Speaker: Senior Pastor Bill Hayden

What’s Your Story?

II Corinthians 5:17-21 (NLT)

17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.
The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.

19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.

20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We
speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so
that we could be made right with God through Christ.

   Applications:

Share your story about the person that you have come to love.

Ask God to give you boldness and opportunities to share it with someone and He will.

Resist the feelings of fear, speak from your heart and God will use it.

Assurance in Uncertain Times – Part 2

Psalm 23:1-6 (NKJV)

1. The Lord is my shepherd;
    I shall not want.
2. He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
    He leads me beside the still waters.
3. He restores my soul;
    He leads me in the paths of righteousness
    For His name’s sake.

4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
    I will fear no evil;
    For You are with me;
    Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

5. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
    You anoint my head with oil;
    My cup runs over.
6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
    All the days of my life;
    And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    Forever.

Assurance in Uncertain Times – Part 1

Psalm 146:1-6 (NLT)
1 Praise the Lord ! Let all that I am praise the Lord .
2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.
3 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.
4 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.
5 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.
6 He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.
 

APPLICATIONS:
1. Praise engaged by the soul reaches the Throne Room of God.
2. Strength powered by praise helps us to endure times of trouble.

The Word of Life – Part 3

Scripture Text: 1 John 1:1-4 NKJV

      1  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,   concerning the Word of life—

      2  the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—

      3   that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

      4  And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.

    Application:

1. We have been summoned by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Word of Life.

2.  We live for the purpose of illuminating Light for others to see their way to God.

The Word of Life – Part 2

Scripture Text: Hebrews 4:12-13 (NKJV)

12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Application:

1. Together we build the Kingdom

 

The Word of Life – Part 1

Scripture Text: Genesis 1:1-5 (NKJV)

1.  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep
    And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

4. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

5. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

Applications:

1. The very thought of God is a reminder of living without limits.

2. God created something beautiful from nothing to reflect His glory.

Time To Heal – Part 2

James 5:13-18 (NKJV)

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

    Applications:

1. A healthy church is in the best position to help heal a broken world.

2. The health of each member is connected to the welfare of all.

Time To Heal – Part 1

Scripture Text: Ecclesiastes 3:3 (NKJV)

A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up;

James 5:13-18 (NKJV)

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

    Applications:

1. Failure to acknowledge our condition is the greatest hinderance to our recovery

2. Obedience is better than the multitude of sacrifices with deep repentance

If It Wasn’t For His Mercy – Part 3

Scripture Text: Titus 3:7-11 (NKJV)

7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

9 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.

10 Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition,

11 knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.

Applications:

1. The abiding presence of the Holy Spirit enables us to go beyond our abilities in order to produce good works.

2. A divisive person is reached by the power of God and not the power of your words

If It Wasn’t For His Mercy – Part 2

Scripture Text: Titus 3:4-6 (NKJV)

4. But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,

5. not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

6. whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Applications:

1. When mercy and grace is imparted to us by God, it will forever change our relationships.

2. God has given us an abundance of His Spirit to do Great works in earthen vessels.