Message: Deliverance Text: Exodus 12:21-27, 13:3-10 I am through complaining about the present because I remember my deliverance in the past. I am through worrying about the future because I remember my deliverance in the past. I will not go backward, but keep going forward in faith. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 9:18-26 Eternal Life Where is heaven? Luke 7:14 John 11:43-44 Compassion for who? Luke 7:13 All are alive to Jesus. John 11:11-14, 25-26 Luke 20:38 (NIV) You have an eternity with Jesus waiting for you. You have a short time left here. 1 John 5:12-13…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 9:18-22 Approaching Jesus The touch-two ways. Standing, bowing, kneeling, crawling. He asks for his daughter. She asks for herself. He can talk about it. She can’t. Immediate need. Long term need. I ask for my daughter’s life back. I ask for my life back. Incredible faith. More desperation than…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 9:14-17 The Old and The New G Campbell Morgan, “This is Christ’s defense of the right of His people to be joyful; and that right to be joyful is the fact that He is with them. If that be true, then we have the right to be joyful always.” As you go forward with Jesus there will always be someone…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 9:9-13 Why Them? The self-righteous, “Why are you eating with sinners?” Self-righteous people don’t eat with sinners, we’re too good for them. The sinners may rub off on you. We’re uncomfortable with those who aren’t our kind. Jesus, “Why aren’t you eating with sinners?” I left the glory of hea…

Truly FreeBy Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 9:1-8 First Thing First What are the priorities in this story? For the people it is the physical. For Jesus it is the spiritual. Isaiah 59:2 Does it seem that God is not responding, and even ignoring, what you believe is your need right now? Nothing is more important to God than you, and solvin…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 8:28-34 “Go.” Observations: Demons know Jesus when they see him, before He says a word. Up to this point in Matthew, only devils call Jesus, “Son of God.” You may have doubts about Jesus? Demons never do. Demons know something about how much time they have left. Revelation 12:12. Demons like to…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 8:23-27 The new impossible Leper, centurion’s servant, Peter’s mother in law, many others-healed. Demons cast out. The disciples cry out to Jesus for help then are shocked when He does. Have you reserved an area that you still see as impossible for God? It matters to Jesus that you believe He c…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 8:18-22 Three Followers The Crowd: Jesus left the crowd. He is not interested in entertaining or impressing a crowd or being impressed by a crowd. Serious people step out of the crowd when they see Jesus is serious. The Scribe: This is a very accomplished person who is not used to the uncomfort…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 8:14-17 Evil exalts itself Accelerated demon activity. Revelation 12:12 Anything that is exalted above God is satanic. Genesis 3:4-5 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 1 John 3:8By Matt Fisher

Message: Father’s Day Text: Genesis 18:16-19 (Genesis 12:1-3, 13:14-17) Generous It is what you give to someone else, then what they give to someone else, then what they give to someone else… What keeps us from being generous? We think what we have is ours. We think if we give it away we will have less. Generous with: possessions; yourself; grace……

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 8:1-13 Will You? Similarities: Both believed Jesus can, recognizing His authority; Both asked; Both were desperate, unable to help themselves or others; Both were outcasts from Jewish society. Differences: The leper was asking for himself, the centurion for someone else; Jesus touched the leper…

Message: Communion Text: 1 Corinthians 11:17-19, 27-28, 33 Romans 15:1 Matthew 5:14-16 Let your light shine! I don’t care to believe it. It’s hard to believe it. David Hume, the Scottish philosopher and skeptic, was once challenged as he was seen going to hear George Whitefield preach: “I thought you do not believe in the gospel?” Hume replied, “I …

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew Text: Matthew 7:24-29 Two Houses Similarities: All houses face storms; Everyone is building; Building any house is lot of work; Both hear what Jesus said. One builds on what Jesus said and who He is, one does not. Why are you: Doing it; Saying it; Singing it; Thinking it; Wanting it; Praying it; Needing it?.…

Message: God’s Love (Mother’s Day) Text: John 3:16 Romans 5:8 “…nothing else matters.”By Matt Fisher

Message: Temptation Text: Genesis 1-2 Genesis: 2:8 2:15-17 A steward: to maintain and improve. 3:1-5 Tempted by what God has not given you. 3:1, 6 Alone time.By Matt Fisher

Message: Come and Go Text: Matthew 28:5-20 Come: Matthew 11:28 John 6:44 Philippians 2:13 Go: Matthew 28:5-20 Acts 1:8By Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 7:21-23 Two Declarations The issue is never the good things we have done, but the bad things we have done. Genesis 3:4-6 Satanic deception is making the bad look good. Romans 3:23 Romans 6:23 Romans 5:8 Romans 10:9 Two men went to the temple to pray… Luke 18:10-14…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 7:15-20 Two Trees 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 Life and Message Patience. Fruit only comes one season per year, wait for it. The inward can be hidden until people begin to do something, to produce something, then it can be seen. Beware of pretending. Imitating a Spirit filled, fruitful life. To produ…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 7:13-14 Two Gates 2 gates 2 paths 2 destinations 2 crowds John 10:9 1 Timothy 2:5 It is not hard to find Jesus, it is hard to lose ourselves. Christian in Pilgrim’s Progress, “I remember what my mother told me: that going to hell is like walking down a gentle slope and that going to heaven is l…

Message: He is going before you Text: Matthew 28:5-10 Luke 2:11-12 The angels and the shepherds John 4:4 The woman at the well Matthew 28:5-10 The women at the tomb John 21:4, 9 The apostle PeterBy Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 7:12 Do Others have taught what may seem close to what Jesus taught, can you see the difference? Socrates, “What stirs your anger when done to you by others, that do not to others.” Confucius, “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Matthew 28:19 You go first…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 7:7-11 Humility Ask: You do not have what you need and/or you do not know the answer. Seek: You do not see the way, you do not know how. Knock: You cannot open the door, Someone must open it for you. Psalm 139:7-12 Acts 17:27By Matt Fisher

Merge Sunday 2024By Matt Fisher

Message: Do This Text: Acts 9:3-6, 1 Corinthians 11:24-26 Have you received Jesus as your savior? Adrian Rogers, "If Christ didn't die on a cross, wasn't buried in a tomb, and doesn't live today, nothing matters. If Christ did die a horrible death on a cross, was buried in a borrowed tomb, and did rise again on the third day, nothing else matters."…

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew Text: Matthew 7:1-6 Clear Eyes To judge is to realize the difference. To be judgmental is to believe you are superior because of the difference. Oswald Chamber, “Whenever you are in a critical temper, it is impossible to enter into communion with God. Criticism makes you hard and vindictive and cruel, and le…

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew Text: Matthew 6:33-34 Seek the King Remember who you were Remember what God has doneBy Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew Text: Matthew 6:25-32 Believe God Do you see the difference in believing in God and believing God? James 2:19 Psalm 14:1 Hebrews 11:6 God can love more or less, do you believe He loves you more?By Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew Text: Matthew 6:19-24 Choose Wealth or the lack of it, is neither good nor bad. It is what you make of it. How do you know? *When you have time to think, what do you think about most? *Have I learned to be content, do I know when I have enough? *Do I own things or do they own me? *Am I selfish, afraid to giv…

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew Text: Matthew 6:16-18 Fasting, and other strange things. Acts 13:1-4 Inward OutwardBy Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew Text: Matthew 6:9-13 The Lord’s Prayer X3By Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew Text: Matthew 6:1-9 Giving & Praying Giving: You are only a steward. We are tempted to not give because we are afraid we will have less. Prayer: Tell your Father what you need.By Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel according to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:38-48 The Impossible *Murder *Adultery *Divorce *Oaths *Retaliation *Love 1) Live as you were created to be…like Jesus. 2) Love…makes us do the craziest things.By Matt Fisher

