Sunday Sermons

Bouncing Forward Week #5 Put a Little Bounce in your Step Ephesians 1:17-18 SERIES REVIEW: Week #1 A setback is actually a setup for a comeback which prepares us for a breakthrough Week #2 If God has called you to it, He will lead you through it!  Week #3 The Grace of God pushes me to go, even when I don't exactly know how things will turn out Week #4 Don’t Quit 2 QUESTIONS TO HELP US BOUNCE FORWA...

Don’t Quit Ruth 4:1-22 In difficult times, we’re not called to quit, even if life seemingly feels like_____________ Boaz went to the town gate and took a seat there. Just then the family redeemer he had mentioned came by, so Boaz called out to him, “Come over here and sit down, friend. I want to talk to you.” So they sat down together. 2 Then Boaz called ten leaders from the town and asked them to...

Bouncing into Grace Ruth 3:1-18 The Grace of God pushes me to go, even when I don't exactly know how things will turn out One day Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, it’s time that I found a permanent home for you, so that you will be provided for.   Ruth 3:1 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord .   Deuteronomy 23:3 The Gr...

Left on Read Ruth 2:1-23 Now there was a wealthy and influential man in Bethlehem named Boaz, who was a relative of Naomi’s husband, Elimelech.2 One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go out into the harvest fields to pick up the stalks of grain left behind by anyone who is kind enough to let me do it.” Naomi replied, “All right, my daughter, go ahead.” Ruth 2:1-2 Christianity is simply a...

More than a Comeback Ruth 1:1-22 A setback is actually a setup for a comeback which prepares us for a breakthrough In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlo...

Trusting Jesus in Everything Luke 24:13-35 God doesn’t want us to trust Him with some things. He wants us to trust Him with everything.  Until we completely trust Him, our lives will never be complete  TWO REASONS WE HAVE A HARD TIME TRUSTING GOD: The speed of our lives That same day two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem. 14  As they walked along...

God is Always with You God loves me, is always with me, and has great plans for me. Often times we allow circumstances to shape our belief in God rather than our belief in God to shape the circumstances that we're going through. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. 4 When his brothers saw that t...

Walking thru the Fire Daniel 3:12-30 Stress and anxiety come from things that happen in our life that are unplanned or things that we are unprepared for. 5 WAYS TO WALK THROUGH AND OVERCOME STRESS AND ANXIETY 1. Understand that God is holy and good. Our circumstances will never alter his character. 2. Realize God’s presence is greater than your problem. 3. Stop fighting for control 12 But there ar...

Praise Him in the Storm Matthew 14:22-34 The one who is in you is greater than what you're going through 22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.  Matthew 14:22 Jesus is not limited by time 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24...

God First 1 Kings 17:1-16 God give me the faith to put you first, so I’ll get your best and not the world’s worse Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.” Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith...

Battle Ground week #6  It’s Time to Say Yes  Mark 5:14-20 We find spiritual success when we say “ yes ” to Jesus Success may not come immediately … but it always comes eventually Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.   Mark 5:14 We need Church because we will never become the greatest version of ourselves apa...

Battle Ground Week #3 Give in or Push Through Mark 4:47-31 SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER IN REGARDS TO SPIRITUAL WARFARE: 1. Jesus hears our cry That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Mark 4:35 Church isn’t supposed to be a castle of condemnation , but rather a basement of grace 2. Jesus is calling us out of comfort   Leaving the crowd behind, they took...

We need to acknowledge that Satan wants us to lose and does everything in his power to make that happen. Jesus changes who we are - if we’ll let him.  As you saw in the cardboard testimonies video, your fellow Jesus followers here at Central showed us how Jesus changed their identity - AND how Jesus sees them. They are allowing Him to work in and through them to experience true life change !  Ther...

"There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.” -C.S. Lewis That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36  Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There...

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.   - Matthew 23:1-3 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, and Levi go...

Luke 5:17-26 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. - Luke 5:17 Do we come to church for evaluation or participation ? Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but...

While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Luke 5:12 "Don't put a period where God has put a comma because that's not the end of your story ." The leper could not go to the temple , but he could come to Jesus While Jesus was in one of th...