Not Ashamed: A Bible Study in Romans 1
Today, Pastor Joel Arreola, our missionary to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, speaks from Romans chapter one about being unashamed of the gospel of Jesus. It is a powerful word, combined with stories of what God is doing in Mexico today.
An Upgraded Faith: Prayer
We are continuing in our series of Upgrading our Faith and today our missionary and Pastor, Joel, teaches us about another way we can upgrade our faith – and that is by praying. While ALL prayer is communication with God, there are MANY different kinds of prayers that we discover …
Dumb Things Smart Christians Do: Tunnel Vision
Any of us can get trapped by tunnel vision — only seeing a tiny bit of life and missing so much of the world around us. Today, pastor and missionary Joel Arreola, talks about tunnel vision and what we can do to break out of it. SM4 is committed to …
The Ways of Jesus Pt 6 – John 4
In this bilingual message, Pastor Joel shares about Jesus — the missionary God — who goes beyond ethnic, gender, religious and social boundaries to have a conversation with a Samaritan woman. This conversation transformed her life, and could transform ours as well.
The Ways of Jesus Pt 1 – Introduction
We often think about the words and works of Jesus, but rarely about His ways. But as we learn His ways, we discover the very heart of God. And while His ways are always good, they are nothing like our ways; while they lead to a hope-filled future, they are often filled …
Obedience
Pastor Joel brings a word on a topic that causes some people to fear: what it means to obey God! But as Peter discovered, as he learned to trust Jesus, and simply do what He said, beautiful things followed.
In the Beginning Pt 11 – Set Free
When Moses showed up in Egypt to set God’s people free, their liberation didn’t happen immediately. The Israelites had to learn to trust God for their freedom as they watched Him work on their behalf. In this story we find encouragement for our own struggles and learn the power of taking our …
Front Lines Faith – Pt 5, Saying YES to God
As people with a FRONT LINES FAITH, we’re to take the message of salvation to those who don’t know Jesus. We can’t stand by and hope that people will seek out the church — we must be equipped to go to them! In this second of a two-part message, we …
How Faith Works, Pt 5 – The Problem with Promises
From Hebrews 10:23, we find five connected thoughts that give us an understanding of how faith works in our lives. In Part Five, we discover two important truths about God’s promises: they aren’t all fulfilled in our lifetime and they rarely are fulfilled how we’d imagine!
Reaching the Next Generation – Train Up a Child
Training doesn’t happen automatically — it requires us to be intentional. If we want the next generation to put their trust in the Lord, we must be intentional about loving, reaching and disciplining them. Discover three ways we can start training the next generation today.