Joshua Boyd

Key Idea:
Repentance is not a one-time event at salvation—it is a continual practice for believers, parents, and children alike. Just as we teach our kids to say “I’m sorry,” God calls us to take responsibility, repent, and walk in His forgiveness.

Main Points:

• Pop Quiz: When was the last time you repented?
  Repentance should be regular, not a distant memory.
• Children & Young Christians:
  • Kids don’t ...

Jordon Gilmore

Introduction

• Theme: Fruitfulness in Scripture (Galatians 5 – Fruit of the Spirit, Mark 4 – Parable of the Sower, John 15 – Vine and branches).
• Contrast: Unfruitfulness/Barrenness vs. Fruitfulness.
• Biblical examples of barrenness: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Elizabeth → God intervenes and brings fruitfulness.

Barrenness in Scripture

• Associated with reproach, emptiness, shame, curse, or lifelessness.
• Painful because ...

Joshua Boyd

Theme: Parenting as God parents us – learning to imitate our heavenly Father.

Pop Quiz Reflection Questions:

1. When the enemy attacks, what is your first action?
2. When was the last time you said out loud, “I resist you, devil”?

Key Scriptures

• Malachi 2:15 – God’s design for marriage includes raising godly children. Spiritually, all believers are called to multiply the kingdom and make disciples.
• Matthew 16:19 – ...

Jordon Gilmore

Friendship Series – Part 5: Friendship Points Us to the Cross

Theme:

• This final part emphasizes the ultimate purpose of friendship: to point us to the cross and display the gospel.
• Friendship is not just a blessing—it is a witness.

Quick Recap of the Series

1. John 15 – Jesus calls His disciples friends.
2. Friendship with God – Abraham, Moses, and now us through Christ.
3. Jesus as model – He embodies true fri...

Jordon Gilmore

Theme:

• Today’s focus is not just on bad friends, but on discerning between good and bad friendships.
• Scripture calls us to steward our relationships wisely as part of our Christian walk.

Today’s Focus

1. Discern friendships
   • Take inventory: Is this friendship healthy, harmful, or in need of attention?
2. Steward friendships
   • Nurture the godly relationships God has entrusted to us.

Key Scriptur...

Joshua Boyd

I’m going to open with a question today and ask a few more in the message:  in your house, does everything you say, go?  Does every command get obeyed?  Why or why not?  

I pray that this series has not only brought light on how to parent your children but also opened your eyes to how the Heavenly Father relates to us as His children.   God seeks those who obey Him.  He selected and blessed Abraham because Abraham believe...

Jordon Gilmore

Friendship Series – Part 3

Main Text: John 15:12–15

• Jesus calls us friends, not just servants.
• Friendship with Jesus is both a gift and an example for how we should live with one another.

Key Recap from Previous Messages

1. Friendship is a gift from God.
2. We are called friends of God.
3. Jesus is the perfect example of friendship.
   • True friends know and understand each other.
   • They genuinely like each other.
   • They share ...

Joshua Boyd

Continuing our series Parenting 101 this morning, let’s build off the previous topic of imitating those who imitate Christ.  If you aren’t sure how to act or what to say, watch someone else who does.  Just as a child imitates their parents, we should both be the proper example for others to imitate by finding examples to mirror.  

In church, imitate those who are imitating God.  Listen to their testimonies and learn their...

Jordon Gilmore

We are friends of God when we believe in Him and obey Him

John 15:12-15
You and I are friends of God even as we serve the Lord. 

When we think about friends or friendship, many phrases come to mind. 
- Birds of a feather flock together. 
- You can tell a lot about a person by who their friends are. 
- Get into trouble and you’ll see who your real friends are. 

Who are your fr...

Joshua Boyd

People like to joke and say “don’t do what I do, do what I say” indicating that they are doing the opposite of what they are telling others to do.  That isn’t God-like. He always does what He says and says what He does.  Jesus fully followed His Father’s Words and actions. 

Paul expected this too because He practiced it very well. He wrote to the church at Corinth, whose people were acting like toddlers, giving into their...

Joshua Boyd

In the early days of the church, the disciples acted so much like Jesus that people started calling them by a new name:  Christian – little Christ or follower of Christ.  They were talking, acting and doing the same things that Jesus did.  And people noticed.  

Acts 11:26

When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching large crowds of people. (It was at...

Joshua Boyd

How To Have Successful Kids

Parents, imaging that you are away on a trip talking to your kids on FaceTime or phone. There are things that you want done around the house before you get home so you give your kids instructions and expect them to carry them out. What you find when you return depends on how well you’ve trained your kids and how well they obey. 
In order for the will of God to be carried out on this ea...

Jordon Gilmore

With increased capacity come increased responsibility. 

Hebrews 5:12-14

“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full a...

Joshua Boyd

We are starting a new series today and as usual, I have no idea how many messages it will be.  We will go until the Lord says we are done.  My first reaction when the Lord placed it on my heart was “I am not an expert in this topic.”  Then He started expanding on it and it made more sense.  

As a teacher, specifically a Bible teacher, I attempt to be knowledgeable about anything I teach on of course. There are times when ...

Jordon Gilmore

How do I practically take the things weighing me down and cast them to the Lord?

Energy is the capacity to do work
Work is ability to apply a force that causes movement of an object

Christian energy = our ability to do the work of the Kingdom

Matthew 11:28-30
To accomplish work, you need:
capacity and knowledge 

Matthew 7:13-14
Let’s get rid of the baggage so we can ...

Joshua Boyd

How many want to be used by God?  How many of you parents want your children to fulfill the purpose God has for them?  The obvious answer to these questions has a not so obvious process for getting results.  God has work that needs to be done on this earth, work that requires people to carry out the effort.  But who gets to do that work depends not so much on God, but on the people.   

2 Timothy 2:19-21

But God’s soli...

Joshua Boyd

Today we finish our series The Journey of Faith with our eighth part.  

This weekend is Memorial Weekend which honors those who died serving our country.  We used the word served because a soldier doesn’t do what he wants to do, he does what he is told to do.  In the military, there are consequences for doing your own thing – not just for the one who does the action but for those around who might suffer because one person...

Jordon Gilmore

Ephesians 4:29 ESV

1. It begins with an honest Biblical assessment of where we are, of who God is and what He has done
2. Leads to an attitude adjustment
3. It should build in us a resolve to be steadfast in our hope

Point 1
Psalm 103:1-5
David was continually telling himself to bless the Lord.  

Psalm 42:1-11

Point 2
1 Samuel 30:6
It is only possible ...