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  Mark 10:17-22 NRSV. Does our wealth or our craving for it form a barrier to wholehearted devotion to God? What about your money and assets? Are you like, the rich young ruler – outwardly moral, yet inwardly controlled by material security? God might not call every person to sell all they have, but He does call each of us to live with open hands, ready to release whatever stands in the way of who...

John 9: 17-25 NRSV. “One thing I do know, that though I was blind, but now I see!” That is a one-thing proclamation that will change the world. What one thing do you know about what Jesus has done for you that you can share with someone else? Every Christian has a story to tell. Are you ready to tell your story to a dying world? Amen   https://pushpay.com/g/covenantcommunitychurch Support the show

Philippians 3:12-14 NRSV. What’s the thing that gets you out of bed in the morning, that shapes your decisions and fuels your efforts? All of us are pressing towards something whether we realize it or not. When all is said and done, will the goal you’ve been chasing satisfy you, or will it leave you wishing you had gone after something else? In Philippians 3, Paul talks about striving – not strivi...

  Acts 2:1-13 NRSV. Today, Christians around the world celebrate Pentecost Sunday. In Acts 2, we see signs of the Holy Spirit operating in the corporate body of Christ – which is the miracle of Pentecost. When the Holy Spirit is present there is a welcoming environment and inclusion of ALL of God’s people, He allows for there to be unity in the midst of difference, and the Holy Spirit enables you...

Psalm 27:4 (NRSV). What is the one thing, above all things, you most want to live for? Life is full of many things and many of these things are good. But none of these things should be the one thing above all things that we most desire. Over the next few weeks, Pastor Wallace is going to ask you five “One Thing” questions. The “one-things” to which Jesus invites us, to which Jesus calls us, result...

Luke 10:1-10 (NIV). You are very important to God. Let that sink into your heart this morning. You are very important to God and that’s what this story tells us this morning. Zacchaeus was a lonely, very short little fellow, but he wanted to see Jesus. And then he was in for the surprise of his life, for as the Lord passed by, the Lord stopped, and he said, “Zacchaeus…come down immediately. I must...

Luke 19: 41-44 (NRSV). Luke’s account of the gospel is the only one in which Jesus sees the city and weeps. If tears and weeping are Jesus’ entry into Holy Week, maybe tears and weeping should be our entry into Holy Week. Pastor Wallace challenges us in this text to understand that although the city is Jerusalem, but it’s not about only a particular city. It’s more about a condition. It’ about our...

Philippians 3:10 (NIV). Easter is about the power of the resurrection. Today’s text focuses on this one verse and challenge you to “live in the power of His resurrection. Do you want to feel the power of the resurrected life? The resurrection of Jesus doesn’t automatically erase all the problems of this world; but it gives us true life in the midst of all that is around. If you have been blessed f...

Luke 4:1-13 (NRSV). The biblical account of the temptation of Jesus as described in Luke’s Gospel should put us in the right mind to approach Lent as a time for reflection, penance and prayer in preparation for Easter. Jesus begins His ministry in the wilderness. Lent is a wilderness time for us. Jesus was “full of the Holy Spirit and we all should want to be “full of the Holy Spirit.” If you are...

Luke 5:1-11 (NRSV). The lesson from today’s text is a story of Jesus calling four fishermen to be fishers of people. The purpose of this miracle was not to meet a human-need. It was a teaching miracle. We will see five aspects of Christ’s divine nature and glory manifested: 1) disciples love to hear the word of God taught; 2) disciples obey Jesus even when it doesn’t make sense; 3) disciples are a...

Luke 13:1-9 (NIV). Karl Barth, the renowned Swiss Reformed Theologian, famously said “take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.” This is so, because faith isn’t something we live in isolation. It’s not separate from real life. The gospel speaks into our world – into war and injustice, into the everyday struggles of ordinary people. Out today’...

Philippians 1:9-11 (NRSV) teaches us three ways to pray for God’s best. First, pray that love may abound. Second, pray that excellence may prevail. Third, pray that fruit may grow. It is Pastor Wallace’s prayer that the Holy Spirit will bring to bear on your heart whatever conviction you need to feel about how you pray both for yourself and for others! The result of such prayers is changed lives r...

