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Word Became Flesh, Part 3 - Grace and Truth
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 17 Dec, 2017
The Word became flesh. The Lord is the Word in flesh and His presence brings grace and truth. Grace is the Lord's gift to us of His spiritual blessings. If the Lord extends us grace, we ought to extend the same grace to others. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Word Became Flesh, Part 2 - Receiving the Light
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 10 Dec, 2017
John was sent to bear witness of the light. Bearing witness of the light is a matter of ideas and of life. This preparation is for the coming of the light, and the question is do we receive that light? If we can receive that light, we will be born as children of God. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Word Became Flesh, Part 1 - In the Beginning
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 3 Dec, 2017
The Lord as to the Word or Divine Truth descended and became flesh. His coming brings us light and overcomes the darkness. If our deeds are good we respond to and seek the light, and it is the light which produces in us a new life and good deeds. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Forgiveness, Part 2 - Forgiven
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 12 Nov, 2017
The Lord teaches us to forgive by reflecting on our relationship with Him and what He has given us. Our duty to forgive flows from that forgiveness, but our reception of His forgiveness depends or our response to Him in our relationship with others. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Forgiveness, Part 1 - Am I in the Place of God?
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 5 Nov, 2017
Joseph provides a model of forgiveness. He experiences so much pain caused by his brothers, and in the end he forgives them with the words, “Am I in the place of god?”. Our ability to forgive grows when we trust God to lead in the lives of others. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 5 - Inherit Eternal Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 29 Oct, 2017
The Lord Jesus Christ calls us to share His goals for our life—His precepts. Obeying the Ten Commandments as God's precepts for our life and fleeing violations of those precepts as sins against Him is the path to new life and healing from the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 4 - Honor Your Father And Mother
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 22 Oct, 2017
The Lord commands us to honor our father and mother. The reason for this is the family is the basis of community—economic, political, and religious. From a religious perspective the care of children has been delegated specifically to the family, not to the church. The application of this begins with honoring our parents. Task: Write a tribute to your parents and either frame it and give it to them or give it to other family members. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 2 - Holy Be Your Name
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 8 Oct, 2017
The language we use is an expression of our heart and beliefs. The Second Commandment teaches us that we should be intentional about how we use the name of Jehovah so that we can keep his name holy and have access to Divine Power. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 1 - Worship the True God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 1 Oct, 2017
Worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ is the first and foremost commandment for the Christian Church. We may not build physical idols, but we craft idols every time we separate the Divinity and Humanity, principle from specific application. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Happiness, Part 4 - Happiness and Relationships
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 24 Sep, 2017
True happiness comes from love, and love is to feel the joy in another as joy in ourselves. And because we are emotionally interconnected we either contribute to happiness of others by loving them, or destroy it by loving a selfish delight. With the Lord's help we can become truly loving which means we are happy and a source of happiness for others. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Happiness, Part 3 - Attitudes that Improve Happiness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 17 Sep, 2017
There are two attitudes that combine to form the basis of all deeper happiness. Happiness takes work, and happiness comes from trusting in the Lord. Holding these two attitudes in balance is the key to lasting happiness. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Happiness, Part 2 - 3 Ways We Undermine Happiness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 10 Sep, 2017
Three ways we undermine our happiness: 1) we pursue false gods, 2) we focus on unhappiness, 3) we focus on happiness. The first step in any spiritual growth process is to clear the field of mistakes so the Lord can work, and in this case give us happiness. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Happiness, Part 1 - Happiness Is a Choice
Worship Service: Informal Family - 3 Sep, 2017
We often think of happiness a matter of achievement and circumstances, but the Lord teaches us that happiness has a significant component of life choices and attitude. Some kinds of happiness are like chaff and some are like roots. A challenge to you this week is to pay attention to the kinds of happiness you are choosing. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Jonah, Part 4 - Right to be Angry?
Worship Service: Informal Family - 27 Aug, 2017
The Lord asks us to look at the source and value of our anger. It is not wrong to be angry, but there are different kinds of anger and we are responsible to evaluate our anger and act appropriately. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Bible Study - Anger
Class - 27 Aug, 2017
What does the Bible teach about anger? | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Jonah, Part 3 - Turn from the Evil Way
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 20 Aug, 2017
The sends Jonah to warn Nineveh that they are headed for destruction and they turn from their way. If we are to live a fulfilling spiritual life, we have to be sensitive to the Lord's teaching and warnings and turn from our way to His way. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Jonah, Part 2 - Miracle of Change
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 13 Aug, 2017
The Lord has the power to perform miracles, but miracles without inner faith do not help us. If we believe in the Word and the miracles performed there, we can develop an inner faith which the Lord can use to do the most important miracles, change our hearts and minds. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Jonah, Part 1 - Fleeing God
Worship Service: Informal Family - 6 Aug, 2017
Our disobedience to the Lord is a source of trouble in our life that endangers others, and the Lord can bring good out of it. We can recognize when we are fleeing the Lord and turn back to Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Coming In the Clouds
Worship Service: Informal Family - 30 Jul, 2017
The Lord's 2nd Coming will be in the clouds of Scripture. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Process of New Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 23 Jul, 2017
The Lord calls us into a spiritual process of becoming mature. This process is compared to the from of birth, from conception to adult maturity. This process is called being born again because we leave behind an old life and take on a new one. This process is described by the days of creation, but we cannot know in detail where we are while in this world. The whole process is something the Lord does, when we learn and live His truth. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Water Became Wine
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 16 Jul, 2017
The Lord's first miracle of turning water into wine at a marriage celebration in Cana provides a picture of why the Lord came. He came to celebrate a marriage of good and truth in us, a marriage of the Lord and the church, and the demonstrate the blessings that flow from that marriage. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Between Us and Sin
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 9 Jul, 2017
The Lord stands between people and sin. We are the church when we let him do that for us and when we do that for other people. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Our Country, Our Neighbor
Worship Service: Informal Family - 2 Jul, 2017
To love the country more than ourselves is a great good. We love all of those communities within a country when we love and sacrifice for our country. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
What I Love about the New Church
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 18 Jun, 2017
What I love about the New Church is the change the Lord can bring to your life if you are willing to follow Him. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Walls and Gates
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 11 Jun, 2017
The Lord spends a lot of time describing the walls of the Holy City New Jerusalem. The walls are the boundaries that protect us and the gates are what brings us into heavenly life. We need both boundaries and access to live a heavenly life. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA