New Life Church - Fort Smith

The church is growing, and we have a lot to celebrate! And there are so many stories right now of people going all in following Jesus. God is moving and we’re so HOPEFUL about the future! Here’s our heart for what we hope to see IN this house

Vision happens by default or design. Either you determine the vision or someone else will. Godly homes don’t happen on accident but rather they are built. We build our homes on God's Word, accepting the responsibility He has placed on us to lead and, by His Spirit, we adopt His vision over our own.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Jesus declares this exact mission when He sits down in the synagogue and unroll the scroll of Isaiah 61. He tells them that He is anointed " to proclaim good news to the poor... to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,   to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor"...

God went to incredible lengths to provide a way for us to have relationship with Him. What a blessing we have! In response, we should live our lives in light of His sacrifice, worthy of His calling.

In life, we all love a story or movie with a happy ending. When we think about our lives, we want to see it end in a grand fashion. On the contrary, life doesn’t always end that way. The Bible is always honest about the realities of life, and the book of Jonah is the perfect example of that. We didn’t get a happily ever after! Instead, we get Jonah Chapter 4– we get real life. We get real emotions...

At some point, all of us are going to need a do-over. All of us are going to need a clean slate, a fresh start. That’s why Jonah 3 is good news for us! We get to see the heart of God and it’s the heart of a Father who tracks us down with a second chance in his hand!

In Chapter 2, we find Jonah in the worst place of his life, the stomach of a fish. It's in this place that he finally decides to reach out and pray to God. We learn through these 10 verses to quickly turn to God, that He hears us even when we pray imperfectly, and that every place we find ourselves has purpose.

Jonah begins his book by running away from what God told him to do. It takes him much further than he imagined and had more impact on those around him than he thought as sin always does in our lives. What Jonah finds in the midst of running away is a God of second chances and a God who provides a way back to Him.

If you don't have a clear picture of your destination, you are unlikely to get to the place you want to go. The same could be said for our walk with God. Often, we either have no vision or the wrong vision. However, when we live by God's Word and the guardrails He has placed around our lives, we are able to live the way God created us to live.

In the conclusion of our series on the Life of David, we look at what it takes to live a life that last beyond our own lives.

The Bible details at length the life and success of David, even calling him a man after God's own heart. But what if one of greatest lessons we could learn from his life came from failure and not success. David was not a man without mistake but rather a man who knew where to go when he failed. We can also develop this reflex to run to God in both good and challenging season of life.

David was anointed king but immediately went back to the field. On his way to the throne, he would learn lessons that prepared him to reign as king. Too often, we want to rush to the end product before learning what it takes to do what God has called us to. Learn how to be faithful where you are as He prepares you for where you are going.

In life, we will have times that feel like we're being pressed down. David was in a similar situation when he arrives at a town called Ziklag, which means "pressed down." Oftentimes, we want to run or ignore the situation, but David takes it before the Lord and "recovers all that was taken."

Often in life, our kindness is directly related to how well someone else has treated us. It's conditional and runs out. God's kindness is different than our kindness. David's treatment of Mephiboseth shows us how to show kindness when we have every reason not to show it. We see how God saw us in our brokenness and thought we could offer Him nothing, He still showed us His kindness thro...

Sometimes we approach familiar biblical stories with the assumption that we know everything about it. David and Goliath is one of the most popular stories of the Bible. Let's revisit this familiar story and see what deeper things God would have in the passage.

David is one of the most well-known Bible characters. This summer, we revisit some of the key moments in David's life to see more of who God is and how would have us live today. Today, we look at the differences between Saul and David and what makes David a man after God's heart.

If we're being honest, none of us would want all of our thoughts displayed on a screen for all to see. We all think and do things we know we shouldn't. However, in spite our mistakes and shortcomings, we have a God who loves and forgives, abounding in grace and mercy, and calls us to live a greater in Him than we could ever live on our own.

One of the most important steps we take as followers of Christ is learning to hear from God. Oftentimes, we have questions like "is God speaking?" and "how does God speak?" Find out ways to hear from God consistently and how to be able to recognize His voice when He speaks.

On Mother's Day, we look at how to fight for your family. One of the greatest attributes of a mom is how she fights for the family. We look qualities of both men and women that can fight.

In the finale of our series What is a Christian, we look at how God calls us to live on mission. God has made us on purpose for a purpose. Discovering that purpose and living to see it unfold in your life is a fantastic part of our relationship with Jesus.

As Christians we are residents of this world, but we are citizens of Heaven (Phil. 3:20). This week, we learn what it means for our primary address to be in the Kingdom of God. Jesus wants us to have a fuller picture of what the Kingdom looks like and how it plays out in our everyday lives.

Growing is God's will for our lives as we follow Him. He desires all of His followers to become more and more like Him. For some of us, we have delayed this process. Others have become lazy and complacent in approach to growth. Through His Spirit along with biblical community around us, He causes us to grow more and more like Him.

As we look at what it means to be a "Christian", we have to start at step 1. Following Jesus is the beginning of our journey of being Christian.

Mary and Martha, close friends of Jesus, take 2 different approaches to His Presence. One serving on His behalf, the other listening to His teaching. Too often, we set this story at one sister versus the other, a tale of right versus wrong. But what if they are both doing good things and one is to be prioritized over the other. Our worship should inform our work, not the other way around.

Worship has various ways of being expressed in our lives as we follow Jesus. In Luke 7, we see a beautiful representation of worship. It was worship from the heart. It was from a place of complete need of Jesus. It was worship from a place of gratitude. Sermon Review Notes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MLqGs3G0Eu7CAn8js66bVPnILI5fT6KK/view?usp=sharing