Sunday October 21, 2018

Speaker: Pastor Diego Rodriguez
Message Title: When You are in the Presence of God
Scripture: Ex.19:18; Job 28:1; Ex.16:9-10; John 14:16-18; 25-26; Gal.5:22-23. 

Ex 19:18

18 Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

Job 38:1

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

Exodus 16:9-10

9 Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel,

 ‘Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your complaints.’ ”

10 Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel,

 that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.

John 14:16-18; 25-26

16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

25 “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is

(1) love,                (2) joy,

(3) peace,    (4) longsuffering,

(5) kindness, (6) goodness,

(7) faithfulness, 23 (8) gentleness,

(9) self-control.

Against such there is no law.

Music Worship Leaders:

JW & Sharon Peck

Songs:

   

Sunday October 07, 2018

Speaker: Pastor Diego Rodriguez
Message Title: Preparing for the Storm
Scripture: Matt.26:41;  Psalms 1:1-3.

Any given week I speak to a multiple people who are dealing with some type of struggle. Whatever it be fighting with a loved one, drug addiction, not knowing what to do about a certain situation. A lot of the people questions and decision would be made clear to them before getting to me if they would be on prayer prior to speaking with me.

I’m not talking about a five minute prayer after the fact. I’m talking about a prayer life before any decisions even after to be made. Before any temptations creep up.

Matt 26:41

⁴¹ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

 

Jesus said this to his disciple’s right before being betrayed. Jesus went off to pray when he returned they were asleep. When the guards came they ran Jesus stood there and allowed God’s will to be done.

When trouble hits our house we don’t always have time to stop and pray. It’s too late. If, we can get ourselves to pray beforehand we would have the wisdom, knowledge and strength to handle it.

Psalm 1

¹ Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
² but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.
³ That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
    which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers

Prepare for the storm before you enter one. Meditate (pray) night and day over the things in your life. Decision’s you might have to make and all other things in your life. Pray.

Be Blessed in Jesus name.

Music Worship Leaders:

JW & Sharon Peck

Songs:

 

Sunday October 14, 2018

Speaker: Pastor Diego Rodriguez
Message Title: Dwell in the Presence of God vs Visiting the Presence of God
Scripture: Psalms 140:13; 16:11

One of the biggest mistakes we make in our prayer lives is we enter Gods presence we give him our prayer request and then go on about our day. We come into a church setting feel the presence of God and leave. We don’t feel him again until the next time we are in that setting. That my friend is not dwelling in the presence of God that is visiting the presence of God.

Psalms 140:13

Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name;
The upright shall dwell in Your presence.

It’s not something we do for part of the day. It’s something we do all day every day. We need to be aware of God, acknowledge God all day in everything that we might do throughout the day.

Psalms 16:11

You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore

Notice it says “You will show me…”

He has not done it yet. Meaning this is an everyday occurrence. Daily we need to be seeking out God. There are daily decisions we are making we out knowing what he wanted us to do for that particular situation.

How many times have you ask a question and after you were done asking the question walked away before hearing the answer.

How many times has someone asked you a question and someone walked away before you answered? Don’t you feel like saying, “What did you even ask for if you’re going to listen to the answer?”

Think about God hearing your prayer and you leave before getting your answer. Learn to stay in his presence and you get more answers.

Be Blessed in Jesus name.

Music Worship Leaders:

JW & Sharon Peck

Songs: