2009 Sermon Series

Check out the up and coming sermons for 2009! Our theme this year is...

Everything Jesus!

The PERSON OF JESUS

4-Jan Everything Jesus
11-Jan Living Logos John 1:1 and Hebrews 1
18-Jan I AM The Bread of Life
25-Jan I AM The Light of the World
1-Feb I AM The Door
8-Feb I AM The Good Sheperd
15-Feb I AM The Resurrection of the Life
22-Feb I AM The Way, the Truth, and the Life
1-Mar I AM The True Vine
8-Mar I AM
15-Mar He is Serious! Cleansing the Temple - $ (John 2:12-16 and Malachi 3)
22-Mar HE is Savior of the World (John 3)
29-Mar He is Sovereign (John 4)
5-Apr He's Our Comforter (John 14-16)
12-Apr EASTER - Our Redeemer (John 20)

THE POWER OF JESUS

19-Apr Change your Career (Mark 1:14-20)
26-Apr Calm your Storms (Mark 4:35-41)
3-May Heal the Sick (Mark 5:21-43)
10-May Mother's Day - To Give you a Song When You Don't Feel Like Singing (Mark 14:12-26)
17-May Multiply your Resources - $ (Mark 10:17-31)

PARABLES OF JESUS

24-May Sower (Luke 8)
31-May Good Samaritan (Luke 10)
7-Jun Rich Fool - $ (Luke 12)
14-Jun Great Banquet (Luke 14)
21-Jun Lost Son (Luke 15) - Father's Day
28-Jun Shrewd Business Manager - $ (Luke 16)
5-Jul Will the Real America Please Stand Up?
12-Jul Pharisee & Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14)
19-Jul Persistent Widow (Luke 18:1-8)

THE PASSION OF JESUS

26-Jul Baptism/Great Commission (Matt 28)
2-Aug Christlikeness (Luke 19:10)
9-Aug Vine - Bear Much Fruit (John 15)
16-Aug Sending of 72 (Luke 10:1-16)
23-Aug Zacchaeus
30-Aug Adulterous Woman
6-Sep Nicodemus
13-Sep Two Thieves

THE PREACHING OF JESUS

20-Sep Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5)
27-Sep Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6)
4-Oct Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7)
11-Oct Cost of Discipleship (Matt 8:18-22)
18-Oct Sending out of the 12 (Matt 10:1-42)
25-Oct Word to the Hypocrites (Matt 15:1-9)
1-Nov Value of Children (Matt 18:1-9)
8-Nov Greatest Commandment (Matthew 22:34-39)
15-Nov Rich Young Ruler - $ (Matt 19:16-30)
22-Nov Marriage and Divorce (Matthew 19:1-11)

THE PROPHECY OF JESUS

29-Nov Signs of End Times (Matt 24:1-30)
6-Dec Days of Noah (Matthew 24:36-51)
13-Dec Sheeps and Goats (Matthew 25:31-46)
20-Dec Simeon (Luke 2:22-39)
27-Dec What's On Your Resume? (Matt 1:1-17)

A Prophetic Word!

Max Lucado has a pray for tough times.

More on Proposition 8 - Interview with The Parker Family

A serious matter...

I would like to direct your attention toward another blog today. Dudley Rutherford is the Senior Pastor of Shepherd of the Hills Christian Church in Porter Ranch, Ca, one of the fastest growing churches in the Independent Christian Church and Church of Christ movement. His most recent entries are a must read for all of us who carry the Name of Jesus and are contending for the Faith.

Many of you already know that I am from California. This is my great friend and mentor. I credit Dudley for turning my heart toward God's calling to preach and the burden to reach the masses with the gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe that my home church, as well as many others in California are living in an Epic time for the Kingdom of God! They need our prayers. We need to pray that they stand firm, and live courageously as they contend for the cause of Christ.

I believe that Christians have been silent too long. We have embraced our love of comfort with arms of complacency.

Not only do we need to consider the issues during this critical election, we need to consider where we stand with God and His Word.

Please take time to read his blog and feel free to write me your thoughts.
http://dudleyrutherford.blogspot.com/

David

Pray for Proposition 8

On November 4 voters will go to the polls in California. One of the propositions on the ballot is Proposition 8 amending the California constitution to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.

Back in 2000, 61% of Californians (52 of 58 counties) voted to preserve the traditional definition of marriage (the 6 counties that did not are all in the vicinity of San Francisco). But then the California Supreme Court, by a 4-3 vote, overruled the will of the people and the design of God by saying that marriage does not depend upon the individual’s sexual orientation.

One of the reasons we should be praying for the November 4 vote is because there are no residency requirements in the Golden State. Homosexual couples can travel to California, marry, and return to their home state that will then be forced to recognize their marriages or face legal challenges.

University of Pennsylvania constitutional law professor Kermit Roosevelt, quoted in the Los Angeles Times, said, “[M]ore states [will] follow California’s example and the U.S. Supreme Court [will] eventually rule in favor of same-sex marriage….That decision will come at the end of a process that is now just beginning.”

All the more reason to pray.

Reprinted with permission from: Knowlesletter, October 2008, Vol.16, No. 10

Declaration to Satan!

I shared this prayer that at the close of my sermon on Sunday. I obtained this prayer from a great friend and Pastor in CA, Dudley Rutherford. Many have asked for a copy of it, as I promised, I am posting it to the blog. May you continue to stand strong against the devil's schemes. This is no time to stand on the sidelines. Never stop praying against the devil. Remember that we who have put our faith in Jesus our victorious!

Pray! Pray! Pray!

Declaration to Satan
Satan, take note and listen well!
We are the Church of the Living God.
We are bought with blood, charged with power, married to Jesus,
indwelt with His Spirit, destined for victory, immune from destruction.

We’re part of the company of the committed,
the crowd of the covenant,
the congregation of the courageous.
We’re a fellowship of the faithful, a battalion of believers,
a regiment of the redeemed,
a division of the devoted, an army of the approved,
a team of the triumphant, and a platoon of the powerful.

Satan, you will not conquer me.
For I am blood-washed, daily-delivered, strongly-sanctified,
Spirit-soaked, in-Word, and indwelt.
You are wasting your energy on me.
My fate is set. My victory is assured.
I am linked with a sovereign and eternal power.

You are a deceiver, but you will not deceive me.
You are a roaring lion, but I am not devourable.
You are extremely subtle, but I am on to your ways.
You parade as an angel of light, but I walk in a stronger light.
Your days of deception are over with me.
I won’t be detoured, derailed, distracted, distorted, discouraged, or disillusioned by your schemes.

I am off limits to you now. My doors are closed and locked and I've thrown away the keys.

You won’t walk in, crawl in, slither in, sneak in, pry in, or barge into my life.
I have permanent and precious friend who lives inside of me, and He will not share this temple with anyone, especially you.

His name is Jesus.

He and I know that you know your time's almost up.

You may lie, lure, linger, lurch, and laugh, but you won’t get in.
Your days are numbered; your designs are dwindling; your evil is eroding; your devilishness is dissolving; your progress is poisoned; your success has been subverted.
So get off my property; get off my porch.
Get out of my sight.
For He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world.
Leave my family alone; leave my children alone; leave my church alone; and leave my friends alone.

God is on my side. Rather, I’m on God’s side.
I have the same power that delivered Jesus from temptation and sin.
I have the same power that raised Him from the grave.
I have been promised the victory, and I have claimed that victory.
You can summon all your hosts, but you will lose the battle!

We are the Church of the Living God! Blood-washed, Spirit-filled, battle-scarred, unrelenting and indestructible. And in the blessed words of Jesus Christ, the gates of hell will not prevail against us.

In Jesus’ name.
In Jesus' name.
In Jesus' name.

Are you listening?
In Jesus' name.

Amen and Amen!