Shartel Church

God is the secret to all healthy, loving relationships. God IS love. God models love. If God is not in our relationships, then it is not truly a relationship of love! Without God, we love others to receive, not give. Without God, we love others to control, not set free. Without God, we let the world define love for us, and the world doesn't know what True Love is! This message will look at what it...

Peace is not the absence of chaos. It's a still heart in the midst of a storm. That's something that only God can give! This message will look at how we try to bring peace to our lives but how futile those attempts are. Peace has nothing to do with what's going on around us. It has to do with what's going on WITHIN US! Jesus promises a kind of peace that has nothing to do with vacation sites, geta...

Every single person wants their life to matter. We all want to know that were living for something more than just a paycheck and a 401(K). We want our lives to have meaning, purpose, and make a difference. And God is the one who gives that to us! Throughout history, God has taken ordinary people and led them to lead extraordinary lives. Shepherds became kings. Fugitives became national heroes. Fis...

One of the greatest rock songs of all time was I can't get no satisfaction! That statement is the cry of anyone who has tried to fill their lives with everything but God! Psalm 37:4 reminds us that God is the source of all of the desires of our heart. HE is who our hearts are pursuing. Life may offer many different kinds of stimulation, but only God can give our hearts satisfaction!

We live in a culture that tends to reject absolutes. As a result, many people think that what might be true for you may not be true for them. Is there anything by which we can measure life? Yes. God. God IS truth. He created life to be lived a certain way, and, in the end, He will be the ultimate judge of how we did. This message will be to call us back to hold our lives up against the truth of Go...

Do you believe in God? Many people do not. This message will explore how we know that God is real and how God has sought to show Himself to us. In multiple ways, God has not only demonstrated that He is there, but also that He is RIGHT HERE! He is not only a real God; He is a God who loves us and desires a relationship with us!

God shared His Son with the world. But His intent was that people would not only receive that gift but would themselves become givers! Not just shareholders in the Kingdom, but SHARERS of the Kingdom. The Shepherds shared their story. The Wise Men shared their treasures. The disciples shared their lives. What will YOU share? This message will challenge us to put the heart of Christmas into action...

To a world filled with darkness, Christ came to be the light. He came to show us the truth about ourselves and the truth about the world around us. He came to brighten our lives with hope and joy. He came to be The One who could light the way before us. As we enter into 2022, we need a Light who can show us how to believe, show us the path to take, and show us how to live. Jesus came to be that Li...

Angels, Wise Men following a Star, a virgin giving birth– the story of Christmas is FULL of miracles! This message will remind us that at the heart of Christmas is a God who can do wondrous things in our lives. What is it that we need? Where do we need God to work? What Christmas Miracle do we need to have God perform? This message will challenge us to have faith to believe that THIS Christmas can...

Christ wasn’t born to leave us as we were. He came to TRANSFORM us! He came to make dead people alive, sinful people righteous, and self-centered people selfless. He came to offer us a heart transplant. He would put His Heart in us so that we might truly LIVE!

Love is the why of Christmas. Why did Christ come? Because of love! We had run from God, but God, out of His great love for us, came to bring us back. It is a love that can change our outlook, change our relationships, and change our destiny if we open our hearts to it! If Christmas is about anything, it's about LOVE!

Hope—is there anything more needed in our world right now? After two years of dealing with the losses of loved ones, losses of jobs, and constant bleak outlooks at every turn, we need God to shine some rays of hope upon us. This message will look at the hope that Christ brought to our world and how that hope can be an anchor of our souls today.

The Devil is at his best when he can make people believe they're serving God when they're really serving him! This is exactly how the Enemy had Jesus killed. People who thought they were right were very, very wrong. And our Jesus hung on a cross because of it. This message will explore how Satan works even in our good intentions and what we can do to expose him for who he is.

The Devil is sneaky. Sometimes he pulls us away from God without us even knowing it. His temptations can be very subtle. At times in our journey, he's not trying to knock us out. Instead, he's trying to lull us to sleep! This message will look at some of those sneaky ways that the Enemy uses and what we need to do to be on guard against them.

One of the best maneuvers in a fight is a counterpunch. The same is true when we’re fighting the Devil! What do you do when he hits you with a temptation? What do you do when he’s whispering a lie in your ear, and you’re struggling not to believe it? What do you do when you feel like you’re on the ropes and losing the battle? You HIT BACK! This message will give us some tools to hit back against t...

The Devil is a deceiver! As the psychological warfare of old, he uses lies and propaganda to deceive us. He tells us lies about God, lies about others, and even lies about ourselves to try to steal our joy, crush our self-esteem, and cause us to feel valueless and inadequate. The Enemy wants to convince us we’re defeated when, in fact, he knows how close to victory we are! If we’re going to overco...

The Devil, like most predators, seeks to attack the weak. He is most present in our most vulnerable moments. This message will look at how to prepare and protect ourselves against him. Well explore how to keep our eyes open and our guard up to not give the Enemy any advantage. Our greatest defense against the Enemy is an alert mind and a vibrant walk with God!

As long the Devil can get us to believe that he's just a scary guy in a red outfit, we won't look at him as a real threat, but Jesus tells us he's much more than that he's a KILLER! His endgame is our demise. This message will look at the kind of destruction the Enemy is up to and why we need to understand his work and his ways.

It's too late. Ever thought that? Many have. Even some of the greatest names in the Bible. People like Abraham. Abraham and Sarah were old really old. When it was IMPOSSIBLE for them to have children, God came to them and promised they would have one. And God always keeps His promises! This message will be about increasing our faith in what God wants to do in our lives.

This question of Jesus is a powerful one. It should cause us all to reflect deeply and carefully. The man in the story never thought that his success was stealing his soul, but it was. Many of us have that going on as well. This message will look at the many things in our lives that can become soul stealers and help us learn how to guard our hearts and souls against being stolen from us a little b...

Do you ever wonder if God has forgotten you? Many of us sometimes do. The question the people of Israel asked is one to which most of us can relate. If God was really with them, why were they dealing with these struggles? This message will look at why we lose sight of God and what we can do to reclaim the faith we need to stay faithful through the difficult times.

God is at work in our world. But too often, we forget that WE are the ones God works through! God is looking for those who will be agents of His Grace and Power in those places where God places them. Will YOU be one of those? This message will look at Isaiah's incredible encounter with God and his response to God's call as a challenge to us all.

There is probably more concern over our children now than at any other time in history. In a world that seems intent on pulling our children away from God, how do we protect them? How do we help them stay safe in such a dangerous place? What can we do to give them tools to hold onto their faith as they leave home and go out on their own? These are the questions well seek to answer in this message!

This may be the most important question asked in the Bible. What do WE do with Jesus? Is He just a man? Is He just a great teacher? Or is He who He claimed to be, God in the flesh? How we answer that question determines how we live our lives and where we spend eternity. Let’s get this question RIGHT!

Cain asks a great question that we all need to answer. He believed he wasn't responsible for his brother. But God had other thoughts about that! God has created us to live in a community, and a part of that is realizing that we have an obligation to each other. We aren't responsible for each other's actions, but we are responsible for looking out for each other, care for each other, and warn each...