Join Pastor Erik and his guest, Bishop Ryan Mackey, for the final episode in our series on Prayer. They discuss their personal prayer lives and ways to deepen prayer.
Pastor Ben continues our sermon series, The Greatest Stories Ever Told, with a sermon on Luke 14:7-14 and a parable about party.
Luke 14:7-14
7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; 9 and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give this person your place,’ and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. 11 For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” 12 He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. 14 And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Pastor Ben and Pastor Erik continue their series, Lent Prayer, with a conversation about deepening our prayer lives.
Pastor Ben continues our sermon series, Greatest Stories ever Told, with a sermon about small things and big things.
Text: Matthew 13:31-32
31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
Pastor Ben and Pastor Erik are joined by Pastor Jason and Pastor Myles from Harvest Time Bible Church as they discuss their church's response to the COVID-19 crisis and how to love each other well during this time.
Pastor Ben continues our sermon series, Greatest Stories Ever Told, with a parable about salt, light, and their purpose.
Text: Matthew 5:13-16
13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15 No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
Pastor Ben, Pastor Erik, and Pastor Phil discuss how to learn to pray and what to expect from prayer.
Pastor Erik continues our teaching on the Lord's Prayer, looking at the second and third parts: Your kingdom come, Your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven.
Text: Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Pastor Ben continues our series, Greatest Stories Ever Told, with a teaching on the man who made bigger barns.
Text: Luke 12:13-21
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” 16 Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17 And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ 18 Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”
Pastor Ben and Pastor Erik continue their discussion on the Biblical foundation for prayer.
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