Pastor Barry is the speaker unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change.
1/19 Do You Have a Dream? Jeremiah 29:11. Great dreams come from discovering God’s purpose for creating you. When you commit yourself to fulfilling a great dream it draws something out of you and helps you become more than you would have been otherwise. God uses dreams in our lives to direct us, shape us, define us and bless us & others. After you come to know Jesus, nothing is more important, than coming to know God’s purpose for your life. It’s the reason you exist. It’s your purpose for being here. So how do you discover God’s dream for your life? In this sermon Pastor Barry uses the acrostic D R E A M to help you answer that question.
1/26 Signs of Jesus’ Soon Return: The Rise of Radical Islam. I Peter 3:9; Matthew 5:44. Americans know very little to nothing about the Muslim religion, yet Islam is growing in the United States, and is predicted to eventually become the second-largest religion in the country. Most Muslims in the U S are peace abiding, but world wide there has been a rise of Islamic terror which is setting the stage for the fulfillment of prophesies about a future invasion of Israel by a vast coalition of nations, all of whom are Islamic except for Russia. Pastor Barry will unravel some of the mystery surrounding end-times events as he examines what the Bible has to say about life in the last days. Most importantly he will encourage you to live confidently and expectantly in an uncertain world.
2/2 (Communion) Guest Speaker
2/9 Success Busters. Hebrews 11:1. It seems the older we get, the more we lose our capacity to dream and imagine. We’re not interested in making resolutions. What is it that causes us to give up on our goals and stop setting new ones? We’ve encountered too many “Success Busters”. We are in a spiritual battle. Satan doesn’t want you to succeed and he will do anything to discourage and defeat you. In this sermon Pastor Barry identifies the certain people and circumstances in your life that Satan uses to reduce your vision, shrink your imagination and deflate your faith.
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3/2 Temptation: Victim or Victor. Luke 4:1-13. Few speed records are broken when people run from temptation. We are in a spiritual battle. We are tempted to doubt, to hold resentments, to get even, to put pleasure above purity and a thousand other ways. In this sermon Pastor Barry shares how, we can be victorious over temptation by following the example of Jesus.
3/16 Recovering the Black Box of a Life that Crashed. 1 Kings 11:1-4. When a plane crashes we want to know what went wrong. To find out the authorities look for The Black Box. That black box has the data to reveal what caused the plane to crash. In this sermon Pastor Barry will analyze the data from “The Black Book” to discover what led to the carnage when King Solomon’s life crashed and burned.
3/23 Signs That Jesus has Return: The Great Evacuation. I Thessalonians 4:16-18. The Bible tells us a day is coming when millions of people will be “evacuated” from this world in an instant. This event is called the Rapture, and it will be a time of chaos never before experienced on this earth. In this message Pastor Barry will share what the Bible says about it and how that applies to our lives today.
3/30 Abiding in Christ. John 15:1-17. Someone has said, “Prayer is the arm that moves the hand of God.” That may be true, but you don’t move the hand of God unless you’ve held it for a while. Holding God’s hand for a while is what the Bible calls abiding in Christ. Pastor Barry shares three benefits that come into our lives when we abide in Christ and how, collectively, they result in the fulfillment of God’s purpose for our lives and a faith that keeps on keeping on.
4/6 Changing Your World for Christ. Luke 19:10. What is the purpose of the Church? For over two thousand years the church has existed for only one purpose… to change the world. As a believer you are the Church and as such your purpose is to change your world. In this sermon Pastor Barry will share with you the proven most effective way for you to do this.
TBD It’s so Hard to See When My Eyes Are on Me. I Thessalonians 5:15. I One of the greatest challenges we face in the pursuit of fulfillment and happiness is the temptation to live selfishly. Many people are blatantly and unashamedly living for themselves. They have no interest in other people. It’s easy to slip into the trap of selfishness. Live to give and your life will be filled with joy, and when your life is filled with joy your faith will thrive and we will be that much closer to fulfilling God’s purpose for our lives.
TBD What Does Faith Look Like? Genesis 12:2; Hebrews 11: 8. God chooses some unlikely people to fulfill His purposes. Abraham is an example. God wants to build a great nation. He chooses an elderly, infertile couple to populate that nation. Abraham’s story can be described in one word…faith. When God wants to teach us about faith, He tells us a story about a man named Abraham. In this sermon Pastor Barry will share principles gleaned from Abraham’s life that will stir our faith.
TBD God With Us. Exodus 19:4-6 is a huge transitional point in the Bible. Up to this point God interacted with just a few people, but now it’s as if God sends a valentine card to all His people. But for this new relationship to work God says, there are some things that have to be worked out. In this sermon Pastor Barry shares the aspects of God’s covenantal relationship with His people.