Waterbrooke Church

September 22, 2019 " Hospitality and the Expansive Love of Christ" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday our message is called: Hospitality and the Expansive Love of Christ. One of the great discoveries in the Christian life is that God expands His work in us by expanding His work through us. One of the clearest evidences of this is in the ministry of hospitality.God sovereignly sends strangers our way for us to bless because God intends to bless us as we share life in Christ together with them.As Jesus said “It is more blessed to give than to receive” and we must pray that as we seek opportunities to serve others through hospitality that we will experience what a gift that is to us from the Lord.

September 8, 2019 "Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?" By Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday’s message is called "Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?" Just before Hebrews moves into its final chapter, the preacher points us to two mountains. One is Mount Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments. The other is Mount Zion which is the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of God where Jesus reigns.The difference between those two places is staggering. Fear, smoke, thunder fill Sinai. Joy, Singing, Justice fill Mount Zion. What makes the difference? Jesus. Come as we consider the two options that every one of us face – will we stand on our own at Mount Sinai or stand firm in Christ at the gates of Mount Zion?

September 1, 2019 "My Brother's Keeper" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

The sermon this week from Hebrews 12 is entitled: My Brother's Keeper. 
The vision of the gospel is of a people who were once deeply broken and wounded by sin entering through Christ into a kingdom of peace and joy and righteousness. The gospel transforms us from being selfishly sinful people to those who would sacrifice to see people made whole again through Christ. This radically shapes our view of the pursuit of holiness. It is far from being cold, legalistic rule-keeping. It is longing for as many people as possible to be saved from the ravages of sin into the gladness and wholeness that is found in Christ alone. 
Let's pray that we would be moved by the Spirit of God to be such a community by the power of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
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August 25, 2019 " "Growing Deep in Difficult Times: How to Make the Most of our Sufferings" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday’s message is entitled "Growing Deep in Difficult Times: How to Make the Most of our Sufferings". It is easy for all of us to struggle spiritually during the tough trials of the Christian life. Hebrews teaches us that times of hardship are designed both for our growth and for the gospel to advance. Therefore, we need some basic principles and strategies for maximizing hard times in our lives for eternal good.Pray that the Holy Spirit will help all of us with this as we worship together this week as God’s people. 
 
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August 18, 2019 "Adjusting Our Focus: Fixing our Eyes on the Author and Finisher of our Faith." by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday morning, we are jumping into the first few verses of Hebrews 12. Our message is entitled: Adjusting Our Focus: Fixing our Eyes on the Author and Finisher of our Faith. One of the reasons that we as Christians struggle so much is that we too easily walk by sight and not by faith. We focus on our problems and we forget about Jesus. We exhaust ourselves trying to change our circumstances when all along Christ is sovereignly working in our circumstances to change our hearts.Where you focus, completely changes how you respond during hard times. Would you pray for God to do a major change of focus in all our hearts and minds this Sunday?
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August 11, 2019 ""He is No Fool: How Faith Frees Us From Self to Risk All For Christ" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This week’s message is entitled "He is No Fool: How Faith Frees Us From Self to Risk All For Chris't. One of the great blessings of Hebrews 11 is that we have a record of unexceptional people doing exceptional things for Christ. At the heart of their stories is how the gospel set them free from living safe, self- preserving lives.It freed them in a way that brought God’s approval and brought others hope. Let’s pray as we finish our study of Hebrews 11 that God would empower us to live freely and fully for Christ.

August 4, 2019 "Seeing is Freeing: How Faith Lets Us See and Sets us Free" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday’s message is entitled "Seeing is Freeing: How Faith Lets Us See and Sets us Free". In Hebrews 11:23-28, we will see that God led his people out of captivity under Moses by faith. Faith is the ability to see things as they really are, not as sin and the world wants us to.This is what enables us to live fully for Christ in a hostile world: we see through the lies. We see the way to life. Come and let’s pray for all of us to have eyes to see and lives that are free through Jesus Christ.

