Waterbrooke Church

March 29, 2020 " "The Incredible Transforming Power of the Holy Spirit" By Pastor Kevin Dibbley

Hello, fellow Waterbrooke shelter-in-place people! We are looking forward to connecting with one another again via Livestream for our Sunday Worship.This Sunday, in our study of Romans 8, we are going to begin to look at life in the Spirit. The message is called: "The Incredible Transforming Power of the Holy Spirit". Jesus said that it was better for us that He leave so that He could send His Holy Spirit (John 16:7). We are going to look at why that is on Sunday.But here is the spoiler: The Holy Spirit totally transforms us so that what would have normally taken us down, ends up taking us up. What would we have turned away from in fear, we face full-on with hope.This is a timely word for God’s people and I ask you to read over and over Romans 8 and pray over and over for the people and mission of Waterbrooke.

March 8, 2020 "God’s Mission is in Motion" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

God’s Mission is in Motion"by Pastor Kevin DibbleyGenesis 10“They say Aslan is on the move- perhaps has already landed". CS Lewis 
Join us this Sunday as we considered how the sons of Noah fulfilled the call of God to be fruitful and to multiply and fill the earth, we are meant to see a picture of how God would fill the earth with His glory through the church.  Let's worship together!
 
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March 1, 2020 "A New Day and A Clear Vision" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday's message is from Genesis 9 and is entitled "A New Day and A Clear Vision."After the flood, God blesses Noah and charges him to "Be fruitful and multiply and to fill the earth." That is the marching orders for the church. The wasteland of the world is meant to be transformed with the life-giving, life-transforming power of God.Our purpose and calling are clear and God's commitment is unswerving. Let's pray that each of us has this kind of clarity giving hope and purpose to our lives in a world that is precious in the eyes of the Lord!

February 23, 2020 " Greater Mercy" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, our sermon is entitled "Greater Mercy". Noah had the unenviable task of preparing an ark for 120 years that would save only His family. Despite his prophetic role, no one repented. No one cried out to God. No one but His family was saved. Yet, God sustained and rescued him. As God’s people on God’s mission in a world hell-bent on being hell-bound, Noah’s story is meant to hold out hope for us.We are to be assured that the same God who carried Noah through it all, will care for us as we fulfill His call to go to all peoples. In fact, we can be assured that not only will God keep and care for us, but God will do a greater work of salvation through His church than he ever did for Noah. There was a great mercy for Noah. There is greater mercy for us.
 
Note: The recording started a few minutes after Pastor Kevin started.  We are in Genesis 7 & 8

February 16, 2020 "Monumental Hope in a World Gone Mad"

This Sunday’s message is from Genesis 6. It is called, "Monumental Hope in a World Gone Mad". All of us have the tendency or temptation to wonder what God is up to or where God is when the evil in the world seems to dominate everything everywhere. If our focus is on the world and not on God and His Word, we can get pretty discouraged.However, when we see things biblically, the mission of God gains traction and urgency in a world of increasing evil precisely because we know that our God cannot sit idle and do nothing. His nature guarantees that things must be made right. His promise guarantees that things will be made right.Come and be encouraged by the hope of the gospel as we sing, pray and study God’s Word together.
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February 9, 2020 "Stronger than the pain and sorrow of sin and death is the sovereign, gracious purpose and promise of God." By Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, we will be looking at Genesis 5. What Moses reveals in this chapter is a glorious truth: Stronger than the pain and sorrow of sin and death is the sovereign, gracious purpose and promise of God.Our sermon is entitled: An Unbroken Promise for a Deeply Broken World. Would you pray that the Holy Spirit would so glorify God and the hope of that gospel that He would simultaneously comfort us and compel us to live together as His people with hope in a world that needs Him so desperately?
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February 2, 2020 "Sour Grapes and Sovereign Grace: The Hard-hitting Kindness of the Word of God" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday’s message is entitled "Sour Grapes and Sovereign Grace: The Hard-hitting Kindness of the Word of God". As we continue our study of Genesis 4, we are reminded that serving God is not easy. In fact, when we are working hard for the Lord, some pretty dangerous things can begin to happen in our hearts.What happens, when ministry is disappointing. What happens, when it feels like God ignores our sacrifices and honors others instead. What happens in our hearts, when ministry gets hard.The Bible prepares God’s people for the sacrifices of ministry by kindly but clearly reminding us, that we are servants and not sovereigns. When things go wrong, we ought to cry out to the Lord rather than lash out at one another.

