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Have you ever experienced rejection? It's tough to handle, but as Christians, it's something we may encounter. Even Jesus faced rejection from both his family and religious leaders. When we are rejected, it's easy to feel like giving up. However, Jesus didn't give up...
Experiencing a sense of being undervalued is a prevalent emotion in today's society. However, by examining Jesus' life, we uncover valuable lessons about the true source of our worth....
Remember, while God may test you to propel you forward, the devil tempts you to pull you back. As James 1:13-15 reminds us, God doesn't tempt us; He tests us to promote growth. So, when faced with temptation, lean on the strength of scripture and trust that God's testing is for your ultimate good.
No one loves to have a life of pain, heartache, questioning… Of course not. But the problem is most things that are worth doing are hard....
In our lives, we often find ourselves striving to control the very things that we struggle to entrust to God: our schedules, finances, work, family, and relationships....
We will unpack the invitation of Andrew inviting Simon Peter and Phillip inviting Nathaniel and how inviting people to “come and see” provides a specific opportunity for helping people come to Christ.
We all have a story. If you’re a Christ follower you have a story of life-change and redemption that is uniquely yours..
There are of course valid and invalid forms of joy/delight. We must discern between these 2 and choose what honors the Lord. This is how we experience the “Blessed” life promised throughout scripture...
Sadness is like a swamp and once you get stuck in that mud it’s nearly impossible to move or get out...
There are different types of fear. Some are sin (Fear of man), some are righteous (Fear of the Lord). Sin causes us to run, hide or fight. It can also direct, distort and derail me spiritually...
Anger isn’t sin, but you can sin in your anger. You must take captive your anger and make it obedient to Christ before anger burns your life down...
It’s often said, “Facts don’t care about your feeling.” Well, in our world today, the opposite is also true, “Feelings don’t care about your facts.” ...
Breaking bread - beyond the large group, share a meal, sharing life and faith across the table...
When we invest and invite, we're helping others grow spirtually, building a life full of faith and momentum.
Being apart of a team means you dont have to do it alone. Think of all the great things teams can accomplish while working together..
Take action with your faith, join the crew and help reach others and bring new people to Christ...
When we gather, we are empowered and topped off to head back into a new week. Through the week and over the winter, we burn through our strength, this time in worship fills us back up...
Ridgeview New Year's Eve Service. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 ESV
Throughout Scripture, God continually paints a bright future for His people regardless of their circumstances. Christmas is the turning point in history that makes the bright future possible.
Christmas shows God’s grace and His longing to know us. Despite our sin and the injustice we see in our world...
God is always painting the picture of a bright future for us based on His heart for the people He made. The joy we feel in life has a direct correlation to the depth of the roots of it..
Sin is messy. It impacts our relationship to God and others. Getting and giving forgiveness is a crucial step to keep things right in the middle of the mess. The good news…God wants to bring healing as we wrestle with forgiveness in prayer.
We tend to make God small and our lives, and all that we have going on, far bigger. Prayer is a key way to recalibrate our position and place under God’s mighty hand. Jesus’ initial instruction to the disciples on prayer provides a lot of insight on where to start with prayer...
One of the mysteries of prayer is how misunderstood it is. We tend to shrink back from prayer because it seems impersonal or unreal. However, God has given us a great promise—when we’re still and take our anxieties and give them over to the living God—He will give us peace. This sermon will look to demystify prayer by focusing on the simple truth of how prayer helps us grow in prayer. We just need to pray as we can, and not as we can’t.
We looked at how yielding to Jesus is the first step in moving away from foolish strategies. Wisdom is the opposite of foolishness. Trust in the Lord and fear of the Lord are the beginning of wisdom...
The Nabal fool is a predator. If given the choice between a win-win or win-lose situation, they will choose win-lose every time. They prey on unsuspecting people...
The Halal fool is dangerous. They are arrogant in their push to gain status in a group. And they don’t want the status to serve the group, or accomplish the mission but to serve their desire for glory...
An extreme version of the stubbornly self centered person is the Cakal. This person has a reckless lifestyle. They blindly follow their desires and end up wrongly gratifying themselves...
