Category: 2023 Sermons

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Sermon Audio: Josh and the Big Wall
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Hebrews 11:30
Duration: 24:50
Size: 17.0 MB

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Josh and the Big Wall
Hebrews 11:30

And that’s exactly what Israel did–and the walls came a tumbling down, the army of Jericho was routed, and Israel burned the city and everything in it.

If God says something happened, it happened–just the way He said it did.

GOD WON THE BATTLE WITHOUT THEIR HELP!!!
God did all the heavy lifting and all they did was show up.

God doesn’t win the battle with people of power; God wins the battle with people of faith.

Because Joshua was a type or image of Christ in the Bible.

Jesus has done all the heavy lifting. He won the victory for us at the cross. He did it all, and all that remains for us to do is SHOW UP.

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Sermon Audio: The Day Moses Said “No”
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Hebrews 11:24-27
Duration: 22:32
Size: 15.4 MB

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The Day Moses Said “No”
Hebrews 11:24-27

When the King’s daughter came to river, she heard the baby cry, and immediately loved him and wanted to make him her own little boy.

But, even if he wasn’t going to be the next Pharaoh, then unquestionably, he would have become a man of prominence and power.

Albert Einstein said “Coincidence, is God’s way of working anonymously.”

My point is–there’ll come times in your life when YOU’LL have to make those choices.

It’s not faith if you have to HIDE what you’ve done. That’s not faith…that’s guilt.

God takes people who mess up, and He turns them into men and women who NOW have faith and power.

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Sermon Audio: Fixing Your Eyes on the Promises
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Hebrews 11:22
Duration: 23:41
Size: 16.2 MB

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Fixing Your Eyes on the Promises
Hebrews 11:22

Do you think God would ever forget a promise? Of course not! God always keeps His promises.

Instead, He commended Joseph for his faith because he gave directions about how his bones were to be handled?

He believed that because he believed God would bring Israel back to the promised land…because that’s what God had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.

Now, granted…that’s not exactly the kind of promises we want to hear, but God is being honest with us–Christianity isn’t always going to be an easy ride.

Jesus promised much the same thing in Matthew 11:28-29, “Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”

But in a world where people are measured by their beauty, their influence, and their wealth and power, a lot of people get…LEFT OUT.

We must always remember—we are not better than the others in the world around us. We are simply those who have accepted better promises than the world can offer.

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Sermon Audio: Is Your All on the Alter of Sacrifice Laid
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Hebrews 11:17-19
Duration: 21:20
Size: 14.6 MB

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Is Your All on the Alter of Sacrifice Laid
Hebrews 11:17-19

Now I know that you love me. You were willing to give your only son to me as a sacrifice…that’s all I wanted to know.

Human sacrifice was a great evil that God would NOT tolerate.

So, the question this morning, have you laid all on the altar? Is there anything you love more than Jesus?

Abraham, you laid it all on the altar and so I will bless you!

To become a Christian is to “lay it all on the altar.”

When we surrender our entire lives to God, then God can begin to do some powerful things THROUGH us.

Seemingly every aspect of the story of Isaac being sacrificed pointed to the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.

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Sermon Audio: She Who Laughs Last
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Hebrews 11:11
Duration: 22:31
Size: 15.4 MB

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She Who Laughs Last
Hebrews 11:11

However, here God tells us “By Faith Sarah…” did something very impressive. So what exactly did she do?

But then a couple MORE years drag by, and there’s still no child.

Well, I believe God is trying to tell us that great faith does NOT mean you won’t have doubts.

And I think that is how Sarah became a woman of faith–she HEARD God! And once she heard HIM…her doubts began to fade.

You’ve got to PERSONALLY come to the point where you’ve decided that you’re going to trust God.

In the same way, the Bible teaches that NONE of us can do anything to be saved.