Peace Seymour Weekly Messages

We are to put to death the sin that lives inside of our hearts. Yet, we constantly give into the sins of the world when we allow our phones, or the entertainment industry, or the music we listen to, or the shows we watch, shape and form who we are and what's important. What we hear and listen to influences us. While it's not bad to engage with media and the world around us (as long as we do not gi...

We easily get swept up into playing political games. We follow the news and listen to it every day. We only vote for this party. We argue with each other and make snap judgments about others because of their political leanings. We hate and even fight with others, and slander our leaders that God has appointed. We even look to these political figures as messiahs who will save our country. In other...

We love our traditions, in church and at home. These traditions are good. Yet at times, they can obscure the good news of Jesus. We fail to teach our traditions well to our children and others. We refuse to change our old ways when they no longer convey the same message. We hold on to the things that we like or that we prefer, and we fail to pick up new practices that are more helpful. We do not h...

We think of glory from a human perspective. We want to have glory and power and control in our lives and in the eyes of others. We want to be lifted up, talked up, and looked up to. We want earthly glory. The problem is, earthly glory is not the same as heavenly glory, and we are seeking that which is not life. We don't want to suffer or be 'weak' or experience difficulty for the sake of the Gospe...

We are blessed to own many good things. We have many possessions that we love and cherish and that bring us comfort and joy. Many of these things actually can help us benefit others. Yet, we often value these things more than we should. We are drawn into a consumerism mindset, where we overvalue the stuff we have, we are consumed by it, and we want the next best thing. As a result, our lives revol...

Often the people we associate with shape and change how we live. Good company can point us together towards a good life and behavior that is God pleasing. Yet at the same time, our friends, family, and those closest to us can point us in the wrong direction. They don't have the same values, the same beliefs, or the same priorities. This is significant, because it means we can be shaped by those th...

Merry Christmas! Check out this special message for Christmas Day from Pastor Alarik. Christ is born!

There are bad things that happen in this world. There are frightening things. We don't feel secure or safe in this world, because bad things happen not only to bad people, but to all people. There's wars, violence, storms, disasters, and all kinds of bad things in this world. What we need is safety and security. Our God gives us that safety and security in Jesus. We are his people, and he is our a...

Jesus comes to earth, to join us in the dirt of this world, get dirty in our sin, and show us who our God truly is.

Home can be a tough place to be. It can be filled with tension, conflict, arguments, and strife. When you're there, you can be tempted to avoid people, keep to yourself, or even leave altogether. Home is supposed to be a happy, peaceful place. Yet it often is not. Jesus came and died and rose again, that we may have peace. We have peace with God, but also with each other, in Jesus. By coming into...

Coming to church can be hard sometimes. We often wonder, am I good enough? Have I been away for too long? Have I gone too far? Have I done too much? Have I done not enough? Do I belong here? Will God accept me? We often can think we are too far gone. We can't come home to God, maybe like we can't come to our earthly homes and earthly families. You are always welcome at God's table. No matter what...

Being a just and good person is tough, but through the tasks and gifts God gives us, he blesses us, helps us rise to the occasion, and he shows us what perfect love looks like.

We feel like this world is not the way it should be. That's because it isn't. Our world is broken, messed up, and it feels, not quite right. Sin has entered into our world through us, just as it did through the first two people, and because of sin making a home in our hearts, we were exiled from our home with God, and left on our own in this broken world. God gives us a home in Jesus. He gives us...

How do we live a thankful life? Pastor Alarik explores what everyday thankfulness looks like, and how it's bigger than just one day of the year. Check out this special Thanksgiving Day message, made just for you!

The easy, attractive, pleasant things in life, are not the things worth imitating. The things that in the moment feel good and seem good to do, are not usually the things that we are called to do as followers of Jesus. What we want to leave behind is a life that people look back on and consider to be good and well-lived, but for most of us, that means doing the hard thing rather than the easy thin...

Money is often times the most important thing to us. We may claim that other things are more important, and even know that deep down, but money often takes control over our lives. We live always thinking on, being reliant upon, and worrying about money and earthly riches, whether we are rich ourselves, or we want to desperately hold on to the little that we have. Jesus gives us true riches. In Jes...

We often focus on leaving behind a legacy about what we've done, what we've gained, and all our successes. We leave a legacy that points to ourselves and the good things we want people to remember. We work towards things in life that are about gaining for ourselves, rather than giving something to others. We are called to a better legacy. We are to leave behind and give to others, legacy of faith....

It's easy for us to think of the saints as holy, pious, better-than-me kind of people. We think of them as people who have done what we never could. People who have attained a certain status that overshadows and will always be better than us. When we think this, it's easy to become discouraged, and to even give up trying to follow God's desires for us. God has made us all saints in Jesus. All peop...

We can often fall into a trap of thinking that faith in Jesus is all about going to church. It's all about doing the right thing. It's all about being a good person. It's all about loving your neighbor. It's all about being holy or pious. We replace faith, with works. With being enough. Doing enough. Living holy enough. The issue is, we can never be enough. Jesus is enough for you. All faith is, i...

Today, all too many people don't know about Jesus. We simply are ok with that. We allow that to be the status quo. We don't speak about Jesus as often as we should. We even are tempted to think that Jesus is only for certain people. We are even frightened, that it is just us going out into this world, and we don't think we can do it successfully or 'right'. Jesus is for all people. He uses all peo...

Power, awards, admiration, popularity, applause, all of it and more can and will go to our heads. We get our worth and find our identity in all kinds of achievements and accolades that are determined by the world's standards. Even if we do earn these things, we may not find happiness, and we also may end up losing these things, if another wants them. God loves you, not for what you can do, or what...

There are many temptations in this world, to fall away from faith. It's easy to fall in with the direction and morals of the culture. To live your truth, and do what you want with your life and body. To follow cultural saviors, who speak a false Gospel. To get caught up in issues that feel like they are 'Christian' but are truly not. We all fall victim to the temptations to fall away from faithful...

Unfortunately in this world, there is much pressure when it comes to our faith. We don't often like to be uncomfortable, or under pressure. We want to keep comforts close at hand. We want to live with our luxuries and things that we "need". We don't want to give up that which we like to have. Jesus gave up all that he had, that he might have you. He descended from heaven, became a human, was humil...

In this world, we often have bad examples to watch and look to. Leaders acting badly. Trusted individuals, breaking that trust. People you know or who you grew up with, giving you less than excellent examples for your future life. When we look to ourselves, we also see that we are fallible, failing, sinful human beings too, who also lead less than stellar examples for others. In Jesus, we have mor...