Sermons from 2018 (Page 3)

One Big Belief Barrier to Healing

This is a message you won’t want to miss.  Jump in ready to be challenged, to get inspired and to laugh.  Remember when the Father brings his sick son to the disciples and they cannot heal or deliver the boy?  Jesus shows up on the scene and the boy’s Dad asks, “IF YOU CAN, please heal my son” and Jesus responds with an “IF?!  IF?!  Of course I CAN!” Then Jesus says something quite amazing that contradicts a lot of…

The Power of a Woman

“God gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak” (Isaiah 40:29) You know the funny story about how men cannot find anything?  And, the wife shows up and immediately points it out?  They even have a word for it—Male Patterned Blindness.    “Kresha!  I cannot find my shoes!”  As I stand in front of my closet, where my shoes are lined up, Kresha or Victoria walks in and immediately spots my shoes.  Something we don’t talk…

Why Your Tiny Bit of Faith is Enough

Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?”  “From childhood,” he answered.  “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” (Mark 9:21-22) We jump right into some tough questions that you can ask yourself from what we are discovering from the 9th chapter of Mark. What are you arguing about instead of acting out? What reality are you denying and thinking that…

Why You Want a Faith Gap

 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” (John 6:29) I want to share this morning about Faith Gaps and why we should create some gaps in our lives that can only be filled by the activation of our own faith.  A Gap is a break between two objects.  A Faith Gap is the distance between what you are currently experiencing and what you see in your future.  The GAP is only narrowed or…

The Completeness of Salvation

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be (sozo) saved.” (Acts 4:12)  The Greek word SOZO means “To be Saved” or “rescued”.  But the imagery gets even clearer when we realize that it is an action word, a verb’ that shows how we are rescued from the enemy of our soul, removed out from under Satan’s power AND restored into the Family of God, placed…

Why You Are Not a Sinner Saved by Grace

“If your salvation isn’t based upon your actions or your ability to be and do good then why do you think your sainthood is based on your ability to be and do good?” (Pastor Les)   Here is a statement I hear a lot:  “I am a sinner saved by grace”   And, I want to declare, from the beginning of this message,  that I believe this is a false statement and in fact, a statement that keeps us bound up…

Your Words Direct Your Life

“How do we destroy an argument?  With our words, chosen to counteract the argument of the enemy.  And, we choose the words of The One who has already won the argument.” (Steve Backlund) This is the last in our Renewal series about the power and place of declarations.  Les shares a powerful message that is sure to get you to shut your mouth and open it up again but this time filled with words from God. Les makes a statement…