Pastor Derek's sermon from Christmas at AP Church.

We have the same opportunity and responsibility as Mary did: Deliver Jesus to the world. We have been entrusted to carry God's presence, not to conceal Him, but to reveal him. In a time and season where there is a shortage of delivery people, we must be ready to make the 'Special Delivery!'

In this Sunday's message, Pastor Derek talks on 'I Before E': Internal Before External. Who we are on the inside should be of greater importance to us than what we look like on the outside. Our external issues will come and go throughout our life, but our internal issues will remain until they are dealt with. We don't have to suffer with issues that God has the antidote for!

God cares about people, and God has called us to care about people. Whether it is across the world, or across the street, God has called you to participate in Making Disciples, and Making a Difference; and Your Yes Matters!

In a year where it feels like we have more burdens than blessings, we must be Contending for Thankfulness!

In a world where nations threaten one another with the use weapons of mass destruction, we have a spiritual enemy who is using weapons of mass distraction. It is because of this that we must be focused on what God has tasked us with. You must always Fix Your Focus!

As the Father sent Jesus, Jesus has sent us! The new sermon series, Into the World, teaches on how we all have a kingdom assignment to go... Into the World!

We cannot change a world we have conformed to. Jesus is sending us in to the world to influence and change the world, so we must stay close to the Spirit of God, and the Standards of God.

In the pre-cursor to our upcoming sermon series, "In to the World", Pastor Derek teaches on how we have been Separated and Sent. As believers in Jesus we have been transformed to influence and change the world for His kingdom. His nature must become our nature so that we when we are sent, we remain separated!

Prayer - It's how we renew our minds in a world that is filled with chaos. It's the key to Living Transformed. It takes intentionality, and there is no substitute for it. If we aren't living Transformed lives, we run the risk of living Conformed lives. We have to Live Transformed!