Memorial Baptist Church Jefferson City

We live in a culture overflowing with stuff—but starving for peace. Storage units, constant upgrades, credit-card debt, the hedonic treadmill… it all reveals something deeper: we want more, but it’s never enough. Into that world, Jesus says, “Watch out for greed. Life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” (Luke 12:15) This week, Pastor David exposes the Lie of Scarcity, reveals the Truth of the Father’s Abundance, and anchors us in the Hope of the Generous King—a King who became poor so that we might become rich in God. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why our culture is trapped in the “hedonic treadmill” ✅ How the scarcity story began in Genesis 3 ✅ Why greed is a spiritual symptom, not a financial issue ✅ How Jesus frees us from anxiety, fear, and “bigger barn” living ✅ Why Advent begins with hope—because our King is generous ✅ Practical practices for contentment, simplicity, and generosity this week 📖 Key Scriptures: Luke 12:13–34 • Matthew 6:19–34 • Genesis 3 • Acts 4:32–35 • Isaiah 9:2,6–7 • 2 Cor. 8:9; Rom. 8:32 🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 https://memorialchurch.net 📩 https://www.facebook.com/memorialchurchjc 🎧 Listen on the go: 🔵 Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH

The world disciples us to crave more—more money, more status, more security. But God calls His people to something radically different: contentment shaped by the character of Christ. This week, Pastor Nathan teaches from 1 Timothy 6 and throughout Scripture that the Lord—not our job, not the government, not our hustle—is the true source of all provision. Because God is generous and wise, His people must be shrewd stewards and radically generous. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why Scripture commands BOTH fiscal wisdom and radical generosity ✅ How contentment frees us from envy, fear, and cultural captivity ✅ Why Jesus must define our economics—not politics, not preferences ✅ How generosity becomes evidence of the gospel transforming us ✅ Practical steps for budgeting, examining motives, and inviting accountability 📖 Key Scriptures: 1 Timothy 6:1–11 • Exodus 20:17 • Leviticus 19:9–18; 25:35–55 • James 2:14–17 • 1 Chronicles 29:10–14   🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 https://memorialchurch.net 📩 https://www.facebook.com/memorialchurchjc 🎧 Listen on the go: 🔵 Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH

True generosity doesn’t begin with guilt—it begins with grace. In this message, Pastor Jimmy reminds us that generosity is the overflow of God’s unmerited favor. When we understand that every breath, gift, and resource comes from Him, giving becomes a joy, not a burden. From 2 Corinthians 8–9, we see the Macedonian believers give with joy amid poverty because they first gave themselves to the Lord. Grace came down—and generosity flowed out. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why generosity begins with understanding grace, not obligation ✅ How “common grace” and “saving grace” shape our giving ✅ The difference between mercy and grace—and why both matter ✅ Why cheerful giving reveals the heart of Christ in us ✅ How to give wisely, freely, and joyfully within your means   📖 Key Scriptures: 2 Corinthians 8:1–15; 9:6–11 • Ephesians 2:8–10 • Luke 19:8–10   🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net   📩 facebook.com/memorialchurchjc   🎧 Listen on the go: 🔵 Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH

When the family of God shows up, Jesus doesn’t just grow us—He sends us. This message from Pastor David wraps up the Familified series by showing how those who show up, stay, and grow in Christ are called to go—as Spirit-empowered witnesses to the world. We don’t go alone; we go together, filled with His presence, power, and purpose. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why showing up matters more than you think (Hebrews 10:24–25) ✅ How unity in Christ resists isolation and shame ✅ What it means to witness in the Spirit’s power (Acts 1:8) ✅ Why every believer is gifted for ministry and mission ✅ How God sends us here, there, and everywhere to make Jesus known 📖 Key Scriptures: Hebrews 10:24–25 • John 17:20–23 • Matthew 28:18–20 • Acts 1:8 • 1 Peter 4:10 🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 facebook.com/memorialchurchjc 🎧 Listen on the go: 🔵 Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH

Light exposes what darkness tries to hide—and Jesus invites us out of hiding into healing. In this message, Pastor David shows how the gospel moves us from Isolation → Invitation, Lies → Truth, Secrecy → Confession, and Spectators → Siblings through Christ’s cleansing blood and the practice of confession and prayer together.  🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why we hide (fear, shame, self-rescue) and how Jesus calls us into the light ✅ How confession is God’s pathway to cleansing, healing, and family life ✅ Why praying together turns spectators into siblings who share joys & sorrows ✅ Simple, safe guardrails for practicing confession + prayer in triads 📖 Key Scriptures: Genesis 1:1–3; 2:18, 25 • John 1:4–5; 3:16–21; 8:12 • 1 John 1:5–10; 2:1–2 • Romans 8:1, 34–39 • James 5:16 🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 https://memorialchurch.net 📩 https://www.facebook.com/memorialchurchjc 🎧 Listen on the go: 🔵 Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH

