Gary Walter

Colossians 3:9-10 Is there is an ugly habit you need strength to break? Is there an area in your life that is not pleasing to God, an area that is affecting your relationship to God or relationship to others? Turn it over to Him today. Resolve for a change for the better. Ask Christ for strength to stand by your resolution.

Carson Bolinger and Walker Spahr present Christmas Eve messages during the 11:00 service.

Luke 2:1-20

Tired of road rage and the headache of traffic tie-ups? It's time to get rid of moral gridlock and roadblocks, and build a superhighway for God, so that God can visit us, and we, him.

John 3:16 Jesus takes our often worthless lives, clean them up and gives us a brand new one that will last forever.

Malachi 3:1-7; Luke 3:1-16 Jesus breaks into your life in ways so wonderful, words can't truly express. He comforts you with a comfort that can only come from the One, from the Messiah, from God Himself. He breaks into your life in a manger, on a cross, from an empty tomb, with promises of his return. He loves you more than you can ever know. He forgives you fully and completely. He calls you away from every empty thing, to give you the fullness of life, and life eternal.

Matthew 25:31-46 We see in the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, four truths about how God expects us to live out our lives as His children. He calls us to loving service. He calls us to simple service. He will judge us based on our loving service. And He will bless our loving service. To live the way that God calls us to is not an easy task. But when we live with the attitude that every act of kindness is a direct service to Christ and that we will be rewarded by Him, we will find sufficient energy and drive to meet the needs that come our way.

Matthew 20:1-16 God's grace is a free gift that is available to all of us. It is a free gift that we receive but it isn't what we deserve. It is about mercy, not fairness. And, it is for the last as well as the first. Thankfully, what we can all say is, It's about grace.

Luke 18:9-14 Our prayer this day and every day should not be, "Thank God that's not me." Instead it should be, "Thank you God that you have shown me the way to the grace that has changed my life. How can I be a part of showing someone else the way to your life-changing love."