Wray Nazarene
By Wray Nazarene
Wray NazareneJul 21, 2020
"Eye Exam"
We are in a new series through Pentecost focusing on the words of Jesus to be a blessing to our community in the way of Jesus.
This week we look again at the Parable of the Good Samaritan and discover the difference between "eyes that see" and "eyes that are moved with compassion"
"Ambassador and Neighbor"
We are in a new series through Pentecost focusing on the words of Jesus to be a blessing to our community in the way of Jesus.
This week we are looking closer at the two Greatest Commandments stated by Jesus and how they are not two separate commands rather the first connects the second and the second is not fully possible without the first.
"Go and Do Likewise"
We begin a new series through Pentecost focusing on the words of Jesus to be a blessing to our community in the way of Jesus.
We begin this week looking at the Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan. Are we asking the wrong question? What is Jesus calling us to do?
Abide With Us - "Salvation In Our Midst"
This message continues in a new sermon series for this Lenten season.
During this time, we are invited to draw closer to our Savior as we reflect on our deep need for Him. In this time we are incited and challenged to tackle the tough issues and questions in life.
This week we look at how Zechariah's Advent song gives an important perspective to Jesus' triumphal entry.
Abide With Us - "The Desperate Pursuit"
This message continues in a new sermon series for this Lenten season.
During this time, we are invited to draw closer to our Savior as we reflect on our deep need for Him. In this time we are incited and challenged to tackle the tough issues and questions in life.
This week we look at how points and times of desperation motivate us to action. When it motivates us to pursue Jesus, important things happen in that process.
Abide With Us - "The Good Shepherd"
This message continues in a new sermon series for this Lenten season.
During this time, we are invited to draw closer to our Savior as we reflect on our deep need for Him. In this time we are incited and challenged to tackle the tough issues and questions in life.
This week we look deeper in understanding Jesus as the prophesied Good Shepherd. What does that mean for us today? Does it require a response from us?
Abide With Us - "Sacrificial Worship"
This message continues in a new sermon series for this Lenten season.
During this time, we are invited to draw closer to our Savior as we reflect on our deep need for Him. In this time we are incited and challenged to tackle the tough issues and questions in life.
This week we are challenged by Paul's call to sacrificial worship found in Romans 12
Abide With Us - "Forgiveness"
This message begins in a new sermon series for this Lenten season.
During this time, we are invited to draw closer to our Savior as we reflect on our deep need for Him. In this time we are incited and challenged to tackle the tough issues and questions in life.
This week we look at a portion of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6 and wrestle with forgiveness.
Temptations In The Wilderness
We are in our final week of our sermon series "The Wilderness". In this series we look at how God meets us in the difficult seasons of our lives. Hagar, Moses, David, the people of Israel, John, and Jesus each spent time in the wilderness. Their experiences and encounters with God in the wilderness teach us how to trust God when life gets hard. We serve a God who sees us, hears our cries for help, and provides for our needs in the wildernesses of life.
This week we looked at the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness found in Luke 4:1-15. We discovered the importance of knowing the Word of God, so we can know the character and attributes of God to determine and hold on to the truth of God's word to us.
Life Found In The Wilderness
We are in week five of our sermon series "The Wilderness". In this series we look at how God meets us in the difficult seasons of our lives. Hagar, Moses, David, the people of Israel, John, and Jesus each spent time in the wilderness. Their experiences and encounters with God in the wilderness teach us how to trust God when life gets hard. We serve a God who sees us, hears our cries for help, and provides for our needs in the wildernesses of life.
This week we look at the life of John the Baptist from Mark chapter one and discover how John was called to be the voice of hope in the wilderness. We see how we are invited to the wilderness to discover the true life that can be found there.
Seeking God In The Wilderness
We are in week four of our sermon series "The Wilderness". In this series we look at how God meets us in the difficult seasons of our lives. Hagar, Moses, David, the people of Israel, John, and Jesus each spent time in the wilderness. Their experiences and encounters with God in the wilderness teach us how to trust God when life gets hard. We serve a God who sees us, hears our cries for help, and provides for our needs in the wildernesses of life.
This week we look at the way King David responded to God in his wilderness experience and discover the truths and challenge that Psalm 63 has for us.
Provisions In The Desert
We are in week three of our sermon series "The Wilderness". In this series we look at how God meets us in the difficult seasons of our lives. Hagar, Moses, David, the people of Israel, John, and Jesus each spent time in the wilderness. Their experiences and encounters with God in the wilderness teach us how to trust God when life gets hard. We serve a God who sees us, hears our cries for help, and provides for our needs in the wildernesses of life.
