Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 15 - An Eternal House

We have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven:

• Built for us by God
• It is ours through Jesus our Savior

Pastor Nathan Kassulke

Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 14 - A Spiritual House

We have our life from the living Cornerstone, Jesus Christ.  From this important starting point, we are:

• Built on the living stone (Jesus)
• Adorned with Living Stones (those who call Jesus their Savior)

Pastor Tim Patoka

Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 13 - A Special Temple

• Jesus is God's Temple.
• Jesus has all authority.

The special temple tat Jesus was referring to in these Bible passages was himself, the physical embodiment of God and his very Son.  He, and he alone, is the special temple of God.

So when he says something, we can believe it to be true no matter how impossible it may sound.

Pastor Tim Patoka

Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 12 - A Tower

• There IS a cost of following your Savior.
  • To bear our cross means to accept whatever suffering comes our way because we are committed to Jesus and following Him.
• Realize that the price tag is worth it!
  • What a blessing it is to go to Jesus when we stumble in our following and know that we are forgiven.

Pastor Ron Koehler

Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 11 - "Bigger Barns"

• What does it mean to be rich toward God?  It means to recognize how rich God has been to us and then:
  • To be thankful and content with what God gives us.
  • To be more interested in the things that are eternally important than in those things that are good for nothing beyond this brief life..
  • To be use our material possessions not just for our own needs but also to serve others and to honor God

Not only in these ways, but in all ways, as we consider God's riches to us, may he lead us to be rich toward him.  May he guide our focus away from stuff that doesn't last and toward those gifts that are eternal.   Amen

Pastor Nathan Kassulke

Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 10- The Second Temple

• God's forgiveness for sins is great:  We have Jesus' clean and perfect slate given to us so that it is as if we've never sinned in God's sight.  And that includes the great sins that bring you to sorrow and regret
• Our joy is seen from far away:  We do all things because of the joy that God has given us, the great forgiveness he lavishes on us for our great and many sins.

God is good; his love endures forever.   Amen

Pastor Tim Patoka

Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 9- Houses in Babylon

• Peace in trying times:  God will continue to lovingly forgive us all our sins regardless of the good or bad times we're going through in this world.
• Hope for the future:We can look forward to the future with hope that God will continue to fulfill his promises for our eternal well-being.

May the Lord help us take to heart his peace in trying times so that we can always look forward to our future with hope.  Amen

Pastor Tim Patoka

Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 8- The Temple built by Solomon

Pastor Ryan Heiman

Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 7- A House for David

• God announced an alternate plan for the Temple.
• He announced the building of a different kind of "house."

It is an unexpected and undeserved privilege to be part of God's kingdom.  We are part of the 'house' of God---not a physical building, but a spiritual one and one that will last eternally.

Pastor Ron Koehler

Build on the Rock - 2018 Summer Series - Week 6- Fine Homes and Blessings

• Avoid the path that leads to destruction
• Remember the Lord who has blessed you.
• Let these Bible passages remind you of God's blessings
  • Psalm 23:1:  The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing
  • Romans 8:28: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose
  • James 1:17: Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
  • Philippians 4:19: And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
  • John 1:16: From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another

We live under the love and blessing of God who has provided for us in the past and promises to do so going forward.  May the Holy Spirit work that recognition and thanks and praise in our hearts. Amen.

Pastor Ron Koehler