NOLA Church's Podcast: Recent Episodes

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This is the podcast for NOLA Church, a community of believers in New Orleans.

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This is the first sermon in our "Chasing Light" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to humble ourselves by placing someone else's needs before our own.

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This is the fourth sermon in our "All In" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to share with others what Jesus has already invested in us.

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This is the third sermon in our "All In" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to SERVE others out of the overflow of our relationship with Jesus,

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This is the second sermon in our "All In" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to allow our faith to grow, being led by Christ, and share with others what He has done in your life.

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This is the first sermon in our "All In" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to put our belief into action as we love GOD by loving the people He loves.

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This is a stand-alone sermon kicking off our fall small groups semester. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to stay connected to life-giving people who challenge us and support us.

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This is the fourth sermon in our "Prayer 101" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to make prayer our first response, not our last resort.

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This is the third sermon in our "Prayer 101" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to rise above our past identity by surrendering our lives to GOD-reality.

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This is the second sermon in our "Prayer 101" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to have confidence in who Jesus is and remember what He's already done in our lives.

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This is the first sermon in our "Prayer 101" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to pray effectively, not by a ritual of memorized words, but by following His pattern of connecting to our heavenly father in a trusting relationship.

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This is the fourth sermon in our "LIFE" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to not live as a slave to our own desires but to fully surrender to the grace of GOD and let an intimate relationship with Jesus make you "Free Indeed"

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This is the third sermon in our "LIFE" series. In this Sermon, Guest Speaker Phil Cork challenges us to not return to the familiarity of our chains after we have been set free from them; and he shows us that we are most enslaved when we focus only on our self.

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This is the second sermon in our "LIFE" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to allow Jesus to deliver us from our past, shutting the door on the things that try and influence our lives and keep us from being free.

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This is the first sermon in our "LIFE" series. In this Sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to not just stop at salvation. It is only the beginning. GOD also promises us a life free from sin everyday.

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This is the fourth sermon in our "His Church" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to intentionally reach outside of ourselves and connect people who're unable to walk in personal relationship with Jesus.

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This is the third sermon in our "His Church" series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to open our doors to reach for people who are blinded by their situations and past experiences, and to shine the Light and Love of Jesus into their darkness.

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This is the second sermon in our "His Church" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to be the Church for people who've been hurt and damaged by life, choices or maybe even religion, and to receive the healing that only comes through intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

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This is the first sermon in our "His Church" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to be the church that intentionally reaches for those who are poor, both Spiritually and in life, and to discover the riches that real relationship with Jesus provides.

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This is the fifth sermon in our "The Five Senses" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to not settle for simply enough of Jesus, when Jesus is more than enough… He is more than we'll ever need!

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This is the fourth sermon in our "The Five Senses" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to receive the amazing Gift GOD has for every believer… to be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

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This is the third sermon in our "The Five Senses" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to ask Jesus to give us the Gift of Discernment so that we can distinguish between the godly and the carnal.

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This is the second sermon in our "The Five Senses" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to open our souls so that we can hear the Voice of GOD, and to obey what He is telling us.

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This is the first sermon in our "The Five Senses" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to begin looking through our Spiritual eyes by activating our faith.

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This is the third sermon in our "This Is Living" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to surrender every aspect of our lives—our plans, our agendas, our aspirations—to GOD's Plan for us and discover fulfillment in Jesus Christ.

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This is the second sermon in our "This Is Living" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to make the choice to find our satisfaction in the Source of everything we'll ever need: Jesus Christ!

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This is the first sermon in our "This Is Living" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to find contentment in our relationship with Jesus, not in our own ability to meet our own needs.

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This is the sixth sermon in our "Speaking of Jesus" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to not only celebrate Jesus' resurrection, but to also personally experience His resurrection in our own lives through repentance, water baptism, and being filled and baptized with the Holy Spirit.

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This is the fifth sermon in our "Speaking of Jesus" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to bury our past with Jesus through water baptism, so that we can be resurrected into a brand New Life!

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This is the fourth sermon in our "Speaking of Jesus" series. In the sermon Pastor Monte explains to us that Jesus' sacrifice on the cross paid the full price for our sins, so there's nothing left for us to do but accept His free Gift.

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This is the third sermon in our "Speaking of Jesus" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to follow the example of Jesus and serve others to connect them to GOD.

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This is the first sermon in our "Speaking of Jesus" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to receive the New Birth that Jesus' birth provided every one of us.

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This is the fourth sermon in our "Cheating" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to follow GOD's plan for intimacy in our marriages and in our other relationships.

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This is the third sermon in our 'Cheating' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to surrender control of our lives to Jesus so that we can have healthy relationships.

