New Beginnings Church
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161 episodes
KING DAVID (pt. 4)
It’s one thing to bring God’s presence into our city (lives), but it’s another thing entirely to His presence change how we actually behave (live)It’s easier to judge those who are “all in”, than to get in the street and join the celebra...
KING DAVID (pt. 3)
Faith builds integrity. Integrity is choosing the harder right over the easier wrong when God is our only witness. (when no one else is looking)Integrity resists the temptation and pressure of an “easy exit.”Integrity responds to ...
KING DAVID (pt. 2)
Assurance begins when we ask the right questions… Assurance begins when we stop measuring the giant and start measuring the giant against the Lord.Assurance begins when we identify the lions and bears God helped defeat in the past and kn...
KING DAVID (pt. 1)
1. Beware the SurfaceHumans look at the outward, but God looks at the heart.2. Power of the PastureBeing faithful in the pasture is only half the story; the real change happens when God’s selection becomes reality.<...
NO GRAVE
What if Jesus had never risen from the dead?Friends, the reason for hope and joy is because our Christ is risen! There is no grave that can hold Jesus; through grace, there is no sin which can hold us.
Called to the Cross (pt. 5)
If you were to make a time chart of your typical day, who/what would be at the center of your day? We find ourselves being pulled in so many directions, which might cause us to not feel God’s presence. W...
Called to the Cross (pt. 4)
Being called to the cross is to be called into solitude with Christ.If the Son of God needed to step away from the busyness and people to be with His Father, why do we think we can survive any other way?Why is it ...
Called to the Cross (pt. 3)
Remain (Abide)To be with Jesus, to learn from Him, to live like Him.When we break away from the vine, we may be able to survive in the short term, but not eternally. We must intentionally practi...
Called to the Cross (pt. 2)
Sin and darkness overshadow our lives, and it can leave us brokenThe journey to the cross can feel dark, but that is because we are living in the dark. The good news is that there is freedom in the Light… freedom in Jesus.<...
Called to the Cross (pt. 1)
We have the Good Shepherd who loves, saves, leads, and calls us by nameJohn 10:18 “No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.”“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might b...
The Prodigal (pt. 3)
How might you describe the father’s love to sons?Is. 49:15-16 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you. 16 Look, I have inscribed y...
The Prodigal (pt. 2)
Identifying with the eldest son is difficult for us to face.“Returning from a lustful escapade seems so much easier than returning home from a cold anger that has rooted itself in the deepest corners of my being.”...
The Prodigal (pt. 1)
The story of the Prodigal is all humanity returning to God through Jesus.Distant land/country - Wasted - Rock bottomWhen have you hit rock bottom?To be redeemed means you are coming back from somethi...
I'll Do It Tomorrow (part 2)
Our life in Jesus is about being changed to reflect Jesus, to grow in love..Oftentimes, our faith is fed with fast food.John 17:19 (NRSV) “And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in...
I'll Do It Tomorrow (part 1)
Change is a part of life, and it will either bring us closer to or further from God. When do we procrastinate the most? CHANGE New life in Jesus breeds new spiritual habits through which we can see ...
Brought to the Light (LOVE)
GOD MOVES FIRSTJohn 15:16 “You did not choose me, but I chose you”1 John 4:19 “We love because he first loved us.”John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that ...
Brought to the Light (JOY)
Joy drives us toward one anotherOur true joy will point towards God as well as what He is doing or will be doingOur joy reminds us of the bigger pictureWhat is your joy rooted in? ...
Brought to the Light (PEACE)
Mother Teresa - “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”Ronald Reagan - “Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”Jewish pe...
Brought to the Light (HOPE)
We can cloud hope with wishful thinking. HOPE is confident expectation, it is security in knowing, it is expecting an awaited outcome.Holiness and Faithfulness do not protect us from disappointment or even suffering. Unmet longings can b...
IT IS POSSIBLE
WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH GOD? WE CAN ENDURE HARDSHIP AND BECOME RIGHTEOUS WE CAN EXPERIENCE SALVATION AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WE CAN BELIEVE IN GOD AND OVERCOME OUR UNBELIEF HOW CAN WE ...
HOPE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HOPE IN GOD? WE ARE ENCOURAGED AND WORSHIP HIM WE ARE QUIET AND WAIT ON HIM WE DEPEND ON GOD AND BELIEVE IN HIM WE FEAR GOD AND LOVE HIM HOW CAN WE LIVE WITH HOP...
NEW BEGINNINGS
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE NEW LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST? WE ARE CONTROLLED BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST WE ARE DEAD TO OUR OLD LIVES AND ALIVE TO CHRIST WE ARE NO LONGER EVALUATING OTHERS BECAUSE OF CHRIST ...