She Said Yes!! — It is an honor and a privilege to be loved of God. He calls us His bride as an affectionate term to help us understand the context of the intimacy, communication, and oneness He desires with us. Do we understand and appreciate how intensely God desires our wholehearted, single-focused love? He’s…
Freely Receive, Freely Give — Disagreements can bring division or solutions. The end-result most often depends upon our commitment to each other and our love for Jesus over proving the winning and losing sides or the disagreement. Currently, the world is shouting various viewpoints very loudly. It is time for the Church to realize that…
God’s Heart and God’s Words. Our Heart and Our Words. — The Lord can seem like a contrarian at times, but His creativity establishes the blessing of dependence on Him and intimacy with Him. As we understand His heart, we learn to accept His love and to be empowered. Such empowerment is given to us…
In this sermon, we follow the events of the resurrection and the moments that followed to see the heart of Jesus for His people. He loved, encouraged, and guided His close relationships as He taught them to become more than they knew they could.
More Life Through His Voice – God advances His Kingdom in the lives of those who are ready, seeking, and sowing. We don’t always understand how the Lord causes the increase, but we must keep our heart alive and attentive to His leadings. It is our privilege to live by the leading of God, and it…
Sermon objectives: As we pursue dreams and greater progress in life, we cannot lose sight of God’s command to grow in our love for others. From the Father’s perspective, what good is attaining more in life if we do not use our lives to love and bless others? Love must have action, but remember that…
He Made a Way. He is the Way. — Happy Resurrection Sunday! In this sermon the church celebrated the amazing gift Jesus is to the people of God. We bragged about His love for the world and the great lengths with which He showed it. We talked about letting go of distractions regarding Christ, which lead…
Worship: Cultivating the Ecosystem — Praise and thankfulness are the gate to bringing an environment into God’s presence. So, we worship out of HOPE. We do not wait for the breakthrough. Our worship is often in spite of our circumstances. It is a faith expression, not a forced expression. Praise gives a place for the…
The Gift of Tongues and Interpretation — Tongues is the grace to speak in another language, whether a heavenly language or a natural language. The Holy Spirit also empowers believers with the gift of interpretation of tongues, the grace to interpret an otherwise unknown language for those who do not understand what is being said.…
Words of Knowledge and Words of Wisdom — The gifts of Words of Knowledge and Words of Wisdom are prophetic in nature. They require the user to know God’s voice and His heart and to follow His direction. This requirement is a general thread in many of gifts of the Holy Spirit. The Word of…
