New Beginnings Baptist Church

March 16, 2025 | Stand Alone | Philippians 3:7-15 In this sermon from March 16th, 2025, Pastor Ben Lofton takes us through Philippians 3:7-15 in a powerful message titled "The Pursuit of Knowing Christ." Reflecting on the doctrine of justification, Pastor Ben challenges us to consider how God's grace should ignite a deep and unrelenting desire to truly know Jesus—not just intellectua...

March 9, 2025 | Stand Alone | Genesis 2:7 & Proverbs 18:22 In this powerful message, we explore why Satan is so effective at tempting humanity and how his craftiness leads us to rebel against God. We are created in God's image to reflect His character, especially by breathing life into others through our words, actions, and investments. By understanding our role in family, society, and eternit...

February 23, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 24:44-49; Acts 1&2 In this powerful message, we dive into the importance of waiting on the Holy Spirit and the supernatural power He brings. As we seek breakthroughs in our lives, we learn that waiting on God is never wasted time—it's about trusting His timing and surrendering to His will. With the Holy Spirit, we're equipped to live out God'...

February 23, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke24:46-48  Are you struggling with spiritual fulfillment or feeling like something is missing in your walk with God? You're not alone. In this sermon, we unpack what it means to be "clothed with Power from on High," as Jesus commanded His disciples, and why waiting on the Holy Spirit through prayer is the key to living a supernatural life for Chr...

February 16, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 22:39-46 In this powerful message, we explore the journey of surrender through prayer, as modeled by Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Discover how dying to self through faithful, humble, honest, submissive, and desperate prayer enables us to experience breakthroughs and deepen our relationship with God. This message emphasizes the transformative power of p...

February 16, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 22:39-46 Struggling to surrender to God in prayer? Discover FIVE powerful ways to let go and give it all to God just like Jesus did in the Garden of Gethsemane. Don’t miss this message on the power of surrender in prayer!  In this week’s message of the Breakthrough series, we dive into one of the most vulnerable moments of Jesus’ life in the Garden of Gethse...

February 9, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 19:45-46 What if we as the church could experience a radical breakthrough in 2025? A revival powered by prayer that transforms everything—personally and corporately? In today’s message, we’re diving into what it means to become a house of prayer—following Jesus' powerful example in the temple, where He cleared out distractions to restore prayer as the chu...

February 9, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 19:45-46 Are we prioritizing prayer as the heart of the church? Discover the power of prayer for spiritual breakthrough. In this sermon we discover the importance of prayer in the life of the Church, drawing Jesus’s powerful actions in the Temple in Luke 19:45-46, where He cleansed the Temple, reminding us that God’s house should be a House of Prayer. The ear...

February 2, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 18:1-14 What does it take to find spiritual breakthrough in our lives?   Jesus teaches through two parables: the persistent widow and the humble tax collector, revealing the breakthrough prayer is marked by desperation, deep dependency on God, and total humility. We are called to pray earnestly and persistently, understanding that without God’s intervention,...

February 2, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 18:1-14 In this sermon from Luke 18, we learn about breakthrough prayer through two parables and a real-life story. Jesus teaches that true breakthrough comes through desperate, persistent prayer rooted in complete dependency on God and a posture of humility. Whether through the persistent widow, the humble tax collector, or the blind man seeking healing, God...

January 26, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 11:1-4 In this message, we dive into what it means to pray like Jesus. In Luke 11, we learn that Jesus prioritized prayer, showing us how to approach God with intimacy, dependence, and worship. We explore the framework given to us in the Lord’s prayer—focusing first on God’s glory and kingdom—while also trusting Him for our daily needs, asking for forgiveness...

January 26, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 11:1-4 Prayer was the foundation of Jesus’ ministry on earth. The disciples didn’t ask Jesus to teach them how to cast out demons, to preach, to heal, but they knew that His connection to the Father fueled all areas of His ministry. Jesus’ model prayer, known as the Lord’s Prayer found in Luke 11:2-4, teaches us to prioritize God’s name and kingdom above all...

January 19, 2025 | Ephesians 6:23-24 | Gilmer In this sermon, we explore the final words of Paul in Ephesians, focusing on the importance of having a love for Christ that is incorruptible. The world’s temporary pleasures can corrupt our love for God. WE must pursue holiness, trust God’s promises, and release our guilt to Christ to keep our love for Him strong. Ultimately, we are reminded that God’...

