By Pastor Glenn Pease Napoleon and Josephine adored violets. She often wore the extremely expensive violet scented perfume as her trade mark. Only the wealthiest people could afford it. When she died in 1814, Napoleon planted violets at her grave, and just before his exile to St. Helena he made a pilgrimage…

God’s Character Commands our Joy, Trust and Submission Let’s go ahead and turn to Psalm 100 this morning and as we look at the what God’s Character demands of us. A Psalm for Thanksgiving. 1 Shout joyfully to the Lord , all the earth. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.…

Lets start out this morning by turning in the Bible to Acts 2:40 , for the last couple of weeks we have been looking closer at the beginning of the church and last week we discussed how the day of Pentecost brought forth the birth of the church. Through that birth a mass amount of new coverts began to…

Wisdom is the ability to have dominion over time. God has an appointed time for our breakthrough. When we spend time in the presence of God, having a personal relationship with God, we will be able to discern the times and seasons we are in. We will be able to redeem the time. Listen, as Pastor Julianna encourages us about the importance of time.

Would anyone disagree with me that there are a lot of miserable people in our society today? Depression, Anxiety, Anger issues are prevalent in our culture. Margie’s Story - Margie hung up the phone from her mom and felt sick in the pit of her stomach. She had called her mother to wish her a happy birthday…

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. … Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God.” What comes into your mind when you think about God? An old man with a long beard? A symbol of truth, justice, and goodness? A religious…

Created For a Purpose. 4 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” You are God’s idea. He’s the one with the plan. He’s the one with the purpose. 14 I will give…

The thanksgiving of praise as we live out our lives for the mission of Jesus Christ. Introduced the proposed name change.

Introduction This week we are going to talk about faith. Faith is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the church today... and It is even more of a confusing concept in the culture. == Faith is not wishful thinking. It is not wishful thinking with some consideration of God mixed in. Some people…

Introduction Sermon Series: Doormat Christianity - We struggle with feeling like others are walking all over us as Christians There is a great scene in the first Spider Man movie, where Peter Parker is first grappling with obtaining his powers. He is in the cafeteria and ends up enraging the school bully.…

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against…

Our worship will be judged.

The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom should I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life — whom should I dread?

God’s Purpose Grow Strong But Stay Humble Uzziah 3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem. 4 He did right in the sight of the Lord according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 5 He continued…

In John 12:1-8, we read the story of Mary who expressed her extravagant love for Jesus Christ. So extravagant that I called it the story of the Prodigal Daughter.

The threat around us 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Know…

When I became a Believer, I was told that I needed to grow in my walk with Jesus. You hear about people who give their lives to God and BAM, they are like one of the disciples or something. People say that Jesus changed them, but how? For me, it seemed that there was a long list of things that I had…

And the man said: This one, at last, is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called “woman,” for she was taken from man. This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh. “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that he who created them in the…