Trusting God's Plan

Pastor Linn Winters · Jan 27, 2025

Pastor Linn uses the story of Gideon (Judges 6–7) to argue that God deliberately chooses ordinary, unqualified people so that when something extraordinary happens, everyone knows it was God's doing. The central invitation is to stop painting your own life and hand the brush back to God — accepting that the path forward will often get harder before it gets better, but that on the other side of harder, God always does His greatest work.

Pastor Bill Bush · Feb 21, 2024

Drawing from Daniel 10 and 12, Pastor Bill argues that the entire book of Daniel is a God-given assurance that history has a predetermined destination under God's sovereign control. Like children on a long car ride, we waste energy asking 'Are we there yet?' instead of trusting the Driver. True wisdom is not knowledge but applied truth — choosing faithfulness each day, redefining 'good days' not as easy days but as days we stayed faithful to God. Because God is both the holy, righteous King who commands our reverent awe and the loving Father who calls us precious, we can surrender to the journey and live with confident, courageous trust.

Pastor Caleb McMains · Feb 27, 2023

Through the story of Joseph, Pastor Caleb McMains shows that God calls His people to faithful obedience in whatever situation they find themselves — even slavery, false accusation, and prison. Joseph never complained about where he was or how far he was from his dreams; he simply gave his best, and God was with him. In the same way, followers of Jesus are empowered by the Holy Spirit to work wholeheartedly and faithfully right where they are, trusting that God is working all things together for good.

Pastor Bill Bush · Dec 25, 2022

The Christmas story is not an invitation to pursue God so He will improve our immediate circumstances. It is the announcement that God became incarnate — taking on human flesh as the baby Jesus — to solve the only problem that truly matters: our sin and its eternal consequences. Just as Joseph had to choose God's complicated plan over a comfortable, immediate fix, we are called to stop trying to make ourselves acceptable to God through our own effort and instead confess our need, trust what Jesus accomplished on the cross, and receive the eternal life He freely offers.

Pastor Bill Bush · Mar 4, 2019

In John 11, Jesus declares 'I am the resurrection and the life' and demonstrates it by raising Lazarus. The sermon argues that Jesus always responds to our cries with His own purposeful plan rather than ours, that He connects with us with genuine personal compassion — even weeping alongside us — and that His power is available to those who trust Him. Having unleashed us from death through faith, He then calls the church to help 'unwrap' one another from the grave clothes of old patterns so we can walk fully in the life He purchased for us.