January 26, 2020 “Legalism, Lies, and Love” By Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, our message was called “Legalism, Lies, and Love.” In our study of Genesis 3, we will see the catastrophe of Adam and Eve’s plunge into sin. Underneath their fall that has wreaked havoc upon all of our lives is a simple and crucial principle: Life is designed for dependence.Our existence, meaning, joy, and life are inextricably tied to God Himself. The lie of religion and the lie of rebellion both tempt us to think that we determine our own destiny. Our destiny is simple: Trust God and live. Trust self and die.Come as we see not just the tragedy but the incredible hope and mercy of God in one of the most important chapters in the Bible – Genesis 3.

January 19, 2020 "Freedom from Judgment through Judgment" by Pastor Andy Keppel

Freedom from Judgment through Judgment
This week we're continuing in our study of Paul's letter to the Colossians.  As has been his motif throughout this letter, Paul continues to elevate the church's view of Christ over and above any of their earthly concerns.  Only by seeing Jesus in the appropriate light will we be able to make sense of our daily walk, which is why it's vital that we look to Him first. Join us as we continue to learn to evaluate our lives in light of God's goodness as opposed to evaluating Christ in light of our feelings or circumstances.

January 12, 2020 "God is on a mission and His plan is to glorify Himself through His people to the ends of the earth!" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, we continued to look at Genesis. This time we are going to consider the wisdom of God in His provision and care over our lives. God is on a mission and His plan is to glorify Himself through His people to the ends of the earth!We have every assurance in the Bible that God will supply all our needs according to His riches in Christ. Embracing the mission of God happens joyfully when we trust the wisdom of God. Come. Read ahead in Genesis 2. Let's join together and rejoice in God and praise His name together.
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January 5, 2020 " "Tremble and Trust: Feeling the Weight of the Word of God and The Worth of the God of the Word"

As we begin a New Year, it helps all of us to be simple and clear. So, here is the point of 2020: To follow Christ wherever He calls us to go and to do by faith whatever He has asked of us. The life of faith is an adventure. It will stretch us. It will challenge us. It will humble us. 2020 is a new territory for every person. God simply asks us one question: Will you trust Me wherever I lead you and whatever I ask of you? Just as the Bible begins with God calling Abraham to leave everything to follow Him to the land of the promise, we too, are called to follow Christ (Abraham’s seed) in order that the nations would be blessed.One simple question is asked of each of us today and each day of 2020: Will you trust Me? Come as we begin a new series this Sunday called "Tremble and Trust: Feeling the Weight of the Word of God and The Worth of the God of the Word". Pray for a fresh vision of God and the adventure of faith.

December 22, 2019 " Light Breaks Through" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, just before Christmas, our message is called Light Breaks Through. Darkness has a way of seeping into our lives. We live in the shadowlands and slowly we begin to lose heart. We lose perspective. We lose hope. Then, Light!The Light of the World enters and the cold, fading embers of our faith feel the breath of the Spirit igniting them. The Light breaks over the horizon of our hearts and streams down to where only fears and doubts have had dominion.Come and worship the Lord Jesus this Sunday and let the light of the gospel fill your heart with new, fresh hope and grace.

December 8, 2019 " The Role of the Holy Spirit in Revealing Christ" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, we continued our Christmas series, Ready for Christ at Christmas: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Revealing Christ. Last week, we learned that the Holy Spirit prepares us to receive Christ by leading us into repentance. This week, we will see that the Holy Spirit prepares us to follow Christ by leading us into obedience.Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin, than courageously and actively doing God’s will.” Sometimes, the thing that intimidates us most about being a Christian is not what God doesn’t want us to do anymore, but what God is calling us to be and to do in the future. Obedience can seem impossible and overwhelming but in the calling of Mary to bear the Son of God, we learn, “nothing is impossible with God.”www.waterbrooke.church
 

