Napoleon Church of the Nazarene

This week's message in our series, "Synced Up", we look at two of the seven churches; Pergamum and Thyatira. Jesus commended them on their faith, love, and perseverance. But yet, they still clung on to some of the beliefs of the world and fell into acts of sin. This makes us think about our own ives and if we are falling into the trap of being conformed to this world instead of being like Christ.

We are so blessed to have Pastor Mark Bane, Evangelism Ministry & New Church Development Director with the Nazarene Church, come and share his heart on evangelism and spreading the truth of the gospel to the lost.

In our second week of, "Synced Up", Pastor Chip Bullock teaches on the church of Smyrna. This church was a persecuted church, faced with poverty, trails, and afflictions; but they remained faithful. Jesus encouraged them to hold on to their hope and faith; having an eternal perspective that they would receive the victor's crown.!

Welcome to our new series called, "Synced Up" a look at the seven churches found in the book of Revelation. Pastor Chip starts off the series taking a closer look at the first church mentioned in Revelation, the church of Ephesus. Here we see that Jesus praises the church for working hard, having perseverance, and standing up against the wicked, however; they had lost one important thing in the midsts of all of their good deeds. They had lost the love they once had, the very catalyst for why they do what they do. They became a "going through the motions" type of church. Pastor Chip takes a hard look and reflection of own lives in this and talks about what Jesus says we need to do if this is where are hearts are at.

We conclude our Portraits and Profiles series with the life of Paul. Paul, once a persecutor of Christians himself, had a dramatic encounter with the risen Jesus and his life has never been then same since then. Pastor Chip teaches through Paul's messages to the church out of 2 Corinthians. Through Paul's life and testimony we see that your past doesn't determine your future. God uses people of all different kinds of backgrounds. Through Him, we have the strength and endurance to do whatever His will is for us. Chip continues to highlight Paul's life and bring out some serious life applications through this message.

We hope you have enjoyed this series. Stay connected for our next series to come!

Pastor Chip Bullock teaches on the life of David in this week's sermon series of Portraits and Profiles. David's life has God's handprint all over it and there are so many events in his life that we can relate to. Pastor Chip really highlights the part of David's younger adult life in where he is fleeing from King Saul. He reads from 1 Samuel 27 where he points out that even David, a man after God's own heart, still had regular humanistic views like everyone else, but later in his life, we see that even in tough circumstances he still had faith in God.

This weeks portraits and profiles highlights the story of Rahab from the book of Joshua. Pastor Ken Behrens gives us some insight of the culture and landscape during that time. He teaches us about Rahab's life and how she trusted and believed in the God of the Israelites. Someone with a "not so clean" reputation, ends up being in the lineage of Jesus Christ! Rahab showed so much faith in what she did, she is an amazing picture of grace, and her story can inspire us to go and spread the gospel of Jesus to others.

This week in our Portraits and Profiles series, we take a closer look into the life Joshua; around the time where he takes over as the leader of the Israelites after Moses. Pastor Chip highlights how God repeated to Joshua, "be strong and courageous!" three times when instructed to lead the people into the promised land. He teaches three applicable life points on how being courageous leads to success.

This Portraits and Profiles lesson looks further into the life of Queen Esther. Pastor Chip walks us through most of the highlights of the book of Esther. We learn through Esther's life that doing anything takes courage and there is power in one. Esther was one person, but with God's help and courage, she saved a nation!

This week in our series, Portraits and Profiles, we look at the story of Moses. We are very familiar with the events surrounding Moses' life, but this week, Pastor Ken hits more on the beginning parts of Moses' life as a baby and the culture of Egypt around that time. He points out the careful details and planning of Moses' mom to do what she did in keeping Moses alive during that time. With this, we learn all about God's will and perfect timing.