The Simple Truth

I’m fairly sure that just about every one of us has prayed for God to come through on something, or give us something…and not every single time has He answered, “Yes.” That can be very discouraging as a follower of Christ. In today’s message, Pastor Dion will teach you that God doesn’t always answer “Yes”. Sometimes, His answers sound more like “Not yet” or just “No.” God works in ways you may not always understand, so His answer to your prayers, whether you like it or not, needs to be trusted wholeheartedly.

We’ve all had that experience of feeling helpless and hopeless, haven’t we? We want to do anything we can to get out of that feeling. It’s normal to want to get away from those feelings as fast as possible, but in today’s message, Pastor Dion will teach you not to run too quickly away from that helpless place. When you linger and wait on the Lord, you give Him the opportunity to speak to you. He will call you by name and lead you out of your hopelessness. Trust in the Good Shepherd. Be still, and wait on Him.

Do you keep your relationship with Jesus on the down low? Do you go to church on Sunday, singing and shouting His name, but during the week, you keep Jesus to yourself? Don’t keep Jesus boxed in. He wants to invade every day of your life. In his message today, Pastor Dion will challenge you to let Jesus take over every part of your life so that you can’t help but let Him be front and center. Don’t hide your love for Him. Don’t worry about what others will think about you. Worry about what Jesus thinks of you.

The words of Jesus are pretty amazing, aren’t they? They challenge us and compel us to live better lives and follow Him, but even more powerful than Jesus’ words are His actions. In today’s message, Pastor Dion will remind you how Jesus preached the gospel with His actions. He showed love, forgiveness and compassion while He was being tortured and killed. There is no more powerful sermon than the one Jesus preached on the cross. Follow Jesus, and live the gospel today.

Amen! What a powerful truth! God forgives even the worst of sinners. On the cross, Jesus was surrounded by the worst of sinners and He prayed for their forgiveness. While He was being tortured and killed unjustly, while He was being sinned against, He prayed for their forgiveness. In his message today, Pastor Dion will encourage you with the amazing truth that you can be forgiven, no matter what you’ve done. It doesn’t matter how far you’ve fallen, or how deep you’ve sunk. Jesus forgives you.

We don’t like interruptions, do we? Maybe we’re in the middle of a good book, and someone interrupts us; we think of it as rude. However, there are times when we should be open to interruption. In his message today, Pastor Dion teaches about how Simon was interrupted during his day in Jerusalem by the cross of Jesus. Jesus is calling you to set aside whatever you’re doing and carry His cross. Maybe you need to set aside sin or distraction. Let yourself be interrupted so you can follow Him.

Have you hitched yourself to the right cart? There’s so many things you can put your trust in instead of God. Like hoping in a career, a political candidate, or even in the love of someone here on earth. The problem is all those things can let you down. In today’s message, Pastor Dion will remind you that only God won’t let you down. He is the only one who is completely trustworthy and faithful. Don’t put those other things above God. Hitch your cart to Jesus alone, and He will carry you. Trust Him.

It’s easy to have respect for Jesus as a teacher or a humanitarian. He sounds so wise, and He showed His love through action. However, we can’t stop at simply admiring Jesus, because He claimed to be more than a prophet or a good person. He claimed to be God. In today’s message, Pastor Dion will challenge you to ask yourself who you think Jesus is. What are you going to do because of your encounter with Jesus? Are you going to just admire Him, or are you going to give your life to Him?

Have you answered that question? Is Jesus the King of your life? It’s the ultimate question that everyone needs to wrestle with and answer. Maybe you grew up in a Christian home and grew up going to church, or maybe you think you’re a Christian because you’re an American. In his message today, Pastor Dion will teach that your heritage or the people you hang out with doesn’t make you a Christian. You can’t rely on anyone else to make the decision. You have to personally make Jesus King of your life.

The New Testament describes Jesus as the “son of David.” But the question arises, how could Jesus be the son of David if David lived approximately 1,000 years before Jesus? The answer is that Christ (the Messiah) was the fulfillment of the prophecy of the seed of David. Today, Pastor Dion will explain that Jesus is the promised Messiah, which means He had to be of the lineage of David. Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies concerning His First Coming, and He’ll fulfill those concerning His Second Coming!