July 28, 2019 " Parenting and Grand parenting by Faith" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday’s message is called “Parenting and Grand-parenting By Faith”. The great hope of the gospel radically shifts how we raise our children in a world that is often hostile to the gospel.This Sunday, in our study of Hebrews 11, we will show 4 different approaches to parenting and grand-parenting that are shaped by the hope of the resurrection.Our prayer is that we would think afresh about how different parenting looks like when the gospel is the greatest singular hope of your life. Pray, invite other parents and grand-parents, and let’s worship together this Sunday.

July 14, 2019 "

This Sunday, we are going to look at the Marks of Genuine Faith. Real authentic faith is possible by the grace of God and places God at the pinnacle of our affections and ambitions.  Trials test and prove where God really is in our hearts affections! Come and prayerfully consider Hebrews 11 along with us.
 
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July 7, 2019 " Declaration of Dependence" Hebrews 11: 1-3 by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

Hebrews 11 is the Bible’s great chapter on faith. It is the Bible’s Declaration of Dependence. The declaration of faith in Hebrews 11 reveals that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness do not come from exerting our independence but by putting ourselves in full dependence upon God alone. Our hope and our joy in difficult times and trials come from living our lives confidently in the certainty of God’s character, provision, and promise in Christ.
 
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June 16, 2019 - “Urgent: Take Refuge Now” by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, we will be looking at a strong strong warning passage. Our message is called “Urgent: Take Refuge Now”. In Hebrews 10:26-31, the writer reminds us that God is a consuming fire. He has covenanted to remove all Christ’ enemies. The gospel is the great but sobering news that God has offered to rescue us from His own coming wrath.It’s not an easy summer text but it may be the most important passage of your life. Pray that God would move in power and mercy this Sunday to cause people to take refuge in Christ and the gospel.

June 2, 2019 "Fully Forgiven" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, our message is entitled: Fully Forgiven. For many Christians, living the Christian life feels overwhelming. We continually have to come to terms with the depth of our fallenness and depravity. We are profoundly broken people living in a profoundly broken world.What makes the gospel uniquely powerful is this: God’s people can have rock solid confidence that although the challenges of living for Christ will take us into deep waters and expose real areas that need change and growth in our lives, God is unrelentingly for us.Our faith rests, not on our feelings, but fully on the finished work of Christ. If God is for us, who can be against us? Come and be encouraged in the gospel.
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May 26, 2019 “Gospel Reset” Hebrews 9:15-28 by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday’s message is entitled “The Three Appearances of Jesus’ Christ.” In Hebrews 9:15-28, the Bible tells us about the glorious truth that we who are called by God to faith in Jesus Christ now live under the unshakeable hope and reality of the “New Covenant”.Everything for the Christ has changed: past, present, and future because of the saving power of the blood of Jesus Christ. For weary, struggling, and discouraged Christians, the New Covenant announces this great message of hope: Christ has you covered. Your past is covered. Your present is covered. Your future is covered.Come and be  encouraged in the gospel this Sunday.
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May 19, 2019 " Fully and Forever Clean: What Christ Alone Can Do for Your Conscience" By Pastor Kevin Dibbley

A proper functioning conscience is necessary to faithful service to God. The only thing that can restore it fully is the gospel. Anything else will attempt to kill it or to corrupt it. The cleansing provided in the gospel alone can return it to its intended working order.Come this Sunday as we study Hebrews 9:1-14 and pray for the hearts of everyone who comes for worship. One of the great sources of anxiety and frustration that many of us face is not being able to find full freedom from inward guilt and shame. The great news of the gospel is that Christ has come to grant us “Fully and Forever Clean: What Christ Alone Can Do for Your Conscience.” That is the title of this week’s message.

