Napoleon Church of the Nazarene

We end our four week series, "Be Lifted High", with the last two words for praise, 'Halal and Shabach'. Passionately teaching on these words is our very own, Justin Braun; a young man from our church who has been called into the ministry of preaching! Everything that Jesus is and what He has done and continues to do for us, calls for an action of praise! Praise shouted out from the rooftops and living in exclamaiton out of all that He is to us. We are to be a light, an example of God's glory; to make known of His good works and shout it out so the next generations will hear and know!

We have been going through the seven words of praise in this series called, "Be Lifted High". This week, Pastor Chip teaches on the two words for praise, 'Zamar' and 'Tehillah'. Zamar means to make music with an instrument and Tehillah means to make spontaneous music before the Lord. Chip teaches on why music was created, how it helps us in our relationship to Christ, and how it lifts us the soul.

Our second week of the series, "Be Lifted High", focuses on the words 'Yadah' and 'Towdah', which means, to extend out the hands or hold out hands. In our giving praise to God, we should be compelled to lift our hands in adoration and thankfulness to Him. It's an outward expression that is so natural yet sometimes we are afraid to do so in corporate worship. Are you free to worship the Lord in this way?

This sermon series called, Be Lifted High, will take a look at the seven different words used for 'praise' in the book of Psalms. Each word used for praising the Lord, brings with it a different response of praise. Pastor Chip Bullock teaches this week on the word, "Barak", which means to kneel, bow down, or salute. He reads from Psalm 95, 100, and heavily through Psalm 103, where this form of the word praise, Barak, is used to describe how to praise the Lord in this context.

Pastor Chip teaches on the miraculous account recorded in all four of the gospels; the feeding of the five thousand. In this lesson, we take a look at the question Jesus asked the disciples when they were confronted with feeding the five thousand people; "How many loaves do you have?" Jesus knew the answer already but had a plan to reveal to all that He is in fact the God who provides. We can surely find peace and rest in Him!

Welcome to our new series, "Questions Jesus Asks". Pastor Ken Behrens introduces the sermon series with the account from John 8, when the woman was getting ready to be stoned for committing adultery. Jesus asks more questions than gives direct answers, allowing us to really process and think about who He is and how we should be. In this portion of scripture, we see that Jesus loves fully yet loves completely!

Since 1968, the Church of the Nazarene has been growing and impacting lives all over Napoleon and surrounding areas. It all started with a call, a vision, and a love for people to know Jesus Christ! We are truly blessed to be celebrating 50 years of God's provision, providence, and faithfulness to His church!

We end our sermon series ,Synced Up, with the church of Laodicea. Pastor Chip gives some insight to the time period and how Jesus related the culture to the church. He told them, I know your deeds and that you are neither hot nor cold but luke warm. But Jesus reassured us that He rebukes those who He loves. He who has an ear them hear what the Spirit is saying.!

Pastor Ken Behrens teaches on the letter to the church of Philadelphia. Jesus had nothing to say against them. In fact, He encourages them to hold fast to the promises of God and to keep doing what they are doing. They were a church who didn't compromise, wasn't about the number of attenders, but truly loved Jesus and sharing the gospel message. God would open doors for them to continue to share the gospel and be their strength even during times of trials.

WAKE UP! In this week's message of the series, SYNCED UP, Pastor Chip teaches on the church of Sardis. They did many good deeds and even had a good reputation or were, "known" so to speak. But yet, they were dead inside. Jesus warns us about our churches becoming like this and ourselves even becoming dead inside. We can look alive on the outside all we want, but are we allowing the Holy Spirit to work in us and use us to bring life from the inside out? Or are we in a period of our lives where were are coasting by?