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2013-09-15: The Great Adventure – Saddle Up Your Horses

Sermon: The Great Adventure – Saddle Up Your Horses
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Hebrews 11:8-12
Duration: 24:12
Size: 11.0 MB

The Great Adventure
Saddle Up Your Horses
Hebrews 11:8-12

There is a disturbing trend that many church observers are noticing and beginning to talk about.

This morning for us…I want us to see that if church is boring…it isn’t God’s fault! It isn’t Jesus’ fault!

The call to follow Christ is an invitation to a radically new life full of challenge, excitement, surprise and opportunity!

Hebrews 11:8-10

I know some folks who are…and change is not something that usually comes very easily at that age. For some folks…at any age!

When you answer God’s call…no telling where you might end up!

How many times have you completely put yourself in God’s hands and said, “God, I’m really committed to this and I know there’s no going back!”

Hebrews 11:11-12

Doesn’t he still call his people to adventure?

That is because “we are here to be Jesus to those out there!” That starts in our own communities…neighborhoods & households…and what an adventure!

Is it time you asked him what adventure he’s got in store for you?

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2013-07-07: Passing The Baton

Sermon Audio: Passing The Baton
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Texts: Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Duration: 26:11
Size: 11.9 MB

Passing The Baton
Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Track coaches will tell you that the race is either won or lost during the exchange of the baton.

As incredible as it may seem, research shows that “accepting Christ” and making a profession of faith today makes little to no difference in a young person’s attitude and behavior.

The vast majority of our young people have distorted beliefs about Christ and Christianity.

Oh, there are going to be hindrances; the distractions of the world will be enticing, this track of life will be rough and hard, but we must pass the baton.

Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Every area of our lives must reveal how much we really love God!

Here is where the crux of this message takes place…there is a two-fold responsibility for spiritual nurturing.

Aspect 1 – We must teach and live out our Christian life at home with our families (doorposts).

Aspect 2 – We must teach and live out our Christian life at church with our kids (gates).

Matthew 18:2-6
Mark 10:14-16

We must look at the children not just as the future, but they are a vital part of what we are and what we will become in the future!!!

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2013-02-24: True Hope for Your Future

Sermon Audio: True Hope for Your Future
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Habakkuk 3:16-19
Duration: 25:49
Size: 11.8 MB

True Hope for Your Future
Habakkuk 3:16-19

I want you to see that the key to Habakkuk’s experience of joy in the face of adversity was his faith!

I. True Faith Often Includes an Element of Fear (3:16a)

But even so, he was still very afraid about the Babylonian invasion that God had told him was coming.

God’s greatest men and women of faith have often been those who at their most intense times of testing found themselves racked with fear.

Shouldn’t our faith become easier, not harder, as we grow up into greater spiritual maturity?

The primary message of Habakkuk, is that you are to live by faith in this life.

II. True Faith Knows How to Rejoice in God in Spite of Difficult Circumstances (3:16b-19)

No matter what he may face, he was confident that he would remain standing because he trusted in the Sovereign Lord as his strength!

Habakkuk learned that history is not an end itself but a transition time, a parenthesis between Eden and heaven.

Whatever heaven is, it will banish all of the discomfort of this life and usher in new, unimaginable pleasures.

In one sense there is no ultimate solution to the problem of pain until Jesus returns.

Conclusion

Whatever your circumstances, whatever calamity or adversity comes your way, the prophet Habakkuk calls you to rejoice and to live by faith in a mighty and sovereign God.