Nov 1, 2020
2020-11-01 Faithful When God’s Will is Painful
Series: Faithful Through Fire & Flood
"Faithful When God's Will is Painful"
(Matthew 26:36-46)
In this fallen, broken world there will be times when following the Will of God - His "good and acceptable and perfect will" will be painful. Even Jesus experienced this most difficult test of faithfulness, and how he passed that test and remained faithful is both a challenge and an encouragement to all of us!
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- Nov 1, 20202020-11-01 Faithful When God’s Will is Painful
Nov 1, 20202020-11-01 Faithful When God’s Will is PainfulSeries: Faithful Through Fire & Flood"Faithful When God's Will is Painful"(Matthew 26:36-46)In this fallen, broken world there will be times when following the Will of God - His "good and acceptable and perfect will" will be painful. Even Jesus experienced this most difficult test of faithfulness, and how he passed that test and remained faithful is both a challenge and an encouragement to all of us!
- Oct 25, 20202020-10-25 Faithful During Overwhelming Trauma
Oct 25, 20202020-10-25 Faithful During Overwhelming TraumaSeries: Faithful Through Fire & Flood"Faithful During Overwhelming Trauma"(Revelation 2:10)Life has its difficulties and sometimes those difficulties take the form of traumatic events. Christians are not immunized against experiencing traumatic events in their lives, yet when they come, they test our faith - because we expect God to somehow protect us from the traumatic events. Instead, the Bible teaches that in this fallen world, traumas will happen but God is there to help us, heal us, and grow us IF we remain faithful.
- Oct 18, 20202020-10-18 Faithful When Satan Blocks Your Plans
Oct 18, 20202020-10-18 Faithful When Satan Blocks Your PlansSeries: Faithful Through Fire & Flood"Faithful When Satan Blocks Your Plans"(1 Thessalonians 2:17-20)In this passage, the Apostle Paul reveals an astounding insight into the cause of some of the problems and tests of our Christian walk - the fact that Satan can and does at times block your plans. Often, when this happens, Christians are tempted to quit, but in this message we learn how to be faithful to Jesus when Satan blocks our plans.
- Oct 11, 20202020-10-11 Faithful Despite Persecution
Oct 11, 20202020-10-11 Faithful Despite PersecutionSeries: Faithful Through Fire & Flood"Faithful Despite Persecution"(Acts 16:16-34)Persecution, both "soft" and "hard" presents Christians with special challenges and temptations regarding their faithfulness to Jesus. The Bible warns Christians that "everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted," therefore, persecution is not something that Christians should neglect to prepare themselves for. In this message, Pastor Matt explains the three main temptations that persecution will bring that will test the faithfulness of every Christian.
- Sep 27, 20202020-09-27 Faithful During A Family Crisis
Sep 27, 20202020-09-27 Faithful During A Family CrisisSeries: Faithful Through Fire & Flood"Faithful During A Family Crisis"(Philippians 4:6-7)Even the godliest families in the Bible experienced family crises and had to endure varying degrees of dysfunction. As we look at the King David's family crisis in this message - we learn some key insights from God's Word about how to remain faithful to God when a family crisis strikes.
- Sep 20, 20202020-09-20 Faithful When Facing Personal Failure
Sep 20, 20202020-09-20 Faithful When Facing Personal FailureSeries: Faithful Through Fire & Flood"Faithful When Facing Personal Failure"(Micah 7:8-9) & (Psalm 118:17-19)In one way or another EVERY Christian will fail Jesus and fail themselves at some time in their lives. The good news is that when we fail we don't have to end in failure IF we remain faithful to Jesus. In this message, we take a look at King David in the Bible - a man who failed catastrophically but who ended in great success!
- Sep 13, 20202020-09-13 Faithful When Life Doesn’t Go to Plan
Sep 13, 20202020-09-13 Faithful When Life Doesn’t Go to PlanSeries: Faithful Through Fire & Flood"Faithful When Life Doesn't Go To Plan"(1 Samuel 16 & 19)A fact of life in this fallen world is that life doesn't always go to plan. Accidents, disasters, catastrophes, the unexpected and unwanted does occur. When this happens Christians need to realize that God not only tests our faith IN Him - He also tests our faithfulness TO Him.
- Aug 30, 20202020-08-30 Faithful Despite Crushing Disappointment
Aug 30, 20202020-08-30 Faithful Despite Crushing DisappointmentSeries: Faithful Through Fire & Flood"Faithful Despite Crushing Disappointment"(Deuteronomy 3:23-28)Let's be honest - life doesn't always go the way we want it to. In fact, things don't always come out how we've prayed for them to. God doesn't always behave the way we would prefer Him to. When these things happen we face crushing disappointments - disappointments that sometimes have to power to shake and even break our faith. In this message we learn how to remain faithful despite the crushing disappointments that come.