April 30, 2023 • 11:00 am

Faith's Focus in Confusing Times

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-19

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Synopsis: We all wonder why things happen as they do to us. Why the pain? loss? perplexing circumstances? We can take encouragement from the fact that what we know all to well in our experience is not unique to us in our time. The prophet Habakkuk struggled also. God taught him a key lesson regarding faith which changed his focus and his thinking. Our text today presents two important lessons that must be embraced and practiced if we are to honor God with a faith-filled response in confusing times as Habakkuk did. Here's what faith does in agonizing times.

April 23, 2023 • 5:30 pm

Worth It All

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:57-58

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Outreach

Synopsis: When Paul concludes his detailed treatment of the doctrine of the resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15, he issued a word of encouragement to the Corinthian believers, that what they did for the Lord, “was more than worth it!” See how Paul ties together what Jesus did for us and what we have done/do for Jesus! The link that connects the two may surprise you – the resurrection of Christ and our coming bodily resurrection! Here's some encouragement for you tonight as you serve the Lord.

April 23, 2023 • 11:00 am

The Satisfying Savior

Scripture: John 4:10-15

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Outreach

Synopsis: Our text today gives us a snapshot of a woman who lives in Samaria, central Israel, who was thirsting for satisfaction and found the answer to all those longings of her heart when she met Jesus at Jacob's Well, just outside the city of Sychar. Our hope for satisfaction can be realized also when we come to Him also.

April 16, 2023 • 11:00 am

Do You See the Harvest?

Scripture: John 4:35-42

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Outreach

Synopsis: Our text today challenges us to be moved spiritually by what we see physically. Jesus issues two different challenges to help us with this very matter.

April 9, 2023 • 5:30 pm

The Significance of Christ's Resurrection

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:12-21

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Easter

Synopsis: Is there really life after death? Or do we just hope there is and hope we believe right? What if there is no future resurrection of the body? Our passage tonight answers these and other questions by examining the consequences of Christ not having risen from the tomb and for doing so! In summary, the significance of Christ's resurrection is four-fold. Enjoy a faith-building, equipping feast on God's truth! Now the challenge is for us to live in the reality of the fact- The Lord is risen!

April 2, 2023 • 11:00 am

The Effects of the Cross

Scripture: Luke 23:44-49

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Palm Sunday

Synopsis: Although Christ's death was the most significant event of that day and indeed for all time, Luke draws our attention to the three-fold impact Christ's death had. What effect has the Cross of Christ had on you personally?

March 19, 2023 • 5:30 pm

Wanted: An Intercessor for Revival

Scripture: Isaiah 59:16

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Revival

Synopsis: Verse 16 starts off with a startling statement: God wondered that there was no intercessor. There are two different ways to understand that statement. Tonight's message focuses on this main idea: God is looking for an intercessor to champion the spiritual cause of others in prayer. Why the lack of intercessors for Revival? Two reasons are given in tonight's message.

March 12, 2023 • 5:30 pm

Why Is Revival Needed?

Scripture: Revelation 2:4-5

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Revival

Synopsis: Is your local church in need of revival? How would you know? Are you in need of revival? How would you know? Our text tonight reveals three indicators that let us know, individually and corporately, the answer to "Why is Revival needed?"

March 12, 2023 • 11:00 am

Why We Can Trust the Bible, Part 3

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:19-21

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: 2023 Annual Ministry Theme

Synopsis: Our text this morning offers us the second of two great reasons we can trust the Bible. The first reason was given in vv. 16-18 and was the subject of last Sunday's message. This morning we look at vv. 19-21 to discover the second great reason.

March 5, 2023 • 5:30 pm

Why We Can Trust the Bible, Part 2

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: 2023 Annual Ministry Theme

Synopsis: Tonight in our survey of the Old Testament and New Testament we discover evidences of the Bible's unique origin and nature. It is both inspired of God and inerrant as God.

March 5, 2023 • 11:00 am

Why We Can Trust the Bible, Part 1

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:16-21

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: 2023 Annual Ministry Theme

Synopsis: Our text shows the Bible can be accepted as the trustworthy, authoritative basis for our lives for two main reasons. This message covers the first reason.

February 26, 2023 • 11:00 am

The Face of Faithfulness

Scripture: Deuteronomy 7:7-11

Speaker: Pastor Miguel Betancourt II

Series: Anniversary--Church

Synopsis: Amid these changing and uncertain times in which we live, there exists a bedrock of truth that brings stability, security, and hope to our lives--God is faithful! Do we dare to live in the reality of that wonderfully encouraging, stabilizing, comforting, hope-filled truth? What does the Bible when it says, "God is faithful?" Our text today answers that question with three important truths for us to embrace and express confidence in.