There are 5 profiles of fools that emerge from studying the Hebrew words that are translated to fool in English. The second profile we are looking at is the My Way fool...
There are 5 profiles of fools that emerge from studying the Hebrew words that are translated to fool in English. The first profile we are looking at is the Easy Way fool...
Our heart guides our approach to life and relationships. Our hearts are SAD: They contain selfishness, arrogance and damage. From these heart problems we choose......
When we humble ourselves we can set the example to others, receive grace and blessing, get help, and be ready for the battle and spiritual attack.
God’s grace allows us to not follow the ways of this world but to set the course of our lives to a greater purpose and calling.
The body of the church has a different way of living. Peter describes this clearly in verse 3:8: unity, sympathy, love, tenderness, humility. Overall, we’re called to bless people even when people come against us.
When we play our roles within society, home, and church we have freedom as we set our hearts to serve. When we serve we actually are more free than demanding to get our own way. This is one of the secrets of the Christian life. As we trust God, He helps us even when we find ourselves in difficult situations.
Ridgeview Church Celebrates 5 years, hear people share how God has made an impact in our community, and lives.
Lets focus on what God has done the first 5 years of our church. We want to honor God and those who have helped us accomplish the mission God has given us.
We need to take the focus from our circumstance and refocus attention on the attributes of God. God is worthy of our Worship. We were created to Worship Him.
The core of productivity is to know the highest priority for each day and situation and choose to put it first.
Character is the key component in choosing what’s best and doing God’s will versus our own. Good fruit in life flows from having the kind of character that keeps choosing God’s will to bless others.
The way to peace without having everything under control, when there are all kinds of loose ends, the to do list is growing to gargantuan size, when interruptions abound is to keep going to God in prayer.
The only way to be truly productive is to realize we don’t have to be productive. Embracing the truth that God accept us apart from good works is the precise thing that motivates me to excel in good works.
How can we truly live an unrushed life? This sermon will look at how busyness and running is a major threat to our spiritual growth and overall I’m well-being. We can run towards things or run away from things and our constant running prevents the right posture and rhythms for lasting spiritual growth.
God made us to make progress in life toward the right things. To pursue rest or productivity in themselves leaves us spinning in circles. He wants to help us be productive by bearing the right kind of fruit as we handle our stewardships..
Trouble can be a real opportunity to learn the most important lessons in life. God wants parents to show their children how to deal with trouble in a way that will brings protection and progress in life. The key to weathering the storms and helping our kids through trouble is to not short-circuit the process of what God wants to do through the trouble.
It’s easy for tension and conflict to be the atmosphere of any home. Left to ourselves, this is the norm. However, with Christ’s help, we can cling to truthing in love.
Parenting is much more than survival—it’s building a team that can make a difference in the world. This sermon will look at how to train your kids to become wise adults and how to overcome folly....
We will focus on keys to teaming together and staying on mission together despite obstacles and shortcomings.
God made families for a purpose. He wants married couples to have a growing companionship they can enjoy as they follow His will for their lives.
Over time we inevitably become tired, weary and we lose sight of our great reward. So, we keep our eye on the prize and remember all that the Lord has promised to do on the day He returns.
Sons & daughters produce nations. How many sons did Abraham receive from the Lord? One, and 400 years later they were 3 million in number. What impact did this nation have in history?
While we wait for the return of the King on the last Day, what are we supposed to be doing with our lives?
The Kingdom of God is winning, winning, winning! But if you set your heart on a Kingdom of Man you will filled with terror, anger, bitterness, apathy and hopelessness.
Christ’s resurrection turns our terror into triumph. He told us we would be free from fear and death and that the power of sin would not be able to overcome us.
Sermon from Matt Sturdevant, Lead Pastor, Hope ChurchKey Lessons I’ve Learned over nearly 40 years of walking with Jesus
Reality only cares about what you do. That turns out to be not only what you think is true but is also really important. So, it’s the details of being married or parenting or building a career that trips us up. Why? Someone is messing with us. The devil is in the detail of life. That’s where he meddles...
For you to move love from true to real in your life, you must learn to, accept people, serve people, forgive people, and befriend people.This is what Jesus did and this what Real Christians do as well as we love those around us.
