National Community Church Audio Podcast

The One who knows you best loves you most. He knows our secrets, shortcomings, rejections, doubts, and questions, but He wants to extend significance, relationship, and transformation.

We all have a human desire to be known. But sharing the not so pleasant aspect of our lives is not what we are inclined to do. We would much rather be known by our successesthan our struggles. We present ourselves more like resumes, showing the best parts of who we are. But being known in our struggle is what actually draws us closer together. And confessing our struggles and carrying each other's burdens is what deepens our connection to God and one another.

You can love, appreciate, you can value your spouse. But do you truly know them? One of the richest forms of being known is to be known in marriage. Pastor Joel and Nina tag team to present a biblical look at marriage, explore distortions and misunderstandings, and present some habits that are healthy in marriage. At the end of the day, the goal is not marriage, but it’s to glorify God in all we do. The prayer of this message is to bring hope where hope has been lost. To speak love when love has been lost. To re-energize the couple that has lost connection in their relationship.

What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ? We’ll explore Jesus’ words on this topic and talk about the call to love.The scriptures give us a progression of understanding of love. In John 4, we’re taught to "love one another.” In Mark 12, the measure is increased. Don’t just love one another, but "love your neighbor as yourself.” And in John 13:34-35, the measure is increased yet again. Don’t just love one another, don’t just love as you love yourself. But love "as Christ has loved us". Because he knows our love for each other can be imperfect. Our love for ourselves can even be imperfect. But He came to this earth to give us the ultimate example of love. It’s the prepositional gospel:Coming TO (incarnational) Being WITH (relational)Dying FOR (sacrificial)Jesus gives us a beautiful picture of what it should look like to be known in community.

By listening to God's story, we find out who He is and who we are

The key to discovering WHO YOU ARE is remembering WHOSE YOU ARE

In a world that is more consumed with self-preservation, self-promotion, and self-gratification, Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 13, that love is the more excellent way. This love that he describes, is not about self, but sacrificial. It is the greatest force in the world, even greater than faith and hope.

Hope confronts the brutal facts with unwavering faith. It knows that 1) This too shall pass 2) Its ok to not be ok 3) The obstacle is the way!

Faith is a Muscle - Mark Batterson

The pursuit of faith amidst the storms of life.

Young leaders can increase their influence when they establish patterns in their lives that become examples for others to follow. Be an example in what you say, how you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

Our first reaction when we find ourselves in trial is to seek God for deliverance. But what the book of James teaches is that what is produced from trial is a perfection process. Perfecting does not happen when you get immediate deliverance. It happens in perseverance.

This weekend will be about how we move from anxiety to gratitude. All around us we see the weight, stress, and suffocating effect of "the cares of this world". In his letter to the church at Philippi, Paul gives us a formula for how we can live in the freedom of Christ.

At the end of the day, I want to be famous in my home. Success is when those who know you best respect you most. It starts with the last verse in the last chapter in the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi 4:6. God wants to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children.

We don’t believe in happily EVER after. We believe in something so much better: happily FOREVER after. Don’t seek fifteen minutes of fame. Aim for eternal reward.

This is not your normal sermon - this is an eight man tag team from our NCC Campus Pastors. Eight unique angles, yet one single thread of what it means to be the Church. The greek word used for Church in the Scripture is Ekklesia and it means “called out people.” The Church is not a place, it’s not a person, it’s not a denomination. Here’s who we become as the Church: WorshippersTransformed peopleUnique yet not aboveEmpowered with gifts from GodDevoted to loveEnthusiastic in servicePeace keepers living in harmonyPeace makers within the world We are a people called out to live for God’s purposes. Join us as we strive to become who God has made us to be.

Is the gospel just a picture that hangs on the wall? Or does it frame your life? Have you entered the story? God wants to write His story through you!

The Resurrection wasn't meant to be celebrated one day a year. We celebrate it every day in every way. When Jesus walked out of the tomb, the word "impossible" was removed from our vocabulary.

The turn from the old covenant to the new covenant, the hundreds of prophecies finally fulfilled, even our calendar as we know it is all built around one pivotal event: The incarnation. God putting skin on and coming into our world. When He did that, everything changed. Jesus taught us how to love, how to live, how to forgive. He sacrificed his life for us. Our sin deserves death, but he took on death so that we might have life and have it to the fullest. Our great God in heaven stooped down low, down on our level to relate to us. So now, we don’t just have a judge, but we have a mediator. Someone who knows our hurts, troubles, and trials, and promises us his presence in the midst of them. By faith, we have new life…because Christ came. Join us as we search the scriptures to fully comprehend the gift that God has given us.

(The Return) Even when it feels like your life is falling apart, God is still working His plan and His plan is still working.