Pastor Danny Legault Archives - Westside Family Fellowship: Recent Episodes
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Non-denominational church in Prince George BC. Our mission is to see all people become part of God’s family.
Starting in Psalm 73 Pastor Danny Gives us a look at our need for a “Firm Foundation” and what it consists of.
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Pastor Danny continues his look at the book of Romans – where it’s all about the gospel. This message is entitled “Truth Suppression”.
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Pastor Danny takes us into the book of Romans – where “It’s All About the Gospel”.
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Today’s church service consisted of a series of four messages by each of our pastors – first off, Lucas Chance, followed by Steve Ogden, Marlo Johnson and finally our senior pastor, Danny Legault. Enjoy!
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Joy Luke 2:25-38 I) Christian Joy is born of the spirit In Luke’s birth narrative Simeon is the sixth person that is either filled with the Holy Spirit or marked by the Holy Spirit. – Luke 1:14,15 John the Baptist: You will have joy and gladness and many will rejoice at his birth … filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb – 1:35 Mary: The Holy Spirit will come upon you – 1:41 Elizabeth: filled with the Holy Spirit – 1:67 Zacharias: filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied Continuity with the Old Testament – pointing to Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor, he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;” Psalm 51:11 “Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.” Something completely new in the New Testament – breaking through of the Kingdom – Acts 2:1-4 Nehemiah 8:9-12 Commanded Joy “This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” – stop dwelling on the pain and grief and have a party – rejoice when it is the...
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Love 1 John 4:7-12 The story of the missionary Adoniram Judson – 1788 – 1850 – Letter that was written to the parents of Ann Hasseltine asking for her hand in marriage: I have now to ask, whether you can consent to part with your daughter early next spring, to see her no more in this world; whether you can consent to her departure, and her subjection to the hardships and sufferings of a missionary life; whether you can consent to her exposure to the dangers of the ocean; to the fatal influence of the southern climate of India; to every kind of want and distress; to degradation, insult, persecution, and perhaps a violent death. Can you consent to all this, for the sake of him who left his heavenly home, and died for her and for you; for the sake of perishing, immortal souls; for the sake of Zion, and the glory of God? Can you consent to all this, in hope of soon meeting your daughter in the world of glory, with the crown of righteousness, brightened with the acclamations of praise which shall redound to her Saviour from heathens saved, through her means, from eternal woe and despair. Only the supernatural love of God would propel Christians throughout history to give their lives to love others in such profound ways? I) Love emptied of meaning Verse 7 … Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. – love used 12 times in this passage Four of the Eight Types of love 1) Phileo: the love of a friend – best friends – most common word in Greek 2) Starga:...
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Peace Luke 2:8-14 The gift of peace – The Angels said there is a special gift coming….I bring you good news – not just true but it actually works – Peace is available to the believer but it also impacts our world When do you really value the gift of peace…when you don’t have it – Proverbs 21:9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. We need peace: society – family – within yourself Two directions of this peace I) Peace on earth Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace… – weight or heavy – has the power to move things – this beauty is greater than every other beautiful thing – The emotions of God seen throughout Lk 15 God’s kingdom on earth as it is in heaven – praying for the invasion of heaven Peace in our world through the coming of Jesus – no group of people on earth has created more hospitals, orphans, helping the poor II) Peace in us Glory to God in the highest….among those with whom he is well pleased (favor) Hostility with God Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility – fundamentally we are at war with God – peace is lit the end of warfare Peace with God – Lk 15 celebration and joy in heaven God knew our biggest problem was sin so he sent a savior – he didn’t send a politician, an entertainer… Drawn to glory – beauty – the closer you...
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Advent: Hope John 1:1-14 Advent: the expectant arrival of a notable person or thing. It is not an invention of a thing. Three directions of this arrival 1) Incarnation: word becoming flesh 2) Received in our hearts: to those who have received him, to those he gave the right. 3) Second coming: Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[fn] on account of him. Even so. Amen. Revelation 1:7 The four greatest gifts of Advent: HOPE – PEACE – LOVE – JOY Hope fulfilled in the Incarnation 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son] from the Father, full of grace and truth. – every other religion the prophet points to a system of beliefs Biblical Hope is not wishful thinking but certainty Hope seen as Light Advent is a celebration of light over darkness – Darkness is an absence of hope vs 5 The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it Isaiah 9:2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. Vs 6 unto us a child is born to us, a child is given… What if I lost everything? The foundational anchor for our souls is the hope of eternity. Ico 13 faith, hope, love – greatest is love but what is second – hope enables us to take another step Psalm 42:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, The backbone of the Christian church...
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Here are the notes for this sermon: — Controlling the Narrative and Spiritual Warfare 2 Corinthians 10:3 “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” Developing awareness of the spiritual battle in our minds. We are engaged in a war. Not a sporting event. Spiritual warfare: Takes into account both natural and spiritual realities Spiritual reality: we don’t wage war as mere humans – in the west who are immersed in rationalism and naturalism – i.e. mass shootings … not just mental illness but demonically controlled evil Natural reality Verse 6 – And after you have become fully obedient, we will punish everyone who remains disobedient. – after just saying “we are not waging war according to the flesh” Paul tells us he is going to directly confront those individuals who are causing so much controversy 3. We need to take care we do not error on either extreme 4. Have you observed how one can emphasize either the natural or the spiritual at the expense of the other? II) Takes into account the larger battle 1) “Warfare” means a campaign – the attack of the enemy is part of a larger satanic campaign – the Kingdom Of God is at war with the kingdom of this world 2) Stronghold: a walled city – walls made of huge stones…these are ideas, or narratives that oppose what God says – strongholds are a resting place for the enemy who works to kill, steel, and destroy – Mt 12:43 “When the unclean spirit...
