What should you do when you don't know what to do? 
Is your first instinct to pray?

People pray for all sorts of reasons-- We pray before meals, we pray when the test results come back. We pray when the relationship is falling apart. We pray when we get pulled over. 
And, sometimes, even people who say they don't believe in God find themselves crying out to him when they don't know what else to do. 

Working through Philippians 1:9-11, Pastor Noah Tyler finds the answer to this simple question: What should you do when you don't know what to do? 

Paul's answer may surprise you. He doesn't simply pray for circumstances to always be easy, He prays for something much more fundamental. 

This message explores how th love of Jesus changes the way we see our decisions, our relationships, our suffering, our future, and our everyday lives. We also look at the story of a hardened sailor caught in a deadly storm, whose desperate prayer-- "Lord have mercy"-- became he beginning of a life transformed by amazing grace. 

Today, if all you can pray is, "Lord, have mercy" let's start there and see where God would take us. 

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What should we pray for when we feel weak, empty, worn down, or stuck?

In this message from our Praying Like Paul series, Pastor Noah Tyler guides us through Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21 to learn to pray for power. But it isn't what you might think of when you first hear "power." Not power so we can become more impressive, but power so we can become closer to Jesus. 

Paul prays that God would strengthen us through His Spirit in our inner being, so that Christ may dwell in our hearts through Faith. He also prays that we would have power, together with Go's people, to grasp the width, length, height, and depth of Christ's love, and be filled with the fullness of God. 

Whether you are joining us live or watching later, this sermon is an invitation to pray bigger, deeper, more gospel shaped prayers. God is is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power at work within us. 

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We all want our prayers to matter. Even people who struggle to believe in God will reach out to him in times of distress and pain. But is your whole prayer life praying for your food, safe travels, and sweet dreams? By looking at the content and heart behind the Apostle Paul's prayers in the New Testament, we will discover how to take our prayers to greater heights, into greater depths, and find ourselves shaped by the heart of God. 

This week Noah Edmonson, PhD student at DTS and University of Oxford, challenges our approach to God in prayer. We can be encouraged, given hope, all of which pushes us to unity in Jesus. Is that what's happening in your prayer life? If not, listen close as Noah walks us through Paul's prayer in Romans 15.

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We all want our prayers to matter. Even people who struggle to believe in God will reach out to him in times of distress and pain. But is your whole prayer life praying for your food, safe travels, and sweet dreams? By looking at the content and heart behind the Apostle Paul's prayers in the New Testament, we will discover how to take our prayers to greater heights, into greater depths, and find ourselves shaped by the heart of God. 

This week Joseph Pelton, Young Adults Minister at Westmark Church, leads us through Ephesians 1:3-23 and challenges our approach to God in prayer-- we don't need more, we need to understand what we have. 

In this final sermon from our Seven Deadly Sins series, Lead Pastor Noah Tyler begins in 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 on to teach on lust as a disordered love of sexual pleasure.

Looking at a number of different scriptures we see that lust promises satisfaction, but it slowly deceives us, isolates us, and teaches us to use people instead of love them.

But the gospel offers something better. In Christ, we are fully known and fully loved. In Christ we are made holy, blameless, and free from accusation-- which means we can belong. Jesus does not merely call us away from impurity; he calls us into healing, freedom, and life in the light.

Scriptures referenced include 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8, Matthew 5:27-28, 1 Corinthians 6:16, 2 Samuel 13, John 8, and Colossians 1:22.

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This week at Westmark Church, we continue our series on the Seven Deadly Sins with a heart-level look at gluttony.

Gluttony is not merely about eating too much. It is about being ruled by appetite. In Philippians 3:17–21, Paul warns about those whose “god is their belly,” showing us that appetite can become a master when food becomes more than food — a refuge, reward, medication, or source of satisfaction.

In this sermon, Pastor Noah Tyler looks at how gluttony can show up through indulgence, control, comfort eating, emotional distraction, and the search for satisfaction apart from God. But the gospel gives us a better hope: our citizenship is in heaven, Christ is transforming our lowly bodies, and the Spirit teaches us self-control.

We’ll also consider how the practice of fasting trains our hearts to say no to lesser satisfactions so we can hunger more deeply for Jesus, the Bread of Life.

Scripture: Philippians 3:17–21
Series: The Seven Deadly Sins
Preacher: Pastor Noah Tyler
Church: Westmark Church

Join us as we learn to receive food as a gift, resist appetite as a master, and find fulfillment in Christ that was never in the fridge to begin with.

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In this sermon from Matthew 25:24–30, Pastor Noah Tyler continues our series through the Seven Deadly Sins by looking at the sin of sloth. But sloth is not simply laziness. As this message explains, sloth can hide in both laziness and busyness. At its root, sloth is escaping love’s cost of growing or changing.

Jesus’ parable of the talents shows us a servant who buried what his master entrusted to him because he was afraid. In the same way, we often bury the opportunities, relationships, responsibilities, gifts, and callings God has given us because we are afraid of what obedience will cost.

But the opposite of sloth is perseverance: learning to stay where God is forming us.

Sloth screams, “Escape.”Jesus invites us, “Stay.”
Stay in the conversation. Stay in prayer. Stay in worship. Stay in the work of love. Stay where grace is forming you. Because Jesus did not escape the cost of love—he stayed through betrayal, suffering, the cross, and the grave. And because he stayed for us, we can trust him enough to stay with him.

Scripture: Matthew 25:24–30
Series: The Seven Deadly Sins
Topic: Sloth, Acedia, Perseverance, Spiritual Growth, Christian Discipleship

This sermon explores:
-What sloth really is according to Scripture
-Why sloth can look like both laziness and busyness
-How fear causes us to bury what God has entrusted to us
-Why Matthew 25 warns us against wasted stewardship
-How perseverance helps us fight sloth
-Why Jesus’ costly love gives us courage to stay

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You might be greedier than you think/ It's easier than we'd like to admit to fall into the trap of "moreism"-- what I have is never enough, but more will be. Always hungry, never satisfied. 

Listen as Kurt Holen, Elder and Pastoral Apprentice at Westmark Church, walks us through the biblical teachings on greed and it's antidote of teaching. You may be surprised at how the Deadly Sin of greed is the spring for all sorts of other sins: anxiety, discouragement, hopelessness, frustration, relationship breakdowns, and bad views of self-worth. 

Historically this would be called the capital vice of avarice, but understanding this deadly sin of greed may shed some light on why you've had a nagging feeling of unhappiness no matter how many blessings you're enjoying. 

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You might not think that you're green with envy, but what if envy was a lot more than just a fleeting moment of jealousy? And what if it was much more dangerous? 

Envy is more than wanting what someone else has; envy is the anxiety produced from believing that someone else is earning the love you deserve. In this sermon, Pastor Noah Tyler continues our series through The Seven Deadly Sins by looking at the subtle, deadly danger of envy: what it is, how to recognize it in our hearts, and how the grace of God is the antidote.

Consider the parable of the workers of vineyard of Matthew 20:1-16, Romans 5:8 and John the Baptist's success over envy in John 3. This strong biblical foundation teach us that envy will lose its grip when we stop competing for love and receive the generous grace of God in Christ.

If comparison to others has made you anxious, bitter toward others or yourself, discouraged, or unable to rejoice in the good that God gives to others-- those are yellow flags that the cancer of envy has settled into your heart. Envy is much more sinister, much more connected to anxieties and self-hatred, and much more of a direct attack against God than most of us want to think. 


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Anger is not always sinful, so how can you tell the difference between Good Anger and Bad Anger? In this sermon from our Seven Deadly Sins series, we look at what anger is, how to tell the difference between righteous and sinful anger, and how to trace back anger to the heart. 

While we think much of our anger is about fighting the ultimate justice, it turns out that a lot of our own anger is really about our wounded pride, control, and unforgiveness. 

Through passages like Ephesians 4, James 1, Mark 3, Hebrews 12, and the stories of David and Esau, Pastor Noah Tyler shows how anger can become a foot hold for sin, distort our relationships, and burn down what matters most. But we will also look at  the better way of Jesus: Receiving God's forgiveness, releasing bitterness, and finding freedom from the anger that so easily masters us. 

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