Grace Assembly Sermon Series

Pastor Richard Oti shares today about the resurrection of Jesus and our victory over sin, guilt, shame, and condemnation. Looking to Scripture and our lives, He wants us to cast aside our perception of who or what we think about ourselves. Instead, he encourages us to focus on the grace of God and how He looks at us.

After a time of rejoicing in the Lord,we celebrate the baptisms of the following believers:

Ayooluwa Ajayi;

Destiny Seward;

Madison Heldreth;

Brittney Richmond;

Crystal Batson; and

Ransom Batson.

Starting in Matthew 21:28-36, Pastor John looks at our lives by looking at the parable of two sons. What do we commit or give our lives to? Are we honestly honoring what the Lord asks of us? After all, the only thing that will last for eternity are those things we give over to God.

So let's do everything to the glory of God.

Today the owner of the Living Ball, Manie du Toit, visits and shares from his heart and experiences. Manie speaks about the Living Ball and his life and warns us about the everyday battle between our brains and our hearts. Instead he encourages us to remember who we are in Christ and His perspective and will for us.

Believing it was a mandate from the Lord, Pastor John wants to help strengthen our faith by understanding a key truth related to it. He starts with a simple question - where and when did our faith originate from?

Going to Romans 12:3 he shows where our faith's origin. The question Pastor John then asks is whether the faith we have been given will stand the test of time? If He has given us our faith to start with, hasn't He given us enough to endure?

Gary Slate preaches today with a simple message of encouragement. Looking at examples from both the Old and New Testament, he reminds us that doubt, no matter the source or size, won't disqualify us from being used by the Lord.

Everyone has a knower and we know when our knower knows something we know it. Going to Psalm 32, Pastor John wants us to really to understand, ponder, have insight on one thing. Looking to a very dark time in David's life for wisdom, we need to remember that the Lord Himself promises to instruct us, teach us, guide us, counsel us and keep watch over us.

God wants us to intentionally spend time remembering Him and what He has done - in our lives and those of others. One way Israel did this was through the Passover holiday.

Going to Luke 22, Pastor John asks the question of why would Jesus, the Lamb of God, ever need to participate in a Passover meal? Jesus joined the believers in remembering and honoring the new thing God was doing for everyone.

Pastor John raises the point that one of the things we may fail to understand is when and how we apply Biblical truths to the circumstance, challenges, or issues in our life we experience. Sometimes it seems like our reality and the Word don't agree.

But if the Word of God is absolute truth, we need to understand what we are missing. Pastor John goes over multiple mistakes we often make and how to correct ourselves to realign with the Lord.