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Upcoming Sermons & Devotional Message
August Sermons 2026
8-2- Faithfulness
Lamentations 3:22-23 Hebrews 10:23
8-9- Bishop Greenway Preaching
Bishop Greenway is retiring. On the last day of the annual conference he had a teaching he called Some thoughts before I go. Over the next 10 weeks we’re going to use those thoughts as our guide to our weekly sermons
8-16- Play Well With Others.
Proverbs 15:1 Romans 12:18
8-23- Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing
Proverbs 3:5-7 1 Corinthians 1:22-25
8-30- Preach Truth and Grace
Psalms 100 John 1:14
Devotional Message : These will change 1-2 times a week. Stop by often to read the new message.
Some Thoughts on the Power of Belief
We could all use a little more faith these days. I often find our belief in God’s capacity to act in our lives is diminished and domesticated when what's offered to us is far more than we can ask or imagine. The result is an anemic faith in which we reduce the relationship God offers—to be with us—down to a mere transaction based upon whatever He’s done for us lately.
In the Gospel of Mark chapter 9, a man whose son was possessed by an evil spirit asked Jesus if He could help this man's son:
Jesus said, “If you can? Anything is possible for him who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:23, 24).
The man in this story wanted to believe, but he knew his faith was weak. Rather than settle for unbelief, he asked Jesus to strengthen his faith. He’s a good example for us whenever doubt tempts us.
A pastor visited a man who lost his business when his business partner ran off with the money. Then the man lost his wife due to the stress of losing his business. Then doctors diagnosed him with cancer. The pastor offered to read the Bible to him, but the man replied that he didn’t believe in God anymore.
The pastor reminded the man that God didn’t promise us health, wealth, or happiness, but something even better: forgiveness for all our sins, an eternal home in heaven, and a promise to never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). One sign and symptom of an anemic, transactional faith is the “loss” of our faith when life gets hard. On the other hand, dynamic faith seems to flourish when difficulties arise. We don’t realize Jesus is all we need until He’s all we have.
Whenever hardship threatens our faith, we should pray: “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief.”
Choose faith today, my friends!