

Sometimes God seems distant and silent in our lives. David certainly felt this way at times— Psalm 13 1   How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?  2   How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?  3   Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; Enlighten my eyes, or I will slee...

We are starting our Christmas series this Sunday with the big picture of Christ’s work described in John chapter 1. Jesus came to pierce the darkness with the light of His glory—expressed in the fullness of His grace and truth. We also continue our Advent focus, as we prepare our hearts for Christ. In Advent we put ourselves in the sandals of those faithful believers in the Old Testament, looking...

The saga of Joseph’s journey from pit to palace in Genesis is one of the most exquisite accounts in all of scripture. The plot is fascinating and the account is perfectly woven together.   But the story is long, and after Joseph ascends to the Pharaoh’s right hand to take over management of Egypt and save the world from starvation from the famine, I suspect many readers tune out, thinking the “goo...