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The Way of the Few Speaker: Pastor Paul Bailey Pastor Paul Bailey delivered a challenging and encouraging message that called believers to embrace the distinct life Christ has always intended for His followers. Centered on Jesus' prayer in John 17, the sermon reminded listeners that Christians are called to live in the world without becoming part of it. While the culture continues to drift fu...

Pastor Paul Bailey delivered a timely and practical message titled “Be Content,” addressing a challenge that many believers face: finding the balance between contentment and continued growth. Drawing from Philippians 4:11-13, Pastor Bailey explained that true contentment is not found in favorable circumstances, personal achievements, or material possessions. Instead, it is learned through a growin...

Pastor Paul Bailey delivered a practical and encouraging message on the subject of prayer, reminding believers that prayer is one of the greatest privileges given to the child of God. Drawing from Matthew 6, he emphasized that prayer is far more than a religious obligation—it is a relationship with God. Prayer is not simply communication from man to God, but communion between God and man. Beginnin...

Pastor Paul Bailey delivered a message focused on the believer’s personal responsibility in evangelism, challenging the common assumption that reaching souls is reserved for preachers, evangelists, or ministry leaders. The message, titled Personal Evangelism , emphasized that sharing the gospel is not confined to an office or title, but is a calling placed upon every follower of Christ.  Using Pau...

Pastor Paul Bailey delivered a timely and convicting message titled “The Power of Words,” reminding listeners that words are never empty. Drawing from the opening chapter of Genesis, he emphasized that God revealed the incredible authority connected to speech when He spoke creation into existence. Repeatedly, Scripture declares, “And God said,” showing that God’s words brought order, light, and li...

In this message titled “The Cost of Misalignment,” Pastor Paul Bailey delivers a compelling teaching on the danger of living out of alignment with God’s will, and the power that is released when faith, speech, prayer, and action are unified under divine purpose. Drawing from Matthew 21:18–22 , he begins with the account of Jesus cursing the barren fig tree. As the morning unfolds between Bethany a...

In a sermon titled “The Divine Order of Life,” Pastor Paul Bailey addressed the modern struggle of balancing competing life responsibilities without establishing a clear spiritual hierarchy. He emphasized that Scripture does not present life as a set of equal priorities, but rather as an ordered structure with God at the center. Referencing Matthew 6:33, he taught that seeking first the Kingdom of...

The Power of Choice – Pastor Paul Bailey Pastor Paul Bailey delivered a clear and challenging message centered on one of the most fundamental realities of spiritual life: God has always given humanity the power—and responsibility—of choice. Beginning in Genesis, he pointed to the tree in the Garden of Eden as the earliest evidence that obedience to God has never been forced. God gave instruction,...

Pastor Paul Bailey delivered a practical and timely message centered on the New Testament’s repeated call to minister to “one another,” emphasizing that Christianity was never intended to be lived in isolation but within active, relational fellowship. Drawing first from The Gospel of John 13:34–35, he reminded listeners that Jesus established love as the defining mark of true discipleship—not gift...

Pastor Paul Bailey’s message, “Trust and Obey,” centered on the timeless instruction of Proverbs 3:5-6, calling believers to trust the Lord fully rather than depend on their own limited understanding. Preaching with clarity and practical force, he reminded listeners that many people want explanations before they are willing to obey God, yet Scripture repeatedly shows that obedience often comes fir...

Pastor Paul Bailey delivered a direct and searching message titled “Known of God,” drawing attention to one of the most sobering truths in Scripture—the difference between merely knowing about Christ and truly being known by Him. Beginning in Matthew 7:21–23, Pastor Bailey reminded listeners that outward religious activity is not the same as a genuine relationship with the Lord. Jesus warned that...

In Sunday’s message titled “Pursued by a Faithful God,” Pastor Paul Bailey walked the congregation through a sweeping biblical narrative that reveals the heart of God toward fallen humanity. With careful distinction, he explained that there is a profound difference between chasing and pursuing. Chasing pressures, corners, and often drives someone farther away. Biblical pursuit, however, is relatio...

In a sobering and thought-provoking message titled “The Opportunity in Offence,” Pastor Paul Bailey drew the congregation into a deeper understanding of how unavoidable offences in life can become defining spiritual moments. Preaching from Gospel of Matthew 18:7, he reminded listeners that Jesus made it clear offences “must needs come.” They are not sent by God, nor should they be blamed on Him. R...

