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Send us Fan Mail THE ROMANS ROAD | A LIVING SACRIFICE — WEEK FOUR The Participation of the Altar: Which Altar Are You Eating From? 📖 1 Corinthians 11:17–34; 1 Corinthians 10:14–22 🎙️ Pastor Bill Sizemore What does the Lord’s Table reveal about the way we are living? In this fourth and final week of A Living Sacrifice , we come to The Participation of the Altar and ask a challenging question: Whic...

Send us Fan Mail **The Practice of the Altar | John 13:1–17** What does true leadership look like? In John 13, Jesus gives us a powerful picture of servant leadership. Knowing exactly what was ahead of Him, Jesus got down on His knees and washed the feet of His disciples. The altar gets up and walks across the room. In this message, we discover three practices of a servant leader: **1. Secure Enou...

Send us Fan Mail THE POSTURE OF THE ALTAR Why Pride Keeps You Standing When God Is Calling You to Kneel Luke 18:9–17 | Pastor Bill Sizemore | Reliant Ministries The Romans Road | A Living Sacrifice — Week Two What if the problem isn’t the music, the message, or the length of the service—but the posture we walk in with? In Luke 18:9–17, Jesus gives us three pictures of how to approach God: the post...

Send us Fan Mail THE POWER OF THE ALTAR | A Living Sacrifice, Week One What does it really mean to become a “living sacrifice”? In Romans 12:1, Paul gives us a command that sounds almost contradictory: to present our bodies as a living sacrifice. A sacrifice was never alive for long—so what does God mean when He calls us to live this way? In this message, Bill Sizemore walks through Leviticus 1–7...

Send us Fan Mail The Promise Keeper | Romans 11:11–36 What happens when the One who made the promise is God? In Romans 11, Paul reminds us that God's faithfulness is not determined by man's faithfulness. What God promises, God will fulfill. Israel's story may have looked like failure, rejection, and delay—but God's plan was never abandoned. Their stumbling was not their final c...

Send us Fan Mail My Encounter with God | Pastor Bill Sizemore | The Romans Road What happens when the results we can see don’t match what we believe God has called us to do? In Romans 11:1–10, Paul reminds us that God has not abandoned His people. Through the stories of Paul, Isaiah, and Elijah, we see a powerful pattern: Encounter produces engagement, and engagement produces endurance. First, we...

Send us Fan Mail Rest Your Case in the Lord | Pastor Bill Sizemore | The Romans Road  Romans 9:30, 10:1-13 Have you been trying to earn God's approval through your own efforts? In this powerful message from The Romans Road series, Pastor Bill Sizemore walks through Romans 9:30–10:13 to reveal the freeing truth that righteousness is never earned—it is received through faith in Jesus Christ. Us...

Send us Fan Mail Lord Have Mercy | Pastor Bill Sizemore | The Romans Road How should God's mercy change the way we see the people around us? In this message from Romans 9 , Pastor Bill Sizemore reminds us that God's mercy is never meant to stop with us—it should move us to pray, love, and share the hope of Christ with those who are still far from Him. Paul begins one of Scripture's...

Send us Fan Mail If God Be For Us | Pastor Bill Sizemore | The Romans Road What do you do when life feels overwhelming? When suffering is real, prayers seem difficult, and it feels like the world is against you? In this powerful message from Romans 8, Pastor Bill Sizemore reminds us of a life-changing truth: God is for us. Our hope is not found in our grip on God, but in His grip on us. As Paul cl...

Send us Fan Mail The Spirit Shaped Life | Pastor Bill Sizemore | The Romans Road What does it mean to truly live by the Spirit? In this message from our Romans Road series, Pastor Bill Sizemore walks through Romans 8:1–17 and reveals the incredible freedom, power, and identity believers have through the Holy Spirit. Discover how God has removed condemnation, renewed our minds, empowered our lives,...

Send us Fan Mail Pure Worship | Pastor Danny Abell | Everyday Altar What does pure worship really look like? In this powerful message from the Everyday Altar series, Pastor Danny Abell takes us to John 13, where Jesus picked up a towel and washed His disciples' feet. Through this familiar passage, we discover that worship is more than songs we sing on Sunday—it is a life surrendered to God ev...

Send us Fan Mail A Legacy Worth Leaving | Christian Brown | Father’s Day 2026 What kind of legacy are you leaving behind? In this special Father’s Day message, Christian Brown challenges us with three simple but powerful principles found in Deuteronomy 6:4–7: Be Faithful. Be Intentional. Be Present. Through personal stories, biblical truth, and practical application, Christian reminds fathers, mot...

Send us Fan Mail New Wineskins | Everyday Altars Pastor Danny Abell What is keeping us from experiencing all that God wants to do in and through His church? In this message from the Everyday Altars series, Pastor Danny Abell challenges us to examine our hearts through Jesus' teaching on new wine and new wineskins in Luke 5:37–39. God is still moving, still saving, and still pouring out His Sp...

