20140427 The Master Key

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Bishop Bill McFarland

Please open your Bible and follow along.

Verses referenced in this teaching:

Posted in Bishop Bill's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20140420 Easter Sunday

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Pastor Matt McFarland

Please open your Bible and follow along.

The verses referenced in this teaching are:

Posted in Pastor Matt's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20140413 The Power to Change the World

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Pastor Matt McFarland

Please open your Bible and follow along.

The verses referenced in this teaching are:

Posted in Pastor Matt's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20140406 We Should Make Merry

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Pastor Matt McFarland

Please open your Bible and follow along.

The verses referenced in this teaching are:

Luke 15:11-32  11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:  12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.  13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.  14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.  15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.  16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.  17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!  18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,  19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.  20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.  21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.  22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:  23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:  24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.  25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.  26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.  27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.  28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.  29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:  30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.  31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.  32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

We don’t need to wait until we hit ‘rock bottom’ to return to God.  We expect to be rejected, but when we fall out of fellowship, God rejoices at our return.

Ephesians 2:1-2  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;  2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

God cherishes our relationship with Him, more than our ‘good works’.

Luke 15:1-10  Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.  2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.  3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,  4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?  5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.  6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.  7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.  8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?  9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.  10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Posted in Pastor Matt's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20140330 The Joy of the Lord

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Pastor Matt McFarland

Please open your Bible and follow along.

The verses referenced in this teaching are:

Habakkuk 3:17-19  17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:  18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.  19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.

Philippians 4:4  4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

James 1:2-4 (NLT)  2 Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.  3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.   4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

Habakkuk 3:18-19  18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.  19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.

Nehemiah 8:10  10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Posted in Pastor Matt's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20140323 Perseverance

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Pastor Matt McFarland

Please open your Bible and follow along.

The verses referenced in this teaching are:

Numbers 11:13-16  13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.  14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.  15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.  16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

Joshua 7:7  7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!

Job 3:3  3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Acts 18:4-10  4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.  5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.  6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.  7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.  8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.  9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:  10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

Hebrews 13:5  5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Psalms 23:4  4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Judges 6:11-14 & 15-17  11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.  12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.  13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.  14 And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?  15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.  16 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.  17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

Luke 8:51-55  51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.  52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.  53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.  54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.  55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

Romans 4:17  17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Posted in Pastor Matt's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20140309 Being Confident

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Bishop Bill McFarland

Please open your Bible and follow along.

Verses referenced in this teaching:

Posted in Bishop Bill's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20140316 The Extra Mile

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, March, 16 2014

Pastor Matt McFarland

This is the 1st recording in the newly remodeled sanctuary.  Please bear with us as we work to bring you the best viewing and listening experience possible.

Please open your Bible and follow along.

Verses referenced in this teaching:

Matthew 5:38-44  38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:  39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.  40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.  41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.  42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.  43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.  44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Luke 6:27-29  27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,  28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.  29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.

Romans 12:1-2 & 5  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 
5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

1 Corinthians 12:12  12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

Luke 19:2 & 7  2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.  7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

Posted in Pastor Matt's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20140209 The Main Ingredient

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Bishop Bill McFarland

Please open your Bible and follow along.

Verses referenced in this teaching:

Hebrews 4:12  12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Philemon 1:6  6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

Romans 1:16  16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

2 Corinthians 1:20  20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

Galatians 1:6-9  6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:  7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.  8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.  9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

1 Corinthians 10:13  13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

1 Kings 17:1 & 9-16  1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.  10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.  11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.  12 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.  13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.  14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.  15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.  16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.

Romans 10:17  17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Mark 9:23  23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

Posted in Bishop Bill's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

20140119 Could Your Day Be Better?

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Barbara

Sunday, January, 19 2014

Pastor Matt McFarland

*Notes* – This is the first video recorded with a new, upgraded-model HD video camera, and it may take a little longer than usual to download.  And, although this is a Sunday Service, due to construction/remodeling of the sanctuary, it was held in the Fellowship Hall.

Please open your Bible and follow along.

Psalms 46:1  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalms 121:1-2  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.  2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

Romans 8:31-39  31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?  32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?  33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.  34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.  35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.  37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.  38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,  39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Corinthians 8:9  9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

2 Corinthians 5:21  21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Matthew 6:25-26  25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?  26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

2 Corinthians 4:16  16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Posted in Pastor Matt's Teachings, Weekly Teachings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment