Bethany UMC

A beautiful decoy starts as a block of wood, cut from a tree. Try to imagine when we are saved, we are given a block of wood called religion. It has to be chiseled, carved and sanded to reveal the beauty of Faith. In Luke 17: 1-10 Jesus outline three steps on this journey of faith.

Mother's Day Sermon, 2019. Testimonies from the congregation were omitted from this recording.

John 20:1-9 When Mary Magdalene went to the tomb of Jesus, it was still dark. The world was a dark place before Easter and today many are still in the dark, as to the meaning of Easter and the power of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from dead.

Journey through the scriptures with Jesus to Calvary

Forest Davis shares the message at Bethany in Wanchese. On this Sunday we celebrated the preschool. Forest attended the preschool and grew up in the church, accepting Christ as his savior while at Bethany. He speaks from Matthew 6:19-21. It always a blessing to hear our young adults share the word of God.

From the Book of Job. We don't always get the answer, when we ask the question why, but God provides a way through and calls on us to come along side others and help during their time of suffering.

Matthew 25: 14-30 When the master returned, he praised the first two men for they had doubled his money and he put them in charge of even more things. But the third servant, blamed the master for him, not doing anything with the talent, in a way he accused the master of demanding more than was reasonable, out of proportion to what he had given him. He even went so far as to say he was afraid. I would say he was worried about what he perceived as his own inability to do what he was called to do.

When God speaks to you, when He calls you, you can’t respond based on your education, your knowledge, or your own understanding. Your ability to respond in spiritual things, is measured by the promises of God. If you try to answer God’s call with your own ability, before long you will fail and worry will set in and you will find yourself like the servant blaming God. “God you expect more of me than you give me power to do.” “You demand too much of me” “I can not do what you ask of me because of where you, God, have placed me”

(Exodus 19:4-6). “You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine, but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites”. With a contract, negotiations come before delivery. In A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP, GOD DOES SOMETHING FIRST

Joel 2:1-11

"And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions"

It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires of you.

Philippians 4: 1-9

Verse 4 does not say “WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT, REJOICE IN THE LORD”, or “WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING YOUR WAY REJOICE IN THE LORD.” it clearly and plainly states REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS, AGAIN I WILL SAY REJOICE.