1 Corinthians 3: 6-9 (KJV). In our text, we will see the apostle Paul’s efforts to correct the Corinthian church’s view of their leaders with a proper estimation of the value and role of human leaders in light of God’s rank in all of these. In other words, God is given the rank of pr-eminent one. God is everything. He is the highest. He’s the greatest. And if that is true, if God is pre-eminent in...

2 Chronicles 16:7-8 (NRSV) outlines the danger of relying on human strength rather than God, using King Asa’s mistake to highlight a divine promise: God actively searches the earth to strongly support those with a heart fully committed to Him. True spiritual success requires total dependence on God, not worldly alliances. May we choose this day to increase our commitment to God by: 1) desiring to...

We’re off and running into the new year, 2026! In preparation for this New Year, Pastor Wallace is starting a new sermon series: “Experiencing the God of Increase.” Today’s message is “His Blessings Brings Increase.” A true, biblical understanding of increase will not lead to a selfish agenda that’s all about you. It puts the focus where it needs to be, on God and His power and kingdom. In 2026, e...

In today’s gospel reading, it is Jesus’ apostles who are asking for more faith. Even they sometimes struggled with believing and trusting in God and in their leader, Jesus. No wonder they cry out, “Increase our faith.” Living as a disciple of Jesus seems impossibly challenging for them then and for us today. I think most of us have struggled with faith as some point in our lives. Thus, in today’s...

Matthew, in his gospel narrative of the birth of Christ, picked up what Isaiah had prophesied, and used it in application to the Lord Jesus. Listen to his words: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, “God with us” (Matthew 1:23). God is not distant. He is here, with us. He is not unapproachable, unreachable. He became o...

Messy families are nothing new, and families have been messy since the beginnings of time – it’s “All in the Family.” The skeletons in Jesus’ family closet points to the instabilities of Israel’s history, the long story of a very dysfunctional family. And that is good news for everyone who comes from a less than perfect family, anyone who has a few skeletons in the family. In today’s message, Past...

2 Samuel 7:18-22 (NRSV), Sunday, November 23, 2025. David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving is a classic Old Testament passage in that it is daunting in scope yet intensely relatable. Despite benefiting firsthand from God’s love, David has difficulty concealing his amazement at his Lord’s awesome power. Through Jesus Christ, God’s limitless love is extended to each and every one of us and therein lies the...

– John 1:9-14 NRSV: Sunday, November 30, 2025. What does Christmas mean to you? There are many ways to understand what Christmas is about; but the true meaning can be found in John 1:9. Jesus is the true light that came shining into the darkness.   Support the show

John 4:46-54 (NRSV). Sunday, November 9, 2025. In today’s message, we have here a nobleman who is dealing with a problem that he can’t solve. Trouble and hard times can hit regardless of your status and your checkbook. His problems caused him to look to Jesus. The same holds true today. Unless you start looking to Jesus, you will never get the true answer to your problem. Jesus is still the answer...

James 4:1-3 NIV. If there was ever a time we needed prayer, our nation and our world needed prayer, it is NOW! In this message, Pastor Wallace troubleshoots our prayer life. Prayer is a wartime walkie-talkie, and we must use it as such if it is not to malfunction.  Support the show

Trust and Obey,” October 12, 2025 – Acts 5:27-32 (NIV). How many truly joyful, vibrant, and victorious Christians do you know? There are not a lot of people who are filled with joy. What is the reason for this lack of joy? The reason for this lack of joy is because they are unbelieving and disobedient Christians. Today’s message will discuss obedience, the missing ingredient in many Christians’ li...

“David and Goliath: Lessons from Battling Giants.” November 2, 2025 – 1 Samuel 17:26; 41-47 (NRSV). We are all recovering from something – life changing experiences, failures, or past disappointments. Most of the experiences we are recovering from we didn’t choose. None of us chose to go through these trails in our lives but we all had to deal with them. We are all in a fight or should be in a fig...

Today, we continue our sermon series in the Book of James with Part II – “Asking God for Wisdom.” After James talks to us about the trials, the temptations, the falsities of life, then he talks to us about wisdom: what it is and how to get it and how to ask for wisdom in prayer. Pastor Wallace wants you to know that it is God’s will for you to become a mature Christian that is wanting no good thin...