A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor David Singh.In the first two chapters of Luke’s gospel, we learn about the lives of four different elderly people.  They are described as righteous and devout and filled with the Spirit. These are people who have walked obediently, faithfully and longed for Jesus. God meets each one of them, and their encounter with God becomes an essential part of the gospel story of Jesus.  The gospel story is incomplete without their story. We as a church are learning that the elderly are an essential part of the gospel and of the church. They have much to offer.  When people grow old they are not just waiting for death, but waiting for God. A senior citizen home is not a place you go before you die. It is a community of godly people, and we need to help these communities become expressions of the church. Eternity Church now has two such church plants: one at Westmont and the other in Dogwood Terrace. We have several people from Eternity Church who come to these churches. Let us praise God, that Eternity Church is present in more places than in the main building. Come and be the church in more places!

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor David Singh. Bringing up children to be touched by Jesus is a parental responsibility and joy. The touch of God on a child is beautiful to behold. In Mark 10, when they brought children to be touched by Jesus, it was not for healing but for blessing. Jesus welcomes us when we bring children to be blessed by him. Blessing is for life in God. There is a heartfelt response in children when they know that they are welcomed, loved and cherished. Our hope is that the church is a place where children are not limited in their approach to God, and we constantly strive to be a community that creates ease of access to the Spirit. Children can and need to have opportunities to connect at the level of the spirit, so that they can know and experience the Holy Spirit at work in them. Baptism is to share in this experience of Jesus. As the son of God, Jesus is welcomed, loved, approved and blessed with the Holy Spirit.  Let us ask God to repeat this experience in all our children!

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor David Singh.This week as I read through the whole book of Romans, there is a clear progression from the purpose of the law to the work of the Holy Spirit. In addition to the law, the Holy Spirit is another Helper who comes to be in us. I am reminded of Psalm 119:11, ‘I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you,’ and Psalm 119:105, ‘Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.’ Why then does Father give us the Spirit? The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth. We can read the law and not face up to the truth, or even be blind to the truth. However, with the coming of the Spirit, we must face the truth. One simple way in which the Spirit of Truth works is that we cannot continue to sin in peace. The Spirit will convict us of the Truth. The Spirit comes to dwell within us. The coming of the Holy Spirit, The Helper, is an invitation from God to not just read the truth or be convicted of the truth, but to become the truth. As children of God let the nature of Truth become our very nature!

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor David Singh. I have been asking the question, “Am I living in greater freedom as a disciple of Jesus Christ?”  With each passing year is there an ease and comfort in coming to God? Has the church been a redemptive community that believes, hopes and restores me to claim my full freedom as a child of God?The general ethos of our culture and the church is one where it is assumed that everyone has past baggage and sin that clings to us. Many of us have been in therapy for years trying to deal with the past. We put a lot of time, money and effort to become self-aware and to learn how our personal history colors our relationships, behavior and identity. And we come to church Sunday after Sunday praying the same prayers for forgiveness and restoration.  There is great value in dealing with our past.  Can you see significant progress and relief, so your testimony is a witness of hope and openness?When we come to the Cross and lay our sins and baggage with Jesus we have no right to take it back. He has dealt with it and removed it completely. The invitation to be a disciple who is loved by God is to enjoy this freedom. Come to Jesus in freedom!

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor David Singh.Lamentations 3:22 reminds us that "the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.“ God’s love never stops. His love for us keeps on growing. It is God’s love that creates, saves, and abides in us.  And if that is not enough, God invites us to spend eternity with him. Therefore, love is the prime directive that orders all our plans, our activity, and our relationships. We see this demonstrated in the life of Jesus. The refrain “he had compassion on them” accompanies the healing ministry and the feeding miracles of Jesus. Compassion is not pity, it is the tender mercy of God. A God who intervenes to meet the hunger and heal the pain of those that came to him. Love is not what we give others. It is what happens in us. I can only give love if I am a loving person. Just as love is intrinsic to the very nature of God, it is meant to be essential to our very nature. Pursue Love!

A Sunday morning sermon by Peter DuMont.Love is a costly thing.    Someone might say, ‘I love you,’ but if their actions do not match their words, the sentiment rings hollow. In John’s Gospel Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”   John later wrote to early Christians, “If we say we have relationship with God while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” In seeking to grow in the light and truth of God, our lives speak to us, revealing places where our lived values do not align with our claimed affections. Jesus shows the way to unite Love and Obedience.   Everything he did was an expression of his love for God the Father.   He invites us to walk in that same way, so that our love is made perfect through our obedience; and that our obedience takes on life through our love for God. Let us come to worship Sunday prepared to learn the way of Love and Obedience from our Master and Example, Jesus Christ.

A Sunday morning message by Dr. Jesse Joyner."'Then Moses said to the people of Israel, 'See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and will all craftsmanship. . .'"  -Exodus 35:30-31God called an artist Bezalel to adorn the tabernacle, the place of worship for God's people. He was not of the priestly line (the Levites), yet God still placed a sacred calling upon him to the work of being an artist and a craftsman. Among Bezalel's most famous works of art is the ark of the covenant.As believers, we are called first and foremost to belong to Jesus Christ (Rom 1:6). God also gifts each person with different talents and abilities, empowered by the filling of His Spirit, in order to serve others in this world and bring glory to Him (1 Peter 4:10).Pray that we might all consecrate our daily work, whatever it may be, unto the Lord and in ways that usher heaven to earth.

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor David Singh.In Luke 10 there is the account of a lawyer who came to Jesus and wanted to know how to inherit eternal life. Jesus pointed him to the two great commandments: to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself. The lawyer then asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?” In response Jesus tells him a parable which raises a question rather than answer who my neighbor is. Jesus is asking: “Does love move you to get involved so that you can be a neighbor?”In life we encounter people in all kinds of need. We are not called to be the savior for all these situations. However, as disciples we are called to love, and to love more and more. Are we willing to engage the evil of the world and share in the suffering around us? What do we need to overcome in ourselves? How do we learn the kind of love that will stop and pay the price to care for another wounded person?Am I willing to be a loving neighbor? This is the question.

A Sunday sermon by Pastor David Singh.As disciples of Jesus, we are called to love one another.  This is not an easy command to follow. There are so many ways in which we define love. Through history and time each culture chooses who is included and who is excluded; some feel entitled to be loved and others are not. Our identities are shaped by our own history of whether we were loved or ignored. Our home of origin, our siblings, the marriage relationship, the workplace and yes even the church have all become toxic places where we have been deprived of this basic human longing to be loved. Am I lovable enough to be noticed, accepted, valued and invited to belong?  No matter what age, gender or stage of life, this is a foundational issue that determines the quality of life. In the gospel narratives, we see that Jesus uses different life situations to teach us how to love the forgotten person.  As you read the gospels, pause and ponder how God loves us in Jesus Christ. This is the gospel: “For God so loved the world.”

A Sunday morning sermon by Pastor David Singh. “Love one another just as I have loved you” (John 13:34). The coming of Christ is the revelation of the love of God.  Jesus is the essence of God and his love for us.  Sometimes we have made Christian living so complex and pedantic. It is meant to be simple enough that anyone, anywhere can follow Jesus.  The essence of discipleship is to love one another. This is the example that Jesus modeled, and we are called to imitate Jesus. Discipleship is to follow the call of Jesus and imitate him. For 2022 at Eternity Church, our focus is going to be on learning this essential core of discipleship: To love one another. Pray with me that our discipleship will radically alter our relationship with God and with one another.