Napoleon Church of the Nazarene

Continuing on in the book of Luke, Pastor Ben teaches from Chapter 4; Jesus being tested and tempted in the wilderness. We take a look at the 3 ways Jesus was tempted and how He overcame them. We can take Jesus' example and be empowered by the Holy Spirit as we abide in His truth daily to overcome temptations.

We are studying the Book of Luke in our new series, "Luke- Discovering Our Role". Pastor Justin teaches through Luke Chapter 3 on John the Baptist and his role in calling us to repentance.

We are in the fourth week of Advent; talking about love. Pastor Ben is finishing up Luke 1, preaching on Zechariah's song; a beautiful prophetic response to what the Lord has done and has come to do. Pastor Ben encouraged us that as we reflect on Christ's love for us, would we love others so much to share the gospel with them?

The third week of advent is joy! We have much joy in our hearts through salvation and the anticipated return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Pastor Justin continues to walk us through Luke 1. We learn about Mary's response to God's call on her life. She immediately finds community and encouragement as she faithfully says "YES" to be used by God. What is God calling you to say "yes" to?

In our second week of advent we continue in Luke. Pastor Justin teaches on Mary's response to being the virgin mother of our Lord and Savior. Her open hand to receive the unexpected is an example to us all of how we should live, willing to be used by God in unexpected ways.

It's the season of Advent as Pastor Justin starts off our new series, "Born | The King Has Come". We will be reading in the book of Luke all season long. Justin starts us off with Zechariah and God's timely plans for him and were asked the question, "How should we respond to God in the midst of our limitations, in order to best be used Him?" We learn from Zechariah that bold prayers are big doors for a bountiful God to move in ways that are bigger than our prayers, our expectations, and hopes.

We end our Fundamentals series with the discipline of giving. True Christian giving is inspired by grace, motivated by love, and has blessing as its goal. “Christian giving is an expression and evidence of the indwelling spirit of God.” - Stan Toler

Who are you impacting with the gospel by giving?

Pastor Justin teaches on the discipline of fasting. Fasting is a sabbatical from the conveniences of this world that often distract from the treasures of God. We turn to Exodus and Matthew to see the how both Moses and Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights. Out of the fast, they were strengthened from being in the presence of the Lord and able to have victory even before facing trials and temptations.

Pastor Ben teaches on the discipline of rest. Remembering the Sabbath and how God created the Sabbath for us to find rest and peace in His presence; to slow down and truly embrace time with a purpose. “The Sabbath introduces us to the graciousness of God, for it is where we do absolutely nothing and discover that we are deeply loved.”

-Daniel Grothe

We welcome one our beloved alum pastors, Pastor Dave Lutz, to preach on the maskil psalms and how we relate and respond through hard circumstances.