In The Manifold Christian Life , Pastor Paul Bailey delivers a clear and thought-provoking message on the purpose, flow, and responsibility of God’s grace in the life of a believer. Beginning with the foundational truth that God pours into many areas of our lives intentionally, Pastor Bailey reminds listeners that all grace flows from one source—God Himself. From that single divine source, every a...

The God of Second Chances Speaker: Pastor Paul Bailey In this encouraging and reflective message, Pastor Paul Bailey presented a clear reminder that the God of the Bible is not a God who discards people when they fail, but One who restores, redirects, and renews. Drawing from Scripture across both Testaments, the sermon highlighted how failure is often the very place where God’s grace is most clea...

Sermon Summary – “The Quiet Side of Sin” Speaker: Pastor Paul Bailey In this thought-provoking message, Pastor Paul Bailey draws attention to a form of sin that often goes unnoticed—the sin of omission. Using James 4:17 as the foundation, he reminds listeners that sin is not only found in wrongful actions, but also in the failure to do what God has clearly instructed. According to Pastor Bailey, s...

Speaker: Pastor Paul Bailey In this message from Galatians 6:7–8, Pastor Paul Bailey delivers a clear and sobering reminder about spiritual reality, personal responsibility, and the unchanging principle of sowing and reaping. Speaking with pastoral clarity and practical illustration, he warns believers against subtle forms of deception that often arise not from false teaching outside the church, b...

In this message titled “Missing the Mark,” Pastor Paul Bailey walks listeners through a powerful biblical understanding of sin—not merely as bad behavior, but as the condition of a heart aimed in the wrong direction. Drawing from Romans 5, Pastor Bailey explains that sin entered the world through Adam’s disobedience, and with it came death and separation from God for all humanity. Yet he emphasize...

 Speaker: Pastor Paul Bailey In this message, Pastor Paul Bailey continues his series on “Which Way Should I Go?”—a practical call to discern whether we are being led by the soul or by the Spirit. He frames the “soul” with a memorable acronym—M.E.W.A.D.: Mind, Emotions, Will, Attitude, and Desire—then contrasts it with the human spirit that communes with God’s Spirit. The key text is Proverbs 14:1...

  Guest Speaker Gerald McLean – “That I May Know Him”   Guest Speaker Gerald McLean delivered a powerful and Scripture-rich message titled “That I May Know Him,” inviting listeners to pursue a deep, personal revelation of who God truly is. Drawing from Jeremiah 9:23–24, he reminded the congregation that human wisdom, strength, and riches are nothing to glory in—true glory comes from understanding...

Sermon Summary (Speaker: Pastor Paul Bailey) Pastor Paul Bailey opened candidly, saying he might not get past a single verse—and he meant it. With pages of color-marked notes, he settled into a teaching flow centered on Proverbs 14:12: “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” From there he drew a clear line between body, soul, and spirit. The “soul,” he said, co...

  “The Process of Transformation” — Pastor Paul Bailey   In this week’s message, Pastor Paul Bailey explored the divine process of transformation that begins whenever someone hears the Word of God. Speaking from Acts 2:37 and other key passages, Pastor Bailey emphasized that the Word carries supernatural power — but transformation only happens when it travels all the way through the human heart, m...

Sermon Summary – “Consider the Lilies” | Pastor Paul Bailey In this week’s message, Pastor Paul Bailey drew from Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:28–30 , urging listeners to “consider the lilies of the field.” Lilies do not labor or strive, yet they grow into the fullness of what God designed them to be. Unlike the lilies, however, people often wrestle with anxiety, false expectations, and the pressures...

 Sermon Summary: The Order to Stand   Text: Ephesians 6:12–13 Speaker: Pastor Bailey   Pastor Bailey delivered a powerful message titled “The Order to Stand,” reminding listeners that serving is never neutral. Every decision, priority, and act of loyalty reveals what spirit we are yielding to. As Jesus declared, “No man can serve two masters” (Matt. 6:24), and Paul affirmed, “to whom ye yield your...

  Sermon Summary: “Every Member Matters” — Pastor Bailey   Traditions often feel timeless, but many of the practices we consider permanent are far younger than we realize. Pastor Bailey opened this message by reminding us that for over a century, Americans lived without reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Likewise, before the TSA was formed, air travel operated very differently. These examples reve...