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Woman of Wisdom | Pastor John Eaton | Mother’s Day 2024 | 5/12/24

Your life, up to now, if you have lived, really lived; if you have tried, really tried; if you have given yourself a chance to go after something that is difficult; your life has had trouble, upsetting, painful and sometimes even disturbing experiences.
The Bible is full of stories about women, some great women, and some not so great women. There were so many things for the women in the Bible to overcome. I hope you are reading about them to be encouraged and strengthened.

Happy Birthday Church! | Pastor John Eaton | The Acts of the Apostles | 5/5/24

When Jesus left, He confirmed that the promise His Father had made would come to them, that He would send the Holy Spirit to comfort and empower His people. 
God’s ways are so huge, we can’t even begin to wrap our heads around what He has done.

Praying Like Jesus | Guest Speaker Harvey Neatherlin | 4/28/24

Have you ever thought about your prayer life? Have you ever examined it and wished that you could be better at communicating with God? Have you ever just felt like there were times when your prayers were just hitting the ceiling and bouncing right back down? What if we could just learn to pray like Jesus?

Which Way, God? | Pastor John Eaton | The Acts of the Apostles | 4/21/24

God’s direction in your life: do you really want it? If God were to come and take over your life and live it out exactly the way He wants to, what would that look like?

What changes would He make? What decisions would He make?

Give yourself over to ACTS OF GOD | Pastor John Eaton | The Acts of the Apostles | 4/14/24

God is looking for people who will take risk.
God is looking for people who won’t just read about adventure, but live one.
God is looking for people who will take what He gave them and invest it. Do something with it. Your talent. Your money. Your love. Your very breath! He’s not looking for “play-it-safe” people. 

Being True | Pastor John Eaton | Faithfully | 4/7/24

Being True in this context has to do with being dedicated, constant, loyal, devoted, no matter what happens.
There are two times your Trueness gets tested in your faith: 
1. When things are bad. 
2. When things finally go your way.
We talk a lot about what we do when things go bad. When things do finally go your way, BE TRUE. 

It’s Because He is Good - Easter 2024 | Pastor John Eaton | 3/31/24

Our culture is continually telling us that we must find ways to feel like we deserve, to feel like we are great and powerful. 
The truth is, you can survive a self-help seminar, you can survive walking on hot coals, being boiled alive, and walk out of that seminar weekend feeling like you are the most powerful person in the world, ready to grab life by the tail and tell it where to go, but suddenly you simply fall and your leg is severely broken and you are in bed for 6 months. 
God teaches us something completely different when it comes to the path to power in our lives. 
What God offers is so much more powerful, so much more freeing, so much more sane.

Drag Your Feet | Pastor John Eaton | 3/24/24

There are times in your relationships that you don’t need to run, you don’t need to jog, you don’t even need to walk, you need to Drag Your Feet.
Jesus riding into town on a donkey is one of the funniest stories in the history of mankind.
He wasn’t coming to rule. He was coming to relate.
Jesus wasn’t coming to look powerful. Instead, He used His power to heal people, to help people. He could have used His power and authority for so many other things. Instead, He helped people with their problems and needs.

Be Firm | Pastor John Eaton | Faithfully | 3/17/24

Being firm, resolved, set, made-up in your mind, makes you faithful.
What’s interesting about faithfulness is that What God says about faithfulness is so different than what we have embraced as a culture. Our culture is so bent on letting our feelings guide us when it comes to love and faithfulness.
o We are so afraid something better is going to come along.
o We have been trained in so many ways to think in terms of buyers remorse, that every commitment we make could have been better.
o And our decision to be faithful is so connected to how we feel.
God is looking for people who are FIRM IN THEIR FAITH.

The Blessing | Guest Speaker Harvey Neatherlin | 3/10/24

How many of you came to church today hoping to receive a blessing? 
In my 48 years of ministry, I’ve found that almost everyone in attendance came hoping to receive a blessing from God! Now, if you are one of those people, I have some good news for you. God wants to bless you! But, some of you need to understand a little more about blessings The Hebrew language uses the word BARUCH to mean BLESSING. Notably it’s a word that means to INCREASE. 
So, when you and I ask God for a blessing we are saying, “God, increase us”. We want to receive more of You and we want to give more of You.