Parables – The Father’s Heart
The heart of the Father for his children is revealed in the parable taught in Luke 15. God is the central figure of this story. His response to two of his children is one of love. The Father in the parable has a deep desire for his lost son to come home and be saved. When the older son is filled with anger and bitterness in response to his return, the Father moves to reunite his two sons.
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- Mar 16, 2022Parables – The Father’s Heart
Parables – The Father’s HeartThe heart of the Father for his children is revealed in the parable taught in Luke 15. God is the central figure of this story. His response to two of his children is one of love. The Father in the parable has a deep desire for his lost son to come home and be saved. When the older son is filled with anger and bitterness in response to his return, the Father moves to reunite his two sons.
- Mar 13, 2022Authority of the Believer – Living Complete Part Two
Authority of the Believer – Living Complete Part TwoBecause of Jesus' victory over sin and death, we can have right standing with God. Our salvation was a free gift from God. We now have spiritual authority to live in victory. We did nothing to earn our salvation, however as Christians, we do have the ability to work on our relationship with God. We have direct access to God through prayer. Pastor Ashley shared four ways God responds to our prayers: 1. Direct (immediately) 2. Different (than what we asked) 3. Delayed (not in our timing) 4. Denied (God says no)
- Mar 6, 2022Authority of the Believer – Living Complete
Authority of the Believer – Living CompleteAs believers, we have access to everything we need to live a completed life. We have access to the Word. We have access to prayer. Nothing is missing in the life of a Christian. We can grow in our knowledge, but He has already completed the work. We must access the authority that God has given us as believers.
- Apr 22, 2021Biblical Friendship
Biblical FriendshipIn his message Biblical Friendship, Ashley Ellison explains that it is not an accident that you have friends in your life. It is a God appointment. He urges us to be intentional in our friendships, and examine who we are investing in. True friends don't focus on what they're getting. They focus on what they're giving.
- Apr 19, 2021Iron Sharpens Iron
Iron Sharpens IronIn his message, Iron Sharpens Iron, drawn from Proverbs 27:17, Ashley Ellison reminds us that there is value in Biblical friendship. We are made unique by our Creator, and with the ability to sharpen each other. He challenges us to examine if the friends we are surrounding ourselves with are sharpening us for the Kingdom of God or dulling us for the Kingdom of God. Finally, he challenges us to examine if we personally are the kind of friend God has called us to be.
- Apr 15, 2021Essential: Deep Roots
Essential: Deep RootsIn his message of Essential: Deep Roots, Chatman Laxton urges us to turn our focus off of what we produce and turn our attention to what allows us the ability to produce in the first place. Being deeply rooted in the Word will allow us to produce longer and fulfill all of what God would have for us.
- Apr 11, 2021Wash Your Mind With The Word
Wash Your Mind With The WordMany Christians today are struggling with their faith and are prone to question God's goodness and faithfulness after their initial salvation experience. Pastor Ashley Ellison reminds us of the importance of daily washing our minds with God's Word, thereby growing our faith and confidence in our relationship with God Himself.
- Mar 28, 2021The Big Picture Part 3
The Big Picture Part 3In the last part of his Big Picture series, Pastor Ashley teaches about the importance of every part of the body of Christ operating at the fullest compacity that it can. in order for the body of Christ to accomplish the will of God. From Ephesians 4:16 Pastor Ashley calls the church to see the part they play as bigger than themselves, while at the same time, pursuing the part they play in Godly excellence.
- Mar 24, 2021Where You Are Part 2
- Mar 21, 2021The Big Picture Part 2
The Big Picture Part 2In the second part of The Big Picture, Pastor Ashley takes a deeper look into the importance of the big picture that only comes by hearing from the Lord. We cant be trying to smash pieces from other puzzles into the one that God has you working on. We need to work hard at finding our position in the picture and stop trying to be like everyone else.
- Mar 17, 2021Where You Are Part 1
Where You Are Part 1Where are you? Pastor Ashley highlights three primary types of people, Believers, Lost, and Believers who have fallen away. Pastor then talks about the category you find yourself in, is due to where we have planted ourselves, be it Sin or be it the Spirit. We can look at this message and hear an encouragement no matter where we find ourselves lest we be deceived.
- Mar 14, 2021The Big Picture Part 1
The Big Picture Part 1In the first part of The Big Picture, Pastor Ashley talks about the importance for us all to grab hold of the vision that God gives us. Without that " big picture" we will keep banging our heads on the wall trying to fit in where we don't go. As Christians trying to find our place in our church, we need to make sure that we aren't trying to bring a different picture to what God is already trying to get finished with the pieces that He's got for us then. Once we finish the work he starts us in, we grow and our vision can grow, but we cant get impatient. We must keep the "big picture" on our minds and in our hearts.
