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Healing — Part 5

July 19, 2026 · Pastor Brian Charles

MESSAGE SUMMARY

In this fifth installment of the "Healing" series, Pastor Brian Charles shifts from healing specifically to the broader biblical law of sowing and reaping, framing healing (and every other promise of God) as a harvest that grows from seed the believer has spoken and planted. He opens from Ecclesiastes 3 and Genesis 8:22 to establish that seedtime and harvest is a fixed, unbreakable law "as long as the earth remaineth" — spiritual and natural. Using Mark 4:26-27 (the kingdom growing secretly, "he knoweth not how"), he teaches that believers, now born again and in the kingdom, have become sowers themselves: the incorruptible seed of God's Word, spoken in faith, produces results the believer doesn't have to understand or control, only cooperate with. He illustrates this with Elijah calling back the rain and Peter walking on the word rather than the storm, stressing that the harvest often develops unseen — "roots before fruit" — and requires patient, thankful waiting rather than anxious analysis, which he says "digs up the seed."

The core teaching text is Galatians 6:7-8 ("whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap"), which he applies to two competing fields every believer sows into daily: the flesh (self-centered nature, producing corruption, bondage, and separation from God's best) and the Spirit (prayer, God's Word, worship, generosity, fellowship, producing everlasting life and present-tense blessing). He repeatedly returns to the idea that "your miracle is in your mouth" — thoughts, words, and finances are all seeds — and that negated words, doubt, or someone else's spoken curse over a person's life carry no authority once recognized and renounced in Jesus' name. He closes by naming the harvest of everlasting life as something already being experienced now (peace, joy, righteousness, power), reminds listeners that today's seeds become tomorrow's harvest, and invites unsaved viewers into the kingdom through Jesus. The message ends with a corporate prayer declaring "crop failure" over every negative word spoken over the congregation's lives, renouncing words of death, and confessing blessing, healing, health, longevity, and wealth "because I live in Jesus."

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Quoted to establish "a time to every purpose," including a season to sow and a season to reap
Genesis 8:22 Quoted on seedtime and harvest continuing "while the earth remaineth"
Mark 4:26-27 Read to show the kingdom of God is like seed growing secretly, "he knoweth not how"
John 3:3 Paraphrased, "no man can see the kingdom of God except he be born again"
1 Kings 18 Elijah calling back the rain, referenced as an example of a spoken word/promise brought to harvest (exact verse not stated)
Matthew 14 Peter walking on the water, referenced to illustrate staying on the word rather than the storm (exact verse not stated)
Galatians 6:7-8 Read as the central text on sowing to the flesh vs. sowing to the Spirit
James 1:17 Quoted, "every good gift... cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation or shadow of turning" (book/verse not named aloud by the pastor)
James "James said, count it all joy," connecting trials and patience to the farmer's wait for harvest (chapter/verse not stated)
Mark 4:28 "First the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear," on the process of growth
Psalm 27:13-14 Quoted, "I would have lost heart... wait on the Lord and be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart"
Proverbs 18:21 Alluded to as "life and death are in the power of the tongue," used in the closing prayer (not named aloud)
Proverbs 23:7 "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," on thoughts as seeds (not named aloud)
2 Corinthians 9:10 "He gives seed to the sower," on the source of every seed a believer sows (not named aloud)
Ephesians Referenced (exact verse not stated) regarding believers translated out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light
1 Peter Referenced alongside Ephesians, believers called "out of darkness into his marvelous light" (exact verse not stated)
John 3:6 "That which is born of flesh is flesh, that which is born of spirit is spirit" (not named aloud)
Psalm 127:1 Paraphrased, "except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain... except the Lord build the city" (not named aloud)
Deuteronomy 28:13 "I'm the head, not the tail," in the closing declaration (not named aloud)
Romans 8:31 "If God be for me, who can be against me" (not named aloud)
Psalm 141:3 "Set a guard over my mouth, keep watch over the doors of my lips" (not named aloud)

His Power

July 22, 2026 · Darrin Gaudreau

MESSAGE SUMMARY

Darrin Gaudreau preached a message titled "His Power," built around the authority and power inherent in the name of Jesus. He opened with a personal testimony of growing up without faith in Thunder Bay, searching for meaning while looking at the stars, before coming to know Christ. From there he turned to Paul's address at the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-32), using Paul's "unknown god" encounter to establish God as sovereign creator who desires personal relationship with every person and calls all people to repentance through the proof of Christ's resurrection.

The message then moved through John the Baptist's testimony about Jesus (John 3:25-36) — "he must increase, but I must decrease" — as a model of recognizing Jesus' supreme authority, followed by the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20), where Jesus declares "all authority... has been given to me" and promises His abiding presence through the Holy Spirit.

Gaudreau then traced several Gospel accounts to illustrate that power in action: the paralytic lowered through the roof, forgiven and healed (Matthew 9:2-7); the Gerasene demoniac delivered and sent to proclaim what Jesus had done in the Decapolis (Mark 5:18-20); the woman healed by touching Jesus' garment (Mark 5:34); and Jairus' daughter raised from death (Mark 5:41-42). He drew a parallel to Peter raising Tabitha in Acts 9:39-42, framing it as the same pattern of faith the disciples learned directly from Jesus.

The message closed by grounding all of this power in the finished work of the cross — Hebrews 9:11-15's description of Christ as the mediator of a new covenant through His own blood — and in Jesus' love as the true force that held Him there, tying back to the new commandment to love one another (John 13:34-35). A time of worship, including the song "The Power of Your Love," was woven into the message as a response to this theme.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

Isaiah 55:11 Briefly quoted in the opening prayer, "does not return unto you a void... but will accomplish that to which it is purposed"
Acts 17:22-32 Read in full; Paul's address at the Areopagus, the "unknown god," God as sovereign creator, call to repentance proven by Christ's resurrection
John 3:25-36 Read in full; John the Baptist's testimony that Jesus must increase and he must decrease, "he who believes in the Son has everlasting life"
John 3:16-17 Echoed alongside the John 3 reading as the parallel to Jesus' words to Nicodemus
Matthew 28:16-20 Read (Amplified); the Great Commission, "all authority... has been given to me," promise of Christ's abiding presence
Acts 2 Referenced generally; the Holy Spirit's power given to reside in believers, exact verse not stated
1 John 1:9 Quoted; confession of sin and God's faithfulness to forgive and cleanse
Matthew 9:2-7 Referenced; the paralytic lowered through the roof, forgiven and told to take up his mat and walk
Mark 5:18-20 Read; the delivered demoniac begging to go with Jesus, sent instead to proclaim in the Decapolis
James 4:7 Quoted; "submit yourselves to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you"
Mark 5:34 Quoted; the woman healed by touching Jesus' garment, "your faith has made you well"
Mark 5:41-42 Quoted; Jairus' daughter raised, "Talitha Kumi... little girl, I say to you, arise"
Acts 9:39-42 Read; Peter raises Tabitha (Dorcas) in Joppa, following the same pattern Jesus modeled
Hebrews 9:11-15 Read (Amplified); Christ as high priest entering the heavenly holy of holies, mediator of the new covenant through His own blood, eternal redemption
John 13:34-35 Read (Amplified); Jesus' new commandment to love one another as He has loved

Last Week's Messages

A Time to Remember

July 12, 2026 · Rev Jude Jesso

MESSAGE SUMMARY

Filling in for the regular pastor (away on a well-deserved break), Rev Jude Jesso preached "A Time to Remember," built around the question of why believers need constant reinforcement of truths they already know. His answer: "we have leaks" — worldly philosophy and the adversary's fog-the-mind tactics wear away at what we know, so Scripture commands active, repeated remembering (a word he notes appears roughly 250 times in the Bible). He anchored the message in 2 Peter 1:12-13, Peter's final letter written from Rome under Nero's persecution shortly before his martyrdom, where Peter says he will "not be negligent" to keep stirring believers up by putting them in remembrance of what they already know. Jesso paired this with Deuteronomy 8:1-2, where Israel is commanded to remember the 40 years of wilderness discipline before entering the inheritance, framing remembrance as foundational to both covenants.

The message developed in three points. First, remember what God has already done — our redemption from slavery to sin, illustrated with Ephesians 2:12 and Psalm 103's benefits (forgiveness, healing, redemption from the pit), and Jesso's own testimony of his salvation at an altar call in November 1981. Second, remember the price paid for salvation — the physical brutality of the cross, grounded in Isaiah 53:5 and 1 Peter 1:18-20, stressing that grace, though free, "still costs us something" (quoting Dietrich Bonhoeffer against "cheap grace"). Third, remember who we are in Christ — chosen, blessed, and seated with Him (Ephesians 1:3-4, Colossians 3:1-3), which should reshape identity, worship, and daily focus.

He closed by tying remembrance to worship, God's promises (Jeremiah 29:11), and God's unwavering love (1 John 4:9-10, quoting C.S. Lewis on love resting on God's promises rather than shifting feelings), urging the church to trust and obey and to let their lives preach even without words (quoting Francis of Assisi).

