This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:

Rest For Your Soul!

Today's message is called "Rest for Your Soul," and it comes from one of the most beloved passages in all of the New Testament — Matthew 11:28-30. Jesus looks out at a crowd of people who are worn out, beaten down, and carrying loads they were never meant to carry alone, and He says something that stops everyone in their tracks: "Come to Me." Those three words change everything.

In this sermon, I will walk us through what it truly means to be weary and heavy-laden, what the yoke of Jesus actually is — and why it is so radically different from every other burden the world piles on us — and what it looks like in practical, everyday life to find genuine rest for our souls. This is not a message about taking a nap. This is a message about a whole new way of living.

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"Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. 1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

The music "Revive Us Again" and "Christ The Solid Rock" arranged and played by Don Wigton. Used by Permission.

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:

What Kind Of Ground Are You?

Today's message actually starts in a field. So if you've ever planted a garden, or watched a farmer work a field, or even just tried to grow one stubborn tomato plant on your back porch, this one's for you.

Today we're opening up to Matthew 13:18-23. This is Jesus explaining His own parable — the Parable of the Sower. Now, here's the thing. Jesus already told this story to a big crowd down by the Sea of Galilee. A farmer went out to plant seed, and that seed landed on four different kinds of ground. Some seed never even had a chance. Some sprang up fast and died just as fast. Some got choked out before it could produce anything. And some — some — took root and produced a harvest beyond anything the farmer could have expected.

In this message, we're going to walk through all four soils, and we're going to ask some honest questions about which one describes us — maybe even at different seasons of our lives. We'll talk about hardened hearts, shallow hearts, distracted hearts, and good soil hearts. And we'll land on three simple, practical action points: guard your heart against the things that harden it, tend your roots through the ordinary means of grace, and expect God to grow real fruit in you — even if it doesn't look like everybody else's harvest.

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Once again, thanks for joining us in our time of worshiping the Lord through His Word!

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"Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. 1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

The music "Revive Us Again" and "Be Thou My Vision" arranged and played by Don Wigton. Used by Permission.

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:

Two Kinds Of Seed

Last week, we sat together in Matthew chapter thirteen and looked at the Parable of the Sower, the story Jesus told about a farmer scattering seed on four different kinds of soil. Today, we're staying right there in Matthew thirteen, but we're moving on to another parable. And this time, we get something special.

We get to listen in as Jesus sits down privately with His disciples and explains, piece by piece, exactly what one of His parables means.
This is the Parable of the Weeds, sometimes called the Parable of the Tares, and in today's passage, Matthew 13:36 through 43, Jesus breaks it wide open for us. He tells us who the farmer is, who the good seed is, who the weeds are, who the enemy is, and what is going to happen at the end of it all.

Honestly, there are not many places in Scripture where Jesus hands us this much detail so plainly, so we want to slow down and take it seriously. Here is what you can expect today. We are going to look at three things: the explanation Jesus gives, the judgment Jesus promises, and the glory Jesus guarantees for His people. By the end, my hope is that you will walk away with a settled confidence, that God sees clearly what we cannot, that He is patient for good reason, and that the harvest is coming.

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Once again, thanks for joining us in our time of worshiping the Lord through His Word!

If you enjoyed this episode and want to help support this ministry, please share it with others and post about it on social media.

"Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. 1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

The music "Revive Us Again" and "Be Thou My Vision" arranged and played by Don Wigton. Used by Permission.