God’s purpose in trials!
God’s Purpose in trials James 1:2-4, 12 By Ysrael De la Cruz Intro: Lecrae “Life is like an elevator, a lot of ups and downs, people pushing your buttons and getting jerked around.” If you were to ask Forest Gump what life was about he would say. “life is like a box of chocolate, you…
Consider Jesus’ attitude
Consider Jesus’ attitude Philippians 2:1-11 By Ysrael De la Cruz This is Alex, a young man I met in 1994 while working with churches to build a camp facility. He was being looked at the baseball scouts from various major league teams. He was so talented; he had the skills he needed to be successful…
Loving Like Jesus
Loving like Jesus John 13:31-35 By: Ysrael De la Cruz Last week we talked about the greatest commandment which is to love God with every part of you. Heart, soul and mind. The second greatest is to love your neighbor as yourselves. Jesus said that by Loving God and loving people, we fulfill the law…
The Greatest Commandment
The Greatest Commandment Matt.22:34-40 By Ysrael Del la Cruz GOAT (the greatest of all time) Every sport or athletic discipline has what is called the greatest of all time (boxing, baseball, basketball, football, etc.) People would debate who they think is the Goat in Basketball or football (Tom Brady) The religious people of Jesus’ day…
Who’s Talking, God or Satan?
Who is talking, God or Satan? Matthew 16:21-23 By: Ysrael De la Cruz Before the presidential election so many so called “prophets or apostles” began to make predictions regarding who will win the election. All of them gave Trump as a victor. Other modern-day prophets began say when the coronavirus would end. These phony prophets…
Empowered for Mission
Empowered for mission. Matt.28:16-20 By: Ysrael De la Cruz As followers of Jesus, we often forget what our mission in this world is. Some Christians today are ignorant of what Jesus has called his church to do in this world. It was after the resurrection that Jesus gave his followers his final instructions. Jesus’…
God’s presence, our weapon
God’s presence, our weapon Joshua 1:1-9 By: Ysrael De la Cruz We have been talking about the presence of God for three weeks now. The presence of God was what set his people apart from others (Ex.33:16). It was what showed that God was pleased with his people. God would go with his people…
God’s Presence Part2
God’s presence Genesis 39:1-10 By: Ysrael De la Cruz When you go to your work place you have an ID that identifies you or sets you apart in your workplace. The ID’s tell people who you are or whom you represent. Last week I talked about how God’s presence was what set apart his…
God’s Presence in our midst
God’s presence in our midst Exodus 33:12-17 By:Ysrael De la Cruz Ever since God created the world his presence has been evident in his creation. (The Spirit of God hovered over) moved over the surface of the waters. (Gn:1:2) God created the universe and he was incredibly involved in his creation. God’s presence was evident…
Committed To God
Committed to God Joshua 24:14-27 By: Ysrael De la Cruz At the beginning of each year people tend to make resolutions, pledges, or promises of what they would like to achieve. 2020 was an incredibly challenging year for most of us, sickness, deaths, lost jobs and business, isolation from family and friends. Business and…
What’s your response?
What’s your Response? Matt.2:1-12 By: Ysrael De la Cruz I hope and pray you had a great Christmas celebration. Just like people respond differently to Christmas, they also respond different to the good news of Jesus. When the angel announced to Mary that she would have a baby, she was, she responded with trust…
Good News for Everyone
Good news for all Luke 2:8-20 By Ysrael De la Cruz If you were to ask people what comes to mind when they think about Christmas, you would hear things like “A time together with family and friends; lights and decorations; generosity and good will toward others; lots of food and goodies. “Christmas is…