How a believer responds to trials

Intro Have you ever heard the story/joke about the man who was trapped in his house during a flood? Well, he was praying for God to save him. When the flood waters flooded his basement, he went to the second story. A rescue boat came by to save him, but he said, “No, I’m praying God would save me!” Then…

Are you friends with Jesus? 1. This is our God's desire. 2. This is our greatest decision. 3. This is our greatest delight.

My brothers and sisters, this world we live in is messed up. The only things this world has to offer are obstacles, limitations, drawbacks, hindrances, and problems. However, my brothers and sisters, unlike the unbelievers or the hypocrites who falls victim to the disadvantages of this world; the believer…

Matthew Ch 8 5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6"Lord," he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering." 7Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him." 8The centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…

22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But the boat was now in the middle…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

The Human Desire for Insurance. One of the great dangers in our faith is disrearding tghe promises of God’s Word, or twisting those promises into saying something they do not mean. I have spoken many times on the subject of christian dissolusionment - when we feel let down by God. Now how can God let…

“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, O favoured one, the Lord is with you!’ But she was greatly…

Welcome back to John! We have been studying through the Gospel according to John. Today, we will be looking at John 5:24 . While you are opening your bibles to John 5:24 , let’s remember the background. John wrote his gospel so John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah,…

Moses walked with God, but the victory of faith does not come without a fight.

Today we are looking at John 6:16-21 . This is the third part in a Mini-series on Fear which we have been doing together. Jesus used the situation of a storm to teach His disciples about dealing with Fear. Let’s look this passage together. When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, where…

Six Components to Salvation Pursuing Pursuing-Purpose of the Law Cornelius is pursuing God. - a devote man and one who feared God: He trusted the God of Isreal and followed Jewish practices. It was obvious to all that his devotion was sincere. God answered his prayer; Cornelius' pursuit was being fulfilled…

Nathan works for the Post Office and his job is to process mail that has been posted with incomplete or illegible addresses. One day, Nathan comes across a letter addressed in shaky handwriting to Hashem with no actual address on the envelope. So Nathan opens the envelope and reads the letter inside:…

The most important choice we'll ever make in life is the choice between life and death. When we choose Jesus, we choose life. It's always the best choice.

Blessings in the Storm

Intro: We live in a fallen world. It's a world we feel suffering and pain, disappointment and anxiety. We turn on CNN and see hurricanes, wars, crimes, and general hurting. There have been thousands of philosophers who have written thousands of books on the subject of pain. In Christian circles, when…

Today Pastor Chase continues the series on "Your life in Christ" and discusses the Work of Christ. Follow along and discover how Christ accomplishes this work through His status as Prophet, Priest and King.

Pastor Chase continues on in our series, and addresses the topic of The Origin of Satan", before diving into the topic of Spiritual Warfare. Grab your Bibles and follow along.

The God Who Heals 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord…

Good Morning... I don’t know about you but I was thankful to see the rain this past week and also the blue sky on thanksgiving day.... After two weeks of smoke and bad air quality… it was such a reprieve… to go outside… Thankful that the fires are now contained. • We are living in interesting times and…

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, When You are uncertain about your purpose ... God has a place for you . 5 Now there was…