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Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 5, 2016

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:21) Nick Reed covers Jesus' teaching about treasures in Matthew 6:19-24, a lesson about trusting God and working for riches we CAN take with us. Nick reminds us that we will always protect our greatest investments, investments which are held in our hearts and revealed in our lives. Jesus says we can't serve both God and money, and we can't see clearly when we try. Nick's message follows a brief exhortation on worship, community, and service, and an announcement about VBS.

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 29, 2016

Should prayer be about technique or performance? Or about our relationship to whom we pray? Kyle Clarkson preaches on the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:5-15. From Jesus we have an example of how to model the attitude of our hearts, our adoration of God, our acceptance of His will, and what we ask of our giving and forgiving Father who already knows what we need.

Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 22, 2016

"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them..." (Matthew 6:1). Giving, prayer and fasting are good things unless they're done with the wrong motives. Nick Reed preaches on the piety found in the first 8 verses of Matthew 6, where Jesus unmasks the hypocrisy of the Pharisees doing religious deeds to gain honor for themselves. Jesus is after our hearts, and a heart of humility brings much greater reward than we can ever gain for ourselves.

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 15, 2016

How should a disciple respond to those who do us wrong? The heart of sinful man seeks to make things right through vengeance. Kyle Clarkson preaches from Matthew 5:38-43 and explains the difference between the Old Testament "eye for an eye" principal of civil law and Jesus' very different point about our personal reaction to offense. Followers of Jesus, our Savior who gave up His rights and position for us, know there are far greater things for us in the kingdom than our earthly rights and position.

Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 8, 2016

"Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’…" (Matthew 5:37a) Nick Reed begins a Mother's Day message honoring moms and reminding us the importance of "occupying our street." Today's text from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount is Matthew 5:33-37 regarding the taking of oaths, which is more than purging your vocabulary of swear words, but letting a true change of heart in Christ change how we revere the name of God and live with integrity. Jesus, the perfect example of all He taught and promised, graciously calls us to respect and uphold the presence and holiness of God in our speech, and by our yes meaning yes and our no meaning no, convey that Christians are people who can be trusted.

Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 1, 2016

"...if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell." Nick Reed covers the controvertial teachings of Jesus on lust and divorce in Matthew 5:27-32 as we continue our series on the Sermon on the Mount. Nick reminds us that God's grace is freeing. It doesn't take away earthly consequences of our past sins, but it allows us to live well in the midst of them. Nick's message follows a missions report from Mark Kline in advance of next Sunday's missions offering.

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

Jesus: “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment...'" Nick Reed preaches from Matthew 5:21-26, revealing that the letter of the Law is pointless unless we understand the intent of he Law, which is not behavior modification but holiness. The Pharisees tried to follow the Law of Moses to the letter, but Jesus cuts straight to the heart by showing us how much we all need His love, grace and righteousness. Nick reminds us that a changed life begins with a changed heart.

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, April 17,2016

“...unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.” God's law is not a guideline, but the way we must live to be right with God by perfectly reflecting Him. The trouble with the law, however, is that we can't keep it. Kyle Clarkson's message on Matthew 5:17-20 emphasizes the answer to this futility as the righteousness only available in and through Jesus Christ. To fulfill the law, it must be obeyed or a penalty must be paid. Jesus did both on our behalf. Kyle explains that the key to understanding the rest of the Sermon on the Mount is looking at the law through God's grace. Message is followed by a reminder from Rollie Clarkson about the Creekside Men's Mentoring and Accountability program.

Kyle Clarkson :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, April 10, 2016

If we love Jesus we will be salt, we will be light, and we will eventually be in trouble. Kyle Clarkson preaches from Matthew 5:11-16 on how a Christian's life on earth should add flavor as salt does and light the darkness as a well-placed lamp does. As a result of following Christ we will also endure trouble, but not without honor because of the One who endured far more on our behalf.

Nick Reed :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, April 3, 2016

All have ears, but not all hear. All are broken, but not all are ready to be healed. Nick Reed starts off a new series on the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus' teaching that was and still is counter-culture and counter-intuitive. Nick preaches from Matthew 5:1-12 and the blessings of being poor in spirit, mournful, meek, humble, seeking the right things with the right heart, merciful, peacemakers and the persecuted. Nick's message follows an introduction of some newer Creekside members by Jeff Westphal.