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Will of God, Part 3 - Marriage, Children, Service
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 4 Mar, 2018
The Lord teaches us that His will and care prioritizes marriage, children, and society in that order. If we wish to follow the will of the Lord, we should develop these as the ordered priorities for our life and find ways to pursue and support these priorities in the people around us. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Will of God, Part 2 - Abide in Life
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 25 Feb, 2018
The Lord teaches us to abide in Him as the source of life. It is the Lord's will that we love Him and love others. If we abide in this love, we will want what is good and therefore whatever we want can be brought to being. The way to get there is to unplug from our will and plug into the Lord's will. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Will of God, Part 1 - Why We Need to Seek the Will of God
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 18 Feb, 2018
What is God's will for you? This is a central question for our spiritual lives. We can listen to false messages about what that is. But if we really want to know and pursue God's will for us, we must become discipline students of the Lord Jesus Christ—we must become disciples. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 10 - Desires
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 11 Feb, 2018
The commandments against coveting will take you deeper and change you more, especially as you apply it to the other commandment. It can build your relationship with the Lord because it is about desires. To have our desires changed, we must fight against them because they sin or lead to sin against the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 9 - True Witness
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 4 Feb, 2018
Getting a true perspective on life depends entirely on what witnesses you believe. We are commanded to not bear false witness against our neighbor so that truth and justice can prevail for others. We also must seek the truth and trust the witness of the Lord, which happens as we flee from false witness of every kind. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 8 - Honesty Vs Fraud
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 28 Jan, 2018
The Lord commands us not to steal. Stealing is more than taking others belongings, but includes all the ways we defraud others. When we choose to banish fraud from our lives, we become honest and sincere. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 7 - Fundamental Loves
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 21 Jan, 2018
The Lord offers us good boundaries which enable us to receive his greatest blessing in true married love. We face stiff cultural challenge and wrestle with our own nature. The Lord can lead us to love Him, His Word, and to help the world while also promising us the blessings of the greatest eternal joys and delights. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Ten Commandments, Part 6 - Murder vs Charity
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 14 Jan, 2018
The Lord's commandment against murder provides boundaries against hurting another's body, reputation, and soul. If we follow flee from hurting people in this way, the Lord will lead us into loving our neighbor. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Word Became Flesh, Part 5 - Come and See
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 7 Jan, 2018
If we invite others to come and see the Lord, He will speak to their hearts and bring them into real, saving faith | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Word Became Flesh, Part 4 - Preferred Before Me
Worship Service: Childrens Talk & Adult Sermon - 31 Dec, 2017
John had the humility to teach others that the Lord was preferred before Him. The Gospel of John sets out 3 days which are the transition from John to the Lord. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
Excitement Before the Game
Worship Service: Informal Family - 24 Dec, 2017
All things have a process-a beginning, middle, and end. The Lord's coming is the earliest part of the process, His coming is like the excitement of the time before the game begins. | By Rev. Derrick Lumsden , Sarver, PA
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