Author: Nathaniel Colt

Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message on purity called Can’t Cope Without Soul Soap.

• Why Purity?
  • It’s a salvation issue
    • It is a matter of the heart
  • It’s a relationship with God issue
    • God didn’t change from the old testament to the new testament
    • Still desires purity
    • Jesus came to fulfill the law not to abolish it
  • It’s a relationship with others issue
  • It’ s testimony issue
• What’s the solution?
  • Live according to His Word
  • Hide His Word in your heart that you might not sin against him
  • Keep your focus on God
  • Run from temptation
  • Define parameters now on how to live
  • Put measures in place to protect yourself
  • Remember keeping the mud off is easier than getting the mud off

Join us today as Pastor CJ shares his Easter message.

Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message entitled Faces in a Crowd

Key Scripture: Matthew 21:1-9

• Psalm Sunday is a good representation of Jesus being worshiped as the King of kings and Lord of lords while he was on earth
• While he rode in on a donkey, there were many faces in the crowd that Jesus could have seen
• Lets take a look at 4 of them
  1. Mary Magdalene
     • Possessed by 7 daemons and was a prostitute before meeting Jesus
     • Jesus freed her and transformed her live
     • She helped Jesus financially
     • Washed Jesus’ feet
     • 1st to see Jesus after he rose from the dead
     • Good example of a live touched/changed by Jesus
     • She had to see Jesus to be transformed…not a church…not a pastor…but Jesus
  2. Nicodemus
     • Was a pharisee
     • Was one of the people Jesus told John 3:16 to
     • At Jesus trial was the one to say the trial was unjust
     • Was one that prepared Jesus body to be buried
     • Good example giving extravagantly for Jesus even people aren’t looking
     • Are we letting our position keep up from speaking up for God?
     • Are you standing up for Jesus when other aren’t?
  3. Zacchaeus
     • Know as a short tax collector
     • Jesus invited himself to his house fro dinner
     • Give half of his possessions to the poor and righted his wrongs
     • His possessions were important to him but Jesus was more important
     • Had to let loose of the purse strings
     • Is money more important to you that Jesus in your live?
     • are you possessions holding you back in your relationship with Jesus?
  4. The boy with fishes and loaves
     • Gave his fishes and loaves
     • Ended up with 12 basket fulls leftover
     • Story of Jesus’ power / love
     • Boy gave it all to Jesus
     • Jesus took a little and blesses/multiplied it
     • Jesus multiplied their faith
     • Jesus could have made food appear from out of thin air
     • There was an act of faith in giving the loaves and fishes
     • What do you need to bring to Jesus in faith today?
• Each person the crowd had their own story
• You aren’t just a face in the crowd to Jesus
• Take what you have and bring it to Jesus today

Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message entitled: Foot Washing: A Lesson in Humility

Key Scripture: John 13:1-13

• We often see the portrayal of the last supper but not often the foot washing
• Why do we usually skip over Jesus washing his disciples feet?
• Could be that we want to be at the table but not lower ourselves down to a servant
• We like the depiction of God the warrior king but our God is a foot washing God too
• Peter was quick to say that Jesus couldn’t wash his feet missing the spiritual significance to what Jesus was doing
• Peter comes around and says to wash all of him, but still misses that it is more about a spiritual cleansing than a physical cleansing
• Jesus washed everyone’s feet including Judas showing an important lesson to even serve those we might consider them an enemy
• Only through humility can God shape us into who we need to be

Join us today for a special guest speaker Terry Castleberry. Terry and Babs are missionaries to Belize.

Key Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:2

Interested in connecting with Terry and Babs:
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Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message titled Confessions

Key Scripture: Psalms 32

• The Lords Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) can be summarized in A.C.T.S
  • Adoration
  • Confession
  • Thanks
  • Supplication
• 3 words often used to denote our disobedience
  • Transgression
    • Departure from God
    • Flight is our normal reaction
  • Sin
    • missing the mark
    • Romans 3:23
  • Inequity
    • Twisted or distorted
    • Taking pure and distorting it
    • God plan is for a straight line
• 3 ways God responds to confession
  • Forgiven: Jesus already paid the price
  • Covered: Romans 3:23; 6:23
  • Justified: not counted against us
• How we should respond
  • Go to God while there is still time
  • Don’t be suborn: you know what is right and what you need to do…don’t run from it
  • humility

Join us today as Pastor Ken shares a message titled Why The Bible?

Key Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

• We must be devoted to the scriptures
  • Have the right attitude
  • Meditate in the Word
  • Obey the Word
  • Have a sensitive and receptive heart
• We must be directed by the scriptures
• We must be dependent on the scriptures

Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message titled Arrested by God’s Love

Key Scripture: Acts 9:1-19

• Saul was on the Damascus to arrest christian when God arrested him
• God busted Saul (Acts 9:3)
• Saul is arraigned (Acts 9:5)
• Saul is tried
• Saul is sentenced
  • Acts 9:6, 16
  • Sentenced to die daily (Colossians 3:3-6)
  • And to live in service to God as a Bond Servant (1 Timothy 1:12; Titus 1:1)
• Saul is restored (Acts 9:17)

Join us today as Pastor CJ shares a message titled Taking the Stew Out of Stewardship part 5

• People spend 50% of their time thinking about money according to one study
• Money is the 2nd most talked about thing in the Bible (2nd only to love)
• 2,350 verses in the Bible are related to money
• 16 out of the 38 parables of Jesus in the bible are related to money
• Malachi 3:7-12
• When we return to the biblical tithe, we will be blessed
• Maybe not financially but there are many ways God will bless us
• Do you rob God? When we hold back our tithe that is exactly what we are doing
• Is it possible to rob God and not be aware of it? Yes but we are still responsible
• Tithe literally means means 10th
• There are 3 types of tithes
  • levitical Tithe
    • Numbers 18:23-24
    • Tithe to support the work of the Lord and those in Ministry
  • Festival Tithe
    • Deuteronomy 12:4-7
    • Tithe to bring people together and promote unity
  • Poor Tithe
    • Deuteronomy 14:28-29
    • Tithe to help those less fortunate than you (benevolence fund)
• Bible also talks about Offerings which are above and beyond our tithe (Exodus 25:1-2)
• Some people say they can’t afford to give, but really you can’t afford NOT to give