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Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 14, 2016

Goodness in the context of the Fruit of the Spirit is living out Godliness toward others. Nick Reed preaches on goodness, which isn't found in us naturally, but in God's very nature, perfectly lived out in Jesus, who makes us good through His heart-transforming work on the cross. From the testimonies Nick begins his message with, to his conclusion, the goal of living out Spirit-led goodness is to lead others to Christ.

Bob Short :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 7, 2016

Counter to the cultural idea of random acts of kindness, God's kindness, and the kindness we are to reflect in the Fruit of the Spirit, is with purpose and directed to a need. Bob Short preaches from Ephesians 2:4-7, 5:1, and other scriptures on the mercy-, grace-, and love-guided kindness we see in God and seek to extend to others—a kindness without harshness that's anything but random. Bob's message follows Mark Kline's announcement about next week's missions offering and a new candidate for eldership at Creekside.

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 31, 2016

Pearls are created from an oyster's attempt to remove an irritating grain of sand from its mouth. Likewise, becoming a great pearl for God comes through irritation. And irritation requires patience, this week's message on the Fruit of the Spirit. Kyle Clarkson teaches from James 5:7-11 on the command to have patience, Biblical examples of patience, and God's plan and purpose for the grains of sand in our lives. Kyle reminds us that no matter what life has for us, our Redeemer lives.

Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 24, 2016

When life feels out of our control, we can know that God is in control—but that's just a start. Nick Reed continues our Fruit of the Spirit series on the topic of peace and how we can find and know it. The single greatest obstacle to experiencing God's peace is a prayerless life. Like Daniel's prayerful response to facing the lion's den in Daniel 6:1-10, we can find true peace in the midst of fear and anxiety by living a prayerful life. Nick also shares reflections from Creeksiders on peace through prayer in difficult times. This message follows a time of testimony from Patti Fellers and our committing her to prayer in her upcoming move to Colorado.

Bob Short :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 17, 2016

Fruit is organic, something that naturally comes out when we live by the Spirit. Through scripture and an interesting word study, Bob Short continues our exploration of the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5 with a message about joy, something that doesn't depend on our circumstances but on the grace of God and the hope of our salvation. As healthy trees undergo pruning, abiding in Christ and living by the Spirit will inevitably bring trials. Bob also highlights an eternal perspective on earthly trials and how to maintain joy as a Christian.

Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 10, 2016

"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." If our hearts are open to the presence of God, we WILL be changed by it. Nick Reed begins our series on the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:16-26, a list of attributes that Jesus perfectly displayed, "fruit" that in our own lives is evidence of sin overcome by the blood of Christ and a life changed by the power of the Holy Spirit. The kind of fruit you bears in your life shows what kind of tree you belong to. What kind of fruit do you bear? How do we glorify God and reveal who he is with our words and actions? Among other things, the Fruit of the Spirit is love (verse 22), and Nick calls us to reflect on the love of God specifically, a love that should cause us to be amazed.

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 3, 2016

Many will cry "Lord, Lord!", give lip service and even have a Christian lifestyle down, but their hearts may still be far from God. Kyle Clarkson ends our Sermon on the Mount series in Matthew 7:21-29 showing the distinction Jesus makes between the religious who say and do the right things and the redeemed whose heart has been transformed. This calls us back to all that Christ taught in His Sermon on the Mount, to those who "do the will of God" in response to our relationship with Him.

Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 26, 2016

"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you." Starting with our overarching 2016 theme of "occupying our street" with the Gospel, Nick Reed teaches from Matthew 7:12-23, where the "Golden Rule" surfaces as the one main thing Jesus wants His followers to take from His Sermon on the Mount. Nick links this principle for loving our neighbor to drawing others to the kingdom, to the hard road of loving those we'd rather not, and to testing doctrine against Scripture and the "fruit" of the preacher (including the one preaching this message).

Mark Kline :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 19, 2016

In the first few verses of Matthew 7, Jesus teaches an important lesson on human relationships, but one that is often misunderstood. Should we judge others or not? How do we deal with the "plank" in our eye when approaching others about their sin? Mark Kline covers what it means Biblically to judge rightly with spiritual discernment but without Pharisaical condemnation, and how we should help others caught in sin, with a spirit of gentleness but without pride. Mark's message follows a taste of the music from this past week at Vacation Bible School.

Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 12, 2016

Most things we get anxious about are out of our control by definition. Nick Reed preaches from Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus' teaching about the destructiveness of worry in His Sermon on the Mount. From this message we are reminded of God's authority and care for us, and that freedom and peace come from Christ, who takes away not only our sins but any need we might have to worry.