Napoleon Church Of The Nazarene

Pastor Chip Bullock teaches on the life of David in this week's sermon series of Portraits and Profiles. David's life has God's handprint all over it and there are so many events in his life that we can relate to. Pastor Chip really highlights the part of David's younger adult life in where he is fleeing from King Saul. He reads from 1 Samuel 27 where he points out that even David, a man after God's own heart, still had regular humanistic views like everyone else, but later in his life, we see that even in tough circumstances he still had faith in God.

This weeks portraits and profiles highlights the story of Rahab from the book of Joshua. Pastor Ken Behrens gives us some insight of the culture and landscape during that time. He teaches us about Rahab's life and how she trusted and believed in the God of the Israelites. Someone with a "not so clean" reputation, ends up being in the lineage of Jesus Christ! Rahab showed so much faith in what she did, she is an amazing picture of grace, and her story can inspire us to go and spread the gospel of Jesus to others.

This week in our Portraits and Profiles series, we take a closer look into the life Joshua; around the time where he takes over as the leader of the Israelites after Moses. Pastor Chip highlights how God repeated to Joshua, "be strong and courageous!" three times when instructed to lead the people into the promised land. He teaches three applicable life points on how being courageous leads to success.

This Portraits and Profiles lesson looks further into the life of Queen Esther. Pastor Chip walks us through most of the highlights of the book of Esther. We learn through Esther's life that doing anything takes courage and there is power in one. Esther was one person, but with God's help and courage, she saved a nation!

This week in our series, Portraits and Profiles, we look at the story of Moses. We are very familiar with the events surrounding Moses' life, but this week, Pastor Ken hits more on the beginning parts of Moses' life as a baby and the culture of Egypt around that time. He points out the careful details and planning of Moses' mom to do what she did in keeping Moses alive during that time. With this, we learn all about God's will and perfect timing.

Pastor Ben Hartford leads us into week four of our Portraits and Profiles series, with the story from the life of King Jehoshaphat. He takes us into 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 where we learn how God fought the battle for the Israelites through their obedience and humility towards Him. They simply declared God as the victor and went out into the front lines singing praises to Him; when God took over and turned the enemies against one another to defeat themselves. Ben teaches on how King Jehoshaphat's story shows multiple aspects of worship and how it becomes a battle ground in spiritual warfare.

In week three of the series, Portraits and Profiles, we dive in a little deeper into the life of Joseph. Pastor Chip reads through the accounts found in Genesis chapters 37-45 of Joseph's undeserving setbacks. However, through the life and example of Joseph, we learn that we can be reminded that God has a plan and can use these setbacks for His purposes and glory!

Our second week into the series, "Portraits and Profiles" takes us deeper into the life of Jacob; reading from Genesis chapters 25-32. Pastor Chip talks about how Jacob was a deceiver of sorts and not perfect by any means. But we can relate to the fact that even when we are faithless, God is still always faithful. He ends with an amazing application of Psalm 46:11, "The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress."

We are beginning a new series called, "Portraits and Profiles" where we take a closer look into the lives of people in the Bible. This week we look closer at the life of Abraham and know why he was called a friend of God. He wasn't perfect by any means but he showed tremendous faith in God and what He said. Pastor Chip walks us through his story to encourage us and teach us more about faith.

We conclude our SENT series with Pastor Ken teaching on how we are living for something bigger! As we go through verses in 1 Corinthians, Pastor Ken shares 5 point on how to live for something bigger than ourselves. We all have different gifts to be used for the kingdom of God for His glory!

In week 3 of our series, "Sent", we hear a testimony from one of our staff members who has an amazing gift of serving in all different aspects. He uses his many skills in maintanance for the church and shares how his heart has changed and grown in the way he serves. Pastor Chip then teaches on how Jesus modeled His life here on earth for us to follow. Chip references back to scripture to point out 9 different ways Jesus lived out a servant lifestyle. What does the Jesus Lifestyle look like?

We continue on with week two of the series, "Sent: A Hands and Feet Lifestyle". Pastor Chip teaches from Romans chapter 12, talking about the different gifts distributed to each and every one of us by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We start off with another testimony from one of our lead members of the worship team, and how he uses his gifts and talents for God's kingdom and how his gifts developed over the years for God's glory! We each have a gift, when we find what that is, we are called to use them and live out God's purpose for our lives.

We start off our new series, "Sent", with a personal testimony of an art teacher who found her purpose and calling in life using the gifts and talents God has given her. In this new series, Pastor Chip will walk us though scripture, teaching on the great commission and what it means to be sent; living a hands and feet lifestyle. This week, Chip highlighted some key verses in the New Testament that talk about the Holy Spirit energizing us to live out our purpose as God has called us.

Pastor Chip Bullock concludes our Rooted series with week four, "Growth in Community". We look at Romans 12:1-21 talking about the body of Christ and how we are to act toward one another. Pastor Chip begins to elaborate on having real, authentic relationships with other believers in all sincerity and love. Having the right people around you, can help you be encouraged to grow in Christ.

We continue on with week three of the series Rooted: Foundations of a Christ-Follower. Pastor Ken Behrens teaches on the importance of continual growth in Christ. He goes through scripture as well as teachings from Bible scholar, John Wesley, to show us how we are to mature in our faith and relationship with Jesus. Being rooted in Christ makes it possible for us to mature and grow in Him!

In week two of the Rooted series, Pastor Chip preaches on living in the Spirit, and how we give ourselves to the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives. The issue is not getting more of the Holy Spirit, it's Him getting more of us! Pastor Chip walks us through scripture and teaches what it means to be rooted through the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives!

Welcome to the new series called Rooted: Foundations of a Christ-Follower. In our first week, we look into what it means to be a Christian, or better yet to say, a Christ- Follower. The key to a firm foundation as a Christ- Follower, starts with Repentance! Pastor Chip takes us through the Word of God and shows us how vital repentance is to developing a life changing lifestyle deeply rooted in Christ!

Happy Resurrection Day!! We end our series, Passion: His Journey....Our Hope with Easter Sunday. Pastor Chip teaches on the power of the resurrection! He goes through scripture and teaches on how even the disciples were changed by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. His Passion is for our victory! We have victory in JESUS! AMEN!

Week four of the series,"Passion: His journey....Our hope", brings to us to the foot of the cross. Pastor Chip dives into the Word of God and teaches on the events and details that happened during Jesus' crucifixion. It's not always easy to imagine what exactly Jesus had to suffer through, but knowing the truth about the price that Jesus paid for us, should bring us to our knees in thankfulness and praise for our God loves us so much! His Passion is for our forgiveness!

This is week two of the PASSION series. Pastor Ken Behrens highlights events that took place on Tuesday-Wednesday of the week leading up to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Looking through Matthew Chapters 21 and 23, Pastor Ken leads up to the point that Christ's Passion is for our authenticity. Join us next week as we continue on with Passion// His journey...Our hope.