The Connection Church

Last week we learned that we need to keep moving forward and faith is the vehicle that keeps us advancing in the right direction. Fear keeps us from moving forward. Fear is not a component of progression. How do we eliminate one of the biggest things that hinders our progressive movement of faith?

We have a deceitful and cunning enemy that wars against us to keep us down. His desire is to prevent us from being able or even wanting to advance the kingdom of God. However, the Scripture tells us that if we resist the devil he will run from us! (James 4:7) When we resist the devil and stand on God’s Word, we can thrive in life with Forward Moving Faith.

No one is immune to doubt. It can and does happen to us all. You’ve just got to know how to handle it when it comes. Even the great men and women of God recorded in the Bible had to deal with doubt. But how we deal with doubt is up to us. We can either let doubt sink into our hearts or we can leave doubt behind. Join us as we learn how to leave the darkness of doubt for the light of God's lov...

As believers, our faith will increase when we understand and know the will of God. However, confusion exists with many in the body of Christ concerning how to know the will God for our lives. An unbiblical view of the will of God can cause those whose hearts are sensitive to spiritual things unnecessary heartburn, especially when making important decisions such as their vocation, marriage, educati...

We celebrated Pastor Appreciation this Sunday. We surely look to our pastors as examples for us and rightfully so. God has called them to be godly examples. Likewise, God has also commanded us to be examples to others. This Sunday we take a look at the Holy Scriptures to see what kind of examples we are to be and why.

When you hear the words “the glory of God,” what do you think of? It might be difficult to describe the glory of God, but when you experience it, you definitely know it. This Sunday, as we continue with part three of The Presence of The Lord, we will attempt to answer questions like: What is the glory God? Why is it important? What’s the difference between the glory and the presence of God? And ho...

The Bible seems to make it clear that one of the most important things to God is for us to seek Him. When we truly seek God, we experience His presence, which gives us joy, peace, rest, comfort, encouragement, strength—blessings of all kinds. This Sunday, we will discover four steps on how to experience The Presence of The Lord on a daily basis.

Can we experience the presence of the Lord on a daily basis? We believe Scripture is clear that we can, and those who do get rewarded. Hebrews 11:6 says, “…for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.” Join us this Sunday as we will begin a brand new sermon series, The Presence of the Lord.

We should all hold “trust” as a core value. Trust is something that we have to build up in our lives. While God has given to each of us a measure of faith, it’s not exactly the same with trust. Trusting is what we do because of the faith we have been given. Trusting is believing in the promises of God in all circumstances, even in those where the evidence seems to be to the contrary. Join us this...

It is written in 1 Corinthians 1:10, “Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.” Paul wrote this to a divided body of Corinthian believers. He wrote this because he knew how important agreement was to the church. This Sunday, we will continue...

This week we will further explore the values that define our principles and standard of behavior as we continue discussing the importance of excellence in our lives. We read in the Bible that Daniel was promoted and preferred above others because he had an excellent spirit within him. This Sunday, we will look at three things in Daniel’s life that caused him to gain a spirit of excellence.

What do you consider valuable? Most would say things like my wife, my husband, the kids, family, God, money, my house, my car… and these are all good answers. Value can be define as “a person’s principles or standard of behavior; one’s judgement of what is important in life.” Let’s ask the question again using that definition of value. What do you value, or what are your values? Over the next few...

One of our guest speakers at the recent women's retreat, Pastor Kim Howey, is with us this Sunday to talk about The Pursuit of Corporate Breakthrough. A “breakthrough” can be defined as a sudden, dramatic increase in knowledge or understanding—an important discovery that happens after trying for a long time to understand or explain something. Join us, as we discover how we can go further in G...

God loved people so much that He offered His best, His one and only Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus’ one commandment for us was to love others as He has loved us. To truly love others and win with people, we have to offer our best. This Sunday, as we wrap up our series, Winning With People, we will talk about being the best we can be, so we can be the best for others.

Are you able to learn from others? Are you teachable, or do you have the attitude that no one can teach you anything? The truth is that all of us can learn things, even from unlikely people. But that is only true if we have the right attitude. As we continue the series, Winning With People, we will focus on the principle that says: each person we meet has the potential to teach us something.

So far in the current sermon series, Winning With People, we have learned that who we are determines how we see others, that the first person we must examine is ourselves, that we should never use a hammer to swat a fly off of someone's head, and that we can lift people up or take people down in our relationships. This Sunday, we will continue by asking the questions:Are we willing to focus o...

“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” — Lady Dorothy Nevill. Join us this Sunday as we continue the sermon series, Winning With People. We are uncovering the people principles that will work for you every time to improve your current relationships and cultivate strong, exciting, and new ones...

We cannot afford to take our relationships for granted. John Maxwell once said that “people can usually trace their successes and failures to the relationships in their lives.” Beginning this Sunday in our brand new sermon series, Winning With People, we will discover the people principles that will work for you every time to improve your current relationships and cultivate strong, exciting, and n...

F. F. Bosworth once said, “Most Christians feed their body three hot meals a day and their spirit one cold snack a week. And they wonder why they’re so weak in faith.” This Sunday, for our third and final part of Anchored, we will talk about building a victorious faith in the life of the believer by being sanctified through the Word of God.

You have probably heard about God’s sanctifying work in your life through His Word. But what does that process look like? How do you know if the living truth of Scripture is actually at work in your life? How do you know that God’s Word has actually taken root in your life? This Sunday, we will attempt to answer these questions by diving deeper into the process of sanctification.

What is sanctification? What is justification? These are big words that you have probably heard on a Sunday morning at some point. But what do they really mean? This Sunday, we will begin exploring what these words mean and what the difference is between them, because every Christian needs to be Anchored in the truths that theses words stand for.

Proverbs 19:11 says, “Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.” Overlooking an offense is not always easy, and at times it can seem near impossible. However, if the scriptures say that it can be done, then it can be done! This Sunday, for the last part of Conquering Offense, we will list the four symptoms of the easily offended. We will also look at the two m...

Many times when we think of the word offended we think, “ahh, they got their little feelings hurt.” But, offense is much more than that. It is a trap of the enemy to get us so wrapped up in our own feelings that we can’t function normally. Offense will impede your destiny and can even be a hindrance to the manifestation of blessings in your life. This is why it’s imperative for believers to defeat...