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This week, Pastor Jackson sits down with New Song Students leader Garis Diffee to talk about evangelism and being used by Jesus to grow the family of God.

This week Pastor Jackson sits down with Hannah Williams, a three year leader at New Song Students, as she shares her story about the goodness of God in her life.

This week, Pastor Eman kicked off our brand new series with a message on the power of YOUR testimony and why you should share it!

You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things. 2 And we know that God, in his justice, will punish anyone who does such things. 3 Since you judge others for doing these things, why do you think you can avoid God’s judgmen...

Don’t Chance it. Change it.  Sovereign - God has absolute right to do all things according to his own good pleasure. God’s sovereign plan involves our involvement. 1. We facilitate change with our words Genesis 17:2 I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants. Genesis 17:4-5 “This is my covenant with you: I will make you the father of a multitude of...

12-14 I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back. 15-16 So let’s keep focused...

16 “For God so loved the world,[i] that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the...

“A gray area is meaning that exists between two extremes. This is an analogy to the area of color that exists between black and white. Gray areas result from ambiguity and rich variations that naturally occur in language, culture, events, information, objects, environments and people. The ability to think in grey areas is a basic element of intelligence.” - John Spacey 13 Now who is there to harm...

Saint vs. Christian We are saints; meaning we are disciples and if disciples it means we believe and if we believe then were are made Holy and how we are made Holy is in accepting the message of Christ in His fullness and understanding that apart from Him we are nothing but only in Him do we find identity, strength, meaning and life. Faith. the works for the saints. The faith then that we profess...

9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over every ruler and authority; COLOSSIANS 2:9-10 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardsh...

Colossians 2:1-5 “For I want you to know how greatly I am struggling for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person. I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery — Christ. In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I am saying...

GOD’S WORD IS ENOUGH.   All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17  For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and YOU have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. Colossians 2:9  THE JOURNEY OF FAITH. Paul...

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. MATTHEW 13:44-46 GOD’S KINGDOM IS YOUR GREATEST INVESTMENT OPPORT...

IT’S NOT DEVOTION UNTIL I’M ALL IN.  15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,[f] to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be[g] in you. JOHN 14:15-17  39 Whoever finds his life will lose it,...

VISION IS THE INTENDED DIRECTION OF OUR LIFE IN WORDS. FILLED UP. POURED OUT. 22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had gi...

MATTHEW 1:18-23 GOD WITH US. PERIOD. OMNIPOTENCE: all-powerful OMNISCIENCE: all-knowing OMNIPRESENCE: all-present 7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?     Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!     If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! PSALM 139:7-8 GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US BUT WE AREN’T ALWAYS WITH HIM.  You make known to me the path of life; in your pr...

JAMES 5:13-18  PRAYER IS… OUR VIEW OF PRAYER DETERMINES HOW WE PRAY Most Christians view prayer as “something I SHOULD do”, rather than “something I GET to do”.  It would of course be a rather low-voltage spiritual life in which prayer was chiefly undertaken as a discipline, rather than as a way of co-laboring with God to accomplish good things and advance His kingdom purposes.”  Dallas Willard WE...

NUMBERS 11:4-6 COUNTERFEIT COMFORTS.  In the disciplines of abstinence, we abstain to some degree and for some time from the satisfaction of what we generally regard as normal and legitimate desires. “Normal” desires include our basic drives or motivations, such as those for food, sleep, bodily activity, companionship, curiosity, and sex. But our desires for convenience, comfort, material security...

Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church. There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close. BILL HYBEL Being disconnected from the local ch...

Galatians 2:20 The world says we need to conquer/dominate others, but God says to serve others (Matthew 20:28) The world says we need to take from others and receive, but God says to give to others (Luke 6:38) The world says to put yourself first/be selfish, but God says to put others first, be selfless (Philippians 2: 3-4) The world says you need to speak/act first, but God says to listen first (...

Spiritual Disciplines: things we do in order to reorient our life, habits, and routines in a way that feeds our spirit more than our flesh. Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I am going to the Father. JOHN 14:12 MATTHEW 4:1-11 IF JESUS OVERCAME TEMPTATION, I CAN OVERCOME TEMPTATION JOHN 13:3-...

IN THE DARK INTEGRITY IS A BIG DEAL TO GOD.  Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together . We must constantly strive to keep our integrity intact. When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. BILLY  GRAHAM Integrity: the state of being whole and undivided Reputation is who everybody THINKS you are. Integrity is who...

COUNT THE COST.  21 Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone[i] who sins against me? Seven times?” 22 “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven![j] MATTHEW 18:21-22 “If you are trying to keep count, you’re missing the point.” “Forgiveness is the Culture of Heaven” - Mark Driscoll  Forgive: to release; cancel a debt   FORGIVENESS IS NOT: APPRO...

#1) COMPARISON KILLS CONTENTMENT Philippians 4:11-12  For I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. He stepped out of contentment and into comparison.  #2) COMPARISON STEA...

Parables are not simply teachings on what the Kingdom of God is LIKE; they are an invitation into Kingdom LIVING. We know that God is Spirit and is neither male nor female. Yet in the Scriptures we are told that the believer is “born of God”. Here John uses female language to describe the relationship between God and believers. Similarly, when Jesus addressed God as “Father,” he used a male metaph...