First Importance

Pastor Josh Hall continues his Wednesday night series on Prayer. In verse 12 of THE MODEL PRAYER, he discusses "Pray for Your Spiritual Needs." He identifies these 2 points:

1.  The Bold Request

2.  The Bold Exhortation

Pastor Josh Hall continues his BELIEVE series in the Gospel of John with this message from John 10, "The Father. The Son. The Holy Spirit." From this passage, he draws our attention to:

1.  The Father's Love - v. 17

     1) The Father expresses His love for the Son

     2) The Father displays His love for us

2.  The Son's Power - v. 18

     1) Power to lay down His life

     2) Power to take it up again

     3) Power to fulfill the Father's will

3.  The Spirit's Work - vv. 19 - 21

     2 groups (responses) identified:

     1) Those who do not believe

     2) Those who do believe 

Pastor Josh Hall continues his Wednesday night series on Prayer. In verse 11 of THE MODEL PRAYER, he discusses "Pray for Your Needs."

1.  Ask God to Provide for Your Needs

2.  Trust God to Provide for Your Needs

Pastor Josh Hall continues his BELIEVE series in the Gospel of John with this message from John 10, "The Shepherd & His Sheep." In this passage we will see:

1.  The Shepherd & the Goats - vv. 24 - 26

     1) They refuse to hear His voice.

     2) They blame Him for their unbelief.

     3. The don't believe because they are not His.

2.  The Shepherd & His Sheep - vv. 27 - 30

     1) They hear his voice.

     2) They know Him.

     3) They follow Him.

     4) He gives them eternal life.

     5) He holds them secure.

Pastor Josh Hall resumes his BELIEVE series in the Gospel of John with this message from John 10, "The Good Shepherd." In this passage we will see:

1.  The Good Shepherd Comes After His Own - vv. 1 - 6

2.  The Good Shepherd Cares For His Own - vv. 7 - 11

3.  The Good Shepherd Keeps His Own - vv. 12 - 18

Pastor Josh Hall continues his Wednesday night series on Prayer. In verse 10 of THE MODEL PRAYER, he discusses "Priorities of Prayer." "Prayer is often the last resort for people who claim to be followers of Jesus, when it ought to be our new, supernatural instinct!" he posits. Then he notes 2 priorities from this passage:

1.  We Pray for His Reign, Not Ours

2.  We Pray for His Will, Not Ours

Pastor Josh Hall shares a message from 1 Timothy 4:7-10. Using verse 7 (...train yourself for godliness...) as a springboard, he issues a New Year challenge to the church.

DISCLAIMERS:

    -   Christianity is NOT about a CHECKLIST

    -   Christianity IS about a RELATIONSHIP

THE CHALLENGE:

1.  SPEND AT LEAST 22 minutes each day alone with the LORD. 

2.  COMMIT to Memorize and Meditate on AT LEAST 22 Bible verses.

3.  INVEST in ATLEAST 22 people.

     - 11 Lost

     - 11 Saved

Pastor Josh Hall begins a Wednesday night series on Prayer. In the verses preceding THE MODEL PRAYER, he discusses "How NOT to Pray."

1. Praying for the Praise of Others - vv. 5 - 6

2. Praying to Lift Up Self - v. 7

Associate Pastor for Children, Billy Beech, Shares a New Year challenge from the "Parable of the Talents" in Matthew 25. He draws 3 points from this passage:

1.  Our Responsibility to Do Something is Inescapable - vv. 14 - 15

2.  Our Failure to Do Anything is Inexcusable - vv. 24 - 28

3.  Our Accountability for Doing Nothing is Inevitable - vv. 19 & 26

This last podcast of 2021 was recorded in an empty room as our Sunday service had to be cancelled due to the number of Covid cases among our members. Here Pastor Josh Hall delivers this brief message from John 1:14-18, "The Word Became Flesh."

1.  The Distance was Erased

2.  The Invisible was "Faced"

3.  The Unapproachable Came Near

4.  The Irredeemable Became Welcomed

Happy New Year and may your 2022 be blessed!