Coast Community Church - Gulf Breeze, FL - Sunday Messages 2019

Special message to bring in the New Year. Walking into Forever

This Sunday I will be talking about "Christmas Time." Did you know that time is mentioned in quite a few verses in the Christmas story? I am going to be taking a deeper look at the Christmas stories to talk about Time and God's Timing.

Do you ever struggle with fear? Are you ever afraid that you are inadequate to deal with the things swirling around your life? Do you sometimes worry that the world is changing way too quickly and you are afraid of the changes? Would you believe that there are answers to these questions and fears in the Christmas story? Join us this weekend at Coast for part 3 of our series as I talk about how to have a 'No-Fear' Christmas!

This Sunday, we are digging into the Christmas stories and applying the practical principles to our life. This weekend I will be talking about "What to do when God messes up your plans." All of us have experienced those situations where we carefully lay out a plan, and yet God has something different for us. Join us this Sunday at Coast as we talk about what do you do in those situations.

Join us during the month of December at Coast Community Church as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All throughout the Christmas season, we will be taking a fresh look at the Christmas story, and discovering how to apply it to our lives so that we can we can live out the life that God always intended us to live.

We've been looking at Jesus most famous servant, "The Sermon on the Mount" and we have been zeroing in on one section... a series of statements known as "The Beatitudes." This week we will look at the 8th and final Beatitude as I teach on "How to Handle Opposition to Your Faith. I will be talking about how God blesses those who are persecuted. You will learn how facing opposition makes you more like Christ... and how God blesses you when you live for Him - even under pressure.

You know, there isn't hardly a day that goes by that I don't meet with someone who is struggling with a broken relationship. It could be an estranged child who they have limited or no contact with, or a former close friendship that has dissolved. It could be a marriage, an issue with a neighbor or co-worker or someone in their school or even in their church. This weekend I will be take a deeper look into the 7th beatitude, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God."

This weekend I will be teaching on Matthew 5:8, "God blesses those whose hearts are pure... for they will see God." We will look at the blessings of Integrity... and six possible ways to develop it in our lives.

This week, we are taking a look at the fifth beatitude... and talking about the ministry of mercy. God is merciful to us... and He has a great plan and ministry of mercy for us. So join us this weekend and discover what mercy is... and why we should be merciful... and then I am going to show you 7 facets of mercy that have the power to transform your relationships.

Come join us this week as we take a deeper in-depth look into the fourth beatitude as we talk about how God blessed those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. Learn the meaning of righteousness, and what God's plan is to make you righteous, and five ways you can stay spiritually hungry.

We're in a series right now where we are taking a deep look into Jesus' most famous sermon, the sermon on the mount. And in this series, we are going verse by verse through the Beatitudes. This week we are looking at the 3rd Beatitude, Matthew 5:5, "God blesses those who are gentle, the whole earth belongs to them." What an amazing, and intriguing statement. Join us this weekend at Coast as we look at "The Power of Gentleness." This message may surprise you. But if you are a person who is led by your emotions, you definitely don't want to miss it.

Are you hurting, or do you know someone who is hurting? Has life been a struggle? Are you walking through a season of grief? Do you feel overwhelmed by all that is happening around you? Then don't miss this Sunday as we continue our series... This week I will be talking about the second beatitude... How God Blesses the Brokenhearted.

Bless you! Have you ever thought, what in the world does that mean? What's a blessing and how do you define it? Would we even know a blessing if it slapped us in the face? The word "bless" in the bible is the Greek word "Makarios" which means... happy. To have a blessing is to have happiness in your life. In Jesus' mic-dropping sermon, the Sermon on the Mount Jesus begins by giving us 8 ways to be blessed by God. Jesus wants us to be happy, but the truth is that most of us aren't! As we read through scripture, the problem isn't with God, it's with us. If we're going to be blessed by God, then we have to live a life that is bless-able. Come join us for "When Jesus Dropped The Mic" as we learn 8 conditions for receiving God's blessings in our lives.

Last weekend I closed out the "Radical" series by talking about how to be radically free. This week, Pam McKinney, (I call her Pammy Mack) will be taking that even deeper. She will be using the story of Philemon to make a powerful point for forgiveness and how it brings freedom.

Sadly though, so many people I talk to feel stuck in life... trapped... they feel bound up by their thoughts, their worries, their fears, their anxieties. They don't realize that Christ has set us free. That's why this weekend at Coast, I am finishing up our series "Radical" by talking about Radical Freedom. The Bible says that he whom the Son sets free is free indeed. It says you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. But what does that mean? And why do we still struggle and feel stuck, trapped, and bound up?

Did you know that God has a specific plan, purpose and destiny for your life? Did you know that you weren't just put on the earth to go to work, come home, spend a few minutes with your kids, watch some TV, go to bed and then do it all over again? Again and again and again? No! I believe with all my heart that God is speaking to us as individuals and as a church about returning to our roots... getting back to God's plan and purpose for our lives. The truth is... we are world-changers. One act of love, one moment of kindness, one word of encouragement, one small smile, one opportunity to speak a little hope to someone - these things can change the life of someone... who can change the life of another and on and on and on. In this series, we have talked about radical faith, radical joy, radical gratitude, radical love, and this week we take on the idea of radical generosity. Radical Generosity is so much more than the giving of money, it changes the way we see the world around us... it changes the way we give our time, our money, our energy, and our resources.

This Sunday, we are going to be talking about "Radical Love." What does it look like? And if i'm going to love God, and love people... how? How can I love with a deep, radical and personal love?

So many people are walking through life depressed, hurting, miserable and more. But what if in the midst of the storm, what if in the midst of a deep problem, things could be different? God has a plan... and in this weekends installment of our series, "Radical" we are going to be talking about "Radical Joy."

This week we are talking about what it means to have "Radical Faith." Get ready to feel your faith grow... get ready to believe God for more... get ready to stop speaking the things that speak death over your future. Radical Faith... is a faith that changes the course of your life for the better.

What does it mean to be a radical in this crazy world we live in? Does it mean that we're to be extreme, or fanatical, or maybe over the top? What if there was more to the word "Radical" than we ever imagined?