- Feb 21, 2021Press On
Press OnIn Philippians 3, Paul encouraged the church of the day to "press on toward the goal in order to obtain the prize," which was before them. In what amounted to crazy times with persecution of believers where false teachers who abounded in plenty were preying on the desperate, Paul called them to persevere after the truth! Pastor Ashley brings the same timely word for us as he challenges us, that even in the face of opposition we must not focus on what is going around us, rather we should "Press On" towards what is before us.
- Feb 14, 2021Don’t Rob God
Don’t Rob GodFrom Malachi 3, Pastor Ashley teaches the church what God means when He commands us to not rob Him. God isn't concerned with running out of gold for the streets of heaven, rather he doesn't want us to rob Him of an opportunity to be bless from Him because of our obedience! God isn't concerned with our tithe because has missing out on something, its because of what it will unlock in our lives by being obedient, that he encourages us to "test Him in this."
- Feb 7, 2021Remember
RememberIn his sermon, Remember, Pastor Ashley asks us, "What symbols do you have in life that cause you to remember a moment or a season of your life?" When preparing to partake of communion, we understand the imperative to examine ourselves and to remember Christ and His sacrifice. We understand that the bread and juice represent the body and the blood of Jesus. Pastor Ashley points out the additional imperative from John 6:56 to abide, which means (in the Greek) to "remain and continue to remain" connected to Jesus in everyday life, not just on Sundays and Wednesdays.
- Feb 3, 2021Proverbs Part 4
Proverbs Part 4In Part 4 of our series on Proverbs, Pastor Ashley shows us from Chapter 9 that wisdom dictates the quality of the life we will lead. Wisdom calls to us and should be our foundation. Scorning wisdom only brings suffering.
- Jan 31, 2021Essential: Indispensable
Essential: IndispensableIn today's culture of dispensable technology, Pastor Ashley speaks to the wisdom of 1st Thessalonians 5:21 which tells us to ," Hold on to what is good." From this passage, Pastor shows us how essential it is for the church to stop and take a look at the things that we are "throwing away". If we want to continue to grow in the things of the Lord ,then we will have to start honoring the good things that God is placing in our lives.
- Jan 20, 2021Proverbs Part 2
Proverbs Part 2As we continue with our study of Proverbs, Pastor Ashley speaks to the ways that wisdom calls out to us. That wisdom is seeking us out in order to bless us with Godly principles that can pay dividends in our life.
- Jan 17, 2021Essential: Change
Essential: ChangeIn this powerful word from Pastor Ashley, he discusses the word of Ezekiel 37, and the story of the dry bones in the valley. What looks to be a dry empty valley was soon to be filled with life, but God wasn't going to do it by himself. See he wanted Ezekiel to speak prophetically and believe that God could make the place of desolation, thrive with life again. In our country today, we can not afford to sit idly by and let what we see with our natural eyes limit what God can do, nor can we let it hold back our tongues from speaking life into the situation. God's Spirit is ready for us to take up the word that He has placed in us, and speak it forth, so that we can be the change agents for the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Jan 13, 2021Proverbs Part 1
- Jan 10, 2021Essential: The Sabbath
Essential: The SabbathPerhaps the most overlooked of the Ten Commandments is the commandment to keep the Sabbath holy. The failure of so many Christians to observe the Sabbath may well be the reason our culture is in the shape it is in today. Please listen as Pastor Ashley reminds us of the purpose and need for God's people to obey all of the Ten Commandments.
- Jan 3, 2021Essential
EssentialIn our first sermon of 2021, Pastor Ashley lays out the vision for the year, "Essential". Focusing on the idea that the Word itself will help us adequately define what the word actually means. God says that we are all "Essential" to the work of the Kingdom, and He alone determines our purpose.
- Dec 27, 2020Continue to Create a Place
- Dec 13, 2020Wonderful Counselor
Wonderful CounselorChristmas is about the miraculous birth of our Savior, Jesus the Christ. But it is about so much more for the Christian today. We live in troubled times, but we have a Wonderful Counselor who gives perpetual hope in spite of a world that has seemingly derailed. Listen to Pastor Ashley teach us about the great and Wonderful Counselor that gives us the opportunity to be a light in a dark world.
- Dec 6, 2020Be Encouraged, Do Not Be Dismayed
Be Encouraged, Do Not Be DismayedIn response to last week's message, Be Encouraged, Pastor Ashley continues from John 14 to teach that the way to be encouraged is to refuse to be dismayed. In a world that makes it easy to be dismayed, Christians have just as much reason to be encouraged as we ever has. God is still God, and He is still good. Why should we be dismayed?
