10-21-2012 Prayer That Makes A Difference- Pastor Mark Rossington

In our time at Sunday School, we're taught how to prayer, what to pray for, and when we're to pray, and we're taught that as well in church when we're older. When we're outside of church and any sort of church function, we may not pray as often as we should and we become lost as to what to pray for. What do you pray to God for anyways? Sometimes we feel like we're being selfish in our wants and even no ask Him for things because it sounds insignificant to us. There are even times where we feel as if pray won't do anything for us even if we ask Him in prayer. What do we do? Pastor Mark gives a sermon on prayer and how it can make a difference if you go to God for any of your needs. It doesn't have to take a tremendous amount of faith to go to God with prayer, and you really can ask Him for anything. Take a moment and give this sermon a listen, which can be found here, won't you?

10-07-2012 Your Valid ID- Pastor Mark Rossington

If someone were to come up to you and ask for your ID, you would dig around for you driver's license and possibly a birth certificate to prove who you are. It's the standard way of getting around in this day in age, and it's something that we come to expect. When it comes to showing someone ID for who you are as a person, that part becomes a little tricky since we all show who we identify with in various ways. That part becomes very muddled if we have various ways of showing that, like our job, family name, what we own, etc., and sometimes it can get complicated. Is there an easier way of doing this? If so, what is it? In the series finale of J-Verify, Pastor Mark talks about the various ways of which we normally identify ourselves, and what being a Christian really means as a form of ID, so to speak. The series is wrapped up and everything comes to together in this one, so to hear this one, and the other parts in the series, you can go here for your listening pleasure.

09-30-2012 Working With the Hand You've Been Dealt- Pastor Mark Rossington

We as people like to put on facades when we want to hide something from the people we care about. Sometimes we wear them briefly just to get past something that we don't want other people to see, and sometimes the facades stay for longer than we'd care to admit. We sometimes put them on to escape from who we are and create something that's better than who we actually are as a person. Why do we do that though? How do we get away from relying on such things and actually live our own lives? In the third installment in the sermon series "J-Verify", Pastor Mark talks about how to get past using methods that stop anyone from living their life and how to go through life and deal with what God has given you. It may not be easy, but it will be worth it in the long run. Speaking of easy, it's rather to access that little sermon because it's right here.

09-23-2012 Securing Your Insecurites- Pastor Mark Rossington

Being secure with one's self is something that everyone tries to achieve and maintain, and can be a major task depending on what's going on in one's life. When that fork in the road comes up and a choice is presented, it's scary to decide what's best and we tend to overthink the situation, and our mind plays games with us. The actual act may not be as scary as we think it is, but our own insecurites will come flashing up at the worst possible moment. So how do you deal with that? What do you do when your own insecurites came up and will not leave? "Securing Your Insecurites" is the title and the main focus of the sermon that Pastr Mark preached on this past Sunday. He talks about one main figure from the Old Testament that went through it and how, with time, those insecurites will go away if you put your trust in God to help you through it. That little sermon can be found right here.

09-16-2012 J-Verify- Do You Know Who You Are?- Pastor Mark Rossington

It doesn't take much to realize that there are many different types of people and personalities out in the world. Everyone is different to one degree or another, and life experiences dictate to what makes us the person that we are. Although, there are times where we question our life experiences and how that shaped the person that we are today, so what does make each of us tick? Do we have much of a say in the matter when it involves us? Pastor Mark startes a brand new sermon series titled, J-Verify, and the first one askes a very interesting question, do you know who you are? He goes more indepth in that question and how anyone can answer that question and see where and how you can figure out what makes you the way you are. The very first installment to the series can be found right here.

09-09-2012 Trusting God When The Unthinkable Happens- Pastor Mark Rossington

When a tragedy like a loss of a job, a loved one, or even when you lose a home the question that comes popping up is, what do I do now? A situation like that hits everyone hard and can make anyone feel lost and without a clue on what to do next. Anyone can become bitter and spiteful very quickly when anything tragic happens, but how do you stop that from happening? What do you do? In the final installment of Pastor Mark's sermon titled, "Trusting God", he gives some answers on what do you do when something unthinkable happens. He gives some examples from the Bible and in real life on how anyone can get through it and where God can give you strength to get through the tough times. That final part in the sermon series can be found right here.

09-02-2012 Trusting In God When You Don't Feel Like It- Pastor Mark Rossington

When you put your trust in someone, like a friend or family member, or something, like a car or medication, what does it mean? We put our trust in things all the time and if something bad happens we feel like our trust has been betrayed, and when given a second chance we question it. Sometimes we casually trust something where depending on our mood and how we are feeling, we might put our trust into that one person or thing. Pastor Mark tackles that area in the sermon series Trusting God where he goes into detail about how trust isn't an emotion, how we can trust God 24/7 and how to break away from being apathetic. Wanna hear more? The fourth part in that sermon series can be found right here.