Church Together

Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles

Scripture Focus: Romans 12:1-6

Sermon notes are as follows:

Tune Up Your Heart (1)

Tune Up Your Mind (2)

Tune Up Your Character (3)

Speaker: Adeemir Dacenay

Scripture Focus: Matthew 2:1-19

Sermon notes are as follows:

Three Hard Truths

• Unstable people tie their status to their value

Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles

Scripture Focus: Psalm 100:1-5

Shout triumphantly to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. Acknowledge that Yahweh is God. He made us, and we are His — His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For Yahweh is good, and His love is eternal; His faithfulness endures through all generations.

Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles

Scripture Focus: Lamentations 3:22-27

Sermon notes are as follows (click here for the original order of worship)

It’s Foundationally Faithful (22-23)

• All we had, have, and will have is because of the faithful, steadfast love of God.

• Authentic compassion is birthed within us and expressed through us.

It’s More Than Enough (24)

• Because of Jesus, our contemplation of trouble can become a confession of faith.

• Jesus is enough. A portion of Him more than satisfies all of you.

It’s Worth Waiting For (26-27)

• Sometimes we can only know the salvation of the Lord when we endure patiently.

• There is more purpose and joy waiting for you at the other end of waiting than you can imagine!

Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles

Scripture Focus: Matthew 5:38-48

Sermon notes are as follows:

What's Your Reaction (38-42)

• Jesus pushes us to answer the question, "What’s your reaction to deliberate insult, violated rights, and unfair compulsion?" Our response to this question determines so much about our walk with Him.

• In abusive situations, never allow the abuser to continue to abuse.

• Evil manipulates people. Martin Luther said that we need to be careful distinguishing between the “office” of evil and the “carriers” of evil.

• Our sense of honor must come a distant second to God’s.

• Christians are people who lay down their rights and pick up their responsibilities. All too often, sadly, we lay down our responsibilities as we demand our rights.

• “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. Love transforms with redemptive power”.

 How Will You Respond? (43-48)

• Praying for our enemy is the gateway to loving our enemy.

• Living an ordinary life can sometimes be a barrier to people seeing the extraordinary nature of God.

• Being perfect is a word that speaks to being aligned to the perfect plans that God has for you.

Speaker: Sean Cooper

Scripture Focus: John 4:1-42

Message Focus: Three powerful, gospel actions that Jesus modeled (listen, learn, lean-in). The early church followed Jesus' example. The result — Christians Act Like Christ was a statement that ended with a ❗️, not a ❓.

When it comes to these actions of listening, learning, leaning-in (and ultimately loving others), which area would you say the church is most struggling?

Which would you say is the area you need to strengthen?

What's one relationship this week where you can show the same humility Christ modeled by engaging someone around you who looks, thinks, votes, believes differently than you?

Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles

Scripture Focus: Matthew 5:21-30

Sermon notes are as follows:

A heart that doesn’t hate (21-22)

• An honest fulfillment of the law involves not just right action, but right intent.

• You can’t live a full Christian life while living with anger.

A heart that makes right with people (23-26)

• The best diagnostic to the health of our spiritual heart is determined by the strength of our relationships.

A heart that loves and values people (27-30)

• A great sadness of the human condition is that there is often a difference between our strongest desires and our deepest desires. A primary way to overcome temptation is to make our deepest desires also our strongest desires.

• Sometimes God says no to us because He has a great yes in store for us!

Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles

Scripture Focus: Nehemiah 4:1-10 & Nehemiah 6:1-14

Sermon notes are as follows:

Let Mockery Motivate You

• If we are doing God’s work and people are getting angry at us, their offense is ultimately against God. We must let God defend us.

• When we feel belittled, we must allow God to be bigger within us.

Let Manipulation Strengthen You

• Don’t listen to the whispers of lies; invite truth to speak louder!

• Work on strengthening your character, not your reputation, because your reputation always reflects your character.

Let Intimidation Embolden You

• Always stand, never run. One who understands all that Christ has done for them and has lost their life in Christ should always stand and never run.

• Don’t let pathetic words become prophetic words in your life!

Speaker: Adeemir Dacenay

Scripture Focus: Daniel 3:16-30

Sermon notes are as follows:

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. - James 4:4

1) Monitor Who Speaks Into Your Life

2) Evaluate What We Value

3) Change How We Pray

Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles

Sermon Series: Reboot

Scripture Focus: Nehemiah 2:11-20

Sermon notes are as follows:

Do Your Homework (11-15)

• Tiredness robs perspective, multiplies anxiety, makes new opportunities intolerably burdensome, and destroys our peace. If we don’t choose to rest, we will never be at our best.

Build the Team (16-18)

• Using the term ‘we’ and ‘us’ rather than ‘you’ and ‘them,’ Nehemiah unites a team where all can take ownership in the project.

Overcome the Objections (19-20)

• Ridicule is “the weapon of those who have no other.” When you are ridiculed, though, realize that you are in the company of anyone who has done anything significant!