We live in a world that’s crowded yet lonely—where fear, shame, individualism, and isolation fracture the human heart. But in Christ, God doesn’t leave us in hiding—He forms us into a family that rejoices and weeps together. In this message, Pastor David unpacks how the gospel frees us from individualism and isolation to live as one family in Jesus. You’ll see why real joy and real sorrow are meant to be shared, not shouldered alone. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why fear and shame keep us from authentic connection ✅ How confession and adoption in Christ heal isolation ✅ What it means to rejoice and weep together as God’s family ✅ How joy becomes defiant when rooted in Christ, not circumstance ✅ Why family in Christ is God’s answer to the world’s chaos   📖 Key Scriptures: Romans 12:9, 15 • 1 John 4:18 • Romans 8:15 • Philippians 4:4–7 • John 16:33   🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net   📩 facebook.com/memorialchurchjc   🎧 Listen on the go: 🔵 Podbean https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ 🍎 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 🎵 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH

We live in a world that’s more connected than ever — and more alone than ever. But into our chaos steps Jesus. He doesn’t just forgive sinners; He adopts sons and daughters. He takes isolated lives and forms them into a household of love, joy, and peace in His name. This message from Pastor David shows that God is a Family who makes family — a Father, Son, and Spirit drawing us home into His life of love. In Mark 3:31–35, Jesus redefines family around Himself — not by bloodline but by faith and obedience. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why Jesus’ definition of family is radically different from the world’s ✅ How God brings order out of chaos through His presence and people ✅ What counterfeit communities can’t give you — and what Christ can ✅ Why belonging to God’s family changes how we live, love, and suffer together ✅ How the Spirit “familifies” us — making us one body marked by love and life 📖 Key Scriptures: Mark 3:31–35 • John 6:40 • Ephesians 2:19–22 • Romans 8:14–17 • 1 Corinthians 12:26 🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 facebook.com/memorialchurchjc 🎧 Listen on the go: 🔵 Podbean https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ 🍎 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 🎵 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH

From the beginning, God has revealed Himself through the language of family. He is a Father who loves fiercely, a Brother who obeys humbly, and a Husband who sacrifices faithfully. This message from Pastor Nathan shows how the nature of God Himself — Father, Son, and Spirit — draws us into His life of love and teaches us how to love one another as His family.   🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why God calls us His sons and daughters through Jesus’ redemptive work ✅ How understanding God as family transforms how we see one another ✅ What it means to live as deeply spiritual people in a carnal world ✅ How Jesus’ humility and sacrifice redefine our relationships and mission ✅ Why the church is not a club but a home — a family formed by grace   📖 Key Scriptures: Hebrews 2:10–14 • Zephaniah 2:1–7 • John 16:26 • Philippians 2:4–8 • Ephesians 5:22–28   🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net   📩 facebook.com/memorialchurchjc   🎧 Listen on the go: 🔵 Podbean 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify

Meals tell stories — and the Lord’s Supper tells the greatest one of all. In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul reminds the church that the Table of Christ is not about personal status or private religion — it’s about a redeemed family, united in grace and centered on Jesus. This message from Pastor David calls us to lay down our baggage, look to Jesus, and come together for the better, not the worse — as one body made whole by His blood. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why the Lord’s Supper unites us as one redeemed family in Christ ✅ How selfishness and division distort God’s design for His Church ✅ The meaning of “discerning the body” — and why it’s both personal and communal ✅ What it means to come to the Table worthily — with humility, grace, and love ✅ How to lay down your baggage and embrace your brothers and sisters in Christ 📖 Key Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 11:17–34 • Ephesians 1:7 • Exodus 12 • Luke 22:14–20 🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 facebook.com/memorialchurchjc 🎧 Listen on the go: 🔵 Podbean 🍎 Apple Podcasts 🎵 Spotify