May 12, 2019 - “Perfectly Positioned” by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

Christians regularly find themselves in impossible situations. Like the people of Israel, cornered by the Egyptian army at the Red Sea, we often read the situation wrong and respond in fear. They felt that they were in grave danger when it was actually the other way around.One of the keys to courage and faith is for God’s people to realize that God sends us and leaves us in hard places where our only hope is Christ. We need to remember is how “Perfectly Positioned” that Christ is to do what looks impossible to us. That’s the title of our message this Sunday in Hebrews 8 – “Perfectly Positioned to Do The Impossible.”Come and have your faith strengthened by God’s Word and through worship with God’s people.

May 5,2019 “The Perfect Priest for a Persecuted People.” by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

One thing that is increasingly clear to the church in the West is the biblical truth that we who are followers of Jesus Christ are exiles and strangers in this world. Being truly faithful to the call of Christ upon our lives leaves us as clear cultural outsiders. This is nothing new to the church globally or historically.Most Christians down through the ages have faced persecution or alienation. In America, this is becoming increasingly clear and that isn’t completely bad. For one thing, it reminds us of our calling and purpose. We are called to be salt and light in a dark and decaying world. It also brings home our citizenship.We are citizens of the kingdom of heaven not the kingdoms of men. It also undoubtedly clarifies our need. Unless the Lord builds the house, our labor is absolutely in vain. Hebrews 7:26-28 is written to Christians under persecution and it declares to us why Jesus is “The Perfect Priest for a Persecuted People.” Read ahead and pray through this passage of Scripture and ask that we might know, love, trust, and rejoice in Jesus more. See you Sunday.
 
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April 28, 2019 " Salvation Guaranteed" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday’s message is entitled “Salvation Guaranteed”. When we watch the incredible uncertainty that appears to surround the world today, we ought to celebrate the unshakable security that belongs to us as Christians.The church of Christ is being bombed and intimidated more today than at any time in its history. That stats are staggering. Yet, against all the hostility the church has ever faced, the Bible resonates with the great and unshakable hope that Christ is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him.It is not what we see happening on earth that determines our destiny. It is who we see in heaven interceding for us that is the ground of our faith and hope! Let’s reflect together on the truth that we have a great and glorious high priest who lives forever on our behalf!

April 21, 2019 Easter Service By Pastor Andy Keppel

This week we celebrate the resurrection through Paul's declaration of Christ as both the Lord of Creation and the Lord of Redemption.  In his letter to the church in Colossae, by turning their focus to Christ's authority and rule,  Paul encouraged the church to rest in the knowledge that Christ is risen and reigning on our behalf as He works to redeem all creation through the cross.  Join us next Sunday and celebrate resurrection, both Christ's and our own!
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April 14, 2019 - Palm Sunday: "The Shock and the Shake-Up: How Christ Brought Radical Hope to God’s People" By Pastor Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday is Palm Sunday. Our message is called: "The Shock and the Shake-Up: How Christ Brought Radical Hope to God’s People". What God did in Jesus Christ during His earthly was shocking. It was completely unexpected. His behavior and His teaching caught everyone off guard. But nothing was as radical as the last week of Jesus’ life. No one anticipated the cross and the resurrection.No one could anticipate that Christ was not simply turning people’s expectations on its head. He was permanently altering the terms of our relationship with God. As we celebrate Palm Sunday, let’s rejoice that Christ brings together what no one else could ever do before. Christ changed everything. Forever.
 
Note: the end of the sermon is cut-off to some technical issues. 

April 7, 2019 "Battling Spiritual Sluggishness, Slugging It out With Sluggishness" by Pastor Kevin Dibbley

"Battling Spiritual Sluggishness"Mini-SeriesBy Pastor Kevin Dibbley
Sunday, March 31st
This Sunday’s message is called “Slugging It out With Sluggishness”. Some battles aren’t worth fighting. But some are! The writer to the Hebrews is fighting to light a fire under these Christians because this battle is for their joy and salvation. Sluggish Christians are easily disheartened and discouraged.Christians who are determined to know God are more likely to be Christians who delight in God. Christians who are willing to wrestle with God are more likely to be Christians who rest in God. Pray that God would use this Sunday’s message to light a fire in our hearts to know God better.