Needy we come… and that’s ok.
Enjoying God's Presence
Comfort & Joy
Christmas is not a holiday for those who have it together, but for those of you, who like me who need Jesus. It’s a holiday for those who feel lonely, lost, and left out. It’s a reminder, for those who struggle with disease, addiction, and pain. It’s a signpost for each of us to remember that what we see is not all there is. Wonder and worship await those who are wiling to look to the King whose birth we celebrate this season.
Stay Awake! (A 1 Thessalonians Sermon)
Well, says Paul, here you are in the middle of the world’s night—but the spirit of Jesus within you is telling you it’s already daytime. You are already children of the day, children of light. God’s new world has broken in upon the sad, sleepy, drunken and deadly old world. That’s the meaning of the resurrection of Jesus, and the gift of the spirit—the life of the new world breaking in to the old. And you belong to the new world, not the old one. You are wide awake long before the full sunrise has dawned. Stay awake, then, because this is God’s new reality, and it will shortly dawn upon the whole world.
-NT Wright-
Jesus is a Returning King. (A Sermon from 1 Thessalonians)
Advent: 4 Minute Fly By
What in the world is Advent? Listen in to this four minute clip from our 1 Thessalonians series where Pastor Kevin invites us to consider what exactly we are celebrating this season!
Advent Week 1: Christmas for the real world.
"Now We Live" A sermon from 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2.13-16
Disciple Making For Real People. (1 Thessalonians 2.1-12
What does that kind of ministry that is present with real people look like? I don’t have all the answers, but in our text in 1 Thessalonians I think we start to see some of the necessary ingredients of real life ministry. (We give you four P’s to continue pressing in and pressing on in the work of disciple making!)
Go.
Good News. Changed Lives.
Faith. Hope. Love. (A Sermon from 1 Thessalonains)
No one becomes elite at anything by ignoring the fundamentals. No One. You can’t become the best basketball player if you never learn to use your left hand, you can’t become a gymnast if you don’t stretch, you can’t do motocross if you never learn the gears, you can’t slay on an electric guitar if you never learn music, and you can’t stay faithful in following Jesus if you ignore these verses.
*This sermon was recorded in NJ at Great Bay Gospel Fellowship
GATHER.
Mike Cosper:
“Participating in God’s glory-sharing life, then, happens in two contexts: scattered and gathered. Worship scattered is the Spirit-filled life of the Christian in the world, and worship gathered is the meeting of God’s people to remember, encourage, and bless one another.” - Mike Cosper
But Why? Why is this a habit that we need to have in our lives? Why does this matter so much?
GIVE.
GROW.
Slow Down: Forgiveness
Tim Keller- One of the most basic skills for building a strong and intimate relationship is the ability to forgive. If we are going to have either a romantic relationship or a good friendship, we will need to know how to forgive both the small; daily "rubs" as well as the more significant and major letdowns.
Slow Down: Sabbath
Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 131
“I’ve learned to quiet my soul…” But have you? Really? Pastor Chris Gonzalez of Missio Tempe preaches liberating gospel realities over our common excuses for not slowing down and being quiet before the God who invites us into his story.
