New Year, Same Promises

1/8/17 – 2/19/17

When a new year greets us we often think about new things and all the ways we wish we could improve:  weight loss, less stress, better health, etc.  In the midst of all this change, sometimes it’s good to remember the constancy of God and God’s promises to us.  So while it may be a new year, the promises of God to us are always the same.

God’s Promise of New Life

January 8, 2017

In this first message in the series, “New Year, Same Promises,” Pastor Evan expounds on the truth that God recreates us through baptism and his word, making us new creations.

God’s Promise of Faithfulness

January 22, 2017

In this second message in the series, “New Year, Same Promises,” Pastor Evan explores how God is faithful to his people.

God’s Promise of Ministry

January 29, 2017

In part 3 of the series, “New Year, Same Promises,” Pastor Evan delves into the topic of God’s Promise of Ministry. God calls every Christian to have a ministry: that is, a way of serving God that calls the person to go beyond just themselves and their desires and to look towards others. In particular, Jesus gives us the odd but hopeful promise that he will make us a “fisher of people.”

God’s Promise of Blessing

February 5, 2017

In this fourth part of the series, “New Year, Same Promises,” Pastor Evan examines the promise that God will bless us. But in order to appreciate and live into this promise, we need to understand what blessing is to God.

God’s Promise of Guidance

February 12, 2017

In this fifth part of the series, “New Year, Same Promises,” Pastor Evan explains that God has promised to guide us, and that this guidance comes primarily through the word of God, that is the Bible, and the one who is the Word of God, that is Jesus.

God’s Promise of Freedom

February 19, 2017

Concluding the series, “New Year, Same Promises,” Pastor Evan talks about how God has promised freedom to us – namely the freedom to follow him.