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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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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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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This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:

NOT PEACE, BUT A SWORD!

Today we are preaching from Matthew chapter ten, verses thirty-four through forty-two. And honestly? This is one of those passages that might make you sit up straight in your chair. Jesus says something that sounds shocking at first: He did not come to bring peace but a sword. He talks about division in families. He talks about crosses and losing your life to find it. This is not easy, comfortable Christianity. But it is honest. It is real.

And when you understand what Jesus is actually saying, it changes the way you think about discipleship, about loyalty, about what it means to follow Him.

Here is what we are going to cover today.

1. First, we will look at the context of Matthew chapter ten and why Jesus is saying these things to His disciples.
2. Second, we will unpack what He means by division, the sword, and family conflict.
3. Third, we will talk about what it truly means to take up your cross and follow Jesus.

And finally, we are going to bring it all home with practical, everyday application for your life right here, right now, in 2026.

By the end of this message, our prayer is that you walk away with a clearer, braver understanding of what it means to love Jesus above all things.

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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:

WHERE GRACE GOES WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING LEFT!

Today's message is called Where Grace Goes When You Have Nothing Left. We're spending time in one of the most breathtaking passages in all of the New Testament — Romans chapter 5, verses 6 through 15. And I have to tell you, when I sat down to prepare this message, I kept reading these verses over and over. Not because they were hard to understand. But because they are so almost unbelievably good.

Here's what we're going to look at today. We're going to see that God didn't wait for us to get our lives together before He sent Jesus. He sent His Son while we were still helpless, while we were still sinners, while we were still enemies of God. Think about that. Grace didn't come after we cleaned ourselves up. Grace came while we were still a mess.

In this message, we'll unpack three big ideas from this passage. First, we'll look at the timing of grace — why the words 'while we were yet' matter more than we might think. Second, we'll see the depth of love that drove God to send Christ for people who didn't deserve it and weren't asking for it. And third, we'll see the life-altering contrast between Adam and Christ — between what sin brought into the world and what grace brought in.

There are three action points I want you to walk away with today. Number one — ask yourself honestly, are you still trying to earn something that has already been freely given? Number two — let the reality that God loved you at your worst reshape how you love the difficult people in your life. And number three — anchor your identity not in Adam's failure but in Christ's gift. That's the journey we're taking together today.

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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:

Who Does He Think He's Eating With?

Today's message comes from Matthew chapter 9, verses 9 through 13. The title is "Who Does He Think He's Eating With?" — and honestly, that is the question that hangs in the air the moment Jesus sits down at a dinner table with a tax collector and a bunch of sinners. The religious leaders were scandalized. The neighbors were whispering. And Jesus? He just kept passing the bread.

Here's what we're going to explore today: Why did Jesus call Matthew — a man most people despised — to follow Him? Why did Jesus deliberately go to a party filled with the wrong kind of people? And what does all of that have to say to us, right here, right now?

In this message, we're going to look at three powerful truths that come out of this passage.

1. First, that Jesus sees people everyone else has written off.

2. Second, that Jesus pursues the broken, not the polished.

3. And third, that following Jesus means going where He goes — even when it makes us uncomfortable.

These are not soft, easy ideas. They are challenging. They push back against our natural tendency to stay comfortable, to sit with people just like us, and to keep our faith nice and tidy. But the gospel has never been neat. It has always been scandalous, beautiful grace.

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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:

Waiting On God With Whole Heart!

Today's message comes from one of the most beloved poems ever written — Psalm 8. And I want you to hold on to that word: poem. Because that's what this is. King David didn't sit down with a theology textbook when he wrote Psalm 8. He stepped outside under the vast, star-splashed sky of the ancient Near East, and something deep inside him stirred. He looked up — and then he looked inward — and the result was this breathtaking song that asks one of the most honest questions any human being has ever asked: "What is man, that You take thought of him?"

That question is just as alive today as it was three thousand years ago. In a world that sometimes tells you that you don't matter, that you're just a number, just a body, just a brief flash of existence in an indifferent universe — Psalm 8 thunders back with a different answer. A better answer. A truer answer. And it begins and ends not with us, but with God — with His majestic name, His sovereign glory, and His astonishing grace toward people like you and me.

Here's what you can expect in today's message: We're going to walk through Psalm 8 carefully and prayerfully. We'll look at where this psalm came from, what it meant to its original audience, and why it matters enormously for how we live on a Tuesday in rural Minnesota. We'll talk about what it means that God's glory fills creation, why human dignity is not something we earn but something God gave, and how Jesus Christ Himself is the final and fullest answer to the question David asked.

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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:

Waiting On God With Whole Heart!

Today we're opening up Psalm 25, and I want to tell you right up front — this is one of those passages that feels like it was written yesterday. David wrote this psalm at a time when he was surrounded by enemies, weighed down by his own sin, and genuinely unsure which way to turn. And yet, instead of running away from God, he ran toward Him. He lifted his soul up like an open hand and said, "Lord, I'm trusting You. Teach me. Lead me. Forgive me."

In today's message — "Waiting on God with Whole Heart" — we're going to walk through three powerful truths.

1. First, that real trust means surrendering your direction to God.

2. Second, that God's guidance flows out of His deep, covenant love — what the Hebrew calls hesed.

3. And third, that honest confession unlocks both God's forgiveness and His friendship.

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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.