Romans 5:3,5 – …we rejoice in our sufferings…because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. One of the sacred honors of being a pastor is having a front row seat for the best and worst days of people’s lives. A pastor is there when … Read more
Romans 5:3-5 – Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. For most people, … Read more
Romans 4:23-25 – But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. Like milk in … Read more
Everyone will suffer at some point in this life and Pastor Mark shares how, when we suffer in the Holy Spirit, we can receive supernatural power, supernatural character, and supernatural love.
This encouraging sermon from Romans 5 encourages people to rejoice in God, hardship, and reconciliation.
In this clip from a recent sermon in Romans, Pastor Mark explains the difference between God’s passive wrath and His active wrath.
Paul spent the first part of his life in comfort, ease, and luxury. He enjoyed dual citizenship which allowed him incredible freedom to travel, had a world class education, was a member of the prestigious religious group known as the Pharisees, and was widely respected as a powerful leader who literally killed people in the … Read more
In this question from the “Power Under Pressure” series in 2 Peter, Pastor Mark gives reasons why we know the Bible is true. The full sermon gives 25 but, in this clip, he talks about 3 of them.
In this question from the “Odd Life Good God” series in 1 Peter, Pastor Mark addresses 1 Peter 5:7 and how to practically cast all our worries, cares, and anxieties on the Lord.
This question from Pastor Mark talks about the hardest time in his family’s life and how God’s anointing is the most important thing even in the midst of suffering.
In this question from the 1 Peter series, Pastor Mark answers the question of why Christians suffer just like non-Christians do.
2 Peter 1:1 – Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Things in our world are going from bad to worse, which is new to us but not new to God. … Read more