Jesus didn’t just teach, He wept. In Matthew 23:37–39, Jesus laments over Jerusalem—grieving for those who rejected Him, longing to gather them as a hen gathers her chicks. This sermon from Pastor David calls us to share Christ’s compassion and recognize that His tears lead to our mission. Jesus’ lament shows He is not ignorable—He is the Savior we need. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why Jesus wept over Jerusalem—and what it reveals about His heart ✅ How lament leads us into mission and compassion for the lost ✅ Why ignoring Jesus isn’t just a mistake—it’s a matter of life and death ✅ How His call sends us to declare the gospel boldly 📖 Key Scriptures: Matthew 23:37–39 • Luke 19:41–44 • Exodus 19:5–6 • 1 Peter 2:9–10 🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 https://memorialchurch.net 📩 https://www.facebook.com/memorialchurchjc   🎧 Listen on the go: Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH

Fasting isn’t just self-denial—it’s spiritual warfare. In this week’s message, Pastor Nathan unpacks Matthew 9:14–17 and Matthew 17:14–21 to show how fasting isn’t simply for self-improvement, but an active way believers resist the powers of darkness through Christ’s strength. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why fasting is an essential weapon in the life of a disciple ✅ How Christ and the Apostles modeled fasting in times of need and preparation ✅ Why prayer and fasting together rely fully on God’s provision and power ✅ How your personal and corporate fasting impacts the world around you   📖 Key Scriptures: Matthew 9:14–17 • Matthew 17:14–21 • Ephesians 6:12 • Daniel 10:12f • Acts 13:1–3 • Galatians 5:22–23 📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 https://memorialchurchjc.podbean.com/ ▶️ Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 ▶️ Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH   🔍 #Fasting #SpiritualWarfare #Matthew9 #Matthew17 #Discipleship #JesusIsEverything

When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, He declared: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” In this message, Eric unpacks Matthew 4 to show how fasting teaches us to crucify the flesh and feast on Christ, the true Bread of Life. Fasting isn’t punishment—it’s pursuit. It’s letting go of control, resisting temptation, and finding our deepest satisfaction in Jesus.   🔥 In this message, you’ll learn: ✅ Why fasting starves the flesh but feeds the Spirit ✅ How Jesus modeled resisting temptation with God’s Word ✅ Why life is about more than food and drink—it points us to the Lord ✅ How to practice fasting as dependence, not performance   📖 Key Scriptures: Matthew 4:1–11 • Deuteronomy 8:2–3 • John 6:27–35 • Galatians 5:16–25 • 1 Peter 2:11   🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 https://memorialchurch.net 📩 https://www.facebook.com/memorialchurchjc   🎧 Listen on the go: Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH

What if fasting isn’t about conquering your body but opening your hands in submission and surrender? This week’s sermon explores fasting not as a ritual for results but as a response to  focus on Jesus. From Moses and Elijah to Jesus in the wilderness, fasting has always been about remembering God, releasing control, and hungering for the Bread of Life. 🔥 In this message, you’ll discover: ✅ Why fasting isn’t for “spiritual superheroes” but for forgetful disciples ✅ The difference between fasting (food) and abstinence (distractions)—and why both matter ✅ How fasting helps us let go of control and re-focus on Jesus ✅ Why true fasting always leads to feasting on Christ, the Bread of Life.  ✅ THE BREAD THREAD! 📖 Key Scriptures: Matthew 6:16–18 • Deuteronomy 8:3 • Joel 2:12 • John 6:35 • Galatians 3:13 • John 14:6   🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 https://memorialchurch.net 📩 https://www.facebook.com/memorialchurchjc   🎧 Listen on the go: Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH  

What does a healthy church look like? Acts 6 gives us some blueprint. This week, Pastor David unpacks how disciples, deacons, and shepherds serve different roles but share one mission, so the Word increases, disciples multiply, and Jesus is exalted 🔥 In this message, you’ll learn: ✅ How God uses ordinary people for extraordinary mission ✅ Why deacons “lead by serving” and pastors “serve by leading” ✅ How unity and mission thrive when each part of the body serves together ✅ Why Jesus is the meaning behind the mission, ministry, and church leadership- Jesus is everything!   📖 Key Scriptures: Acts 6:1–7 • John 15:1–6 • Mark 1:15 • John 14:6   🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Facebook 🎧 Listen on the go: Podbean Apple Podcasts Spotify

