2025-02-23: Relationships God’s Way – One Anothering

Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Acts 2:42-47

One Anothering
Relationships God’s Way
Acts 2:42-47

Times, society, and culture have changed and therefore, community is much harder to find today.

The Bible reveals that Christianity was never meant to be lived alone and in isolation.

Fellowship, therefore, is the experience of real Christian community as we share our common faith, our common purpose, and our common love for God and our love for each other.

Many of us have discovered that experiencing real Christian community is difficult even when we are convinced that it is a very good thing and when we are trying to make it happen.

I would suggest that each of us need more than just one Christian buddy–we need a family of Christian buddies.

A central task of community is to create a place that is safe enough for the walls to be torn down, safe enough for each of us to reveal our brokenness.

In this series, we will be giving our attention to these powerful and important “one another” commands.

For the sake of God and for the sake of the family of God, we must learn to love one another and learn to practice all the other one another commands.

2025-02-16: A New Heaven and A New Earth – All Things Made New

Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Revelation 21:1-5, II Peter 3:9-12

All Things Made New
A New Heaven and A New Earth
Revelation 21:1-5, II Peter 3:9-12

Christians have had hopes pinned to heaven ever since Jesus rose from dead.

The former things have passed away…Behold I’m making all things new.

In other words, there was a promise of heaven for the Old Testament saints. But until Jesus came and died for their sins (as well as ours) they weren’t going there!

Our scripture this morning is that it tells us what IS going to be in heaven…and what is not going to be in heaven.

But Heaven will be a place where there’s no more tears or death or mourning or crying or pain.

God’s going to be the only thing that will make heaven worth dwelling in.

2025-02-09: The New Commandment – All Things Made New

Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: John 13:34-35

All Things Made New
The New Commandment
John 13:34-35

There should be a truth that–in everything we say–people should sense what we’re saying is: “I Love You… Jesus speaking.”

Jesus says we need to focus less on ourselves and more on others: Philippians 2:3 “…in humility consider others better than yourselves.”

It’s “new” because it runs counter to our natural human tendencies.

So how do you fight that false theology? First, you define what love is.

So, first, you define what love is… then you work at showing love.

Compete–outdo one another–to show love, because what you do for others, you do for Jesus.