Right Handed vs Left Handed Power

Parables are a crucial part of the teachings of Jesus, but they were often very difficult to understand. Regularly, Jesus would teach crowds and people would walk away wildly confused, and perhaps frustrated and discouraged. = Pastor Ryan Martinez

Called to Serve the Lost

What if you really could rescue people from the Kingdom of Darkness by showing them the Heavenly Father through your acts of service? You and I are called to servanthood. It’s in our DNA, it’s who we are. You want to see your family thrive? Serve. Become the least. You want to see the church grow? Serve. Become the last. You want to see lost people come to find hope in Jesus? Serve. Make yourself the lowest; because serving reveals the Father to the Orphan. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Called to Serve the Ministry

What does it look like to be equipped to do the works of the ministry of the Church? Love is the most effective way to spread the Gospel. Loving people shows the Good News and meets the need first. Knowing what the Word of God means we can clearly communicate the Gospel; Know God – Make Him Known. We can all love and serve, we all have a role to perform. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Called to Serve My Family

Think about what it would be like if we took this calling to serve our family seriously. What could God do in our families if we made the choice to make our families our first ministry? If we start taking the call to serve our family seriously I believe it will knit your family closer together. Instead of struggling just to hold the family together, you could actually thrive and grow as a family. Instead of each member of the family looking out for themselves each of you is looking to the interest of everyone else in the family. And when that happens, when each member is trying to serve everyone else, everyone’s needs are met and no one is being selfish about it. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Nehemiah

We all experience difficult times, but you need to realize just how much you can accomplish when you faithfully and prayerfully align yourself with God’s will and plan. Be encouraged as God uses all manner of people to do a multitude of work to build His Kingdom. - Pastor Brandon Pyne

About Love

Two Questions Jesus Answered About Love: What are the greatest commandments in the law? “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” as well as “…Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” How do you think Church history would have played out if New Testament believers had taken those two commandments to heart? What about you? - Pastor Richard Parks

The Lord’s Prayer

Biblical forgiveness is defined as the process of forgiving and letting go of the sin done to you. Forgiveness includes, forgiving everyone, every time, of everything, as an act of obedience and gratefulness to God. It acknowledges the sacrifice God made through His Son Jesus Christ who died to restore the relationship between God and man. - Bryne McDowell

Called to Serve

What if your gratefulness to the Lord really could manifest itself in service to Him for advancing His Kingdom? What if you could truly express gratitude without using words but instead by serving others? Then, every chance to serve wouldn’t be an occasion for you to sacrifice or do manual labor, but it would be an opportunity to say “Thank You” to the living God who made you part of His family. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Come On Back Home

Have you lost your way or lost your focus? Perhaps you've been distracted or are finding the life you are living doesn't have meaning? The good news is God still loves you and the best way to find yourself is to come home to God. - Pastor Jason Pilgrim

Trials and Temptations

You can kick and scream and shake your fist at God and refuse the process that He might be taking you through – or you can understand that trials will come, you can count it all joy, and you can trust that God has a plan and is a good God. - Pastor Eric Spanier

Grateful for Salvation

A lot of times our lives, in our Christian walk, we begin to get so ahead that when it comes to thinking we are in His kingdom, that we are not going back to pull others to join us. - Pastor Miguel Alban

It’s About Time

“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” - Mark 1:15
- Pastor Chris Lockemy

Life Lessons of War

Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war film that focuses on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who, as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, refused to carry or use a firearm or weapon of any kind. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for service above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Okinawa.In short, it’s the story of a man who loves God first, and wants to honor him with his life in one of the most unforgiving circumstances. War.Have you ever been in a situation like that? Maybe not war, but something so difficult you didn’t know how you could possibly get through it and honor God at the same time? - Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Apostle Paul’s Valediction Part 4

Paul warned the Romans, he warned Timothy, he warned another one of his protégés Titus to watch out for these kinds of people. There always have been these kinds of people, and there always will be these kinds of people. This is why it’s so important that you and I become students of the Word of God. This is another reason we must know what it says. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Apostle Paul’s Valediction Part 3

God said this to his people who were in exile in a country far away from their own. And the prosperity He’s talking about isn’t physical. It’s not material, it’s not financial… It’s completely spiritual prosperity in which no matter the circumstances, God remains their rock, their king, their guide. That’s the kind of prosperity Paul is talking about. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Apostle Paul’s Valediction Part 2

God has uniquely gifted you to minister in your own sphere of influence. You’re an introvert? Great! God is still calling you and gifting you to minister. You’re a super extrovert? Awesome! God is calling you and gifting you to minister. Do you really like praying? God has gifted you to minister. You like hosting people and making them feel like they’re family? Amazing! God has gifted you to minister. Understanding the spiritual gifts God has given you will help you understand the calling He’s placed on you. – Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Apostle Paul’s Valediction Part 1

Could you imagine how different everything would be if we made the decision to not just serve, but to live a life of servant-hood? Everything would be completely different. We would quickly begin to look more and more like Jesus. There are many who believe that they could never be like Jesus… Start living a life of servant-hood and you’ll see how much like Jesus you can actually be. Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Stumbling Block Principle

If there’s anything in my life that can cause you to stumble and fall away from the Lord, I shouldn’t do it. If there’s anything in your life that can cause someone else to stumble in their faith and fall away from the Lord, you shouldn’t do it. And this is what I want to talk about today. The Stumbling Block Principle. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

When Grace Met Truth

If you want to know what Jesus meant when Jesus said “Love one another” watch how Jesus loved. There it is. Grace and Truth and that’s messy. It’s inconsistent. It’s unfair. It’s confusing. But it’s life-giving and it points to our Heavenly Father. This is difficult and we just don’t know what to do with the tension sometimes but we dare not let go of either. Because the church is to be the dispenser of both. So let’s be a church of Grace, let’s be a church of truth, and let’s pray that God will continue to help us manage the tension of this so that every person from every walk of life will know the Glory of God. Remember God says “You have sinned! And I have paid for it. And I don’t condemn you… and I love you. And if you can’t see this by reading words on a page, you’ll be able to see it when you look at my bride… The Church.” - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Showing Up

God didn’t strategically move me here… My job moved me here. If it wasn’t for the Air Force, I would be somewhere else completely.” If my company hadn’t of relocated me because I got a promotion, I would have never thought to come to Delaware. Or you could possibly come at it from the other angle… “Pastor Ryan, I was born here. My Parents were born here… My grandparents lived here there entire lives. God didn’t strategically place me here, We just never moved!” And Jesus is saying no. It may seem random to you, but you are a strategically placed light. You are exactly where I want you to be. - Pastor Ryan Martinez