How-to Messages - Practical Steps

To bring hope to a world struggling with hopelessness, our own hope must be strong and abounding. Through pursuing God as the God of hope, believing the truth of the Gospel and dealing with all our "hope robbers", our own hope is made stronger by the power and person of the Holy Spirit, as we allow Him to fill us often.

In life's most difficult seasons, we can have undying hope. This sermon shares several keys to having strong Gospel based hope that is not built on temporal things.

In a world wrestling with hopelessness, as believers in the Gospel, we are able to to be ready to give strong reasons for the hope that is in us. Our hope is firmly established on what God has already done for us; it is empowered by what He is doing in us and it continues to be inspired by His love and His Holy Spirit.

The purpose of this encouraging teaching is to equip the hearers to hope wholeheartedly - like never before - and to bring the hope of the Gospel to a hopeless world. Following the example of Abraham, we are to be people of hope, even though many things at times may seem hopeless.

In our day of decaying families thoughtout the world, the Word of God brings clarity to the answers needed by us all; if we are to make our families, churches and nations stronger. This insightful teaching will encourage the hearer to help disciple the next generation and in so doing, bring badly needed change to our culture..

After demonstrating His amazing love during the Last Supper, Christ tells His disciples to love one another just as He had loved them. In this short discourse - from the story of that event according to JOHN 13 - the truth is delclared about loving like Jesus; with twelve important things to always or never do.

As Paul begins the closing of this letter, he shares some vital points that are important for having peaceful relationships as well as peace of mind.

In verse 1 of PHILIPPIANS 4, Paul refers back to what he has just written as key to standing strong as God's beloved.

Writing under the shadow of his potential death, Paul's example encourges us to see death as something better than life and living as something for the sake of others.

Learning from Paul the apostle, Pastor Alan compares some of the shadows of impending doom that he was facing with our challenges to living the Christian life in the 21st century.

Pastor Alan boldly declares the reality of envy and how to be free from the pain and damage that it causes so many.

Concluding our Tough Questions Series, Pastor Alan declares how we should be equipped to answer this question, "How can you believe in the resurrection?"

Drawing 10 lessons from Christ's overcoming of the devil's temptations, Pastor Alan declares the ways we can all fend the attacks of our enemy.

Speaking from his heart, Pastor Alan shares 10 solid reasons why he believes the Bible is true. Seeking to answer an important question about the inspiration of the Scriptures, he leaves the hearer with his own question, "How do you know the Bible is not true?"

This sermon involves the problems and solutions for overcoming the fear of what people might or might not think. Gaining victory over this malady involves our remembering that people are mortals, i. e. they are fallible and are going die, while our God is eternal and infallible. He is the only one to be feared and yet we know that He values us highly.

While troubles may often double up on us, the blessing of God can more than double any needed reparation. He is able to do abundantly and exceedingly much more than we could ask, think or imagine. What is required on our part is the willingness to give God time and faith.

When facing disappointment we must not lose sight of the fact that we have all been predestined to be conformed to the image of Jesus. It is this fact that takes priority over our own personal comfort in the mind of Almighty God and helps us to take heart when we would be discouraged otherwise.

With communication technology providing us with so many new ways to hear bad news, we need to be encouraged with good news from God's Word. In this teaching, 5 keys are communicated that are essential for victory in perilous times.

The Armor of God is given to all believers for the purpose of standing against the schemings of the enemy of our souls. In this important teaching you will hear about 7 things we are to stand against and 2 things to stand for, which are vital to our walking in spiritual victory during these perious times.

In times like these, when everything is shaking, God's invisible and unshakable Kingdom is revealed through the lives of His people who know how to stand strong in shaky times.