December 1, 2019 " Receptive: How the Holy Spirit Prepares Hearts and Homes to Receive Christ" By Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday’s message is entitled: Receptive: How the Holy Spirit Prepares Hearts and Homes to Receive Christ. Over the next several weeks leading up to Christmas, we are going to study the role of the Holy Spirit in the Coming of Jesus Christ. In Luke 1:13-17, Luke describes the coming of the angel Gabriel to Zechariah announcing the birth of John the Baptist. John would be filled with the Spirit and by that Spirit, He would “turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just.”As you prepare for Christmas, will you pray that the Spirit would prepare your hearts to receive Christ personally and to transform your homes and families?
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November 10,2019 “Shoring Up Your Shepherds” By Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday’s message will be called “Shoring Up Your Shepherds”. Running the race set before us is challenging. Persevering in the faith is difficult. Keeping our mission clear and keeping our resolve strong takes continual encouragement, correction, direction, and help. The Lord has designed the body to be interdependent and He has gifted and called some to shepherd the flock of God.As the letter comes to an end, the writer urges Christians to do all they can to help their leaders to lead faithfully. Like in the Old Testament story of Aaron and Hur lifting up the arms of Moses in the midst of the battle (Exodus 17:12-14), how can we help our leaders to fulfill their calling on our behalf? Let’s continue to pray for God to make Waterbrooke a united force for the kingdom of Christ.

November 3, 2019 " International Day of Prayer" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday was the International Day of Prayer of the Persecuted Church. It is an annual call to align our hearts and minds in prayer for those who have aligned their lives with the call and cause of Christ. In our study of Hebrews 13:11-16, the Word of God calls us to a clear, public, and unashamed commitment to Jesus Christ no matter what the cost.Let’s pray for suffering Christians and let’s pray for ourselves that we will stand boldly for Christ who suffered willingly for us so that others might come to know and to love and to trust in our Savior.
Please note the first 5 minutes of the sermon wasn't recorded. 
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October 27, 2019 “The High and Holy Call of the Gospel.” by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday is Reformation Sunday, the one day in the year when Protestant Christians specifically remember those who paid the price to preserve the integrity and the priority of the message of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. In our study of Hebrews this week, we are specifically exhorted to remember those who taught God’s Word to us.This is not merely remembering an old Sunday School teacher or a parent or a pastor. This is a call to remember those who were willing to pay the highest price to preserve and to deliver the gospel faithfully to us. Come this Sunday, as we study “The High and Holy Call of the Gospel.”

October 20, 2019 "Financial Freedom: How to Be Free From the Love of Money" By Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, our message is called Financial Freedom: How to Be Free From the Love of Money. The challenge that faces most of us is not the seduction of the prosperity gospel, that somehow, we believe that God promises exorbitant riches to those who trust Him by faith. The challenge that faces us is that we lose the priority of the kingdom of Christ by the slow subtle (or not so subtle) seduction of the world.We find ourselves choosing comfort over the cross and the promises of earthly ease over a life of trusting and following Christ. Come as we study how the gospel frees us from financial fears to follow Christ, joyfully and sacrificially.
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October 13, 2019 " Honoring and protecting the institution of marriage" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

One of the chief harms to many people’s lives and one of the chief hindrances to the advancement of the gospel in our families, communities, and in the world is marital infidelity. Both pastors and people have so frequently experienced the pain, brokenness, failure, and shame of this that there is hardly a church or ministry that isn’t continually in the process of recovering people from the damage.This Sunday, we will be looking at the call to advance the kingdom of Christ by honoring and protecting the institution of marriage. In the world, marriage is treated as an easily disposable man-made institution. In the kingdom of heaven, marriage is a holy institution designed to emulate and elevate Christ and His love for the church in the gospel. Come and join Waterbrooke as we grow a high and holy view of marriage for the sake of Christ and those that need Christ.

October 6, 2019 "Protecting the Family" by Pastor Andy Keppel

Gospel unity is more than just being a part of the family, it means that we take each other seriously and that we are fervently protective of each other's faith, which is rooted in the truth of the Gospel.  In a world that cheapens grace by foisting doubt and duty upon members of Christ's family, the necessity for bearing responsibility for each other's faith becomes paramount.  As Paul shows us in his letter to the Colossians, you can't hope to protect the family without protecting the truth!
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