January 19, 2025 | UNITED 2025 | Romans 10:13-15 UNITED Sunday we explored what it means as followers of Christ to LIVE SENT. Drawing from Romans 10:13-15 and Acts 2:42, we see that living sent starts with devotion to God, is demonstrated through compassion, and is fueled by daily devotion. We are called to share the gospel with boldness, live in community, and display God’s power through our acti...

January 12, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 5  In this powerful message, we dive into the spiritual discipline of fasting, exploring its biblical purpose and how it leads to deeper intimacy of God. Fasting isn’t just about abstaining from food—it’s about seeking more of God’s presence and power in our lives. We discuss why fasting is essential for spiritual breakthroughs, how it strengthens prayer, and...

January 12, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 4-5 In this message, we explore the power of fasting as a means of seeking a fresh encounter with God's presence. Fasting is not about earning favor with God but about creating space for deeper intimacy with Him. As we prepare for a 21-day fast, we can expect physical hunger and spiritual warfare, but also the opportunity to grow in dependence on God’s Wo...

In this message, we begin our Breakthrough series by exploring the power of prayer in the life of Jesus from Luke 3-5. We learn that spiritual breakthroughs come through surrender, dependence on the Holy Spirit, and a life of prayer. Jesus' ministry was fueled by His communion with the Father through prayer, and as His life was marked by personal and corporate prayer, so should ours be. This sermo...

January 5, 2025 | Breakthrough | Luke 3-5 In this sermon, we begin our journey called Breakthrough 2025, focusing on seeking spiritual breakthroughs through prayer and fasting. Drawing from the Gospel of Luke, we explore how Jesus’ life and ministry were empowered by the Holy Spirit through prayer. The message emphasizes that spiritual breakthroughs come through surrender and dependence on the Hol...

December 29, 2024 | Stand-alone Message | Matthew 6:25 In this sermon, we explore Jesus' teaching on worry from Matthew 6:25-34, where He calls His followers to trust God for their needs and seek His kingdom first. We learn that worry is a natural human tendency, but God's provision and love for us provide a cure. By focusing on God's faithfulness, we can overcome anxiety, strengthen our faith, an...

December 29, 2024 | Various Verses In this powerful message, we explore the story of Peter’s failure and restoration, showing how Jesus' grace never withdraws, even when we fall short. No matter how far we've fallen or how much we've messed up, the invitation to follow Christ is always open. Discover how Jesus turns our deepest shame into a place of healing and purpose.

December 22, 2024 | The Gift | Acts 3; Romans 10; Matt 16 God created us for relationship with Him. Founded on his love, not our performance. But it was interrupted by sin. We discovered that forgiveness is available. A free gift that came at a high cost to God. And this gift is available to us when you TURN FROM YOUR SIN & SURRENDER TO JESUS!

December 22, 2024 | The Gift | Acts 3; Romans 10; Matt 16 God created you for a relationship with Him, but it was interrupted by sin, the good news is forgiveness is available when you TURN FROM YOUR SIN and surrender to Jesus as Lord.

December 15, 2024 | The Gift | Matthew 1:20-21  Today we explore the profound truth that “ forgiveness is available” through Jesus Christ. While forgiveness is a free gift to us, it came at a great cost to God—through the sacrificial death of Jesus. We are called to receive this gift by faith, not just for freedom from guilt or escape from hell, but for the restoration of a relationship with God....

In this sermon, we explore the powerful truth that “forgiveness is available” through Jesus Christ. Matthew 1:20-21 we learn that Jesus means Savior, highlighting that His mission was to rescue us from sin and reconcile us to God. Forgiveness is at the core of the Christian faith, and we see in Ephesians 1:7-10 that Christ’s sacrificial death, God’s forgiveness is offered freely, uniting us with H...

December 8, 2024 | The Gift | Genesis 3 In this sermon, we explore the reality of sin, as seen in Genesis 3, and how it disrupted humility’s perfect relationship with God. We learn that sin introduced separation, shame, fear, and brokenness into the world, leading to deep consequences for all of creation. Despite the tragic effects of sin, the Gospel offers hope and restoration through Jesus Chris...