Sunday Sermons

Be Bold Week #2 Holding onto God’s Word 1 Samuel 16:13 God's word to you is true and can be fully trusted So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah 1 Samuel 16:13 One day Jesse said to David, “Take this basket of...

Be Bold Week #1 Stuck Between an Obstacle and Opposition Exodus 14:13-28 We wait until we receive a word . And after we received the word , we no longer have the option to wait , unless we want to be in a state of disobedience Sometimes in life, if we're not careful, the thing we escaped to will eventually become the thing that we need to escape from A slave is someone who's in a place they don't...

May 28, 2023 Better Than Normal Philippians 4:8 Normal: Behavior that is typical, expected, and adjusts to a standard that society has put in place. Normal is not always a measure of what is good, healthy, or God-pleasing. “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and ru...

May 21, 2023 Decisions John 15:5-8 Decision #1: You’ve decided to do it but will you do it? Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. ~Matthew 3:8 (NLT) Decision #2: Jesus gives us an offer and we have to decide if we want it  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. ~John 10:10a (NIV) I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.  ~John 1...

Flawed Week #5   Fear vs. Faith  Matthew 14:22-33 22 Immediately, He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side while He dismissed the crowds. 23 After dismissing the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone. 24 But the boat was already over a mile from land, battered by the waves, because the wind was against them...

Flawed Week #4 Frustrated with Waiting John 21:1-7 Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. 2 Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples. 3 Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come, too,” they all said. So they went out in...

Flawed - Week #3 Right, Then Wrong... Then Right Again Matthew 16:13-23 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.” 15 Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Matthew 16:13-15 Who do we say th...

Flawed Week #2 The Great Healer Luke 5:12-15 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.   Hebrews 13:8 “ Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their mouth and call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 As long as the serious disease lasts, they will be ceremonially unclean. They must live in isolation in their place...

Flawed Week #1 I Surrender_____________ John 1:35-42 In Scripture, the people God chose are the people religion rejected Will you surrender everything to Jesus ? The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. 36 As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!” 37 When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus looked a...

Easter 2023 Jesus is Alive 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. 2 It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place. 3 I passed on to you what was most...

You Gotta Fight Mark 9:14-27 Mountaintop experiences don’t last When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd surrounding them, and some teachers of religious law were arguing with them. 15 When the crowd saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with awe, and they ran to greet him. 16 “What is all this arguing about?” Jesus asked. 17 One of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, “Teac...

3/26/23 Bound by the Golden Chain Romans 8:1, 28-39 1995 New American standard version 8 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ~Romans 8:1 28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image...

A Simple Choice Week #6 Close Your Umbrella 1 Kings 18:41-46 “The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. 11 It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. Isaiah 5...

3/12/23 - A Simple Choice - Week 5 What Cage Are You Stuck In? Mark 2:1-12 1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get...

A Simple Choice Week #4 Available to Grow? 1 Kings 18:22-39 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.   Hebrews 13:8 Am I available and do I want to grow ? God doesn't call the equipped , He equips the called Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets. 23 Now bring two bulls. The prophets of Baal may choose whichever one they w...

A Simple Choice - Week #3 What Holds You Back? 1 Kings 18:1-2, 11-21 Later on, in the third year of the drought, the Lord said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab. Tell him that I will soon send rain!” 2 So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. 1 Kings 18:1-2 When you’ve prepared for something, you can accomplish it When Ahab saw him, he exclaimed, “So, is it really you, you troublemaker...

A Simple Choice - Week #1 We Don’t Choose the Drought 1 Kings 17:1–18:1 Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”  I Kings 17:1 Israel was agricultural economy Everybody has a next step. What’s my next step? 2 Then the Lord said to Elijah,...

From Ruin to Redemption - Week #5 Grace Leads to Redemption Ruth 4:1-17 You don’t get from Ruin to Redemption without Grace 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...

From Ruin to Redemption Week #4 Step or Snooze? Ruth 3:1-18 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. 2 Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he’s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor. 3 Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on...

From Ruin to Redemption Week #3 Keep Walking Ruth 2:1-23 Change comes when we embrace progress, not just striving for change Now there was a wealthy and influential man in Bethlehem named Boaz, who was a relative of Naomi’s husband, Elimelech. Ruth 2:1 Sometimes God will not give you what you’re asking for, but he’ll connect you with someone that has it One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let...

From Ruin to Redemption Week #2 Moab or Bethlehem? Ruth 1:8-22 Who or what we are connected to will ultimately determine what we do But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers’ homes. And may the Lord reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me. 9 May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye, and they...

From Ruin to Redemption Week #1 Get Ready   Ruth 1:1-7 In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him. Ruth 1:1 Desperate people make dumb decisions In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man f...

Christmas Chronicles Week #4 Christmas List 1 Tim. 1:12-17 “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith an...

Christmas Chronicles Week #3 The Power of God Matthew 2:1-12 With the power of God working through you, you can accomplish anything that He has called you to accomplish Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, 2 “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have...

Christmas Chronicles Week #1 God with Us 2 Chronicles 33:1-13 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. 2 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, following the detestable practices of the pagan nations that the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites. 3 He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had broken down. He cons...