NLC Pine Bluff Sermons: Recent Episodes
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Everyone eventually dies, so how do we as believers stand firm in the face of death, when we have a hard time standing firm in the face of public scrutiny? This week Pastor Matt brings a strong word from the book of Daniel.
While Pastor Matt is speaking at the GLR and Conway campuses, Pastor Scotty Howard from the Sherwood campus is here to bring the word! This week we discuss the Fear of Man.
This week we kick off a new series focused on Fear. To start things off, Pastor Matt addresses our fear of the future.
This Sunday is New Life Church's 19th birthday! Filling in for Pastor Matt is one of New Life's overseers, Greg Surratt. Pastor Surratt uses the story of Jacob in Genesis 28 to teach us what we can learn about our church and ourselves when we are aware of God's presence.
This week in our God At Work series, Pastor Matt teaches us why it is important to work with excellence.
We continue our God At Work series with a focus on others. Pastor Matt teaches us how to have wisdom and follow the Holy Spirit to influence people we work with.
We will spend around 40% of our lives at work. In so many ways, our work defines who we are. Today, Pastor Matt teaches us how to find God's purpose in our work.
Join in as Pastor Rick Bezet discusses the purpose of fasting. Learn how you can walk out this Biblical practice in the new year as a means of bringing yourself nearer to God, discovering all that He has in store.
This week Pastor Matt shows us what we can be doing to see mountains moved in our lives.
For our Christmas Candlelight service, Pastor Matt shares the hope of the Christmas story.
In life, we go through many seasons. This week, Pastor Matt teaches us how we can make the most of every one of them.
Many of us need a miracle in our life. This week, Pastor Matt shares story about Gideon and teaches us what we can do to see that miracle happen!
This week in our Vision series, Pastor Matt teaches about God's economy and the heart of generosity.
To kick off our Vision series, Pastor Matt stares the vision that we have for Pine Bluff while going into detail about the progress we are making as a church, and some exciting things on the horizon!
Reading from the book of Daniel, Pastor Matt teaches what it means to have identity in Christ through grace and truth.
To close out our Dangerous Prayers series, Pastor Matt takes us through the scriptures and teaches what it means to be sent by God- and where and how we need to go!
This week in our Dangerous Prayers series, Pastor Kevin McManus teaches what it means for us to be shaped by God.
This week during our Dangerous Prayers series, Pastor Matt shows us how forgiveness is dangerous.
While Pastor Matt is speaking at the new WLR Campus, Pastor Amir from Conway campus brings our word today. In the Parable of the Talents, we learn what it means to be faithful to God and His kingdom.
As we continue our Old School series, Pastor Matt teaches about how Joseph didn't let his past define his future. He was successful because God was with him.
Many of us have been through or are going through a season of life that leaves us asking God "Why?" or "How could you let this happen?" This week, Pastor Matt shares a message about Abraham, who said "No matter what happens, I'm trusting God."
For the second message in our Old School series, Pastor Joseph Brown brings a powerful word to us from 2 Chronicles.
For the first week of our Old School series, Pastor Matt deep dives a story that most of us know, David and Goliath. We discussed how exactly David stayed Goliath, and how we can develop a heart for God.
This is a big weekend for us as we highlight and celebrate one of the most important values that we have as a church and that is RELATIONSHIPS.
What could be more important than inviting the Lord into your schedule? This weekend, Pastor Rick shared about having wisdom with margin in your life. When our margin decreases, our stress increases, our relational intimacy decreases, and our spiritual life decreases. But when we bring our weariness to God; it results in rest.
For the final week in our Next Level series, Pastor Matt shares a message on what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus by walking in his power and authority.
This week, Pastor Cory Cangelosi from the Hot Springs campus teaches us what it means to truly invest your life with Christ.
As we start a new series, Next Level, Pastor Matt teaches us how to confront fear and what happens when we give God a chance.
For the final week of our Parables series, Pastor Calvin Barnes from the Beebe campus teaches on the importance of knowing truth, and how one single moment with God can change everything.
This week, Pastor Bobby Hamilton brings us a powerful word on what it means to be prepared for the Lord.
This week in our Parables series, Pastor Matt walks us through the parable of the rich young ruler and we explore the answer to his question: "What good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?"
We continue our series, Parables, in the book of Matthew with the two house builders. Pastor Matt teaches us the similarities and differences of the two men and the importance of having a proper foundation.
While Pastor Matt teaches at the Greater Little Rock campus, Pastor Fitz Hill teaches us about sacrifice and what it means to be truly connected to Christ.
To kick off our Parables sermon series, Pastor Matt teaches from the Parable of the Sower and walks us through what it takes to truly change. If we really want change in our life...we've got to work on our dirt!
This week we're honoring all of the mommas in the house! Pastor Matt teaches us about Rebekah, and we discuss The Heart of a Woman.
It's easy to give into the lies of the enemy, but God wants so much more for us. Today, Pastor Matt talks about how to take control of our thoughts and be transformed by the renewing of our mind.
Just because you invited Jesus in doesn’t mean your problems are going to go away. In fact sometimes your life gets more complicated. God has a life of abundance for you but Satan wants to keep you from it. Today, Pastor Matt walks us through how to navigate the next steps of following Jesus.
This weekend, we celebrate Easter. Pastor Matt teaches us the realities to the resurrection of Jesus, our Savior & King.
This Sunday, Pastor Matt teaches on what it means to be a witness to the world. He shows us how to bring Jesus into every aspect of our lives in order to teach others about the abundance of life that God has to offer.
This weekend, Pastor Matt discusses the importance of missions. We look at Jesus’ heart for missions and how we can carry out that same vision of caring for our neighbor, neighborhood, and the nations.
This special Sunday, Pastor Matt takes an opportunity to discuss the power of Baptism, and what the word says about it. If you are interested in taking this step of faith, please come see us Sunday morning at 10:00 and fill out a Connect Card!
Jesus said "Judge not lest you be judged," but He also said, "Stop Judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly." This week, Pastor Matt shows us what the Bible actually says about judging.
For the last week of our God Never Said That series, Pastor Matt tackles a common misconception. 1 Corinthians 10:13 tells us that God "will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear," but sometimes God will allow us to be given more than we can handle so that we'll have to rely and depend on him.
In the third week of our God Never Said That series, Pastor Matt debunks the idea that "everything happens for a reason." To say that every tragedy you go is ordained by God and part of his cosmic plan is just not true-- it's not biblical. Thankfully, God understands our pain. But like John 16:33 says, "In this world we will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world."
Pastor Matt brings the second message in our God Never Said That series. The church hasn't been addressing it, the enemy has been having a field day re-defining it... that's right. This week we're talking about sex and setting the record straight.
Pastor Matt is back from Israel and he's kicking off the first message of our new series: God Never Said That. During this series, we're going to dig into some of the false theology we've heard about God. We want to explore the truth of who He is and what His word says. This week we discuss the idea of happiness. Of course God wants you to be happy! But making you happy is not God’s primary motivation. And our pursuit of happiness should not be our primary motivation either.
For the fifth message in our Real Change series, Pastor Mark Pagley of the Russellville campus shares about what it means to live a life of Honor.
This weekend, Pastor Matt teaches us the difference between living in the tree of life and living in the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. As we continue our Real Change series, he encourages us to live in the tree of life, a life with Christ.
In the third week of our Real Change sermon series, Pastor Matt encourages us to surrender all aspects of our lives to God so that we can live an authentic life for Jesus with no holdbacks.
In the second week of our Real Change series, Pastor Matt encourages us how Real Change can occur when we crave and are in God's word. "Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him." Proverbs 30:5
This weekend, we begin our Real Change series. This is a series about moving on without the strongholds that hold us down. Pastor Matt teaches us how to not return again to the yoke of slavery to sin. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1
Pastor Matt uses the story of Samson to encourage us with five things to remember going into 2019. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." - 2 Corinthians 5:17