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UNDER THE MASTER'S TABLE (Matthew 15:21-28). The Canaanite Woman discovered how to get Jesus to respond to her need. We'll look at Why Jesus Said No, What changed His Mind, and Lessons Learned from Under the Master's Table.By Pastor Diehl
PETER WALKS ON WATER (Matthew 14:22-34): Walking on water was far harder than not being blown over by the wind, yet Peter was distracted by the lesser thing rather than focusing on the greater miracle. Our problems are tiny next to Jesus - God is bigger than anything we face!By Pastor Adam
PHILIPPIAN JAILER: (Acts 16:25-34) The Philippian Jailer had a Divine Encounter with God. As the Jail Commander, he was always in control. God had to break his control and show him who was really in control. In the breaking, the jailer discovered his own need for personal salvation. God will shake your world to get in control of your life.…
GET IT TOGETHER: God’s Priority List for our lives may not be what we think it is. Let's get things in the right order this year.By Pastor Adam
ZACCHAEUS: Zacchaeus had a life changing experience. It was a new beginning for him. We'll look at 7 things to learn about making our own clean start in 2021.By Pastor Diehl
RECEIVING THE KING: Christ HAS come - how do we receive him? We'll take a look at how we can invite Jesus into our lives.By Pastor Adam
TRUSTING GOD IN A CHAOTIC WORLD: The world in which Jesus was born was in Chaos. We'll look at 7 Principles of Faith in our own chaotic world. Are we to be sucked into the chaos or does God have a better plan?By Pastor Diehl
FEAR: The shepherds were bombarded by a field of angels! God’s message was Fear Not! What should we do when we're afraid?By Pastor Diehl
Hope: The prophets and Old Testament only had hope of a coming Messiah. But they had to live “in the middle.” We have the Messiah… but it still doesn’t feel like it sometimes. What do we do when it seems like God is absent?By Pastor Adam
THE WORD OF GOD: We'll be looking at the theme of the Bible being God's inspired Word to each of us as individuals. It is a cryptic code book that the Holy Spirit can use to send us messages for our own personal lives. Therefore, Satan hates this book and believers love and cherish the Book. We'll talk about how this works.…
THE BLOOD OF JESUS: We'll look at the various aspects of the blood of Jesus and how to apply it to our lives.By Pastor Diehl
THE NAME OF THE LORD. We'll look at what the Bible has to say about the Name of the Lord in the Old and New Testaments. What is the significance of His name? What is His name? How do we use this name and why?By Pastor Diehl
This Tuesday is Election Day in the USA. There is a lot at stake for the church in this election, but it’s not what you think it is. In this message, we’ll explore how God wants us to react to politics and elections. You can’t control what happens, but you can control your response to it.By Pastor Adam
We'll look at 5 more lessons we learn in a drought from Elijah's visit with the Widow of Zarephath. Key is you have to give and God grows your faith daily.By Pastor Diehl
We'll look at practical lessons we can learn from Elijah's experience in a drought. How can we grow and survive during dry times?By Pastor Diehl
Elisha was told to keep his eyes on Elijah. But a "chariot of fire and horses of fire" almost cost him his vision. The glamorous was a diversion from the main thing. We'll talk about diversions Satan throws at us to get our eyes off the main thing in our spiritual journey: Offenses, Fads, Insecurity, and Ourselves. Main target: Keep your eyes on Je…
The way that we look at life and the world is often not the way that God does. We'll look at several truths that are not True. Then we'll look at the balance that is true.By Pastor Diehl
We'll explore Elijah's dark night of the soul when he wished to die. What led to such depression and what is God's solution to depression?By Pastor Diehl
As Christians, we are on a mission! Pastor Adam shares four things that we need to know about our mission journey.By Pastor Adam
Today's message wraps up our series on what God's Word says to do during the Last Days: Stay Faithful and Wise, Stand Firm, Grow in Grace, Live Holy and Godly Lives, and Prophesy.By Pastor Diehl
We continue with our series on what God's Word says we should do in the Last Days: Disconnect from this Worldly System, Do not Believe the Deception, Beware of Distractions, Be Confident, and Call on the Name of the Lord.By Pastor Diehl
We'll begin a 3-part series on what God's Words says we should be doing in the Last Days: Lift Up Our Heads, Do Business, Encourage One Another, and Meet Together.By Pastor Diehl
Pastor Adam continues the series on Satan's Strategies. God has plans for your life - but so does the devil. Let's be aware of his strategies so we can fight accordingly.By Pastor Adam
We explore 5 Strategies Satan uses: He is the Father of Lies, He Masquerades in a Costume of Light & Righteousness, He Deceives with Sign & Wonders, He Tempts us to Sin, and he Steals, Kills & Destroys.By Pastor Diehl
