Calvary Grace

Each one of us has a good work to do. We may not see it yet, but it’s often right there in front of our eyes. For Nehemiah, it was a crumbled wall. For you, it could be an injustice in the world, or a need you see what no one else does. During this series, we will learn how Nehemiah responded to his own calling and learn how we can change our own world just by leaning into the unique calling that God has put in front of each of us. This four-week series will take a closer look at the good work God called Nehemiah to do and show us how his story can be an example in our own lives. God has called us all to a good work in our world, in our neighborhood, or in our family. This series will challenge us to find our purpose, understand our opposition, and give us the tools and encouragement to live out our calling.

The Good Work:When You Can’t Take it Anymore
Text: Nehemiah 1:2-6, 11; 2:4-5, 18
Pastor Tom Cogle
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Our God specializes in using very ordinary, everyday people.
What do you do when you don’t know what to do?

HOW DO YOU BEGIN THE GOOD WORK?

1.You Sit Down to Cry.
We feel so distant from the crisis, what can we do?
•You choose to either push the pain away and settle down in your comfort or you choose to let the pain into your heart to motivate you to action.
What breaks your heart?

2.YOU KNEEL DOWN TO PRAY.
What you pray about really reflects what you believe about God.

3.YOU STAND UP TO ACT.
Tears turn to prayers and prayers drive you to action.
You may not finish alone, and you may not do it alone, but nothing will happen until you start it.

Somebody’s got do something—Might as well be me!Do the GOOD WORK!

LFTL SundayDon’t Use a Silencer

2 Peter 3:9

May 19, 2019

Pastor Tom Cogle

Satan has tried and couldn’t kill the author of life, so today he is trying to silence the message about who Jesus is and what He did for us.
Silencing the message is just as effective as killing the author of life!

How Does Satan try to Silence the Message of Life?
I.He will attempt to silence our witness.

II.Satan will try to deaden our compassion by making other things more attractive.

III.Satan will deceive many as to the ultimate destiny of those who die without accepting Jesus as Savior.

IV.Satan will cause confusion among us as to our responsibility.

V.Satan will blind us to the cost of our disobedience.
Will you say “YES” to sharing the message about Jesus?

Series: Things Jesus Never Said
Message: “Go, Do What Makes Your Happy”
Text: John 8:2-11
Pastor Tom Cogle
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Jesus did not say:
•Go into all the world and preach whatever makes people happy.
•Whoever wants to be my disciple, must affirm themselves, avoid the cross, and follow their own heart.
•Ask and it will be given to you, because God is your Celestial Sugar Daddy.

This is what Jesus did say:
Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

WHY DO WE GIVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION TO SIN?
•It’s fun!
Sin promises satisfaction at the cost of disobedience to God and eventual pain to you.

Why do so many of us end up giving in to temptation?
•Without a belief in absolute truth, then truth is defined by whatever makes me happy.
We tend to look for happiness in all the wrong places.

Holiness isn’t mutually exclusive of happiness, in fact, they are very, very related.

Our God is faithful, and He will always give you a way out.

Every temptation is an invitation to depend on Christ!

Remorse – I got caught, I’m sorry
Repent – Turn to a higher power

These days it’s easy to see life the way we want to. We can filter our images, pick the news we want to hear, and listen only to the viewpoints that agree with us. When we do that, we start to distort our view of the world. The same thing can happen to our view of God. We reshape our perception of Him into what we want to believe, or what we want to think about others. Jesus came to bring us the truth about God and His plan for us, and it doesn’t always sound like what you may think. This series cuts through the noise of the world’s perceptions of Jesus and what it means to follow Him, in ways that may be surprising to some people. It plays off the idea of memes as jokes, rhetorical devices, and sources of misinformation to debunk popular misconceptions and bring clear truth.

Series: Things Jesus Never Said

Message: “You Don’t Need To Forgive Them”

Text: Matthews 6:9-15

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Pastor Tom Cogle

Jesus did not say:•“Forgive us our debts even though we are still holding grudges.”•“I’ll forgive you, but you don’t have to forgive what someone else did to you.”
Forgiving others creates lots of emotion and rightly so!“You don’t know what someone did to me.”
Two levels of pain:
1.When someone hurts of abuses you.
2.When someone hurts or abuses someone you love.
How do you forgive something that seems unforgivable?

•Remember, He’s not MY Father, but OUR Father.
•We are His children – It makes God happy when His children get along.
•Unforgiveness hurts His heart!

“But what if I’m not there yet—Still mad—What do I do?”

•Prayer a prayer asking forgiveness
•Your prayer may or may not change others, but it always changes you!

Forgive – “hurl it away”
Forgive because God has forgiven you.

“Holding a grudge doesn’t make you strong. It makes you bitter. Forgiving doesn’t make you weak. It sets you free.”

Forgiveness empowers you to set the prisoner free, and you realize the prisoner was you.

The Answer Is Easter

1 Peter 2:21Sunday,

April 24, 2019

Pastor Tom Cogle
I. FRIDAY: THE DAY OF PAIN
A. Jesus experienced physical pain.
B. Jesus experienced emotional pain.
C. Jesus experienced spiritual pain.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR DAYS OF PAIN?
1. REACH OUT TO FRIENDS
a. Jesus needed friends when in pain.
b. Jesus was honest about His pain.
2. REACH OUT TO GOD
II. SATURDAY: THE DAY OF DOUBT AND CONFUSION
HOW DO I GET THROUGH DAYS OF CONFUSION?
1. REMEMBER THE PROMISES OF GOD.
III.SUNDAY: THE DAY OF JOY
HOW DO YOU GET TO THE DAYS OF JOY?
1. YOU RELY ON THE POWER OF JESUS
Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Text: 1 Corinthians 11

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Palm Sunday

Pastor Tom Cogle

Three important

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III. WHAT IS OUR PART

Before we participate

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare

Series: One Minute

Message: “Eternity

Text: Luke 16:19-31

Pastor Tom Cogle

Sunday, March 24, 2019

WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT

WHY DOES HELL EXIST?

1. HELL EXISTS FOR GOD

2. HELL EXISTS FOR GOD

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3. The rich man knew

4. The rich man begged

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