Taking a new look at the Parable of the ‘Talents’. The Master gave His resources, His bag of talents, to each servant according to each one’s ability. What does that mean? God is looking at what we are doing already to serve Him with what He has given us in the past. It’s not about…

When Jesus entered Jerusalem surrounded by cheers and adulation, the crowd shouting ‘Crucify Him!’ ; He could see the cross before Him. And He saw glory set before Him. What glory? His mind saw us with Him. He could see His good work working in those who believed in Him. He could look beyond to…

God’s work in prayer is enabling us, empowering us to the faith that our words are part of God’s work on earth. He gives the confidence. He has the authority to do this in our lives.  The calling to all of us is exactly the same: to partner with Him in our prayers. He invites…

(sermon begins 27:00) Asking or claiming in prayer? Both. There is a waiting time as we move from asking to being bold of assurance when we pray. Amen–So Be It!  Going from be uncertain to have complete confidence with our requests is part of discovering God’s faithfulness with our prayers. Faith is the turning point.…

Jesus promised us time and time again–if you ask you will receive. So why don’t we believe Him? Asking in prayer requires deep conviction in faith that God will do what we ask. We are partners with Him when we pray. Abraham hoped against hope and did not doubt. God strengthened his faith. It is…

(this video shares the full worship service) Romans 4: 18-    We need to have a deeply- held conviction that our words in prayer have power. If we don’t believe, doubts will creep in; and our goals of loving the world and bringing the lost to freedom in the Lord will be thwarted. Our prayers…

We are not seeing our role in the causation of what happens when we pray. Do we speak believing something is actually happening? Jesus’ last teaching to His disciples gave us two promises: Ask for anything in my name. Anything. You can directly ask the Father who want to give you joy. Your Father wants…

Sometimes God’s will is not done because we don’t partner with Him. We do it our way. We don’t listen so we don’t obey. God’s goal is always to find the lost and bring them to Him in true love and fellowship. He invites us to partner with Him to do His work. Prayer is…

How do we, as Christians, look at others? How does the Lord want us to see those who haven’t found the glorious freedom in Christ? We are focused often on their sin. Love will help us see them as lost. In need of being found. We must reframe how we look out at people. See…

(this video shares the full worship time; Pastor Doug’s message begins at 33:15) God’s pre-Creation plan was to create people who would be like Him, love like Him. Our role is to choose to imitate Him. When we choose to act on His promptings to love. We choose to declare, display, and act on this…