God has spoken! Hebrews 1:1-4 By Ysrael De la Cruz To communicate is the act or process of using words (verbal), sounds, signs or behavior (non-verbal) to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc. to someone else. Sometimes, there is miscommunication (failure to communicate clearly); at times there is misunderstanding…
Authentic worship Matt.26:6-13 By: Ysrael De la Cruz Every Sunday we gather here to have our “Worship service.” Churches across the country and around the world meet together to worship. Many attend church, but only a few worship or at least understand worship. Worship is one of those words we throw around in church a…
Don’t limiting God! Matt.14:13-21 By Ysrael De la Cruz “Indescribable, uncontainable You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name. You are amazing, God. All powerful, untamable; Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim You are amazing, God” We sing about how great our God is but at…
Get rid of Jesus! Mark 3:6 By Ysrael De la Cruz We spent five weeks getting to know Jesus through the gospel of Mark. Mark, just like Matthew, Luke and John would tell us that the news about Jesus spread everywhere and large crowds would gather to hear him teach. Not everyone in the crowds…
Knowing Jesus thru the gospel of Mark -part4 Mark 2:23-3:6 By Ysrael De la Cruz We have been journeying through the gospel of Mark so that we get to know Jesus better. Each writer of the gospel emphasizes certain aspects of Jesus. Mark begins his writing telling us that Jesus is the Son of God.…
Knowing Jesus through the gospels Mark 2:1-12 By Ysrael De la Cruz We have been journeying through the gospel of Mark; today is our 3rd Sunday in our journey. It is imperative that we, the followers of Jesus get to know him well, so that we can make him known to others. The gospel writers,…
Knowing Jesus through the gospels. Mark 1:1, 14-20 By Ysrael De la Cruz A while back when I preached about the gospel of Jesus Christ, I mentioned the need for us Christians to truly know the content of the gospel since we live in a time in which there are so many false gospels and…
Serving Jesus Colossians 3:22-24 By Ysrael De la Cruz When it comes to service, one of the things Jesus said was he did not come to be served but to serve. The Bible tells us in Philippians 2:7 that Jesus took the form or nature of a servant; he served people out of love. His…
Overcoming distractions! Matt.16:21-23 By Ysrael De la Cruz One of my favorite scenes in the movie Rush hour is when Inspector Lee meet detective Johnson. Johnson was practicing defusing a bomb as the clock was ticking and she needed to make a decision and had only 15 seconds. She then gets distracted by Carter and…
New identity (Part 1) 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 By Ysrael De la Cruz One of the reasons we must remain connected to a church community is because we tend to forget who we are as followers of Jesus. In a Christ-centered community we are constantly reminded who we are, what we are supposed to do and…
The Resurrection changed everything! Luke 24:1-12 By Ysrael De la Cruz The cross represented the endgame for the disciples of Jesus that Friday afternoon. It killed their hopes, dreams, and expectation they had about Jesus. They believed Jesus would be the Messiah who would restore the kingdom to Israel. But now their expected Messiah was…
The coming King Zachariah 9:9-10 By Ysrael De la Cruz Last week I preached about the crucial question, who is Jesus? Jesus’ identity has puzzled people for thousands of years. When he appeared on the scene the Jewish nation had been waiting for a Messiah, (a political ruler or king) who would bring peace and…