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More Effective Prayers January 12, 2025 Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson James 5:16 -18 NIV  16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Ag...

Hungering for God January 5, 2025 Pastor Ken Ecker  1. Hungering for God involves fasting from the pleasures of life.  1 Timothy 4:1-3 NIV 1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 3 They forbid people to...

Pacific Church Resolutions 2025 December 29, 2024 Pastor JF Wilkerson Resolution - n. (Oxford English Dictionary) 1. A firm decision to do or not to do something. 2. The quality of being determined and unwavering (resolute). 3. The action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter. Peter 5:8 NIVBe alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for...

Christmas Eve Service December 24, 2024 Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson O Holy Night O holy night the stars are brightly shining It is the night of our dear Savior's birth Long lay the world in sin and error pining Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth Holy - adj. Dedicated or consecrated to God; devoted to the service of God.  2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin f...

Peace on Earth // Week 4 // Christmas in 3D December 22, 2024 Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson John 1:14 NIV 14  The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 1. The Darkness Isaiah 9:2 NIV  2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep...

Peace on Earth  // Week 3 // Misconceptions of God With Us December 15, 2024 Pastor Ashley Wilkerson Luke 2:13 -14 NIV 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Isaiah 7:14 NIV 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conce...

Peace On Earth // Week 2 // Mary's Heart and Soul Pastor JF Wilkerson Isaiah 7:14 NIV 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.  Isaiah 9:6 NIV 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Fathe...

Hope Has Come // Week 1 // The Calling of Christmas December 1, 2024 Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Luke 1:26 -32 NIV 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are high...

November 24, 2024 Pastor Ashley Wilkerson 1 Thessalonians 5:16 -18 NIV  16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Matthew 6:19 -23 NIV 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where...

In All Things // Week 3 // Near-Sightedness 1 Thessalonians 5:16 -18 NIV 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Matthew 6:19 -23 NIV 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, wher...

Acts 2:46 -47 (NIV) 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. 1. We are stronger together 1 Corinthians 12:18 -20 (NIV) 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the bo...

In All Things // Week 1 // Our Focus 1 Thessalonians 5:16 -18 NIV 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Matthew 6:19 -23a NIV 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth...

What We Do // Week 6 // We Recognize His Presence Matthew 28:16 -19 NIV 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name...

Matthew 28:16 -20 NIV 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spir...

What We Do // Week 4 // We Baptize 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of...

Matthew 28:16 -19 NIV 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spir...

Matthew 28:16 -20 NIV 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spir...

What We Do // Week 1 // We Go Matthew 28:16 -20 NIV 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and o...

How You Got Here Exodus 15:26 “For I am the Lord, who heals you”   Psalm 37:23 The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him.

Love Your Enemies Matthew 5:43 -48 (NIV) 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward...

Why Sabbath? 1. Sabbath Poses the Question of SIGNIFICANCE. Genesis 2:1-3 NIV 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Exodus...

Poured Out // Week 7 // Living By The Holy Spirit Ephesians 4:1-3 NIV 1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:4-6 NIV 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you...

Poured Out // Week 6 // Transformed By The Holy Spirit 1) The Holy Spirit Gives Strength Acts 1:8 NIV 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Romans 8:1-2 NIV 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the l...

Poured Out // Week 5 // Who Is The Holy Spirit For? Acts 1:3- 11 NIV 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. 4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised,...

John 14:16 -18 NIV 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate (HOLY SPIRIT) to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 1) The Holy Spirit Calls Acts 9:1-6 NIV 1 Meanw...