October 9, 2016 Text: 2 Kings 5:1-3,7-27 Luke 17:11-19 Congregation member Fred Yosua shares lessons from the cleansing of Naaman in 2 Kings and the ten lepers in the Gospel of Luke. Both stories show the importance of being faithful to the things God asks, and grateful for what He has done.
“With Him is Great Power to Redeem” Text: Psalm 130 Pastor Brent Neely, Associate Pastor of Nall Avenue Church of the Nazarene in Kansas and our current pastoral candidate, delivers this week’s message. Using the lens of Psalm 130 and aspects from his personal life, Pastor Brent will use this sermon to remind us that…
“Priorities” Text: Luke 14:25-33 District licensed minister Pastor Shane Ross from the South Portland Church of the Nazarene concludes his four-week series on the Gospel of Luke. The decision to follow Jesus is a fundamentally life-changing one. In this passage titled by some Biblical editors as “The Cost of Discipleship,” Jesus said that whoever seeks salvation through…
“Open Invitation” Text: Luke 13:10-17 When Jesus healed a crippled woman on the Sabbath day, the ruler of the synagogue indignantly told the people to come another day for healing, as there were six days for work. Jesus showed that the Sabbath is not about rules or regulations, but release. This invitation to be released by the grace…
“True Peace” Text: Colossians 3 The South Portland Church of the Nazarene’s Associate Pastor Cheryl Curlew concludes a four week study on the book of Colossians by looking at Chapter 3. In this part of the letter, Paul stresses the importance of casting off earthly desires and emotions and instead letting the peace of Christ…
“Images” Text: Colossians 1:15-28 We continue our study of the Book of Colossians with Cheryl Curlew, the South Portland Church of the Nazarene’s Associate Pastor. The Book of Genesis reveals that humans were created to be in God’s image but that perfect reflection was destroyed by disobedience. Paul affirms to the Colossians that God has…
“I’d Do It All Over Again” Text: John 9:1-11 This week, we welcome Pastor Amanda Lawton, the youth pastor at the South Portland Church of the Nazarene. When Jesus heals the blind man in John chapter 9, he says that the blindness was not due to the sin of the man nor of the parents,…
“Faith is Sacrificial” Text: Mark 10:17-31 In the third installment of a sermon series on faith, South Portland Church of the Nazarene’s Executive Pastor, Tim George, examines the conversation between Jesus and the rich young ruler. Despite the man’s faithfulness to the laws, Jesus called him to give up everything and live sacrificially. Faith depends…
“Faith is Prayer” Text: Mark 9:14-29 South Portland Church of the Nazarene’s Executive Pastor Tim George begins a four week sermon series on what faith is. In this first installment it is revealed through the story of Jesus healing the boy in Mark 9 that faith is prayer. While the boy’s father believes Jesus can…
“Manna and Storehouses” Text: Exodus 16:1-3, 11-30; Matthew 14:13-21 This week, Pastor Dylon Brown examines the wilderness experience of the Israelites in the Book of Exodus. During their suffering in the desert, the Israelites looked back at their enslavement in Egypt with a warped memory. Even when God provided them with manna amidst their struggle,…