Audio Messages

Today our message is “Who is this?” That is the most important question we can ask about Jesus. Be careful not to answer to quickly because it is something that can be simply answered and yet something that we can still wonder on infinitely.

Jesus had more concern for people than himself. He surrendered his will for the love he had for us and the love he had for his father. God's love is so great so do not stay desolate and shrink in fear. Put your faith in Jesus and follow him. Come and know abundance and everlasting life and live in abundance with him.

There are just two things we need to focus on- following Jesus and "Go Fishing" or encouraging others to follow Jesus. That is what God has called us to do as believers. So we don’t need to be perplexed about our mission. The reality is we can all struggle living this out. The other priorities of life like jobs, family, and recreation can leave us a little perplexed. Our own wants and desires lead us into sins that perplex us. We can become perplexed by fears of what others might think if we really followed closer to Jesus? Could this affect my job? Could this effect some relationships with friends or family, if I attempt to fish and have gospel conversations with them? If we have a conscious there are times we will be perplexed. Today in God’s word we are going to look at man named Herod who was perplexed sometimes in good ways and mostly rebellious ways so that we may learn from both.

This is fishing or the drawing into God’s kingdom design of love for him, others, and self: If calling Jesus Lord, you are a disciple and following and fishing is what disciples of Jesus do. Everything we do as church should be about those two things. When I disciple someone each week I ask them the accountability questions how is following and how is fishing? You should be asking yourself the same thing each day as His disciple. Am I seeking to love God and put Him first, Am I loving and caring for others, am I caring for myself?

Today many who claim to have faith only seem to have wish. The greatest problem Pastor Ken sees in God’s church today is not resources. We have more resources of communication, information, educated people, and freedoms to do things. The problem is we often treat faith more like a wish which is an apathetic and fearful approach that will produce little work of value. Faith must work! It takes determination, persistence, discipline, and strength to hold on to faith.

Learn the miracles of Jesus like sending demons from a man and filling him with love instead. God uses perfect love to cast out our fears. Going in His authority is part of our healing. In order to heal we need to repent and obey God.

Set sail on a great adventure and learn through faith with Jesus Christ. Our Lord never leaves us or forsakes us in the storms of life. We need to trust in Jesus through all seasons of life.

We need the Lord to help us to turn away from the darkness of our sin and selfishness. We need to turn to the Lord to find mercy, forgiveness, and grace. Let us turn to our Lord God and see His light and love. Let us be motivated to share that light to others.

God is a creator and a sower. God has sowed His own son into the Earth to bring fruit from your life. He who has ears let them hear, the seed is good!

God gave everything to us when he died on the cross. He gave total surrender of His good soil to amend the thorny, rocky, and hard soil of our hearts. He gave us perfect love.