Heaven is not about escaping reality but about completing it. Heaven is the place where we get to finish what we have tried to start over & over again here. And if we are to enter this holy city all our sins must be forgiven.
How can you tell who is a real Christian? In this sermon we will focus on three main ways according to 1 John 2
Walking in darkness vs walking in light could not be more different. But we tend to think sin isn’t a big deal. This sermon will look at the effects of sin in our lives and how darkness clouds our judgement and thwarts our progress. But all is not lost. Through Christ we can walk in the light and escape the darkness through confession and accountability.
Through Christ being God and being man, we’re given an invitation to relate personally with the living God!
Too many of us are living in a crushing reality of financial debt and stress. The good news is God provides help and relief! In this series we will get traction with our money as we learn practical and biblical principles to free ourselves from being financially squeezed.
Too many of us are living in a crushing reality of financial debt and stress. The good news is God provides help and relief! In this series we will get traction with our money as we learn practical and biblical principles to free ourselves from being financially squeezed.
Too many of us are living in a crushing reality of financial debt and stress. The good news is God provides help and relief! In this series we will get traction with our money as we learn practical and biblical principles to free ourselves from being financially squeezed.
Too many of us are living in a crushing reality of financial debt and stress. The good news is God provides help and relief! In this series we will get traction with our money as we learn practical and biblical principles to free ourselves from being financially squeezed.
Christmas is the reminder that Jesus came for a reason. How can I find lasting peace this Christmas?
While you are waiting, God is working. Promises of God are real but when there is delay—we tend to deny God is with us. Join us to find out how God is at work behind the scenes even when we can’t see it.
Sometimes conflict and injustice come into our lives and we didn’t directly provoke it. Whenever injustice occurs, it’s natural to desire retaliation. When we pursue our own retaliation, it reveals a heart that doesn’t trust in the Lord’s ultimate rescue. Join us to find out the bibles solutions...
All of us struggle with controlling our speech. Every time we open our mouth we are revealing to others something about us. What we say gives us away. Lets see what the bible has to say about redeemed speech..
One of the major pressure points we face is learning to be people of action. Over time we gather more and more information but sadly personal change doesn’t come. God’s desire is that we would be people who hear His Word and then choose an obedient response. He wants us to move from information to application, which leads to life long transformation and blessing. Lets dive further into James and find out how...
We often don’t realize the deadly process that is taking place when we are being tempted. It’s easy to ignore subtle temptations because it doesn’t seem like it’s a big deal. We need to be reminded to stand guard because of our constant vulnerability. Let's dive into the sobering process laid out in James..
We often don’t realize the deadly process that is taking place when we are being tempted. It’s easy to ignore subtle temptations because it doesn’t seem like it’s a big deal. We need to be reminded to stand guard because of our constant vulnerability. Let's dive into the sobering process laid out in James..
Whether you’re going through the fire right now or not, suffering may be right around the corner. Developing the right perspective on suffering is critical. Some would say that we can somehow escape trouble and suffering however James is clear that...
Forgiveness can seem impossible and without Christ—it truly is. When we decide to follow Christ, we become citizens of a brand-new kingdom. We now have a new forgiveness reflex that we must learn and live. This sermon will look at how to move past pride to forgive and how we can experience peace and power when we do
Bitterness that’s left unchecked can grow deeper and deeper, robbing you of the life God desires for you. This sermon will look at how to work through bitterness in a godly way.
Jesus was the most right and least judgmental person who ever lived. We should live the same way because we don’t change people by judging them. We change them by loving them.
Being offended is inevitable. Living offended is a choice. This sermon will look at how holding an offense/grudge leads to destruction over the long-haul. It can divide families/friends/churches, distract Christians from their mission, and discredit our witness. This sermon will look at how God’s brings healing as we let go of our offenses and turn to God for help.
Hearts are rarely changed by anger and judgement, but they are changed by empathy and compassion. We need to lower our expectations of others and raise our gratitude for God’s grace.
There are no perfect families. Every family is more or less ideal. Yet, God wants us to use our imperfect families to be the launching pad to a successful life.