In week three we look at the way God provided and prepared Moses and the Israelites as they were freed from captivity, on their way to become the people of God that he desires.
Purpose In The Wilderness
We are in week two of our sermon series "The Wilderness". In this series we look at how God meets us in the difficult seasons of our lives. Hagar, Moses, David, the people of Israel, John, and Jesus each spent time in the wilderness. Their experiences and encounters with God in the wilderness teach us how to trust God when life gets hard. We serve a God who sees us, hears our cries for help, and provides for our needs in the wildernesses of life.
In week two we look at Moses in Exodus 3 and discover the way God is working in wilderness experience.
The God Who Sees Me
We begin a new sermon series this week called "The Wilderness". We will look at how God meets us in the difficult seasons of our lives. Hagar, Moses, David, the people of Israel, John, and Jesus each spent time in the wilderness. Their experiences and encounters with God in the wilderness teach us how to trust God when life gets hard. We serve a God who sees us, hears our cries for help, and provides for our needs in the wildernesses of life.
In week one we look at the story of Hagar in Genesis 16 and how God demonstrated his love, care, and presence in her wilderness place.
Readiness With Urgency
Our advent series this season is not just looking at the first advent of the birth of Jesus, but taking an opportunity to ready ourselves for the promised second advent.
Matthew 25:1-13
Ready & Watching
We begin our advent series not just looking at the first advent of the birth of Jesus, but taking an opportunity to ready ourselves for the promised second advent.
Matthew 24:36-44
God, The Hope of His People
Welcome to this season of Advent. This week we look at how God is our true and sustaining hope and how he strengthens us in this time of waiting. Our text is Isaiah 40:27-31
A Condition of the Heart
We continue our series in Nehemiah and this week focus on chapter 5. There is a special testimony given by Ray Tucker at the beginning regarding the role church has played in his life. It fits well with the direction of the message this week where we discover that the internal problem Nehemiah is dealing with is really not the problem.
"Be Devoted To Prayer" - Pastor Curt Lapp
Pastor Curt challenges us to to be devoted to prayer to be properly connected to God.
Be Ready (Part 2)
This message is a continuation of the part 1 and we look at how despite the distractions and the oppositions we must keep the main thing the main thing. We also discover that we are called to be ready and be vigilant for the opposition around us.
"Deep" - Pastor Chris Rose
Pastor Chris shares a message from Psalm 77 about allowing our disappointment with God to move us to a deeper relationship with Him.
Be Ready ( Part 1)
This week we look at Nehemiah 4. We discover that opposition is beginning and builds against Nehemiah and the Jews and what their response to it was.
Nehemiah: Rise & Build "Find Your Place"
This week we learn that there is a place for everyone to join in the good work God has called us to.
Nehemiah: Rise & Build "The Response"
In week two of our series we discover that Nehemiah's response to the stirring of God was the right one. We are challenged to follow in similar footsteps to properly respond to the leading of God inner own lives and the life of the church.
Nehemiah: Rise & Build "The Stirring"
We are beginning a new series out of the book of Nehemiah. In week one we see how God stirred Nehemiah's heart and what his response was to the movement of God in his life.
Freedom!
Pastor Chris Rose gives a message on this 4th July about the true freedom that is available to each one of us.
Questions From Jesus - " Do You Want To Get Well?"
In John chapter 5, Jesus encounters a man who has been paralyzed for 38 years and asks him this important question. We discover how this seemingly simple question has great implications for the paralytic and for us today.
Questions From Jesus - "Who Do You Seek?"
We begin a new sermon series - "Questions From Jesus". This series begins in John 20 after the resurrection of Jesus with Mary Magdalene at the tomb where Jesus asks Mary 2 important questions.
Now's The Time...Maybe Tomorrow?
In week 3 of our sermon series, "New Mercies", we look at how procrastination effects our lives. We look at the life of Saul in 1 Samuel 9 and 17 and discover how procrastination affected his relationship with God.
New Mercies: No Pain, No Gain
In part two of our series we discuss the invitation God gives us to change and what should be the motivation for the change in our lives.
New Mercies: What Time Is It?
We begin a new sermon series entitled "New Mercies". This four-week series explores the difficulties of change in the Christian life. Through understanding procrastination, sanctification, and the power of cultivating spiritual habits, we see the life-giving process of change in the Christian life.
This message is titled "What Time Is it?", and comes from the text of Ecclesiastes 3:1-14.
Let Us...362 Days of Opportunity in 2021
Pastor Curt Lapp gives this week message that challenges us in this new year to become the people and the church that God calls us to be.
#43 A Royal New Year
Pastor Chris Rose gives us a challenging message about setting ourselves up to be all God desires us to be going into this new year.
#42 Advent Week 4: Love
This is the final message of our Advent Series. This week's message focuses on how we have to understand God's concept of love to be able to respond to others in love. God's expressed love toward us allows to begin this process. God's expressed love toward us allows us to understand his concept of love, when then compels us to love.
Our scripture passages are Mark 12:28-34 and Mark 15:11-32
Advent Devotional Day 19 - How Do We Live Out Joy In The World?
The Father's joy and desire is for all to come to know him.
Does His joy match your joy? Can you give a reason for the hope you have? Who could you share it with?
The scripture passages for today are:
Matthew 28:19-20
1 Peter 3:15
1 John 4:19
Advent Devotional Day 18
God CHOOSES to work out his purposes and plans THROUGH us…and those plans, his purposes, always involve people.
Our scriptures for today are:
1 Corinthians 13:7
Proverbs 22:6
Exodus 20:12
Philemon 1:7
Romans 13:10
Advent Devotional Day 17 - How Do We Live Out Joy?
Jesus' purpose and mission was to set us free and live in a new identity.
How has Jesus changed you?
How has your identity changed?
Our scripture passages for today are:
Luke 4:18
2 Corinthians 5:17
Romans 15:13
Advent Devotional Day 16 - The Source Of Joy
Throughout the Gospels, Jesus modeled joy for us.
Can you think of some ways that Jesus did that?
What was the source of Jesus' joy?
What is the source of your joy?
Is there something hindering your source of joy today?
Our scriptures for today are:
Hebrews 12:2
Mark 4:19
John 7:38
Advent Devotional Day 15 - Why Joy?
Why is joy so important? What does joy reveal about us to others?
Our scripture passages are:
Philippians 4:4
Psalm 47:1
James 1:2-3
#42 Advent Sermon Series - Joy
Everyone longs for joy that lasts. Jesus brings the joy we need, but we must be willing to come to him to receive it.
But what is joy?
It’s an attitude God’s people adopt, not because of happy circumstances, but because of their hope in God’s love and promise.
The joy of God’s people is not determined by their struggles but by their future destiny.
A copy of the sermon notes can be found here.
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Advent Devotional Day 14 - What is Joy?
What is joy? We often lose our joy...What happens when you run out of Joy?
Our scriptures for today are:
Psalm 105:43
Luke 2:10
Acts 13:52
Romans 15:13
2 Cor. 6:10
Philippians 4:4-7
Advent Devotional Day 13 - A Hindrance To Peace
How are you doing today? Are you full of peace or has busyness taken a hold of your life?
Our scripture passage for today is Luke 10:38-42
Advent Devotional Day 12 - How Do We Take Peace To The World?
Humility helps us to walk with Jesus and share His message of hope and reconciliation.
Scriptures for today are:
Philippians 2:1-11
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Matthew 5:9
Advent Devotional Day 11 - How Do We Live In Peace With Others?
Advent Devotional Day 10 - How Do We Experience Peace?
Today we talk about the things that stand in the way of us experiencing the peace Jesus wants us to have.
Our scriptures for today are:
Luke 7:36-50
Luke 19:1-10
Advent Devotional Day 9 - The Source of Peace
Today we talk about Jesus as our mediator, the bridge between us and God, the one promised through the prophet Isaiah. Jesus as our mediator allows us to experience eternal peace because of His forgiveness.
Our scripture passages are:
Isaiah 9:6
John 14:27
John 16:33
Psalm 32:1-5
Advent Devotional Day 8 - Why Peace?
Why is peace so important? What is God's desire for peace? Does our lives reflect God's peace in us? Our scriptures for today: Romans 14:17Psalm 46:10
#41 Advent Sermon Series - Peace
John’s message prepared people for Jesus’s arrival, which would bring peace.
The world longs for salvation—for the coming of peace, when all is made right in our lives and in the world. During Advent, we are called again to bring the foretaste of the Prince of Peace’s salvation into our areas of influence.
This week we are challenged to engage in the pathway to peace, participate in the work of peace and lastly, live in peace. Our passage this week comes from Luke 3:1-7
Advent Devotional - Day 7
Here is the advent devotional for day 7. On Sunday we focused on the theme of peace and our devotionals this week will continue our focus on peace. I'm praying you are encouraged! -PB
Scripture passages for today are:
Genesis 1:31
Psalm 4:8
Psalm 34:14
Matthew 8:23-27
Advent Devotional - Day 3
In today's devotional, we talk about the source for our hope. We discover how our earthly hope differs from the hope we have in God.
Our scripture passages come from Romans 8:28-31 and Lamentations 3:19-26