Have you ever considered prayer as an act of love and war/resistance? This week, Pastor David walks through Ephesians 3 and 6, showing how Paul begins with prayer for love and ends with prayer as warfare. We stand together as one body in Christ—rooted in His love, resisting the powers of darkness/evil, and declaring that Jesus is everything. 🔥 In this message, you’ll explore: ✅ Why prayer begins in love before it moves to resistance ✅ How Paul calls the church to “stand firm” in Christ’s victory ✅ What it means to wear the armor of God ✅ How prayer unites us as one family against spiritual darkness ✅ Where idols, ideologies, and false loves demand our allegiance—and how Christ sets us free   📖 Key Scriptures: Ephesians 3:14–19 • Ephesians 6:10–20    🙌 Join us in person Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Facebook   🎧 Listen on the go: Podbean Apple Podcasts Spotify

What if rest wasn’t just about slowing down—but about worship and resistance? In this week’s sermon, Eric opens Isaiah 61, Mark 2, and Psalm 46:10 to remind us that Sabbath is more than a day off—it’s a declaration that we trust God, not our to-do list.   Discover: 🔵 Why Jesus declared “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” 🔵 How the “year of the Lord’s favor” points to freedom in Christ. 🔵 What it means to resist Babylon’s pattern of busyness and live in God’s provision.   📖 Scriptures: - Isaiah 61:1–2 - Mark 2:23–28 - Psalm 46:10   --- 📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 getconnected@memorialchurch.net 💬 Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/memorialchurchjc   ---   🎧 Listen on the go on your favorite platform: ▶️ Podbean — https://memorialchurchjc.podbean.com/ ▶️ Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city/id1478157245 ▶️ Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/5CuIDzWry5Y2oz8TBHOKoH    

You were made for joyful delight, not anxious striving. In this week’s message, Pastor David unpacks Isaiah 58, Psalm 92, John 15, and Romans 5 to show how the Sabbath points us to the complete joy we can only find in Jesus Christ. Week after week, sabbath calls us to remember the gospel! Stop. Rest. Delight. Worship. In Christ alone.   📖 Key Scriptures: Isaiah 58:13–14 • Psalm 92:1-4 • John 15:9–11 • Romans 5:1–11   📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Facebook 🎧 Listen on your favorite platform: Podbean: https://memorialchurch.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/memorial-baptist-church-jefferson-city-mo/id1507430298 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3zCJvq5Zs7T4B5GbB3cV6Y 🔍 #SabbathRest #JoyInChrist #Isaiah58 #John15 #CompleteJoy #StopRestDelightWorship #GospelRhythms #InChristAlone

We live in a culture that celebrates busyness, praises production, and pushes us to keep going, but God offers something radically different: rest. Not just physical rest, but the deep soul rest found in Him.   From creation in Genesis to the promise in Hebrews 4, God built rest into the fabric of His world and invites us to trust Him enough to stop striving.

Jesus didn’t just teach about Sabbath—He is our Sabbath. In this message, Pastor David explores the deep, transformative rhythm of Sabbath, not as a rule to follow but as a weekly invitation to Stop, Rest, Delight, and Worship. More than a break from work, Sabbath is a holy protest against the lies of busyness, productivity, and self-sufficiency—and a return to the truth that Jesus is Lord, and we are not. 📖 Key Scriptures: Mark 2:23–3:6, Genesis 2:1–3, Exodus 20:8–11, Isaiah 58:13–14, Matthew 11:28–30, 1 Peter 2:24, John 14:6 🔥 You’ll hear: ✅ Why Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath ✅ How Sabbath is healing, salvation, and communion ✅ What it looks like to stop striving and trust God ✅ Why Sabbath is a weekly act of resistance and worship ✅ How to begin practicing Sabbath with joy and freedom   🙌 Weekly Practice: This week, block time to STOP and REST—not just physically, but spiritually. Reflect on what keeps you from resting. Let go of control and trust the One who holds it all together. 📍 Join us Sundays @ 9:15 AM 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 Email: Facebook 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast app: ▶️ Podbean ▶️ Apple Podcasts ▶️ Spotify

Jesus often withdrew to lonely places—and so should we. This message from Nathan challenges us to meet God in solitude, not just when it’s easy, but especially when we feel overwhelmed, tempted, or weak. In the quiet, God doesn’t shame our weakness — He strengthens us with grace. 🔑 Sermon Highlights: • Jesus shows us the rhythm of retreating to the Father • Weakness is not failure — it’s the doorway to divine strength • God is not glorified by your exhaustion, but by your surrender 📖 Mark 1 • Matthew 26 • John 6 • 2 Corinthians 12 • Philippians 2 📍 Sundays @ 9:15 AM – 1120 Madison St., Jefferson City, MO 🌐 memorialchurch.net 📩 getconnected@memorialchurch.net 🎧 Also available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean