Sermons from 2017 (Page 4)
Hope for the Hollow with Denny Dillon
“You cannot stay where you are and follow God” (Henry Blackaby) Denny Dillon of Hope for the Hollow shares his story of following God into an amazing adventure right in his own back yard. You will be inspired to hear his journey, as well as an amazing testimony by a young lady’s journey to Jesus.
DISCOVER You
“To discover my design helps to reveal my destiny” In step #3 of our GROWTH classes we start exploring and discovering how we are uniquely and awesomely designed by our God. You will need the workbook for this one as we utilize an abbreviate DISC personality profile and a Spiritual Gifts Assessment in the workbook. Once you’ve taken the assessments and have some new words to describe how God made you, what should you do? Les shares the A-E of…
Acceptable Addictions Are Still Idolatry
“It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.” (Shirley Chisholm) Continuing our message called Life on Mission, our friend Mike Deegan from Strong Tower Ministries in Hitchcock, Texas shares a powerful message about addictions that are accepted within the church setting.…
FOLLOW Jesus
“Continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” (Colossians 2:6-7) Stevie leads us thru Step #2 of our GROWTH Classes and what it looks like to follow Jesus. He, along with some help from his wife Jazzel and our friend Craig, explores the essential tools and beliefs that produce a more meaningful relationship with Christ. These are foundations of your journey. “Your journey…
Jars of Clay Glorifying God
“How you utilize your jar of clay is important!” (Pastor Les) Your life mission may not look like any one else’s but it does look like something! We are often exhausted trying to make our lives look like the lives of other, ‘good’ Christians, but on the other hand an equal number of Christians are hidden away and numb from not knowing how to live life on mission. We were created to glorify God in both natural and supernatural ways.…
Communion that Washes Us & Makes Us Whole
We often get excited about Communion and what it represents when it comes to salvation and eternal life. Just as often, when healing is as part of Communion, we seem to go silent. It is almost as if this amazing Eternal Life forever after with God is possible but physical healing, peace in our emotions and freedom in our thoughts is not possible while here on earth. Join us for about 10-minutes as we participate in a communion exercise where…
The Art of Loving Your Self
Our first act is not to love God but to receive His love. From this springs all else.” (Pastor Les) Which is most important? Loving God? Self? Others? What if that is the wrong question? What if the real question is, “How can I experience God’s love and more of it?” It is almost by default that we would declare–LOVE GOD! Join us as Pastor Les looks at what it takes to love ourselves (the answer? receiving God’s love for…
Money Wisdom that Will Make You Happy
“God loves increase. He loves multiplication. He loves profit. This truth is found within the context of the simple and quite unattractive seed.” (Pastor Les) Finances are one of our favorite things. We love the things money can buy, what it allows us to do and where it allows us to go. Beyond that we often have hidden in our hearts a love for the position and power it gives us in the eyes of others. Money and our resources…