fearLESS: revisited, Week 5

fearLESS: revisited, Week 5

April 26, 2020 | Kyle Brenon

Today we conclude our series by looking at two passages. First, Matthew 28:1-10, where we are given a picture of how the resurrection seals the victory and is the ultimate reason we are able to live without fear.

Second, we look at Romans 8:26-32 which gives us a look at the theology behind it all, seeing that those of us who have placed our faith in Christ have been set apart, called according to His purpose, declared righteous in His sight, and will be raised up on the last day. So we can say with confidence “if God is for us who can be against us?”

fearLESS: revisited, Week 4

fearLESS: revisited, Week 4

April 19, 2020 | Kyle Brenon

This week we continue in our sermon series “fearLESS”. Throughout this series, we have been taking a closer look at things in our lives that fear has a tendency to hijack. This morning we look at how fear can effect the way we pray, or perhaps more than that, how the way we pray, can effect our fears!

Paul reminds us in Philippians 4 that we have no reason to be fearful. In fact, when we find ourselves struggling with fear, we should instead stop and pray. When we do this, something unexplainable happens! There is a direct correlation between the daily trust we place in our savior, and the fear we walk in along the way.

fearLESS: revisited, Week 3

fearLESS: revisited, Week 3

April 5, 2020 | Kyle Brenon

This week, we continue in our sermon series “fearLESS” as we look at what it means to LOVE fearlessly. Of all the things in our lives that fear has a tendency to hijack, our willingness to truly love others—and even our desire to truly love God—is one of the most destructive. We all carry pain and scars from our past, and many of us have built up walls to protect ourselves. The problem is, those walls don’t protect us, they isolate us. It is only when we come to realize that we are fully known and fully loved by a perfect and Holy God, that those walls truly begin to fall, allowing us to love Him and others without fear. Remembering all the while that we love because He first loved us!

fearLESS: revisited, Week 2

fearLESS: revisited, Week 2

March 29, 2020 | Kyle Brenon

This week, we continue with part two of our series “fearLESS: revisited".

If we allow it, fear will follow us everywhere we go. Fear has a tendency to sneak up on us when we least expect it. It can quickly cause us to turn our focus away from God's promises, and onto to the distractions that are so often thrown out in front of us.

This week, we look at Mark chapter 4 and the account of Jesus calming a dangerous storm as He and His disciples sail across the sea of Galilee.

It seems like no matter what we are going through, and no matter how close we may be to Jesus, if we let our guard down, we are still susceptible to fear.

Mark 4:35-41 "On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

fearLESS: revisited, Week 1

fearLESS: revisited, Week 1

March 22, 2020 | Kyle Brenon

2 Timothy 1:3-7 “I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”

Psalm 27:1-3 “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.”

Isaiah 41:10 “do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

"God's Grace In The Midst Of Our Trials" (James 1:1-4)

"God's Grace In The Midst Of Our Trials" (James 1:1-4)

March 15, 2020 | Kyle Brenon

James 1:1-4

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”

Ephesians 3:14-21

“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”

Jesus Is Greater: Week 6 (Hebrews 4:14-16)

Jesus Is Greater: Week 6 (Hebrews 4:14-16)

March 8, 2020 | Kyle Brenon | Hebrews 4:14-16

This week we continue in our sermon series “Jesus is Greater” as we conclude Hebrews chapter 4. Last week we took a close look at Hebrews 4:11-13 where the author tells us, “no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”

In light of this, we ended by asking ourselves, “What is it that we are NOT believing that makes us think we need to hide from God?" This week we look at Hebrews 4:14-16, and we take this question one step further. Here we see that not only do we not need to hide from God, but because of Jesus, our great high priest, we can come before His throne BOLDLY and with great confidence in our time of need!

So, what is it we are not believing that may be preventing us from doing this each and every day?!

Hebrews 4:14-16
"Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need."

Jesus Is Greater: Week 5 (Hebrews 4:11-13)

Jesus Is Greater: Week 5 (Hebrews 4:11-13)

February 23, 2020 | Kyle Brenon | Hebrews 4:11-13

This week we continue with week 5 of our sermon series “JESUS is GREATER” and our study through the book of Hebrews. As we near the end of chapter 4 we slow down and zoom in on a somewhat familiar passage.

Hebrews 4:11-13

"Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of sprit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”

Paul refers to God’s word as the “Sword of the Spirit” in Ephesians 6:17... Take up the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,”

Here in Hebrews 4 we are given a powerful picture of what that sword can do!

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Jesus Is Greater: Week 4 (Hebrews 4:1-13)

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Jesus Is Greater: Week 4 (Hebrews 4:1-13)

February 16, 2020 | Dave Keener | Hebrews 4:1-13

Hebrews 4:1-13

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.[a] 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,

“As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” 5 And again in this passage he said,

“They shall not enter my rest.” 6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, 7 again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,

“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God[b] would not have spoken of another day later on. 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.