SERMONS

Weekly Teaching from the Bible

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Faith to Follow the Dream

Stepping out in faith can be risky. Generally speaking, we don’t naturally like doing risky things because we want to preserve what we have. We don’t like taking risks when there’s no guarantee of a return on that risk. We like to play it safe. But life with the Lord isn’t about playing it safe… Life with the Lord is about submitting ourselves to Him, and yielding to His will above our own. Life with the Lord is about saying “Yes!” to Him before we even know what the question is. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

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The Waiting Room

One of the big themes of scripture is providence. Providence is God’s orchestration of history. It’s the idea that He’s directing all events and everyone’s life to a specific end. There’s a pastor I once heard say that “God interacts in history with two hands. The first hand is visible and we see it through miracles: Sarah gives birth in her 90s; Jacob wrestles with an angel; Moses calls down plagues upon Egypt; Jesus and His apostles heal and cast out demons. The other hand is invisible. God sets things into motion behind the scenes.” Many times, in the waiting, God is working behind the scenes… He’s setting things up for the dream to succeed. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

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Dream Killers

Even Joseph faced resistance about his dream, but God still fulfilled his dream. You will face resistance too, but keep dreaming. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

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Dare to Dream

If we’re going to discover the Dreams and plans God has for our life, God has for our families, I believe it’s going to start in those quiet times when you’re just pursuing the Lord because you love Him and not because you want something from Him. Pursuing His heart. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

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Resurrecting the Dream

“The resurrection of Jesus changes the face of death for all His people. Death is no longer a prison, but a passage into God’s presence. Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there. You can nail it to a cross, wrap it in winding sheets and shut it up in a tomb, but it will rise!” - Clarence W. Hall

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I Need Your Living Water

And Jesus says “Anyone who is thirsty… may come to me…” And He’s not talking about literal thirst for a drink of water. He’s talking about your spirit. So what is Jesus actually saying here? He’s saying anyone who is desperate to know your purpose, come to me. Anyone who is struggling, come to me. Anyone who is desperate to know whether there’s something more to this life… Come to me! Anyone who feels like something is missing inside of you… come to me. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

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Is Jesus the Messiah?

When we don’t know the scriptures well enough, we don’t know what to do when things get difficult… When life happens and we don’t know God’s character, we don’t know how to respond and take matters into our own hands. I think we can see that with the Pharisees. They don’t fully understand what the scriptures say about the Messiah, and when Jesus shows up on the scene, they take matters into their own hands. But this is not what God wants for us. There’s much wisdom in seeking Him first. There’s much wisdom in looking to Him and His way first. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

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God’s Refining Power

ut who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years. - Malachi 3:2-4 - Pastor Brandon Byne

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The Power of Money

"Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. - Matthew 6:19-21
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The Limitations of Money

Many people think “If I can just get more money, my problems will go away.” “If I can just get some more money, things will be easier.” “If I can just get more money, I won’t have to worry anymore.” Money can buy you a bed, but it can’t buy you sleep. Money can buy you a quiet vacation, but it can’t buy you peace. Money can buy you medicine, but it can’t buy you health. Money can buy you amusements, but it can’t buy you joy. Money has limitations. My prayer is that we learn not to hold onto and grasp something which cannot save us. Money is great, it has a lot of benefits… But its limitations are so much greater. Money can’t buy you a Savior. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

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The Kingdom without a King

Deep within every person is a longing for righteousness and justice. We want things in the world, at least our little corner of it, to be at peace. We want to eradicate human trafficking, racism, hunger, homelessness, abuse. We long for the day when all people can coexist in a world with no war, violence, murder or hatred. Where everyone is valued as an image-bearer of God and no one is marginalized. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

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Is God O.K. with Oppressing People

The principles inside the Bible are timeless and relevant for any Christ-follower at any point in history. But they were originally written to people who lived thousands of years ago across an ocean. Our instincts and understanding are completely different from the people the scriptures were written to. We can’t take a surface reading of the scriptures and then try to directly apply it because, while the scriptures are for us, they were not written TO us. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

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Christ Follower >>> American

Jesus intended His Kingdom to advance and grow through humility. Jesus intended His Kingdom to advance and grow through peace. Jesus intended His Kingdom to advance and grow through righteousness. And He determines what’s righteous and not us. There are those who see all the negative talk surrounding the idea of Christian Nationalism as persecution. “We’re suffering persecution for God and our country.” But this Christian Nationalism is not righteous, and this is not what Jesus was talking about when He spoke these words. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

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Does the Positive Outweigh the Negative?

Is Christianity Good? So the behaviors and moral values the bible calls a result of having the Holy Spirit in our life is a standard of ethical behavior and moral values for a completely secular entity. The bible has set a standard for human rights unlike any other belief system, entity, or organization ever. So even though there’s a lot of negative, there is so much positive. Christianity, as a religion isn’t perfect because people aren’t perfect. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

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Now is not the right time.

When I look back at all the times I have had to wait, I can see that God’s timing is the best timing and it’s always perfect. From waiting to get married, to when God fulfilled the promise of bringing us here. God has perfect timing; I have seen the hand of God provide the way in the middle of what often looked like a red sea, impossible to part. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

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Are You Also Going to Leave?

Now, am I saying it’s not a big deal when we go through difficult things? No, absolutely not. The things we go through in life matter and God is concerned for us. That’s why The apostle Peter tells us to cast our cares on Him… because He cares for us. But for true disciples, difficult things shouldn’t lead us away from God, because true disciples don’t have a “plan B”. Where else would we go? - Pastor Ryan Martinez

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The Bread of Life

Jesus has been slowly revealing Himself as Messiah through performing miracles, His command of scripture, and His gift of prophecy. And then in John 5, Jesus is having a conversation with the Pharisees and He kicks it up a notch… He not only claims that He’s the Messiah, He makes the claim that He is God. And then after that we read about Jesus proving that no matter the situation, He will provide for His people. Jesus fed arguably close to 20,000 people with 7 loaves of bread and 2 fish. If there are still doubts that Jesus is who He says He is, the evidence is starting to mount. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

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All in for the Target

I dream of a church that looks like and represents the community we serve. I dream of a church filled with black worshipers, white worshipers, Asian worshipers, Latino, Haitian, Brazilian, Hindi, Native American… I dream of a multi-ethnic church because I believe in a multi-ethnic heaven. I want our church to look like Heaven. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

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All In - Heart for the House

Jesus isn’t going to send us out on mission all on our own. He is always with us. He will empower you to make disciples. He will empower you to teach and model what it means to follow Him. It's our mission to reach Milford for Jesus. This isn't replacing our current mission, Hope for all, but will be more of a local vision to help our very own community of Milford. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

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