September 14, 2022“When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will ...  Read More

September 13, 2022“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17As we continue to look at things God might consider an “idol,” we come to a very important one: your identity. Now, you might be wondering, “Pastor, how can my identity be an idol? After all, identity is simply who I am.” When we say identity, we...  Read More

September 12, 2022“Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.” – Jonah 2:8Yesterday, we talked about idols. The truth is, we can call them whatever we want to: passions, hobbies, things we enjoy. But if they are more important to us than God, they are an idol. So what kind of things classify as idols? Well, for starters what about your STUFF? Is there something you own tha...  Read More

September 11, 2022“So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.” – Colossians 3:5I want to ask you a very serious question today. It is one we might or might not think about often, but make no mistake, it is highly ...  Read More

September 10, 2022“For we live by faith, not by sight.” – 2 Corinthians 5:7“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” – Mark 11:24When you HAVE FAITH and you LIVE that FAITH, God will respond! Do not underestimate the power of your faith. Hebrews 11:6 tells us, “Now without faith, it is impossible to please God.” Do you know wha...  Read More

September 9, 2022“For we live by faith, not by sight.” – 2 Corinthians 5:7As we talked about yesterday, when it comes to faith, you’ve got to HAVE it before you can LIVE it. This raises two questions you must ask yourself. First, do I truly have faith in God? And if the answer is yes, am I living out that faith? We can simplify this into two short questions: do I HAVE it? And do I LIVE It? Yesterd...  Read More

September 8, 2022“When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’” – Mark 2:5When it comes to faith, you’ve got to HAVE it before you can LIVE it. So, I guess the first question you should ask yourself is: Do I truly have faith in God? And if the answer is yes, then are you living out that faith? Today, we will seek to answer the first question. So, do you ...  Read More

September 7, 2022“Jesus replied, ‘What is impossible with man is possible with God.”” – Luke 18:27Did you know God can do the impossible? As we continue to look at the story in Mark 2, we do not want to miss something very important. By now, we know that four men served their friend by carrying him on a stretcher and bringing him in front of Jesus to be healed. These men brought their friend into ...  Read More

September 6, 2022“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’” – Matthew 25:40Yesterday we asked the question, “When you look at others, what do you see?” In Mark 2, four men took their friend and lowered him into a crowded home for Jesus to heal him. These men SAW their friend for who he was, rather than how...  Read More

September 5, 2022“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; He delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” – Psalm 34:17-18In Mark 2, it says in verse 3, “Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.” So, these four men are carrying a paralyzed man on a mat, but what I want us to see is ...  Read More

September 4, 2022“Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus replied, ‘Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.’ Another disciple said to him, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’ But Jesus told him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’” – Matthew 8:19-22 Would you follow Jes...  Read More

September 3, 2022“When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that He was back home. Soon the house where He was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While He was preaching God’s word to them.” – Mark 2:1-2Do you ever look at Jesus as this large object in the sky that is just too big to care about you? Maybe you th...  Read More