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In part three of Pastor Danny’s series about “Controlling the Narrative” he examines our purpose, our calling and how that relates to our work (or vocation). Here are the notes for this message. If you want there’s a PDF document that you can download for yourself too. Controlling the Narrative of our Purpose, Calling, and Work Bible Text: Romans 12:2-6 … that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them… The will of God for all of us is to surrender and embrace his call. But how that is walked out is individual. Each of us is to “discern what is the will of God”. What motivates us to do what we do often stems from false narratives. We need to control the narrative in the areas of purpose, calling, and work. Deep Need For Purpose verse 3 “according to the measure of faith that God has assigned” The big three answers to purpose: Eastern: impersonal nothingness, freedom is not freedom to be an individual but from individual the purpose is an illusion – you need to detach from yourself Atheists, agnostics, naturalists: the purpose is up...
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Pastor Danny continues the sermon series “controlling the Narrative” by taking a look at our childhood messages. Below are the sermon notes which are also available to download as a PDF document.
Outline: Controlling the Narrative from Our Childhood
Bible Text:
Jeremiah 32:37-41
37 Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety.
38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
40 I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. 41 I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
Main Point:
We need to control the narratives we received from our childhood.
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I) Pursue Understanding of Our Childhood Narratives
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verses 28 & 29 – Judgement
- I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and Nebuchadnezzar to capture it … burn the city
- judgement on family lines: broken/painful relationships (holidays such as Thanksgiving can reveal these issues), addictions, unhealthy emotional patterns (fear, anxiety, rejection), poverty
- verses 30-35 Causes of the judgment – Reasons for the destruction
- have done nothing but evil in my sight since their youth
- have done nothing but provoke me to anger
- their kings, officials, priests and prophets … they have all turned their backs on me
- Verses 37-44 Restoration
- verse 37 … I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety.
- what are the false narratives
Common destructive narratives:
- Performance: meet certain standards to feel good about myself. Fear of failure. Unexplained anxiety, self-critical.
- God’s answer: justification – Romans 8:31
- Rejection: approved by certain others to feel good about myself, bothers me when ignored or someone is unfriendly, people pleasing
- God’s answer: reconciliation, sonship, bride
- Condemnation: unworthy of love and deserve to be punished. Hard on yourself when you fail. Find yourself blaming others when they fail. Tend to focus on the failings and faults of others.
- God’s answer: propitiation, Romans 8:1
- Shame: I cannot change; I am hopeless. I cannot get away from my past failures
- God’s answer: regeneration – Romans 6
What are some destructive narratives that you have had to deal with?
- II) Pursue Restoration
1) God wants to restore
37 Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety.38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
– The people will be restored to their land, and the country will again be prosperous. After the punishment, a godly remnant will return from exile to security.
– Romans 8:1, 31 – no condemnation – God is for us
2) Restoration of relationships
– verse 39 … I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever…
Malachi 4:6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.
Practice gratefulness
– Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always and for everything to God
– it isn’t an accident you were placed in the family that you were
– we need to ask why we are in the generational line that we are
Practice Mercy and forgiveness
Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you
- a) call for mercy not a blind acceptance of behavior
- b) releasing judgment is not walking in denial
- c) the law of increase: the longer a judgment is present the more it will increase in your life
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.
– it will go well with you in that very area that you do honor/cherish your parents and vice versa
Restoration of relationship with God – That may fear always
We don’t have any say as to what is handed to us but in Christ we have the power to change the narrative. How has God changed destructive narratives in your mind?
III) Pursue Passing on Blessing
“…for the good of their children after them”
1) The need to correct our childhood narratives so we can pass on godly narratives.
2) Be intentional about imparting true narratives
Family Fragrance: Practical, Intentional Ways to Fill Your Home with the Aroma of Love (Otis and Gail Ledbetter)
“AROMA” acrostic:
Affection: consistent and open display of love.
Respect: holding other people in honor so they might recognize their true value.
Order: the act of managing and modeling godly leadership resulting in a refuge of calm.
Merriment: an atmosphere of enthusiasm coupled with uninhibited laughter and noise.
Affirmation: is an established, clearly held position declared as true.
In which of these areas did you see, or not see, these qualities displayed in your family of origin?
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There are stories we tell ourselves and stories we are told. We need to recognize and control the narratives affecting us from both inside and outside ourselves. Pastor Danny begins a new series “Controlling the Narrative”.
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Vision Sunday is the day we promote everything happening at Westside Family Fellowship. Sort of a pastoral “State of the Union” address (as our American friends would have) or the “Throne Speech” upon the opening of a new Parliament here in Canada. There’s so much going on this year that Pastor Danny has opted to have TWO Vision Sundays! Welcome to Part 2 with a focus on Missions, Youth and Family.
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