Dec 9, 2018
2018-12-09 When Faith Grows Up
Series: A Festival of Faith
(Hebrews 11:24-27)
We begin our life with God through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. This is our "mustard-seed" of faith that is meant to grow-up. As Moses grew in faith in God, he successfully passed through three major stages of spiritual growth - each stage leading him ever closer to God! We are called as faith-followers of Jesus to allow our faith in God to grow-up in the same way.
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- Dec 9, 20182018-12-09 When Faith Grows Up
Dec 9, 20182018-12-09 When Faith Grows UpSeries: A Festival of Faith(Hebrews 11:24-27)We begin our life with God through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. This is our "mustard-seed" of faith that is meant to grow-up. As Moses grew in faith in God, he successfully passed through three major stages of spiritual growth - each stage leading him ever closer to God! We are called as faith-followers of Jesus to allow our faith in God to grow-up in the same way.
- Dec 2, 20182018-12-02 The Birthplace of Faith
Dec 2, 20182018-12-02 The Birthplace of Faith(Romans 10:9-17)Faith in God is born in a heart that is after God. When you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and your Savior and Lord you are born-again. That faith is your "mustard-seed of faith" that is sufficient for ANY situation, circumstance, test, difficulty, struggle, need, or vision that you may have! Once faith is born in your heart when you became a follower of Jesus - your faith is meant to grow as you follow Jesus.
- Dec 2, 20182018-12-02 The Birthplace of Faith
Dec 2, 20182018-12-02 The Birthplace of FaithSeries: A Festival of Faith(Romans 10:9-17)Often, Christians are needlessly stressed by the thought that they lack the faith they need for a miracle, a healing, a breakthrough, a deliverance, etc. Since faith is not a force, but a strong persuasion about who Jesus Christ is, then every believer in Jesus Christ already has a "mustard-seed" of faith birthed in their hearts. Faith doesn't need to be obtained - faith needs to be grown!
- Nov 25, 20182018-11-25 The Answer of Faith
Nov 25, 20182018-11-25 The Answer of FaithSeries: A Festival of Faith(Hebrews 11:1)God did not leave us in ignorance about what faith is - He gave us the answer in Hebrews 11:1. Since faith is absolutely essential to living the Christian life, in this message, Pastor Matt begins this series on Faith by exploring how the Bible defines faith - not as a Force or Power to be tapped into, but as a Persuasion to be believed and lived.
- Nov 11, 20182018-11-11 A Challenging Word About Prayer
Nov 11, 20182018-11-11 A Challenging Word About PrayerSeries: A Harvest of Prayer(Ephesians 6:18-20)In this passage there are a total of FOUR encouragements to prayer. THREE of them are about praying for others (intercessory prayer) instead of praying for ourselves all the time. Prayer is the greatest tool Christians have for effecting change because God involves Himself in our prayers. Through intercessory prayer, we're able to challenge and defeat the hindrances, oppositions, and weaknesses that work against the Good News of Jesus Christ.
- Nov 4, 20182018-11-04 A Comforting Word About Prayer
Nov 4, 20182018-11-04 A Comforting Word About PrayerSeries: A Harvest of Prayer(Psalm 34)This Psalm celebrating God's faithfulness in answering prayer was written about a very embarrassing situation in King David's life. The good news is that God doesn't look at the glory of our performance - God looks at the sincerity of our hearts when we pray! All of us have made mistakes and poor choices that we're ashamed of - but we can't let those mistakes and poor choices negatively impact our prayer-relationship with God.
- Oct 28, 20182018-10-28 A Motivating Word About Prayer
Oct 28, 20182018-10-28 A Motivating Word About PrayerSeries: A Harvest of PrayerToo often, prayer is regarded as a "spiritual discipline" - something that "good Christians" must do. Instead, prayer shouldn't be thought of as a discipline, but as a lifeline. Our human weaknesses combined with the temptations to sin we face everyday make the practice of prayer a necessity - as Christians, we can survive without prayer, but we will never thrive without prayer.
- Oct 21, 20182018-10-21 An Encouraging Word About Prayer
Oct 21, 20182018-10-21 An Encouraging Word About PrayerSeries: A Harvest of PrayerIsaiah 65:24 "Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear."Nowhere does the Bible ever tell us to "Have faith in prayer," yet, we often approach prayer with that belief in our hearts. We think that if we can learn to pray a certain way, then we'll be guaranteed the answer we want when we want it. Jesus told us to "Have faith in God." Prayer isn't about getting an answer - Prayer is about experiencing a relationship with the one true God who loves you more than you can possibly imagine!
- Oct 14, 20182018-10-14 Graduated, But Not Educated
Oct 14, 20182018-10-14 Graduated, But Not EducatedSeries: Back to School!The real tests come not when you're in school, but after you graduate. Nevertheless, just as there are many people who have graduated various schools but are unable to apply the lessons they learned to real life, there are many Christians who have graduated from years of Sunday School and Sermons but who are unable to live and teach the lessons they have learned from the Bible.
- Sep 23, 20182018-09-23 More Important Matters
Sep 23, 20182018-09-23 More Important MattersSeries: Back to School!In (Matthew 23:23) Jesus identifies what he calls the "More Important Matters" - Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness. In a Christianity often afflicted by cause/effect legalistic teachings Christians need to understand the necessity of living lives of Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness in order to adequately reflect Jesus.
- Sep 16, 20182018.09.16 Transformational Tithing
Sep 16, 20182018.09.16 Transformational TithingSeries: Back to School!The practice of tithing has been subjected to a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation. In this message; Pastor Matt explains what tithing is, answers the key objections to tithing, and shows that when tithing is practiced (out of love for God by faith) it is transformational to both the local church and yourself.
- Sep 16, 20182018.09.16 Transformational Tithing
Sep 16, 20182018.09.16 Transformational Tithing"Transformational Tithing"The practice of tithing has been subjected to a lot of misunderstanding and misrepresentation. In this message, Pastor Matt explains what tithing is, answers the major objections to tithing, and shows that tithing (when practiced out of love for God by faith) is transformational to both the local church and to you!
- Sep 2, 20182018-09-02 Encouraging Church
Sep 2, 20182018-09-02 Encouraging ChurchThe best way to encourage Christians and non-Christians to come to church is to be an Encouraging Church! Not a church that relies on platitudes, clichés, catch-phrases, and gimmicks - but a church, an assembly of people who sincerely believe and live out their faith in Jesus Christ together.That is Christianity!
- Aug 26, 20182018-08-26 Decide!
Aug 26, 20182018-08-26 Decide!Whenever we Christians try to live our lives apart from Jesus (or treating Jesus as an accessory to our lives) eventually we spiritually stagnate. Instead, we need to decide to live the Jesus-Life of devotion and action to keep ourselves from stagnating spiritually.
- Aug 19, 20182018-08-19 Our Core Relationships
Aug 19, 20182018-08-19 Our Core RelationshipsA primary source of discouragement in people's lives are their "core relationships" - marriage, family, and work. This sermon looks at a controversial selection of the Bible and discovers that it really isn't controversial at all as it tells us how to approach whatever relationship we're in in a way that is personally empowering and ultimately glorifying to Jesus Christ!