Message: The 100th Sheep Text: Luke 15:1-7 Reach them or complain about them, but you can’t do both. Bernard of Clairveaux: 1) Loving ourselves for our own sake. 2) Loving God for our own sake. 3) Loving God for God's sake. 4) Loving ourselves for God's sake. For Jesus’ sake Who is the next person for you to reach? The next one.…

Message: God so loved Text: John 3:16 There are degrees of love…for everyone. Caution, handle with care. God loves you more than you love Him.By Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:21-48 The Impossible *Murder *Adultery *Divorce *Oaths *Retaliation *Love N.T. Wright, “Extra words, especially strong ones, call into question the speaker’s basic truthfulness. If you need to add them, maybe we can’t trust you at all.” George Sala, "It is difficult not only to say the right …

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:21-48 The Impossible *Murder *Adultery *Divorce *Oaths *Retaliation *Love Vs 27-30 Adultery-the root of adultery is lust. The root of lust is getting. Vs 31-32 DivorceBy Matt Fisher

Message: Communion Text: 1 Corinthians 11:27-34 Vs 33-34 Wait for each other. Vs 27-32 Examine yourself.By Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:21-48 The Impossible Exodus 14:16, Luke 1:31, Acts 27:24 *Murder *Adultery *Divorce *Oaths *Retaliation *Love Murder (Anger) Vs 21-22 Adultery (Lust) Vs 27-30 Divorce Vs 31-32By Matt Fisher

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Message: The Spirit gives life Text: John 6:63 The Truth: Genesis 1:1-2 Genesis 1:27 Genesis 2:7 John 20:22 Romans 8:5-6 Galatians 5:16-17 Romans 1:25 Pray about the truth: Psalm 51:10-12 Psalm 23:3By Matt Fisher

Message: Put Jesus First Text: Matthew 6:33 Over your worries Over your needs Seek Him: Some do Some don’t Some-times William Law, “If you haven’t chosen the kingdom of God first, it will make no difference in the end what you have chosen instead.”By Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:17-20 Are you more righteous than a pharisee? There is: Righteousness of the hands. Righteousness of the heart. Righteousness of doing. Righteousness of being. Luke 18:9-14 Christianity is one beggar showing another beggar where to find bread. Matthew 14:30-31…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:13-16 (Msg) Shake the salt and shine the light You: This is disciple’s work, there is no one else to do it. Are: You are not really ministering until you are ministering of yourself. You are not really giving until you are giving of yourself. You cannot separate yourself from your ministry…yo…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:10-12 Persecuted Make a difference If you are always the same as everyone around you, how can you make a difference? Righteousness/holiness makes the unrighteous uncomfortable. Your light exposes the darkness. In seeing you they see themselves. For the serious disciple, Jesus is always prepar…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:9 Peacemaker “Satan kindles the flames of contention then stands there and warms himself by the fire.” Peace for you: 2 Corinthians 5:18 The affect the Holy Spirit in you has on others around you. Peace for me: 1 Timothy 2:5 Romans 5:1 Colossians 1:20…

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:8 Pure in heart A pure heart is more about the attitude than the action. Motive. A good translation for pure is whole. A whole heart or an undivided heart. 1 Samuel 16:7 Psalm 51:10By Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:7 Mercy Mercy is helping someone who may or may not deserve it. Or, withholding judgment from someone who may or may not deserve it. This Christian life is about the journey, not just the destination.By Matt Fisher

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew Text: Matthew 5:6 Hunger and Thirst Living out the righteousness we have received from Jesus. Grace-the power to save from sin Ephesians 2:8 Grace-The power to defeat sin Romans 6:14 Titus 2:11-12 Everything begins with a thought 2 Corinthians 10:5 Romans 8:5 This righteousness will be painful for you (hunge…