Sermons

He said to them, 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.'
-- Mark 16:15-16

In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
-- Philippians 1:4-6

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
-- 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
-- 1 Peter 2:12

As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood,
offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
-- 1 Peter 2:4-6

Join us as we continue on with Carol Baergen's devotional 'Being With Jesus'.

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So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
-- Deuteronomy 5:32-33

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.
-- Mark 12:30-31

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For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother. Then he taught me, and he said to me, "Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live."
-- Proverbs 4:3-4

This is an introduction to our upcoming sermon series Build Up. For this series, we want to focus on purposely evaluating our relationship with God reguarly and actively take steps to grow closer to Him.

Follow along with us each week in the Discipleship Map* and Carol Baergen's devotional: Being with Jesus

For next sermon, Captivated and Committed, read the following relevant sections in the devotional:

1. Read page 9.
2. Use the 5 days of devotions to prepare for the sermon on Captivated and Committed.
3. Reflect on the stories recorded on pages 22 and 23.
4. Read and reflect on pages 9-23 by June 25.

When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
-- Acts 4:13-14

*Discipleship Map is supplied by the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches as part of their upcoming Equip Study Conference.

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
-- 2 Corinthians 3:18

But seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
-- Matthew 6:33-34

If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need.
-- Deuteronomy 15:7-8

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
-- 1 Corinthians 15:57-58

For Christ suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
-- 1 Peter 3:18

I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
-- Jeremiah 31:3

How shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
-- Hebrews 2:3

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In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
-- Ephesians 2:21-22

We wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
-- Titus 2:13-14

But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
-- John 20:31

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
-- Matthew 5:3, 10