2018 The Year of Practical Living at GracePointe

During 2018 we focused on the Practical Living side of Christianity here at GracePointe! The year centered around all the Practical ways that we can live out our faith in our day to day lives, with the presence and help of God. In addition to that, this time also focused on just how Practical or simple God set the Christian life up to be.

Practicality is so much more than just an ideal or a thought; it is a life to be lived out to the fullest! “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him… fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it.” Romans 12:1-2 The Message

Here are the sermons from our 2018 Year of Practical Living. It is our prayer that they minister to you, just as much as they ministered to us!

In this sermon series we put the book of James under the microscope in our to find application for our lives as the Church today!

The Marks Of A Mature Person

Profiting From Problems

Decisions

Pastor Scot starts this new series on the book of James with, "The Marks of a mature person".  what does the bible teach us about how we can increase our christian maturity?

In this second sermon from our "Realistic religion' series, Pastor Scot brings us the message "Profiting from Problems".  Join us as we explore what the bible says about how to remain strong through trials.

We continue in our series, "Realistic Religion" with Pastor Scot's message, "Decisions".  We all have decisions in our lives, what is the driving force behind your choices?

Blessings
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Pastor Scot brings us this message on 
​"blessings".  What does the book of James tell us about blessing others and being blessed?

Fairness
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Our Study in the Book of James continues with this message on Fairness.

How To Have Real Faith

Pastor Scot brings us this message of "How to Have Real Faith".  What can we do to live out our faith each day?

How To Manage Your Mouth

How To Face Your Future

We Serve God When We Serve Others

The book of James offers very practical advice on why we should control our mouths.  Our speech can determine who we are to ourselves, and can build up or tear down others.

 We don't have to worry about our future, we can face it with courage because we have a savior that has our future in his hands.  Join Pastor Scot as he brings us this message of encouragement.

Jesus taught us that by serving others, we are serving God.  Join Pastor Larry as he opens the word to us with this biblical principal.

 

Where Is Your Treasure?

The book of James gives us very practical advice about how to spend our money and our time. what did Jesus have to say about our treasure here on earth?

Patience
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Patience is indeed a virtue, but sometimes very difficult to obtain.  The book of James is full of practical advice for how we can benefit from practicing patience.

Powerful Praying
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We've heard the phrase 'the power of prayer', but what does that mean?  how does prayer effect change in our lives and the lives of those we pray for?

How Do We See Ourselves

Escaping Temptation

Paralyzing Our Potential

"How do we see ourselves?  a powerful reminder of what Jesus sees when he looks at us.

Temptation is something we all have to deal with, but how can our faith help us to avoid giving in to temptation?  Join Pastor Scot as he delivers this message of hope and encouragement.

Pastor Scot brings us this message on how leaning on our faith and our relationship with Jesus will help us to reach our potential.

These were our Special Occasion Sermons such as Easter, Pentecost Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc... These sermons don't necessarily go with any of our 2018 sermon series, so we put them here. Enjoy!

Easter

Pentecost

Mother's Day

This Easter we took a look at the resurrection story from the Apostle Thomas’ perspective. What can doubt teach us about our relationship with Jesus?

Father's Day

Join Pastor Scot as he brings us this special father's day message, "The Perfect father"

Join Pastor Joey Butsch as he brings us this message on Pentecost Sunday.

Join Pastor Scot as he brings an encouraging message for mothers.  How to be a Realistic Mother in a Real World.

In this sermon series we put the book of Philippians under the microscope in our to find application for our lives as the Church today!

Growing Healthy Relationships

Pastor Scot starts our new summer series with this message, "Growing healthy relationships".  What can god's word teach us about growing and nurturing our relationships and just how important are they?

The Path To Happiness

How do we find happiness?  what do we need to do to enjoy our happiness? the answer may or may not surprise you, join us as we continue our summer series to learn what Jesus taught us about how our happiness is found in him.

How To Be Happy No Matter What

How to be happy no matter what is a message that gives us practical help on ways to focus our minds on the things of god.  by seeking him, we can maintain our happiness with his help.

Heart Happiness
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The next message in our Summer of joy series is "heart happiness".  we learn how we can turn to the word of god to find the source of happiness.

Living The Selfless Life

Many people think that happiness is simply a matter of luck. They think if you're happy you're just lucky.  You got lucky.  It is a quality that you can learn. But if we take the time to consider it, we realize that is not the case.  In order to be happy, we have to choose to be a happy person.  Pastor Scot continues our summer series "Summer of Joy" with this message, "Living the Selfless Life".

The Habit Of Happiness

When you make the same choice long enough, we will develop a habit. In this video we learn how we can develop the habit of happiness.

God's Promise To The Generous

As Christians, we are to be generous to others because god is generous to us.  he promises that he will be sure we have all we need if we reach out to others in need.

 Stress
Management

Pastor Larry brings us this practical approach to stress management.  As we lean on God and trust in his word to us, he will help us to persevere.

In this series entitled, "Acts 29: The Church Today". What are we, as the church, required to do? The Bible provides instruction and encouragement to the body of believers. What we do with that knowledge is up to us.

Taking Off The Mask

Sometimes we all wear a mask. We put on an image that we think others want to see.  Pastor Chuck speaks to us today about why we should take off that mask and live genuine lives.

The Church Today Part 1

In this sermon Pastor Scot lays out what the scriptures tells us we should be doing as an Acts 29 church today!

 The Church Today Part 2

In this sermon Pastor Scot lays out what the scriptures tells us we should be doing as an Acts 29 church today!

Succession

What impact do we have on others ? Do my actions really make a difference to other people? Join Pastor Joey as he brings us this powerful message on succession.

The Power Of Persecution

We have all experienced persecution, and sometimes that persecution can come from our own hands. Pastor Chuck delivers this message on how we can leverage those trials into a closer relationship with Christ.

Division

The Bible gives us plenty of practical advise on how to handle and repair division among believers.  Pastor Joey shares this powerful message with us.

Who Are You?
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You can tell a lot about someone's identity by watching what they do.  In this message, Pastor Joe speaks to us about the Apostle Paul while he was in Athens.  We get a look in to his identity and how we can use his story to study who we are

The Act of Prayer

Lavonne Brown brings us the Word today and what the scripture has to say about our prayer lives.  Communication with our Creator is a vital part of a healthy relationship with him.

In this sermon series Pastor Scot borrows from Rick Warren's 50 Days of Transformation. Are you in need of Change? If so you came to the right place!

How To Get Closer To God

Pastor Scot introduces our current series, "50 Days of Transformation" with this message. We learn what we need to do in order to bring ourselves closer to God and seek his will for ourselves.

Physical Health
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The series, "50 Days of Transformation" continues with this message on physical health.

Mental Health
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The series, "50 Days of Transformation" continues with this message on mental health.

Emotional Health

The series, "50 Days of Transformation" continues with this message on emotional health.

Occupational Health

The series, "50 Days of Transformation" continues with this message on occupational health.

Relational Health

The series, "50 Days of Transformation" continues with this message on relational health.

Financial Health

The series, "50 Days of Transformation" continues with this message on financial health.

In this final sermon series, of our 2018 Year of Practical Living we look at the Purpose of Christmas!

Celebration

In this sermon we see that the Purpose of Christmas is Celebration.

Salvation

In this sermon we see that the Purpose of Christmas is Salvation.

Application

In this sermon Pastor Chuck piggy-backs off Pastor Scot’s Christmas Sermon series with a message he calls Application. This message answers the question of “what’s next, or what does God require from us now that Christmas is over?”