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This is the second sermon in our 'Cheating: Breaking the Rules' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to cheat on Mammon by making Jesus first in every one of our relationships.

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This is the first sermon in our "Cheating: Breaking the Rules" series. In this sermon Pastor Jeff Oettle (Inspire - Kenner, LA) challenges us to break the rules that society has established and build relationships that are founded on GOD's Character and design.

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This is the third sermon in our 'Closer' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to recognize the value that Jesus places on a single worshiper so that we realize the true power of our worship.

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This is the second sermon in our 'Closer' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to chase after GOD, and to be people after GOD's Own heart by allowing Him to take to a place of solitude with Him so that He can mark us with His anointing.

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This is the first sermon in our 'Closer' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to draw closer to Jesus through personal, daily, worship.

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This is the fourth sermon in our "Change Your World" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to leave our personal comfort behind, and to begin to be the change that Jesus has called us to be in our world.

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This is the third sermon in our 'Change Your World' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to first receive the love of Jesus into our hearts, then allow His love to compell us to love our world the way He loves us.

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This is the second sermon in our 'Change Your World' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to respond with gratitude to the generosity given to us by Jesus, and to personally begin making a difference in our world.

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This is our First Wednesday Bible study from November 2014. In this study Pastor Todd challenges us to fall in love with Jesus, and then to allow that relationship to compel into fulfilling His Mission.

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This is the first sermon in our 'Change Your World' series. In this sermon Pastor Chad Ducote challenges us to change our hearts by being more generous with our time, talent, treasure and our talk.

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This is the third sermon in our "I am NOLA" series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to allow the Light and Love of Jesus to fill our lives, banishing the darkness of sin, then to all this Light and Love to shine out of us, eradicating the spiritual blindness that is in our world.

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This is the second sermon in our 'I am NOLA' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to not only be filled with the Holy Spirit to receive salvation, but to also be baptized with the Holy Spirit to receive Divine Empowerment to accomplish the Mission.

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This is the first sermon in our 'I am NOLA' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to realize Who Jesus is and who we are because of Him.

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This is our First Wednesday Bible study from October 2014. In this study Pastor Monte challenges us to allow the Holy Spirit to filter our thoughts so that our lives will connect people with Jesus.

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This is the conclusion of our 'Follow: Our Life—His Example' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to follow the Call of Jesus with every aspect of our lives.

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This is the third sermon in our 'Follow: Our Life—His Example' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to embrace the Call of Jesus with every aspect of who we are, and with every part of our lives.

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This is the second sermon in our 'Follow: Our Life—His Example' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to personally accept GOD's Call on our life; to go beyond our religion and into true relationship with Jesus.

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This is the first sermon in our 'Follow: Our Life—His Example' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to go beyond simply believing in Jesus, and to actually listen to His voice.

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This sermon serves as the launch of our 2014 Fall Small Groups Semester. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to do life the way that GOD designed us to live: together.

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This is the fourth sermon in our 'Teach Us To Pray' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to pray first for our nation, our families, the lost and our own needs.

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This is the third sermon in our 'Teach Us To Pray' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to put GOD's agenda before our own, so that our lives will be filled with the Favor of GOD.

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This is the second sermon in our 'Teach Us To Pray' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to develop the right kind of need in our lives; the kind of need that is centered on GOD's Plan for our lives.

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This is our First Wednesday Bible Study from August 2014. In this study, Pastor Monte challenges us to be a faith-community centered on the most important aspects of GOD's Law: justice, mercy and faith.

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This is the first sermon in our 'Teach Us To Pray' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to not simply talk at or to GOD, but to grow and connect with Him by talking with Him in relational prayer.

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This is the conclusion of our 'RETURN: The Journey Back to Relationship' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte shows us the true Character of GOD… merciful response to our repentance, and a return to us.

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This is the third sermon in our 'RETURN: The Journey Back to Relationship' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to put GOD to the test by trusting Him first with our lives.

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This is the second sermon in our 'RETURN: The Journey Back to Relationship' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to return to GOD in our relationships, both in our families and with other people.

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This is the first sermon in our 'Return: The Journey Back to Relationship' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to return to relationship with Jesus through how we acknowledge him both in our own lives, but also in how we tell others about Him, as well as in our worship to Him.

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This is the fourth sermon in our 'GROW: The Next Step' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to live in the Favor of GOD by changing our focus to accept GOD's Reality, then to trust His Initiative and to receive His Provision.

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This is the third sermon in our 'Grow' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to discover GOD's original design for our lives by examining our personality, our passions and the Spiritual Gifts Jesus has already placed inside of us.

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This is the second sermon in our 'Grow' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to mature in our relationship with Jesus by developing the habits of a disciple.

