Bethel’s Rock Church

Steward of Your Influence! | Salt of The Earth | Pastor James Biffert

Every single one of us has influence, so we need to start using it and being stewards of our influence and start spreading the good news of Jesus Christ to our neighbors. We need to stop being so scared of what other people will think of us or what they may say or what our culture says because there is only one truth that will never change and that is the word of God and that is Jesus. God created us to be the salt of the Earth, to purify, preserve, and to flavor.

Doug Lowenberg | Guest Speaker | Bethel‘s Rock

We need to get rid of our biases towards different ethnicities and belief systems, because they're going to live forever whether they know it or not and it's up to us as the people of the church to tell them about the good news of Jesus. God isn't a God of favorites, he is an equal opportunity God who wants to see all of his children spend eternity with him.

It Is Who We Are! | Generosity | Pastor James Biffert

We were created to be generous, but we let fear and lies prevent us from being the generous people of God that we were created to be. Generosity is not just about money, it is a life style. We need to be generous with our thinking, our planning, our looking and our listening. Christ demonstrated this to us by giving up his life so that we could have access to heaven.

Help me with my Faith | Help Me! | Pastor James Biffert

The definition of faith is shown in Hebrews 11:1-2 "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. We all can have faith like the ancients were commended for if we just put God first, walk with God, Act on God's word, wait patiently, Don't trust your feelings, thank God in advance and finally we need to remember that God will always do the right thing. You're not going to have it all figured out, somewhere in your heart you know this is true. But thankfully we don't need to because we can trust that God is working on our behalf and that he will never fail us. Faith is the key we put in God's hands to turn our dreams into reality.

Wind From Heaven | Fresh Wind | Pastor James Biffert

Theirs is a lot of discomfort with the third person of the trinity in the Holy Spirit, which really just comes back to bad translating, because just like God the Father and God the Son, the Holy Spirit is just as much of a person as them. Just because you can't see that He's there and working in your life does not mean that he is not there. We need to stop taking the Holy Spirit for granted, and go all in, because it's either we experience the abundant life that the Holy Spirit brings or we don't, there is no in-between. We need to get to know the person of the Holy Spirit.

Catch Your Breath | Fresh Wind | Pastor James Biffert

We need to take time to rest and take a deep breath and realize that we don't always have to be in 'go mode' because even our creator took one day to rest, so what does that say about what we should do. The five fruits that result from not taking time to rest is the risk of sinful choices increases, your emotions are inconsistent, you are less productive, you end up feeling empty inside and finally and most importantly you won't be able to hear the voice of God. Thankfully though our creator gave us a solution in that we can come to him when we are weary and burdened and it says that he will give us rest (Matthew 11:28-30). Instead of always being in a rush we just need to take a minute to be still and just breath.

Good Medicine | Fresh Wind | Pastor James Biffert

We need to choose to have a Christ like attitude because during this season of life there have been a lot of end time attitudes, but that is not meant for us we must choose to not follow the crowd and we need to choose to be grateful, loving, forgiving and holy, because the devil has come to steal, kill and destroy but Jesus has come to give us life and life abundantly. We have the choice to accept the good medicine that God has given us, we can either choose Life or death. Choose life.

Fresh Wind | Make The Choice | Pastor James Biffert

We have to stop focusing on the external things and start focusing on our internal relationship with God. We need to get out of the Doldrums of life, meaning we need to stop pretending, blowing stuff off, giving up and finally dying whether that is physically or mentally. We can't just give up. We have to make the choice do we want to do more or do we want to receive what has already been done? Do we want to try and get God's approval or do we want to receive God's love for us? Last but not least do we want to obey because it's our duty or do we want to obey out of delight because we love God? We need to start making the right choice. Jesus didn't get crucified on the cross because he wanted to correct your behavior, he did it because he loves us and he wants a relationship with us. We need to stop holding onto our sin because Jesus already paid the price for it, it's not ours anymore.

Anxious Faith | Alex Preston

Have you ever thought why is God letting this bad stuff happen to me, I read the Bible, I'm generous and am a good person and yet bad things are still happening to me? The answer is that God did not let evil into the world, he did not mean for bad things to happen, that was mans choice and the devil tries to use pain and hardships to keep your from the one who really loves you and cares about you, in your Heavenly Father. The trials that God lets happen in your life are meant to make you stronger and draw you closer in your relationship with God. Even Jesus asked if there was another way, but ultimately if Christ was never crucified, we would all be stuck with our sin forever. Let your pain be a pedestal for him to get the glory.

Give God The Glory! | Pastor Anthony Pezzillo

We need to not panic and give it the LORD. Moses who was in charge of all the Israelites and their cattle which would be thousands of people, was wandering with the Israelites through the wilderness of Zin when the Israelites started complaining about no food or water. When we are going through a rough time in life we need to get our hands and knees and start praying and realize that God is in control and not panic and give it to the LORD and trust that He knows what's best for our lives. So instead of panicking, Moses and Aaron decided to act and they started praying and they gave it to the LORD. So the LORD honored their faith and told Moses to speak to the Rock and enough water for the all the Israelites and their cattle came out of that Rock, all because Moses didn't panic and instead gave it to the LORD.