River Church NOLA

Intro Have you ever noticed how what fills your mind eventually shapes your life? If you constantly think about fear … you live anxious. All you have to do is to watch the news… any news station. They are all trying to make you afraid so that you will watch. If you dwell on offense… you live bitter.…

Over the past three weeks in this series, God Never Said That , we’ve been learning to listen more carefully to what God has actually promised—and to let go of phrases that sound comforting but don’t always tell the whole truth. We learned that God never said life would stay within our ability to handle…

Tonight we’re going to look at some intellectual dangers that this church at Colossae was facing. Paul warns them because there were some philosophies he felt could threaten the joy and the life of this young church if they wandered too far away from the truth. I'm going to read this passage and as I…

Over the past two weeks in this series, God Never Said That , we’ve been learning how easy it is to believe things about God that sound right—but slowly shape our faith in the wrong direction. Sayings like: God helps those who help themselves... everything happens for a reason... follow your heart...…

Last week, we began a series called God Never Said That —a journey into some of the most common phrases we hear in Christian culture that sound biblical, feel comforting, and get repeated often… but aren’t actually found in Scripture. Last week, We started by confronting the idea, “ God will never give…

Intro We’re going to take a look tonight at one of the best ministers to people the world’s ever seen. His name was the Apostle Paul. He was pretty good at it. By God’s gift and his use of those gifts, God used this one man to be a catalyst to reaching most of the known world of that day. so, What does…

Have you ever been going through something… something really hard and someone, probably meaning well, came up to you and said, Just remember, God will never give you more than you can handle? Is there anyone besides me that when they do that, you want to punch them it the face? Single mom - Maybe you…

We were bought with a price Intro Begin Talking about Easter - 84% of people who don’t go to church said they would if they were invited. Do begin thinking about and praying for people you want to have come to church with you . Today we will finish the series on Extraordinary Relationships . We have…

We’re going to start a study in the book of Colossians. Let me describe the religious scene. See if this sounds a little familiar, what people are facing. A lot of people today when they think about how get closer to God, they really struggle with to do that . See if you’ve ever met anyone like this.…

Intro Relationships are vital to all of the areas of our lives. That’s why we are looking at the state of relationships. This is a key area that will impact every other area of your life for good or for bad. We have to know how to build relationships God’s way and not the worlds way . How many of you…

Intro Boudreaux & Thibidoux, two government maintenance workers were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up. A woman walked by and asked what they were doing. “We’re supposed to find out the height of that flagpole but we don’t have a ladder. The woman said, “Hand me that wrench out of your toolbox.”…

Intro By a show of hands, how many of you grew up with brothers and sisters in the house? Rollinson brothers … How many of you have difficult people in your workplace? John Wires… How many of you attend school? How many of you drive in traffic? Whether we are with family, at work, in school, or in traffic,…

Gen 28 is a low point in Jacob’s life. tell some of his story 20 When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean. 21 Isaac pleaded with the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children.…

Intro Welcome people . We are beginning a new series called Extraordinary Relationships. On Feb 13, we have a Valentine Event that you can come to. This is a difficult time for relationships. People are more connected than ever before through technology but more disconnected than ever before. We have…

When I worked in Hospitals … we caught a thief who had been robbing the Dr offices. We had been trying to catch him for months… Tell the Story. Then the detectives told him that he took $4,000 from an office, he retorted… I only took 1500 … What do you do when you are driving, and a police car pulls…

Intro We are ending 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting and hopefully you have been blessed and moved closer to the Lord. This is the last of the All Things New. This is a year of New Beginnings for many of us… We have a New Beginnings God. All Things new has been about New Faith, New Fitness and New Freedom.…

Intro We are starting the last week of 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. We are in week 3 of a new series all things new. We want this year to be the year of New Beginnings. God loves to give us a new beginnings all the time. All we have to do is to turn to him. He takes our lives and will make them brand…

Intro Have you ever woken up in the morning feeling you are surrounded… like everything was closing in on you? Maybe the doctor’s report wasn’t what you wanted ot hear. Maybe a family situation feels tense and has not been resolved. Maybe the future looks uncertain. That’s the situation we find here…

Intro Any body glad to be in church today? Welcome to week 2 of all things New Series. Last weeks message, New Faith was a great message and if you want to go back and listen, it’s on our website. We are also on Day 7 of 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. We are starting week 2 tomorrow. Make sure to join…

Intro Worship - Teach - Pray individually - pray together… 25 min on your own - Prayer requests… prayer guide Pray out loud - it keeps you from being distracted. We will have music playing. Don’t visit in the room… pray Don’t go and pray for someone unsolicited… ask before you pray. You can get together…

Intro Happy New Year. We are so glad that you are here. We are streaming this on social media and it will be on our Website this week. We want this year to be a year of New Beginnings. It’s a time for a reset. And the best way to do that is through the … 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting January 5th -25th…

INTRO NY Eve… Tomorrow beings a new year. The old is leaving and we get to begin all new. How may of you have made NY resolutions? Here are some NY Resolutions people have made… I won’t bore my boss by with the same excuse for absences but will think of some new excuses. I will never again take a sleeping…

Christmas is fun, and it’s especially fun to watch kids at this time of year. I did always wonder why parents would take their young children to Toys are Us during this time. But kids are fun. Joke - A little boy was praying a few weeks before Christmas. He prayed, “Lord, if you will give me a new bicycle…