Serving Jesus Christ

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  I Am The Resurrection And The Life! Today we are looking at one of the most powerful statements Jesus ever made. In John 11 , standing in the middle of grief and loss, Jesus says something astonishing: "I am the resurrection and the life." Those words were spoken to a woman named Martha whose brother Lazarus had just died. Her heart was broken. Her hopes se...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  Walking As Children Of Light Today we're looking at a powerful passage from the Apostle Paul's letter to the Ephesians— Ephesians 5:8–14 . In these verses, Paul talks about the difference between darkness and light . That's something even children understand. When the lights go out at night, everything feels different. You can't see clearly. You might stumb...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  While We Were Yet Sinners Today we spent time in one of the most powerful passages in the entire Bible— Romans 5:6–11 . The message is simple, but it is life-changing: God demonstrated His love for us while we were still sinners. Think about what we saw together. 1.      First, we learned that humanity is helpless in sin. We cannot rescue ourselves or earn...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  Sinners in the Hands of a Holy God Several years ago, there was a controlled burn planned outside a rural community. The goal was good — clear brush, prevent a larger wildfire later. Experts monitored wind, timing, moisture levels. But something changed. The wind shifted faster than expected. Flames moved in a direction no one predicted. What was controlled...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  I'm Still A Little Bit Curious When I was a boy, I used to love looking at maps. Big paper maps. I would trace the highways with my finger and imagine traveling to places I had never been. I had never seen the Rocky Mountains, but I knew they were there. I had never stood on the ocean shore, but I believed it existed because the map showed it clearly. Now h...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  I'm Just A Little Bit Curious When I was a kid, one of the hardest things to hear was, "You'll find out later." You ask a question—about a trip, a surprise, what's coming next—and the answer is just vague enough to leave you hanging. No details. No timeline. Just waiting. But even then, there was something reassuring about it. I didn't know what was coming,...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  You Are the Light and Salt In the World This is not a message about self-promotion. It is not a call to moral superiority. And it is certainly not a command to withdraw from the world in fear. Instead, it is a clear, steady call to faithful presence—to living in such a way that the grace of God, the truth of Christ, and the goodness of the gospel quietly bu...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   God's Wise Way! In  1 Corinthians 1:18–31 , the apostle Paul speaks to a church that is getting pulled into pride, cliques, and competition. And Paul doesn't fix it by giving them a motivational speech. He fixes it by pointing them back to the center of everything: the cross of Jesus Christ . Today we're going to move through the message in three sections...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   The Lord Is My Light! Today we turn our attention to Psalm 27:1–4 , a passage that has steadied the hearts of God's people for centuries. These words were not written during a peaceful chapter of life. They were spoken in the midst of danger, pressure, and uncertainty. David is not offering theory here—he is giving testimony. In this narrative-style sermon...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   Behold The Lamb! Today we walked through John 1:29-42 and saw four movements: beholding Jesus the Lamb who removes sin, hearing testimony that points to Him, responding to His personal "Come, and you will see," and extending that invitation by bringing others. The big idea? Jesus calls us to Himself and then sends us to others—simple, personal, life-changi...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   Dead To Sin, Alive in Christ Today, we're diving into Romans 6:1-11, a powerful passage that challenges us to leave sin behind and embrace the new life Jesus offers. This sermon, titled "Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ: Embracing Our New Life in Jesus," explores how Paul's words to the early church in Rome speak directly to us today. Big Idea We'll uncover th...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   Search Me, O God The beginning of a new year naturally invites reflection. We talk about fresh starts and clean slates. We think about habits we want to change, patterns we want to break, and goals we want to pursue. Some people write resolutions. Others quietly resolve things in their minds. Either way, reflection seems unavoidable. And in many ways, that...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   From Slaves To Sons! Today we turn to Galatians 4:4–7. In just four verses, the Apostle Paul gives us one of the clearest explanations in all of Scripture of what Christmas truly accomplished. Paul doesn't describe shepherds or angels. He doesn't mention a star or a manger. Instead, he tells us why Jesus came and what His coming permanently changed. And he...

"Welcome to Words To Live By . This is Pastor Warren. Life isn't always easy, and we all face trials that test our faith. But in God's Word, we find promises that steady our hearts and truths that guide our steps." In this episode we will consider Isaiah 40:29-31 NAS95: ""He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   What The Birth Of Christ Means! Today's message is titled "What The Birth Of Christ Means!"We are going straight to the heart of Christmas - not the sentimental  version, but the staggering, life-altering, universe-rescuing truth of the incarnation. Our home base will be Luke 2:1-20, but we'll also draw from Matthew, Isaiah, Micah, John, Philippians, Hebre...

"Welcome to Words To Live By . This is Pastor Warren. Life isn't always easy, and we all face trials that test our faith. But in God's Word, we find promises that steady our hearts and truths that guide our steps."  In this episode we will consider Philippians 4:6-7 NAS95: "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   The Only King Who Reigns Forever Psalm 146 is the first movement of the grand Hallelujah symphony that closes the entire book of Psalms. Five psalms—146 through 150—all beginning and ending with the exact same Hebrew word meaning to "Praise the LORD!" Ancient Israel apparently wanted to go out with a bang, not a whimper. Today we're going to linger in this...

"Welcome to Words To Live By . This is Pastor Warren. Life isn't always easy, and we all face trials that test our faith. But in God's Word, we find promises that steady our hearts and truths that guide our steps."  In this episode we will consider Psalm 147:3 NAS95: "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." There is a kind of pain that doesn't show on the outside. It's the ache that...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   Fruit In Keeping With Repentance On this Second Sunday of Advent, the Church has always heard one voice rising above the noise of the season: the voice of John the Baptist crying in the wilderness, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" While the world rushes toward Christmas with lights and lists, the lectionary pulls us into the desert for a mom...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   Ready For The Day Today we light the first Advent candle—the candle of hope, the prophecy candle—and we open our Bibles to one of the most sobering and stirring passages in the New Testament: Matthew 24:36–44. Jesus tells us plainly that He is coming back at an hour we do not expect, and He uses words like "thief" and "flood" and "one taken, one left." If...

"Welcome to Words To Live By . This is Pastor Warren. Life isn't always easy, and we all face trials that test our faith. But in God's Word, we find promises that steady our hearts and truths that guide our steps."   In this episode we will consider John 14:27 NAS95: "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   The Preeminence of Christ Today we're in Colossians 1:13–20, one of the highest mountain peaks in all of Scripture. Paul takes us straight to the throne of the preeminent Christ—the One who rescued us from the dominion of darkness, the One by whom and for whom everything exists, the One in whom all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, the One who reco...

"Welcome to Words To Live By . This is Pastor Warren. Life isn't always easy, and we all face trials that test our faith. But in God's Word, we find promises that steady our hearts and truths that guide our steps."   In this episode we will consider Isaiah 43:2: "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   The Day Is Coming! Today we're digging into a passage that has both weight and hope: Malachi 4:1-6. We'll walk together through the final admonition of the Old Testament, exploring the coming "day of the Lord," the promise for those who fear His name, the call to remember God's statutes, and the hope of restoration through the one sent before that great da...

"Welcome to Words To Live By . This is Pastor Warren. Life isn't always easy, and we all face trials that test our faith. But in God's Word, we find promises that steady our hearts and truths that guide our steps."   In this episode we will consider Psalm 34:18: "The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." (NASB95) Heartbreak has a way of silencing the room. S...