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This is the first sermon in our 'Grow' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to not only be consumers, but to be distributers of the Good News.

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What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? How do people know that I am a part of His Family? In this sermon, Pastor Monte explains the true power of water baptism, and challenges us to not simply be consumers of the Good News, but to be true followers of Jesus.

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This is the fifth sermon in our 'Storied' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to allow Jesus' Story to radically change our lives so that we can share Our Story with people who are far from GOD.

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This is the fourth sermon in our 'Storied' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to recognize Jesus for Who He really is, and to allow Him to lead us to a place of intimacy with Him.

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This is the third sermon in our 'Storied' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to live our lives the way that Jesus lived, by SERVing GOD, but also by SERVing others as well.

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This is the second sermon in our 'Storied' series. In this sermon, Pastor Nate demonstrates to us Jesus' humanity by showing us His relationships.

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This is the first sermon in our 'Storied' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte shows us Matthew's story of Jesus, then challenges us to allow Jesus to lead us to a place of restoration so that we can experience fulfillment.

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This is the sixth sermon in our 'Love Story' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to allow Jesus to lead us to the place of faithfulness in our relationships so that we can discover a love that lasts a lifetime.

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This is the fifth sermon in our 'Love Story' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to love in our relationships more deeply, and also to allow Jesus to take us to a more deep and mature place in our relationship with Him.

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This is the fourth sermon in our 'Love Story' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to intentional in resolving the conflicts in our relationships with our spouse, our family and other people.

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This is the third sermon in our 'Love Story' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to bring GOD back into our sexual intimacy.

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This is the second sermon in our 'Love Story' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to build our relationships on right feelings in the right season.

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This is the first sermon in our 'Love Story' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to follow GOD's order of attraction in our relationships and in our marriages, because these relationships are a reflection of our relationship with Jesus.

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Overseer Cresley Pierce challenges us to allow GOD to use the chaos of our lives to start something beautiful within us.

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This is the fourth sermon in our 'Transformed' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to allow Jesus to overshadow us with His Character so that our lives will be complete and fulfilled in Him.

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This is the third sermon in our 'Transformed' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to live lives that are acceptable to GOD and attractive to people far from GOD, so that we may connect the to Jesus.

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This is the second sermon in our 'Transformed' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to allow GOD to transform us so that we can live lives that are benefical.

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This is the first sermon in our Transformed series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to allow Jesus to transform us into a brand new person by changing the way we think.

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Pastor Nate challenges us to return to a place of intimacy with Jesus.

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This is the third sermon in our 'White Christmas' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to allow Jesus to set us free from the chains of our past and to enter into His New Reality.

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This is the second sermon in our 'White Christmas' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to begin to look at those who have hurt us through the eyes of Jesus; as someone who is also hurting and in need of Grace.

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This is the first sermon in our 'White Christmas' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to choose to forgive those who've hurt us.

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This is the first sermon in our 'Legacy' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to carefully examine the legacy that has been left for us by the heroes of the faith, and by Jesus, and for us to allow their legacy to compel us forward on our Journey.

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This is the final sermon in our series 'The Blessed Life'. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to put GOD first in every aspect of our lives, so that GOD can bless what we have, then return it to us, so that we can make a difference in someone else's life.

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This is the fifth sermon in our series "The Blessed Life". In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to live generous lives because GOD has been extravagantly generous with His love to us.

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This is the third sermon in our series 'The Blessed Life'. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to put GOD first in every part of our lives.

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This is the second sermon in our series 'The Blessed Life'. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to take GOD at His Word, and to return GOD's tithe.

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This is the first sermon in our series "The Blessed Life." In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to give like GOD does: without expecting anything in return.

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This is the third sermon in our 'LIFE His Way' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte encourages us to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

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This is the second sermon in our 'LIFE His Way' series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to all Jesus to breathe His Holy Spirit into our lives and to give us the Gifts of His Spirit so that we can receive the empowerment we need to SERVE His Way, and to accomplish His Mission to save the lost.

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This is the first sermon in our 'LIFE His Way' series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to stop simply going through the motions of repentance, but to truly allow Jesus to lead us away from our sins… to be born again, His way.

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This is the fourth sermon in our Fresh Air series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to get in a small group, and to do life with other believers on the same Journey.

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This is the third sermon in our Fresh Air series. In this sermon Pastor Monte challenges us to discover the way that GOD prefers to be worshiped, then to worship Him in that way. Speaking GOD's Love Language breathes Fresh Air back into our relationship with GOD.

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This is the second sermon in our Fresh Air series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to read the Word of GOD in a new way.

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This is the first sermon in our Fresh Air series. In this sermon, Pastor Monte challenges us to change the way that we communicate with GOD by following Jesus' example of how to pray.