Chestnut Mountain Church

We can often think of prayer as being intimidating because we don’t think we know how to pray. However, prayer is simply a conversation with God and us being close to Him. The one thing that the disciples asked Jesus to teach them was how to pray. To His disciples and those listening to the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches not only how not to pray but also how to pray. Through the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus gives an outline of how to pray. This outline includes five things we can pray about when we have a conversation with our Heavenly Father: trust, worship, surrender, dependence, and repentance. Listen to this sermon about how to pray in the final part of our SEEK series.

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When we talk about prayer, prayer can sometimes be very misunderstood and seem very intimidating and it sometimes seems pointless to us. Prayer is a conversation between you and the Father. Looking to Jesus’ life on earth, we see that prayer was His lifeline and He was persistent about praying to God during His ministry. We must be persistent in prayer. Even when it seems like God is not doing what we want, when we want it, and how we want it, we must trust God and submit to His plan, even in the waiting. It’s all about the motive of our prayer and being close to Him. Keep asking, seeking, and knocking. Listen to this sermon about praying persistently in the third part of our SEEK series.

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If you are genuinely going to pursue the Lord and experience a closeness with Him, it is imperative that you do it by being in the Word of God. In addition to fasting and praying, we must focus on God’s Word. In Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians, we see how God’s Word came to them, worked in them, and worked through them. Upon salvation, we have to continue to examine God’s Word, continue to be in God’s Word, and continue to read God’s Word. Salvation is the starting line of where to become a mature disciple begins. We can’t pursue God the way He desires without being in The Word of God and without submitting to Scripture. When we do this, we see the Word of God work through us. Just as the Word of God was ringing out those around the Thessalonians, the impact of the Word should be ringing out in our workplace, in our school hallways, grocery stores, and should definitely begin in your home. When we hear, read, and do the Word of God, it influences everyone around us. Listen to this sermon about seeing the Word of God work in and through you in the second part of our SEEK series.

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It’s a new year, and with a new year comes new goals, new resolutions, and new commitments. As we enter 2025, has it crossed your mind to pursue God like you never have before? In 2025, we are praying that you and we, as a church, pursue God and see God move in a way that we never have before. Just as Jesus teaches in Matthew 7, if we want to see God and pursue God like never before, we have to commit to ask, to seek, and to knock. To pursue this commitment, we look to Scripture, prayer, and fasting. Fasting is one of the overlooked practices of the Christian faith because of the commitment and discipline it takes. However, it allows us the opportunity to align our hearts with God’s heart. Therefore, we are challenging our church family to a fast in January 2025. What would the Lord have you give up that hinders your closeness with Him? Ask, seek, and knock. Listen to this sermon as we begin our SEEK sermon series and prepare for our fast in January 2025. 

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As we enter the end of 2024, we have all of these expectations of what a new year will bring. Maybe there are new habits or new resolutions you want to start in 2025. What if we challenged ourselves to truly see Jesus in 2025? you to see Jesus in 2025. When we see Jesus, everything changes. As we behold (see or observe) King Jesus, it will produce a reaction in us. To do this, we must first remember our salvation. Then beholding will produce holiness and will produce worship in song. When we behold Him, we will seek Him and we will find Him. Be expectant for what God will do. Listen to this sermon about seeing Jesus in the final sermon of 2024.

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One of the biggest parts of how we celebrate Christmas is through gifts. While we can recall some of our favorite gifts we have received throughout our lives, the greatest gift is the birth of our Savior. The greatest gift ever is defined by the Savior, Messiah, and Lord. Looking at the announcement of the birth of Jesus from the angel to the shepherds, we see God choosing society’s most unlikely to go and share the news of Jesus’ birth, this gift that is for all people. Listen to this sermon about The Gift in the final part of our Dwell: God With Us series this Christmas season.

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Looking at the Christmas story from the lens of Joseph, we see the forgiveness, obedience, and trust that he displayed from discovering that Mary was with child to hearing from the angel that the child was from God and He would be called Jesus. Before knowing that the child was from God, Joseph was ready to forgive Mary and to set her free to withhold her from public shame and penalty because of what the public perception of her pregnancy would be. When the angel appeared to Joseph to tell him who this baby would be, we see the power of resting, giving God our yes, and trusting Him with our tomorrow. What do you need to say yes to? What do you need to be obedient with? How do you need to trust God? Listen to this sermon about The Commitment in the third part of our Dwell: God With Us series this Christmas season.

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Mary was a young lady, and she was engaged to be married. In this season of Mary’s life, there was so much anticipation. Then, out of nowhere, a messenger from God shows up and absolutely turns her plans upside down. As the angel delivered the message from God that Mary would carry and deliver Jesus, the relationship between God’s promises and your obedience is seen. At the time of her being deeply troubled by the angel’s appearance, you too can be reminded of the angel’s words that, as a child of God, you are favored by God; God is with you; do not be afraid. Similarly, there are things that God is going to call you to do in life that are going to be troubling for you because of how impossible it seems, but be reminded that nothing is impossible with God. Like Mary, we must exercise faith over fear. We must surrender and make ourselves available to Him. When we do, we see God use your yes as an opportunity for others to say yes to Him. Listen to this sermon about The Promise in the second part of our Dwell: God With Us series this Christmas season.

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When the people of Judah were in their darkest valley, overwhelmed by their own failures and external attacks, God sent a message of hope through the prophet Micah: Help is on the way. This promise would be fulfilled through the birth of Jesus. While Micah delivered this message of hope to hurting people, they would have to wait for the coming of this Shepherd, but God continued to walk with them and be with them in their valley. He may not have delivered the promise when and how they wanted God to, but He was with them and delivered the ultimate hope, Jesus. Similarly, when we face tough seasons and valleys in life, we cry out to God for help, but He doesn’t always show up when and how we want Him to. However, He is always with us, protecting us, and providing for us because that’s what the Shepherd does. We must trust Him with the when and how. Listen to this sermon about The Hope in the first part of our Dwell: God With Us series this Christmas season.

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While we think about all the things that we have to be thankful for, there’s nothing that should surpass the thankfulness of the life, the death, and the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As we’re coming up on a busy season in our lives with holidays, traveling, etc., it’s so easy to get distracted. We must remember, though, that Jesus has to stay central to anything and everything that we do. To do this, we take time to give thanks and remember Jesus’ life and sacrifice through partaking in the Lord’s Supper. Remembering the price that was paid for us is all that really matters. Listen to this sermon about remembering who Jesus is and what He did on our behalf as we take time to give thanks, remember, and partake in communion together as a church family.

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