Cullman Nazarene Church

#JesusNeverGivesUp

“Jesus didn't give up on me. Jesus didn't give up on you. When he was nailed to the cross, he took the insults. He took the mockery. He took the whipping, the beating, the crown of thorns. His blood came down his face. He took the the nails to the arms and the hands and the feet and he took the spirit to the side. And not one time did he give up and quit on you or me. And he bled, and he died. But he's resurrected on the third day, conquering death and hell and the grave and even that wall that you've been facing.”

#RememberTheCross

“We have crosses everywhere. They're they're symbolic. They're memorials to help us remember the ultimate sacrifice of Christ and his love for us, that he died for your sins and my sins. If we turn from our sins and trust in Christ's death, his burial and resurrection, we can be saved and live with him for eternity. Memorials help us remember. And sometimes as Christians, we need we need to just stop and look at all the wonderful things he's done for us and how he has never failed us yet, nor is he going to fail us in the future.”

#MarriageTransformation

“We pray, god, fix my marriage and my relationships, but I'm I'm unwilling to ask god fix me in this relationship. It's always their fault. If they... You could just fix my wife, lord. If you could just fix my husband, lord, then we'd have a great marriage. But rather say, god, I consecrated all to you. Lord, would you fix me and the way I respond and the way I react? We pray for a miracle, but we're unwilling to consecrate ourselves, everything to him, and put feet to our prayers.”

#GodCanUseYou

“Even the worst in society, the broken, the forgotten, the vile, the wicked, the sinful, even the prostitutes and those tax collectors. They can be used. They can be redeemed, forgiven, and cleansed, and healed, and set free to be what God wants them to be. Even the apostle Paul, remember he was a murderer of Christians. I mean, you should feel good about yourself this morning. I mean, I'm here to lift you up. God, if God can use Rahab and use Paul, he can use you.”

#HolinessOverHappiness

“I know this tough sometimes in the culture, in a world in which we live in that just wants to do what feels good and what pleases me and what makes me happy. God's not concerned with your happiness. God's more concerned with your holiness and obedience to him that gives you joy and peace even when happiness fades away and the warm fuzzies fade away. We can have joy and peace down deep in our soul because we're obeying God's command who wants to make us holy. Amen.”

#TrustJesus

“maybe he changes the circumstances, but more than likely he gives you strength to walk through the circumstances. Either way, Jesus is still lord and that's the point. I I want you to I want you to hear this. Whether you hear anything else or not this morning is that you can trust Jesus in the storm because the one who is with you in the storm is the lord over the storm.”

#ServingWithPurpose

“Amazing how God touches all the bases. All the bases are touched. Let me say to you, it doesn't matter what your talent is, we all have them, and God calls us to use them. And that's one of the unique makeups of the church. We have so many different people in different positions that have talents to do different things that the God calls us to do. So it's really cool.”

#LeadSomeoneToChrist

“I could tell you about the last time a playoff game was lost. I can probably tell you the plays that the refs got wrong, and that's why we lost. I can tell you when they won the last national championship. I can tell you all these things, but can I tell you the last time I led someone to Christ? And I think we get so caught up in our everyday life that God has blessed us with that sometimes we miss the mark on what he's trying to do with us that day and in that moment.”

#MakeAllThingsNew

“And notice that he doesn't say he doesn't say all new things. Like some have taught and some have believed that god's just gonna annihilate everything, destroy everything, and recreate something brand new. No, he says, I will make all things new again. I'll make all creation new, all humanity new that put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Our bodies, our relationships, creation itself. Everything that was touched by the curse in the Garden of Eden when humanity fell, everything touched by the curse of sin will be made whole again, will be made righteous again, will all things will be made new when king Jesus comes again?”

#LetHimUseYou

“I want you to know that it's not about signing up for the new ministry. That's not what ultimately it's about or trying to earn God's approval by serving because Christianity begins with receiving what God has done for you. Not with what you can do for him. And if you put your faith in Jesus, the question today is, are you willing to let him use you?”

#GetUpAndWalk

“And I want you to know that this morning, you're at a crossroads too. And God's calling you and he's calling me to get up and walk. Whether it's a physical need, an emotional need, or a spiritual need, you're you're standing before Jesus once again another Sunday morning, another end of a sermon, and you have a choice. can keep trying to fix it on my own. I can keep trying harder, thinking longer, being more creative, or I can turn it over to Jesus. Say, Jesus, would you heal the broken places in my life? Maybe guilt, maybe an addiction, maybe bitterness or shame or fear, unforgiveness, regret, or just plain sin in your life and not wanting to fully surrender to God. And Jesus is standing before you today, and he's not asking you to pretend it didn't happen. He's not asking you to erase your past memory. He's saying, up off the mat. Get up off the mat. You don't have to live there anymore. You don't have to be defined by what happened anymore. You you don't have to remain chained to what you've done or you've said anymore. You don't have to carry the same wound into another year, another day. Jesus can make you whole again.”