Speaker Pastor Matthew Ude

You Are Blessed

Sunday February 16, 2025 Text: Luke 6:17-26 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 6:17-26

The beatitudes when understood correctly are some of the greatest expressions of God’s gifts and blessings to sinful humans. When understood incorrectly they become weights chained to our souls dragging us down to depression. The key to understanding them correctly is to recognize them as God’s gifts in Christ not as something we earn or

Cast Your Nets

Sunday February 9, 2025 Text: Luke 5:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 5:1-11

The first rule of fishing is that you can’t catch anything if your line isn’t in the water. That is why my brother Aaron always brought his fishing pole even when we were supposed to be canoeing. He never caught anything, but he always had the line trailing behind the canoe just in case. Similarly,

Jesus Heals Through the Ears

Sunday February 2, 2025 Text: Luke 4:16-30 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Luke 4:16-30

In Australia this last week 14 people were convicted of manslaughter. These people stood around a young diabetic girl, praying for days as she slowly died. They had the insulin she needed but didn’t give it to her because they wanted to see a miracle. They thought they were proving their faith, but faith in

Jesus Manifests His Glory

Sunday January 26, 2025 Text: John 2:1-11 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: John 2:1-11

Today we have the first of miracle, where Jesus changes water into wine. The evangelist John gives us a statement at the end of the account which summarizes the importance of this miracle. This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. Jesus gives

Jesus Was Baptized for Our Righteousness

Sunday January 19, 2025 Text: Matthew 3:13-17 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Matthew 3:13-17

Our sinful nature is such that we often take God’s wonderful blessings and turn them into a commandment. God’s intention is to give us a blessing. We, however, respond with an attitude of, “Do I have to?” This is something that happens often with Genesis 9:1. Here the word of God says that he blessed

God Leads Us To Bethlehem

Sunday January 12, 2025 Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Epiphany Passages: Matthew 2:1-12

Who are these men from the east? We often refer to them as wisemen or as the three kings, but the truth is they were neither. They were gentiles. They were probably astrologers and practitioners of other occult superstitions. Most importantly they were people whom God in grace and through his word lead out of

Jesus Is Still In His Temple

Sunday January 5, 2025 Text: Luke 2:40-52 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Christmas Passages: Luke 2:40-52

Today is the twelfth day of Christmas. It is the last day of Christmas, but it is still Christmas. Many people have already taken down their Christmas decorations.   Some people are quick to take down their decorations even though Christmas isn’t over yet. That of course is a matter of customs. The real problem isn’t

New Years Eve 2024

Tuesday December 31, 2024 Text: Numbers 6:22-27 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: New Year Passages: Numbers 6:22-27

Through Jesus Christ God grants his blessing on our life and our new year. There are many different new year’s rituals throughout the world. In Spain apparently, they eat twelve grapes under the table. In China you are supposed to avoid any cleaning on the first day of the new year as it might wash

Christmas Day 2024

Tuesday December 24, 2024 Text: Isaiah 9:6-7 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Christmas Passages: Isaiah 9:6-7

There are many stories one could tell of children who don’t listen to their fathers. One that sticks in my mind is my brother’s daughter Anastasia. David was visiting a number of years ago and we were all out in the front yard playing. Anastasia started running towards 73. David told her to stop. She

Children’s Christmas Eve Service 2024

Tuesday December 24, 2024 Speaker: Pastor Matthew Ude Festival: Christmas