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There is No Music in the Rest: A Time to Rest, Renew, Refresh

Galatians 5:1 NIV It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

I have been reading a biography of Frederick Douglass entitled Prophet of Freedom. It is a 750-...

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“There Is No Music in the Rest: A Time to Rest, Renew, Refresh”

Message by Patricia Hudson

This sermon uses the image of a musical rest to teach the spiritual importance of resting in God. A rest in music produces no sound, but it is still essential to the composition. In the same way, seasons of rest may feel unproductive, but they are part of God’s design for renewal, strength, clarity, and...

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The message “The Foundation of Fathers” emphasizes that fathers are part of God’s design for helping children become who God created them to be. The main Scripture is Psalm 103:13–14, which says that as a father shows compassion to his children, the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him, because He “knows our frame.&r...

Topic: Philippians 2 — Joy in Serving

Patricia Hudson opened the Bible study with prayer, thanking God for the day, for the opportunity to study, discuss, share, and grow. She emphasized that the Holy Spirit is the true teacher and prayed that the Word would encourage each heart. She also prayed over the concerns of life, including family, health, finances, and daily l...

Joshua 4:5, “Cross over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, 6 that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones...

“Standing Where God Made a Way”

Pastor Bryan Hudson, D.Min. Part 5 of the “Rooted & Grounded” 

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Pastor Bryan Hudson’s sermon, “Standing Where God Made a Way,” connects the biblical account of Israel crossing the Jo...

Theme: Rooted and Grounded — Practicing What We Have Learned Primary Texts: Philippians 4:9; Philippians 1

This Bible study focused on the book of Philippians, especially Paul’s encouragement to believers to keep practicing what they had learned, received, heard, and seen. The key idea was that spiritual growth requires action: when believers continue putting God’s Word into practice, the God of peace will be wit...

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“Living Through Love”

Part Four of the Series: “Rooted& Grounded”

Message by Pastor Bryan Hudson, D.Min.

This sermon, part four of the “Rooted and Grounded” series, teaches that believers must be rooted and grounded in God’s love as a prima...

Mark 9:49, For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt. 50 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.

Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.

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Listening to the stories of Christian nationalists, one might become persuaded that the United States descended from heaven. Any assertion that the United States was founded on Biblical and Christian principles must also concede that slavery...

Our topic today is “The Blessing of Faithfulness.”

Reading Psalm 101:6, David wrote:

“My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me; He who walks in a perfect way, He shall serve me.”

The New Living Translation reads this way:

“I will search for faithful people to be my companions. Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me.&rdqu...

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BRIEF SUMMARY: In Rooted & Grounded, Part Two: The Power Working Within, Pastor Bryan Hudson teaches from Ephesians 3:14–21 that God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think because His power is working within believers. Being rooted and grounded in love gives us stability, while God’s inner power gives us strength, confidence, and responsi...

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This sermon by Pastor Bryan Hudson, D.Min., begins the series “Rooted and Grounded” with the message “Strengthened with Might,” based on Ephesians 3. The central idea is that believers must be deeply rooted and firmly grounded in the love of God in order to live with spiritual strength, purpose, and endurance.

The message emphasizes that there are kingdo...

Ephesians 3:14, For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [f]of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints wha...