Napoleon Church Of The Nazarene

Pastor Ben teaches from Luke Chapter 15 on the parable of the prodigal son. He makes it a point not just to look at the son who was lost but now found, but to also look at the older brother's response in all of this. Both showing us how we can be either self centered or self righteous, but yet the Father's love is clearly seen in how the father in this parable responds to both his sons.

Pastor Justin Braun teaches from Luke 14 with the parable of the great banquet. We are encouraged to give of ourselves, risk the urgency, and find the presence of God as we continue to be the light and step out in obedience to God's call on our lives.

Pastor Justin Braun continues on in the book of Luke. We are in chapter 12, where Jesus reveals multiple things like, being on your guard against hypocrisy, to fear the Lord above all else, and not worry about your physical circumstances. All in all, revealing to us as the church to rid ourselves of the world's circumstantial view and start living in the spiritual reality.

Pastor Ben teaches from Luke chapter 10 about the Good Samaritan. We are challenged to think about who our neighbors are and how we can show compassion to them even if they are different than us, the same as us, or might have brought hardship onto to themselves. Can we love how Jesus loves?

We have special guest speaker, Dwayne Mills, from Appalachia Reach Out; a work and witness ministry that spreads the gospel and meets the need of one of the most poorest counties in West Virginia. Dwayne shares his heart along with some personal testimonies about how the Lord is at work in this ministry. If you would like more information on how you can partner with ARO, please visit our website https://napnaz.church and click on the Appalachia Reach Out 2023 link located on bottom our home page.

We come back to Luke, teaching through chapter 9, where Jesus asked His disciples, "who do you say I am?" With Peter's response of saying 'He is the Messiah', we are left to search our own hearts; who do we say that Jesus is and does our life reflect what we proclaim? Are we willing to leave behind our own will to pick up our cross and follow Christ, the Messiah?

Pastor Ben continues in the book of Luke, preaching on the Parable of the Sower in chapter 8. He relates the soil to our heart conditions and encourages and challenges us to check our own hearts and then to not forget to pray for those who may not have softened hearts.

Pastor Justin teaches from chapter 7 about the centurion who had great faith. Seeking hearts move us from relying on corrupted hearts to having repentant hearts and experiencing Christ. A great faith is preceded by a repentant heart which only comes from a seeking heart.

Continuing on in the book of Luke, Pastor Ben teaches from Chapter 4; Jesus being tested and tempted in the wilderness. We take a look at the 3 ways Jesus was tempted and how He overcame them. We can take Jesus' example and be empowered by the Holy Spirit as we abide in His truth daily to overcome temptations.

We are studying the Book of Luke in our new series, "Luke- Discovering Our Role". Pastor Justin teaches through Luke Chapter 3 on John the Baptist and his role in calling us to repentance.

We are in the fourth week of Advent; talking about love. Pastor Ben is finishing up Luke 1, preaching on Zechariah's song; a beautiful prophetic response to what the Lord has done and has come to do. Pastor Ben encouraged us that as we reflect on Christ's love for us, would we love others so much to share the gospel with them?

The third week of advent is joy! We have much joy in our hearts through salvation and the anticipated return of our Lord Jesus Christ. Pastor Justin continues to walk us through Luke 1. We learn about Mary's response to God's call on her life. She immediately finds community and encouragement as she faithfully says "YES" to be used by God. What is God calling you to say "yes" to?

In our second week of advent we continue in Luke. Pastor Justin teaches on Mary's response to being the virgin mother of our Lord and Savior. Her open hand to receive the unexpected is an example to us all of how we should live, willing to be used by God in unexpected ways.

It's the season of Advent as Pastor Justin starts off our new series, "Born | The King Has Come". We will be reading in the book of Luke all season long. Justin starts us off with Zechariah and God's timely plans for him and were asked the question, "How should we respond to God in the midst of our limitations, in order to best be used Him?" We learn from Zechariah that bold prayers are big doors for a bountiful God to move in ways that are bigger than our prayers, our expectations, and hopes.

We end our Fundamentals series with the discipline of giving. True Christian giving is inspired by grace, motivated by love, and has blessing as its goal. “Christian giving is an expression and evidence of the indwelling spirit of God.” - Stan Toler Who are you impacting with the gospel by giving?

Pastor Justin teaches on the discipline of fasting. Fasting is a sabbatical from the conveniences of this world that often distract from the treasures of God. We turn to Exodus and Matthew to see the how both Moses and Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights. Out of the fast, they were strengthened from being in the presence of the Lord and able to have victory even before facing trials and temptations.

Pastor Ben teaches on the discipline of rest. Remembering the Sabbath and how God created the Sabbath for us to find rest and peace in His presence; to slow down and truly embrace time with a purpose. “The Sabbath introduces us to the graciousness of God, for it is where we do absolutely nothing and discover that we are deeply loved.” -Daniel Grothe

We welcome one our beloved alum pastors, Pastor Dave Lutz, to preach on the maskil psalms and how we relate and respond through hard circumstances.

This week Pastor Justin teaches on the discipline of community and how much value and life there is when you get connected with a group of believers. He invites 4 of our congregants to share their testimony on how being in community has helped them grow closer to the Lord.

Pastor Ben teaches on the Fundamental Discipline of worship. Worship is not just singing songs to Lord but is compassed in our complete adoration to God. Worship is our lifestyle corporate and in our alone time; it's prayer, it's our time in solitude with God and His word, it's serving others, and most importantly is serving God with an undivided heart. Pastor Ben teaches from Daniel 3 and shows us how worship leads to hope in the midsts of trials.