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New Beginnings exists to build relationships with Jesus Christ and one another: person-to-person, house-to-house, city-to-city, and nation-to nation. Or as our mission slogan simply states: “To Know Christ and Make Christ Known!” Live near Pacific, Missouri? Join us Sunday mornings at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Want to learn more? Check us out at nblc.net or download our free app by searching for NBLC in your app store.
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Life is already difficult. Just put one foot in front of another and make the most of what you’ve got. But then Grace breaks in, making the earth beneath you quake and shake. “God’s will be done,” is all you can say.Scripture: Luke 1:26-38**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
You’re drawing toward retirement and have long accepted your earlier dreams are never happening. You’ve become comfortable with the state of affairs, and even feel grateful for your other blessings. Then Grace breaks in and assigns you a role that appears perfectly misplaced.Scripture: Luke 1:5-25**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
Gratitude interrupts anxiety and provides a path for peace. God given gratitude rewires our attention, according to Scripture, setting us free to greater fulfilment! These biblical truths are even being touted by psychologists as the healthiest of all emotions.Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
God never told us to give thanks FOR all things. It is a practice we can maintain all the time, even when recognizing some unpleasant realities in our lives. God wants gratitude for us, and uses it to reframe life’s difficulties.Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
The wisdom of the ages already identified what science is only beginning to acknowledge: gratitude changes us for the better. But how does one experience gratitude? Gratitude is a practice that begins with God’s grace.Scripture: Psalm 136**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
Let me tell you about the parties God throws—they’re always for the wrong people! And the door is open for all to come. And, finally, these celebrations are often scandalous! Read Luke 15:1-32 to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
Who do I have to love? That’s not the question Jesus wants us to ask. Instead Jesus forces us to consider, What kind of person am I becoming? Jesus moves us from obligation mindsets to character formation. Read Luke 10:25-37 to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
We cannot hold our tongues. We have faith on our lips! Our faith finds a voice because of what we have seen and heard. And we don’t need polish. We just need to be present. Read Luke 24:13-35 to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
Prayer is a call and response. Having heard God’s Word, we pray it—quote it. That’s why every prayer we pray shapes who we are. It’s like the Bible’s echo in our hearts. Read Luke 1:46-55 to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
We don’t just read the Word, but the Word reads us. Scripture doesn’t just inform us, but transforms us. It’s like the Bible is alive! Read Hebrews 4:12 to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
The last time this preacher spoke at NBLC, someone offered him a job! Always a blessing to receive the Word from someone whom Jesus called to ministry and grew in the trenches of mission for decades. You don’t want to miss this one! Read Joshua 1:8 to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
Talk about demonizing your opponents! Jesus didn’t mince words when it came to a vitriolic exchange with the religious authorities of His day. If WWJD applies, should we resort to name-calling? Read John 8:39ff to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
This is gonna be a helluva sermon. Is it true that Jesus spoke of hell more than anyone else? What should we think about Jesus’ comments involving eternal damnation? Read Matthew 25 to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
If there’s any commandment in the Bible that we’re able to keep, this one seems accessible. But it’s definitely difficult to wrap our heads around these words. Read Luke 14:26-27 to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
I’ve said in sermons past that the Bible doesn’t prohibit slavery. This shocked some. This week we’ll see that Jesus not only condoned it, but advocated that we become slaves! Read Mark 10:44 to prepare.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
Who doesn’t love a bingeable mini-series? Gone are the days we’d watch an episode and wait, painstakingly, for seven-days to pass to resolve a cliffhanger. Immediate results are delightful. If we can get them, why not? When we cannot, then what?**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
We notice things: brand names; status symbols; famous people. Points of pride, lusts of the eyes, boastings of what we have and do pale in significance to the unseen seeds lovingly sown in faithful obedience. These produce tectonic shifts in the unseen realm.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
Personal ambition is lauded by our culture, but many of us do not dream small enough. When Jesus’ disciples had dreams of grandeur, He shut them down and pointed to unlikely candidates for esteem. Perhaps, with God’s help, we can want less.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
Look to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
Ever feel like you don’t know enough to effectively share your faith? Jonah delivered a terrible sermon to Nineveh, leaving out critical information (apparently), but somehow God used a reluctant prophet to reach a whole city!**For the best uninterrupted livestream experience, participate in this week's sermon at nblc.net/sermons
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