Harvest Bible Church Sermon Audio

God has planted a seed in every believer. But the question Pastor Mark brings to the table this week is a direct one: what are you actually doing with it? From 1 Corinthians 3, 2 Corinthians 6, and 1 Peter 4, Pastor Mark reminds us that we are not passive recipients of grace — we are workers together with God. The seed of His Word is in you. It has the potential to grow, bear fruit, and touch the lives of everyone around you. But seeds don’t grow on their own. They need to be watered, tended, and put to work. Whether you feel burned out, disconnected, or like you have nothing to offer, this message is a call to fan the flame again — and discover that the best is still ahead.

In Week 4 of After The Hit: Recovering From Loss, Pastor Mark picks up where last week left off — walking through the painful grip of guilt and the “if only” trap that keeps so many people stuck. From there, he moves into one of the most raw and honest parts of the series: anger and resentment. What does it look like when grief turns into frustration at the world? What does the Bible say anger? And how do we stop letting resentment quietly eat us alive? Pastor Mark closes with a word that challenges everything we thought we wanted: you cannot go back to normal. But with God’s help, you can find a new one.

What would make someone walk away from the biggest catch of their career and follow a stranger? In this message, Pastor Mark looks at the story of Peter, James, and John in Luke 5, and the moment they left everything to follow Jesus. Drawing also from 1 Corinthians 1, he unpacks why the foolishness of preaching is still the most powerful thing in the world, why words matter, and why the love of God constrains us to keep reaching people. Preached the Sunday after Harvest Bible Church’s Jurassic Candy Adventure community outreach, this message is a celebration of what happens when the church goes fishing and a reminder that Jesus is still calling people to leave it all and follow him.

Grief does not stay in your heart. Left unresolved, it works its way into your body, your mind, and your ability to think clearly. In this third session of After The Hit, Pastor Mark walks through stages four, five, and six of the recovery process: the physical symptoms that grief produces, the panic that sets in when you cannot concentrate or hold things together, and the crushing weight of guilt that tells you the loss was your fault. If you have ever felt like you should be further along, or like you somehow let someone down, this message is for you.

God is ultimately in control, but he has given you far more authority and responsibility than most believers realize. In this message, Pastor Mark unpacks what it means to walk in the spiritual authority God has given to every believer through Jesus Christ, drawing from Ephesians 3, Psalms 8, Luke 10, Galatians 3, and Philippians 1. The enemy operates through fear, intimidation, and lies, but you have the right to say no. Drawing from his own journey back from a widowmaker heart attack, Pastor Mark shows what it looks like to take authority one step at a time, stay in God’s presence when things are not moving as fast as you expect, and refuse to let a diagnosis, a circumstance, or the voice of the enemy have the final word. You were made in the image of God and given dominion. It is time to act like it.

Grief doesn’t follow a straight line. In this second session of After The Hit, Pastor Mark walks through the first three stages of loss: the state of shock, the need to express emotion, and the weight of loneliness and depression. Drawing from Psalms 3, 42, and 107, and from his own raw, personal experience of loss, he shares what it looks like to walk through the hardest days without pretending you are fine. Whether you are in the middle of it right now or you love someone who is, this message offers something rare: permission to feel what you feel, and the reminder that God meets you right there. The clouds are moving, even when they are not moving fast enough.

Water baptism is more than a tradition or a ritual. It is a bold, public declaration that everything has changed. In this message, Pastor Mark walks through the doctrine of baptisms in Scripture, unpacking what it means to be baptized into Christ at salvation and why water baptism matters as the next step of obedience. If you have been water baptized or are considering it, this message will give you a fresh understanding of why we do what we do and what it declares to the world about who you are in Christ.

Everyone gets hit. The question is what you do after. In this opening session of “After The Hit: Recovering From Loss,” Pastor Mark introduces a class built from 47 years of ministry, 18 years as a fire department chaplain, and deeply personal experience walking through grief, loss, and recovery. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 1:3-11, he shares why the comfort God gives us is the same comfort we are called to give others, and why the goal is not just to survive loss but to come through it stronger, deeper, and able to help someone else. An honest, healing first session for anyone who has faced grief and wondered how to find their way back.

The centurion in Matthew 8 understood something most people miss. Authority works because of rank, not effort. When he asked Jesus to simply speak the word, Jesus marveled and called it the greatest faith he had seen in all of Israel. In this message, Pastor Mark unpacks what it means that God has given you that same authority. Drawing from Matthew 8, Ephesians 1 and 3, and Romans 5:17, he challenges us to stop asking God to do what he has already delegated to us, and to start walking in the authority that belongs to every believer in Christ.

You may feel like God has forgotten the promises he made to you. He hasn't. In this message, Youth Minister Cameron Cooper draws from the story of the Exodus to show that when God "remembered" his people, it wasn't that he had forgotten them. It means he was taking decisive action to fulfill his covenant. Using the journeys of Moses, the disciples, and the Prodigal Son, Cameron challenges us to shift our focus from the difficulty of the journey to the certainty of the destination, and to trust that God sees where you are and remembers what he promised.