Send us Fan Mail Everyday Altar | Walking in the Spirit What happens when faith becomes routine? In this episode, Pastor Danny Abell explores Genesis 22 and the powerful account of Abraham and Isaac. Through this familiar story, we're reminded that worship is not merely something we attend or experience—it is a daily act of surrender to God. Discover how spiritual familiarity can slowly dull...

Send us Fan Mail **Bound to Christ | Pastor Bill Sizemore | The Romans Road** What happens when you love God, but still feel the war inside your flesh? In this powerful message from Romans 7, Pastor Bill Sizemore walks through the struggle every believer faces between the flesh and the Spirit — and reveals the hope we have through covenant union with Jesus Christ. The law exposes our sin, but Chri...

Send us Fan Mail Dead to Sin, Alive to God | Pastor Bill Sizemore | The Romans Road What does it really mean to be dead to sin and alive to God? In this powerful message from Romans 6, Pastor Bill Sizemore walks through the truth that grace doesn’t just forgive sin — grace breaks its power. Through Jesus Christ, we are no longer slaves to sin but are called to walk in righteousness and freedom. As...

Send us Fan Mail The First Mother | Pastor Joey Smith | Mother’s Day 2026 In this powerful Mother’s Day message, Pastor Joey Smith walks through the stories of Eve and Mary to reveal the strength, sacrifice, endurance, and spiritual covering carried by mothers. From the first mother in Genesis to the cross of Christ, this sermon highlights God’s design for family, the importance of honoring mother...

Send us Fan Mail Two Kingdoms, One Choice | Pastor Danny Abell | The Romans Road Series What if your life is being shaped by a kingdom you didn’t even choose? In this powerful message, Pastor Danny Abell walks through Romans 5:12–6:4 and reveals a truth we often avoid— sin isn’t just a mistake… It’s a ruler. But the good news of the Gospel is even greater: grace doesn’t just cover sin—it reigns ov...

Send us Fan Mail When Peace Becomes Power | Pastor Bill Sizemore | Romans Road Series In this powerful message, Pastor Bill Sizemore walks us through Romans 5 to reveal a life-changing truth: peace is not just a feeling—it’s a declaration from God. So many of us are tired, anxious, and overwhelmed—not because of what’s happening around us, but because of what’s happening within us. But what if tru...

Send us Fan Mail Walking in the Promise of Faith | Pastor Bill Sizemore What does it really mean to walk by faith—not by sight? In this powerful message from Romans 4, Pastor Bill Sizemore unpacks how true, biblical faith is not just something we receive—it’s something that flows through us. Faith is not earned through works, but received through belief in God’s promises. And when it fills your li...

Send us Fan Mail The Great Exchange | Pastor Bill Sizemore | The Romans Road What if everything you’ve been trying to earn… was already given? In this message, The Great Exchange , Pastor Bill Sizemore walks through Romans 3 to reveal one of the most powerful truths of the gospel: 👉 You don’t achieve righteousness—you receive it. We live in a performance-driven world—constantly trying to measure...

Send us Fan Mail Saturday Service Easter 2026 | Pastor Bill Sizemore What if the grave wasn’t the end… but part of the victory? In this powerful message, Pastor Bill Sizemore reveals a truth many overlook: there is power not just in the cross and resurrection—but in the grave. While the disciples thought it was over, Jesus was still working.  This message unpacks what happened in those three days...

Send us Fan Mail The Stone Was Rolled Away  | Pastor Bill Sizemore | Easter Sunday 2026 Dead things don’t stay dead when Jesus shows up. What if the stone wasn’t rolled away so Jesus could get out… but so you could see He already did? In this powerful Easter message, Pastor Bill Sizemore walks through the full journey of Holy Week—from Palm Sunday to Good Friday to Resurrection Sunday—and reveals...

Send us Fan Mail He Redeemed It All | Pastor Joey Smith | Good Friday Service This Good Friday, we gathered on the church land to remember one powerful truth: the Cross was not chaos—it was calculated redemption. From the Garden of Eden to Golgotha, Jesus reversed everything sin broke. Every wound, every drop of blood, every moment of suffering had purpose. In this message, we unpack how Jesus: Wo...

Send us Fan Mail 🌿 *Lay Your Palms Down | When Praise Becomes Surrender* 📖 Palm Sunday Message | John 12:12 –19 (ESV) 🎙 *Speaker: Pastor Bill Sizemore* What if our praise isn’t the problem… but our surrender is? On Palm Sunday, the crowd welcomed Jesus with shouts of “Hosanna!”*—declaring Him King. Yet just days later, many of those same voices cried out, *“Crucify Him.” What changed? In this me...