Northridge Free Will Baptist

What breaks your heart? Are our hearts broken over those things which break God’s heart? Nehemiah’s heart was. The opening verses of Nehemiah show us why this matters.

One of the greatest needs in the church today is an accurate view of God. Culture today, even much of the Christian culture, has a view of God based more on feelings and fantasy than on Scripture. What we need is a fresh vision of our God. Isaiah gives us such a vision.

The word revival comes from the root word revive which means to restore life or consciousness, to regain strength, or to be given new strength or energy. In the case of spiritual revival, the restoration of life and strength, and the giver of strength and energy is God. Revival isn’t something we work up, it’s something God does, and we work out. But when does revival come? Ezra gives us an answer...

As Jesus closes out His Sermon on the Mount, He teaches us how to build our lives so they are built to last regardless of the storms we face. Listen to learn what Jesus says about building our lives to last.

Give me Scotland, or I die.” This was the daily prayer of Scottish reformer John Knox. Knox labored through preaching the Gospel, prayer, and personal evangelism to bring revival and reformation to Scotland. Let's see why and how we can imitate John Knox example in praying for our community.

Nothing in Scripture teaches salvation is a prayer we prayed at some point in the past with no present impact on our day to day lives. In fact, Scripture leads teaches the opposite. The salvation Jesus Christ died to provide not only changes our eternal destiny but has a profound impact on our day to day lives. A salvation with no profound impact on our day to day lives does NOT change our eternal...

There are four basic truths about problems we face in our lives. We cannot keep problems from happening. We cannot run from our problems. We cannot ignore our problems. We cannot solve our problems. Thankfully, as disciples of Jesus we don’t have to handle our problems alone. We can seek help from the One who knows all things.

Jesus tells us to “Beware” of false teachers and their false teaching. The word “beware” tells us to sit up and pay attention to what Jesus is saying because it’s important. The word “beware” indicates there is danger present which will bring much harm to us if we aren’t careful. What's the danger and what's the harm of false teachers? Jesus explains.

Have you felt like you were stuck in a rut? I don’t mean a rut in the road, but I mean a spiritual rut where you can't break free of a particular sin, or you feel as though your relationship with Jesus has stagnated, or you just feel stuck spiritually. If so, this sermon will show some actions we can take to get unstuck.

Everyone that even remotely believes in an afterlife wants to go to heaven. Chances are even those who don’t believe in an afterlife would say if there is a Heaven they want to go there. But desire alone does not determine our destination. We must be going the right direction to reach our desired destination.

Jesus said we are to pray: “Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:10 (NKJV) What is the Kingdom of God? What does it mean for God's will to be done? How do we pray this way? That's what this message is about.

If we aren't careful our prayer lives fall into a routine and then this routine can become a rut. When this happens, prayer is something that we do to check our box. In this situation prayer becomes something of a burden in our lives. How do we move past this? This message shows us how to move into the kind of prayer life we long to have

Jesus said rather than spending their lives worrying, His disciples were to seek first the Kingdom of God. This message shows three ways to pursue Jesus and His Kingdom.

A determined devotion to God’s Word positions us where God will put His hand on our lives. This message shows three ways a determined devotion to God's Word is expressed.

A part of life is making choices. A part of being a responsible mature adult is making good choices. A part of being a disciple of Jesus is making choices that deepen our devotion to Jesus. So we must choose wisely

As disciples of Jesus we never arrive because there’s always more to learn and there's always more to do. Instead, we persevere in faithfully performing the work. There are certain necessities we need to faithfully perform the work. This message shows four of these necessities.

Most people know that prayer is important to have a thriving relationship with Jesus. But for many prayer seems strange, awkward and uncomfortable, and so it gets left undone, or not done consistently. Thankfully, Jesus teaches us how to pray.

There are times in our lives when the Lord seems distant and we can’t really sense His presence in our lives. Most of the time when this happens it is because we have drifted in some way. The easiest way for us to drift is through distraction that keeps us from Him and the work He’s called us to do. In those times we need to be revived.

God rewards righteous deeds done in righteous ways. In Scripture we find that rewards from God sometimes take the form of blessing in the here and now. Rewards also can refer to rewards that we will receive in glory. What righteous deeds? How are they done in righteous ways? That's what this sermon is about.

God works powerfully through the right people in the right place doing the right work for the right reasons. This message explains why this matters.

Pastor Wayne Cordeiro says, "Encouragement is God’s native tongue. But encouragement without change is like a bicycle with only one pedal. Our participation is required. Encouragement turns into hope when His instructions find our ready acceptance and application." In this passage God sent a message to encourage His discouraged people and shows us how to respond to receive hope.

Reckless consumerism, and Christless spiritualism make it difficult to focus on the real meaning of Christmas. How can we make Christmas meaningful by focusing on the meaning of Christmas? This message gives three ways.

As the people of God set out to do the work of God, they run into opposition almost immediately. When this opposition arose, they didn’t give up. They stood against it and kept doing the work of God. There are many lessons for us here.

For those of us who believe in Jesus and have committed ourselves to being disciples Jesus, we are to be like Jesus in our attitudes, actions, reactions, values, priorities, speech, love and in every other way. We are to pattern the way we live our lives after the way Jesus lived His life, and obey all of His teachings. And this is where things get complicated.

In His book Experiencing God, Henry Blackaby gives seven realities to experiencing God. Two of those are that God is always at work around us and He invites us to join Him in the work. Ezra 3 gives us four ways we can work with God to accomplish His mission in the world.