Monday, June 25, 2012

Sermon Rewind 6/15/12 - Father's Day

On Father's Day, Ed Salas came to speak about the need of fathers in today's society, where fathers are hard to find in a society that has pushed entertainment above responsibilities. Christ calls us to be spiritual fathers - those who will lead the boys to Christ. He will bring His dreams to you, affirmation and love to you. This is what a real father is about.


by Ed Chu

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Sermon Rewind 6/10/2012 - Born of The Spirit

John 3:5-8
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5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[b] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[c]


 
Benjie Kim continued the Pneuma series stressing the importance of being born of the Holy Spirit.  Nicodemus (much like us) came to Jesus knowing much in his head, but believing little in his heart.  The Holy Spirit tells us that we belong to God, shows us that He loves us without limits, and teaches us to find delight in recognizing God's voice.  The Spirit also gives us power have a life "flip turned upside down."

by Chris Cheung

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Sermon Rewind 6/3/2012 - The Holy Spirit

Ephesians 3:14-19

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A Prayer for the Ephesians


14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge —that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.


Cindy Park continued the Pneuma series with a message from Ephesians 3:14-19 about how the Holy Spirit helps us fully grasp God's love.  Paul's goal for us is to be filled with the fullness of God and it takes the power of the Holy Spirit to help us fully embrace God's love for us.  Being in deep intimate relationship with Jesus establishes a stability, security, and confidence to sustain us during life's pain and trials. We struggle with the idea of being loved, and look for affirmation of love from outside sources, but this will always lead to disappointment.  Through prayer for our hearts to be fully filled in the Holy Spirit, we can rest in the knowledge of God's love for us and this ultimately impacts the way we view ourselves, and helps us to live with an outward focus.  Instead of trying to earn love or prove we're worthy of love, we can live in the overflow of God's great love for us.  How could the full knowledge of God's wide and long and high and deep love for us impact the way we live?

by Arnold Wang

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Sermon Rewind 5/27/2012 - The Unexamined Life

Romans 8:5-11
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5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[a] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[b] his Spirit who lives in you.


Benjie Kim started the Pneuma series. His message from Romans 8:5-11 is about what living in the flesh, the law and what living in the Spirit is. Living a life according to the sin nature is living in the flesh - it points to a need filled outside of God. Contrast with living by the Spirit, which gives life. This tension of sin and Spirit-filled life will never end on this side of eternity. When the Spirit speaks into our lives, He will always point to a way. We need to examine our lives and be open to the Spirit's lead.  The unexamined life is not worth living. Through the Spirit, He will speak, convict us and show us His way. He may not tell us clearly where we are going, but He will never leave us to face life's trials alone.

by Ed Chu

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