Bruce Prosser will talk about the Key of Love, John Longenecker will preach on the Key of Patience, and Nate Vance will unpack the Key of Peace, in this 3-part preaching team.By Bruce Prosser
MISSION: The Christian life is not meant to be just a passive experience, consuming sermons and worship songs. We have a part to play in what God is doing in the world!By Pastor Diehl
THE KEY OF PRAYER. We'll explore different aspects of prayer as a key to the Kingdom of God.By Pastor Diehl
THE KEY OF GRACE. We'll define grace. Recipients of grace from God should be grace-givers. We'll look at practical action-step advice on giving grace to others.By Pastor Diehl
THE KEY OF HUMILITY. We'll do a topical study of the role of humility as a key to unlocking the power of the Kingdom of God. We'll define humility and look at many scriptures and stories about how humility brings a breakthrough and the value of humbling ourselves.By Pastor Diehl
We begin this new series by looking at and diving in to what the spiritual principles are that empower the believer.By Pastor Adam
IN DEFENSE OF THE FAMILY (Ephesians 6) Ephesians 6 addresses two topics, the Church as a Family and the Church at War. We'll look at 9 principles of defending the family of God in the spiritual war going on around us. This is how we fight for our brothers and sisters.By Pastor Diehl
FIVE FACETS OF FOLLOWING THE FATHER. There are 5 specific commands Paul gives us on being the Church: Walk in love, live in the light, make the most of every opportunity, be filled with the Spirit, and submit to one another. Christianity is practical and personal. We'll unpack all 5.By Pastor Diehl
We look at what practices we should do to maintain a good healthy spiritual life.By Pastor Diehl
THROUGH THE CHURCH (Ephesians 3): Paul tells us that 1) We understand the Mystery of God's Plan, 2) We Recognize the Church is the Vehicle to Change the World, and 3) We Grasp the Measurement of the Love of Christ.By Pastor Diehl
THE LAWS OF THE NEW HUMANITY (Ephesians 2). We'll look at The Law of Life (vv. 1-10), The Law of The Passcode (vv. 11-13), The Law of the Alliance (vv. 14-18), and The Law of Belonging (vv. 19-22).By Pastor Diehl
We come out of being scattered and rediscover church and who we are. We go back to the basics the church.By Pastor Diehl
PARABLE OF THE POTTER AND THE CLAY. God led Jeremiah to go to the Potter's House. The clay was marred and Potter reformed it into another pot. God says He has the right to do with His people same thing. Repentance changes God's mind, however. Message is to turn from our wicked ways and actions.By Pastor Diehl
PARABLE OF THE FLOWING RIVER: God gave Ezekiel a vision that only makes sense today. He saw water flowing from under the threshold of the Temple, flowing deeper and deeper until too deep to cross. Wherever it flowed salty water converted to fresh water to support Life. River represents the Holy Spirit giving life to all.…
PARABLE OF THE DRY BONES: Ezekiel had a vision of a valley full of very dry bones. God told Ezekiel to speak to these dry bones that they come together, then that they would breathe. The regeneration came in stages. Prophecy needed to continue to come. The people cried 'We are cut off' (dead), God promises to put His Spirit within His people & they…
PARABLE OF THE MAN IN THE MYRTLE TREES: Zechariah saw a man in a ravine on a red horse. God spoke comforting words (Anger had passed). He says he is jealous for His people because He wants to be our source, and is angry when we look elsewhere for Security. Now that His anger has been appeased, he will show mercy and rebuild prosperity in the Land.…
PARABLE OF THE RAISED SERPENT: Due to the people's rebellion, God sent poisonous snakes among the people. People confessed their Sin and God told Moses to make a snake and raise it up on a pole. When people look at it they will be healed. God doesn't remove the snakes but provides an antidote. The snake represents Jesus on the Cross paying for our …
Using the elements in the Easter Bag we'll retell the Easter story: The Stuck Nail that held Jesus; The Secure Stone that held in the Stink of Sin; The Sanctifying Cross that gives light to the lost world, The Showy Egg that speaks of the promise of life yet to come, and The Sweet Fruit hidden inside that life that affects our character and sweeten…
A DONKEY RIDE: On what is now known as Palm Sunday, Jesus borrowed a donkey to enter Jerusalem. Pastor Diehl shares 3 lessons we can learn from this donkey.By Pastor Diehl
RELUCTANT RECRUITS: As Jesus was on the road again toward Jerusalem, three Reluctant Recruits approached Jesus. Each had an excuse for not immediately following Jesus. We'll explore each of these excuses regarding Discipleship.By Pastor Diehl
WHY ARE YOU AFRAID? In this message, Pastor Adam helps us identify with the disciples who were afraid of drowning on the boat. The spirit of fear brings certain things into our life. The spirit of God brings three different things to replace it.By Pastor Adam
SETTING HIS FACE: In this message, we look at what we can learn from the journey of Jesus in Luke chapter 9, and how we can apply those lessons to our lives.By Pastor Diehl
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