Northridge Free Will Baptist

While there is a lack of integrity in our world today, Scripture teaches us “He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known.” Proverbs 10:9 (NKJV) It. But how do we live with integrity in a world that is really so comfortable with a lack of integrity? That's what this message is about.

Jesus says our righteousness much exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees or we’ll never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The righteousness that exceeds the righteousness of scribes and Pharisees is both received and lived. It is received by faith in Jesus. Having received righteousness from Jesus, disciples begin to live righteously through Jesus. One of the ways this righteousness is seen is in how...

Disciples of Jesus are to be men and women of purity. Genuine purity is something that is in short supply in our world today. If we want to live a life of purity then there is a specific set of choices we will need to make.

God has a standard that He expects from His people. This standard is unchanging. This standard is unwavering. Jesus teaches that those who do not meet this standard will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. This standard is a standard for righteousness. What is the standard for righteousness that God demands? That's what this message is about.

An easily overlooked passage in Ezra gives us three important lessons about doing the work of God.

Our prayer focus for the month of November is Praying For Our Church. To guide our prayers we'll look at what Jesus wants our church to be, how Jesus views the church, and we'll have a prayer list. (there are spaces of "dead air" as we pray)

Disciples should have a righteous influence on the world. Our world is bombarded with negative influences. From music to television, movies, peers, and the news. All of these at times draw out our baser impulses. Disciples of Jesus are to counteract this. How do we do this?

At various times God works in people’s life and stirs their spirit to do something, to change something, to fan into flames devotion and service to Him. Those who are stirred are compelled to action. That’s what will happen in us. When God stirs our spirit we are compelled to act.

One of the greatest facets of Jesus’ teaching is His brutal honesty. Jesus says those who follow Him will be persecuted, reviled, and blessed.

Peacemakers work to make peace out of conflict. Genuine peacemakers don’t fake peace by avoiding conflict. They face the conflict and bring peace out of the midst of it. As great is it is to know what a peacemaker does. That knowledge is useless unless we do what a peacemaker does. What does a peacemaker do?

To be merciful is have a forgiving spirit and a compassionate heart. It is being compassionate and benevolent towards others because God has been compassionate and benevolent towards you. This is the key truth we have to understand. Merciful people give to others what they've received from God. We are merciful because we have received mercy.

In the devotional classic My Utmost For His Highest Oswald Chambers once wrote, “Thank God He gives us difficult things to do!" Warren Wiersbe said about this, “I've lived long enough to understand the wisdom of Chambers' statement. I've learned that when God tells us to do difficult things, it's because He wants us to grow.” This beginning study in Ezra and Nehemiah prepare us to do what's hard s...

Most people have a desire for a measure of righteousness. Some have a desire to be righteous but not do righteous. Others have a desire to do righteous but not really be righteous. The attitude that Jesus says is blessed is an attitude that desires all righteousness. It is those people who desire to be righteous and to do righteous. It is important that we understand this because the promise of a...

Do we believe God can still do what He has done? Personally, I do. I believe God still does what He has done. I believe all Christians should believe this and pray for God to do it again. There are five common reasons people give for not believing God still does what He has done. This message looks at them in light of Scripture.

Meekness is not really seen as a virtue anywhere in the western world. In fact, meek people are often ridiculed as weak, wimpy or in need of counseling to overcome their low self-esteem. Yet as we look at the life of Jesus we see that He possessed and exemplified meekness and yet was not weak, wimpy or suffering from low self-esteem.

Reading Biblical accounts of God’s power, plus reading stories about revivals in history has stirred within me a desire to see God do those things again and do them in Guymon. Do them in our church, and the other churches in our community. Why can’t God do again what He’s done in the past? Why can’t He do those things in Guymon? I think He can, so I pray, Do it again Lord! In my Scripture reading...

Those that come to the place where they understand the seriousness of their sin and their spiritual poverty, mourn. First they mourn for their own sin. Then they mourn over the sins of others. Then the mourn over the general brokenness of the world around them.

Have you ever heard anyone say, “It’s never a waste of time to pray.” Is it true? What if it’s not true? What if praying can be a waste of time? What if something could happen to cause a believer's prayers to go nowhere and accomplish nothing? What would be the cause of such idle prayers? What would be the cure? That’s what this message is about.

What Jesus refers to as being poor in spirit would be evidenced in people’s lives. I want to give you three facts that are true of all people but are only recognized and accepted by those who are poor in spirit.

All believers in Jesus are called to serve Jesus. This call isn’t always going to be easy. This message covers four steps we need to take to serve Jesus.

The Sermon On The Mount is the longest recorded sermon of Jesus. In this sermon, Jesus explains the values, priorities, attitudes, actions, and reactions He intends for those who follow Him to have. It lays out the way of Jesus. This message is an intro into the way of Jesus.

When people get caught in the snare of the devil, they get stuck and they can’t get out. They may struggle. They may fight. They may scream. And they may cry. But they just can’t get themselves out. In those times, what they need is someone to come along and help them escape Satan’s share. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are meant to be the people who help them escape.

Scripture frequently uses the word fruit to describe something that should be in the life of a believer in Jesus Christ. Fruit is evidence of the work of Christ in a person’s life. It would be easy for us to wonder, “Does it really matter if I live a fruitful life as long as I don’t live a wicked, immoral life?” The answer is yes it does matter.

Satan takes people into his snare, to do his will so he can steal, kill, and destroy in their lives. He he uses deception to lure people into his snare. Part of Satan’s deception is to convince us we cannot escape his snare. But this is a lie. While it may be difficult to escape Satan’s snare, it is not impossible.

Organizations spend millions of dollars developing a logo that is immediately recognizable and makes people think about their products. What would we think if companies used instruments of death for their logo’s? Yet this is exactly what Christianity did with choosing the cross. Why would Christianity make the cross it’s symbol or logo? It's because they understood the meaning of the cross.