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

2 Peter 1:12-13 The sermon's anchor text; Peter's resolve to keep reminding believers of truths they already know, written near his martyrdom
Deuteronomy 8:1-2 Israel commanded to remember 40 years of wilderness discipline before possessing the land
John 14:26 The Holy Spirit as Helper who "brings to remembrance" all that Christ said
Psalm 103:17-18 The Lord's steadfast love "from everlasting to everlasting" for those who keep His covenant
Ephesians 2:12 Remembering being "separated from Christ," excluded and without hope before salvation
Psalm 103:2-5 "Forget not all his benefits" — forgiveness, healing, redemption from the pit, renewal like the eagle
1 Samuel 17 Referenced by name (David and Goliath); exact verse not cited; used to illustrate confidence in identity
1 Peter 1:18-20 Redeemed not with silver and gold but with the precious blood of Christ, foreordained before the foundation of the world
Isaiah 53:5 Christ pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities, by His stripes we are healed
2 Chronicles 20 Referenced by name (Jehoshaphat sending the choir ahead of the army); exact verse not cited; used to illustrate the power of worship
Ephesians 1:3-4 Blessed with every spiritual blessing, chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world
Colossians 3:1-3 Seek the things above; your life is hidden with Christ in God
Romans 1:20 God's invisible attributes clearly perceived in creation, leaving humanity without excuse
Jeremiah 29:11 God's plans to prosper and not harm, to give hope and a future
1 John 4:9-10 God's love made manifest in sending His Son as the propitiation for our sins

Healing — Part 4

July 15, 2026 · Pastor Brian Charles

MESSAGE SUMMARY

Continuing the "Healing" series into Part 4, Pastor Brian Charles builds on the previous week's teaching on seed, extending the sowing-and-reaping principle across every area of life — physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual healing all flow from the same incorruptible seed of God's Word. He opens with a personal testimony of an eight-month battle with insomnia, resolved only after months of persistently confessing scripture, using it to illustrate Hebrews 6:12's promise that patience, not immediate results, inherits the promise. Returning repeatedly to Philippians 4:6 and 1 Peter 5:7, he teaches believers to cast their cares on God rather than carry them or dump them on other people, sharing a personal account of ministry burnout and hearing the Lord tell him, "those people don't care about you the way you care about them." He also addresses the five-fold ministry — apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher — noting all five offices were embodied in Jesus and exist to bring believers into alignment with Christ, not to become objects of misplaced trust.

The bulk of the message develops the farmer-and-sower illustration from James 5:7-8: believers sow the incorruptible seed of God's Word and must wait with patient, confident expectation for God to give the increase, just as a farmer cannot rush a harvest and depends on the early and latter rain — factors beyond his control. Pastor Brian contrasts corruptible and incorruptible seed, teaches that present circumstances reflect what has been sown, and warns against sowing negative words over one's own health and circumstances (citing the habit of saying "I always get the flu" as an example of seeding sickness). He closes by urging the congregation, from Galatians 6:7-9, not to grow weary in well-doing, to keep confessing the Word over spirit, soul, and body, and to release angelic protection and provision over their lives through spoken confession — illustrated by the account of Elisha and his servant at Dothan, whose eyes were opened to see the angelic host surrounding them.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

Hebrews 6:12 "Be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises" — anchored a personal testimony about overcoming eight months of insomnia through persistent scripture confession
Philippians 4:6 "Be careful for nothing... but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God"
1 Peter 5:7 "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you" — referenced twice, including tied to a personal story of ministry burnout
John 7:38 "Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" (paraphrased; exact reference not stated by pastor)
Hebrews 11 Referenced generally as the "heroes of faith" chapter; specific verses not cited
James 5:7-8 "The husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth... until he receive the early and latter rain" — read twice as the central sower/patience illustration
Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"
Psalm 22:3 "God inhabits the praises of his people" (paraphrased; exact reference not stated by pastor)
Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever"
Psalm 37:25 "I was young and now I am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread" — attributed to David (exact reference not stated by pastor)
John 15:5 "I am the vine, ye are the branches... for without me ye can do nothing"
Proverbs 6:19 "A false witness soweth discord amongst the brethren" (pastor cited only "Proverbs," exact verse not stated)
Galatians 6:9 "Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not"
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 "To every thing there is a season... a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted"
Genesis 8:22 "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest... shall not cease"
Galatians 6:7-8 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap"
Hebrews 1:14 "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation" (paraphrased; exact reference not stated by pastor)
2 Kings 6:15-17 Elisha and his servant at Dothan, whose eyes were opened to see the angelic host surrounding them (exact reference not stated by pastor)