Date: November 21st, 2021
WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION?
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2
Date: November 21st, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2
Date: November 21st, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2
Supporting Scripture: Romans 11, Isaiah 38:18, Psalm 115:17
Sermon Highlights:
The mercies of God are unlimited!
I am a living sacrifice to God.
That’s not who I am! I am a new creature in God. I am covered by the blood of Jesus!
Don’t fit in, standout! I am a standout! When I standout I have an identity.
Don’t be conformed to this world.
God has been so good to me!
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE: God of Mercy, God of Grace, thank you for this moment. Thank you for salvation and the gift of your Holy Spirit. Provide us with the courage and strength God to identify with you so deeply we no longer need nor desire the likes of this world. Continue to bless and favor your servant leader Pastor Evans as he teaches us to be better and do better through your Word. Lord we give you all praise and all honor, and we magnify your holy and righteous name. Thank you for simply being God in our lives and making all the difference in the world. Given all we have been through, we are thankful we are here, clothed and in our right minds, able to present our bodies to you as living sacrifices. In Jesus’ name we pray, AMEN.
Date: November 14th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:11-12
Date: November 14th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:11-12
Supporting Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:8-10, 1 Peter 2:9, Song of Solomon 2:15
Sermon Highlights:
I’m bad! This is my field! I was bad enough to plant it, I’m bad enough to protect it!
God chose me! My beret is green.
I am a member of God’s special forces. I am CRISP (Chosen, Royal, Holy, Special).
Consistency in God is critical.
I can’t tell you what I do. I must live the Word God put in me.
I can put the fear of God in Satan.
It is the Lord who works the victory!
I’m bad because God is a bad God! We are God’s bad people! I know it!
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE – Wise and Wonderful God, Giver of every good and perfect thing, thank you for this moment. Thank you for your grace and mercy which sustains us. We are grateful for this empowering and encouraging word. As members of your special forces team, help us to live out the Word you put in us. Continue to bless, protect, and rejuvenate your messenger, Rev Therman Evans. Lord we love you, we praise you, and we give your name all the honor and all the glory. You are a bad God and we declare today we are your bad people! Hallelujah! We declare today we are CRISP, chosen, royal, holy and special. We claim the victory right now in Jesus’ name and for His sake, AMEN.
Date: November 7th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Matthew 16:24
Date: November 7th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Matthew 16:24
Supporting Scripture: Matthew 16:21-23, Matthew 7:1-5, Philippians 1:6, 1 John 3:2, Luke 9:51-56
Sermon Highlights:
Self-Control/Self-Discipline = deny myself, move myself out of the way of my own success.
Self be still!
God has to work on me, myself & I.
My relationship with God is personal & individual, comes from God.
I must control me! I have no control over anyone/anything other than myself. I’m in charge of me along the road God has outlined for ME.
Judging is a form of control targeted toward others. First discipline myself, get the log out of my own eye. Correct my own behavior, work on my own self.
A champion focuses on being the best version of themselves.
I must control myself so I can grow myself! Help me Holy Ghost! I have something to work on, I need God’s help!
Self-Control/Self-Discipline is a gift from God. I will be in control of me!
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE: Creator and Creative God, Giver and Sustainer of Life, thank you for this moment. Thank you for your amazing grace and mercy which accompanies us along the way. We are grateful for Pastor Evans providing us with the life-giving seed of your word. Keep our eyes fixed on the only thing we can control – me, myself, and I. Give us strength to continually look within, so we can discipline our own selves. Thank you for the wonderful gift of self-control and self-discipline. We praise and worship you God, the author and finisher of our faith. We magnify your name, as we declare we are champions for Christ. In Jesus’ name we pray and give thanks in advance for the victory, AMEN.
Date: October 31st, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:18a
Date: October 31st, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:18a
Supporting Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Philippians 4:12-13, Psalm 100:4, 1 Kings 17:8-16
Sermon Highlights:
I am a champion for Christ! I am a champion in life!
Self control/self discipline is the secret of managing plenty, hunger, abundance or need.
Don’t forget God! It’s God!
Thermostat vs Thermometer. Self control/self discipline is the thermostat of my life. I need to turn up my God thermostat.
The source of self control/self discipline: 1) God & God’s Word 2) My highest & best (which is always in God) 3) Being all in – trusting God, faith in God’s Word, being obedient to God’s Word.
If I want to build my self control/self discipline I must GROW in God!
I must give GRATITUDE to God! Thank you God I’m not my old self. Thank you God for the new me!
I must give GLORY to God! I’m here to give God credit, recognition, praise & worship.
I must give God some first, even when I don’t feel like it!
God is why I’m here!
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE: Great and Glorious God, thank you for this day. Thank you for your grace and your renewing mercies which are always turned up high on the thermostat of our lives. We appreciate this timely message and we appreciate your messenger Rev. Therman Evans. We are champions for Christ and champions in life. Help us to remember to simply take a moment to say thank you God, thank you God, thank you God for everything. We exalt you and give your name all the praise, all the worship, and all the glory. In Jesus’ name we pray and believe it is done by faith, Amen
Date: October 24th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Philippians 2:7
Date: October 24th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Philippians 2:7
Supporting Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11, Psalms 141:3
Sermon Highlights:
To be a champion I must be coachable. To be coachable I must be humble. To be humble I must have control/self-discipline.
Humility & control/self-discipline track together, are similar.
Humility = controlled power. Humility is a state of mind. Control/self-discipline is strength of mind.
Quietness does not equal humility!
Humility & control/self-discipline are where humanity & God intersect.
Be other-centered! God is all about us being on one accord, other-centered, & obedient. Count others more significant than myself.
Control/self-discipline is an engine for transformation.
The Word of God = seed. Whatever is in the seed is already present. My life = soil. Seed can be sown into the soil of my life, but my soil must be cultivated. Control/self-discipline is the cultivation of my soil.
All I need for healing, deliverance, prosperity is already in the Word. No cultivation = no manifestation.
God needs more farmers in the house!
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE
Marvelous and Magnificent God, thank you for this moment. Thank you for your gracious and loving spirit which abides in all of us and in the fellowship of believers called Morning Star Community Christian Center. Bless and prosper our Pastor as he continues to sow seed into our soil. We know from tiny acorns mighty oak trees grow. Help us to be on one accord, other-centered and obedient to your word. For your goodness and your glory, for the joy inside your story, we worship you. In Jesus’ name we pray, AMEN.
Date: October 17th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:25
Date: October 17th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:25
Supporting Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24,26-27
Sermon Highlights:
Choice, Commitment, Confidence, Consistency, Control/Self Discipline
Control/Self discipline is one of God’s greatest gifts.
Control/Self discipline: 1) the ability to control my feelings. Feelings will not make me a champion. Feelings will keep me from practicing. I must control my feelings. 2) the ability to overcome my weaknesses. 3) the ability to pursue what I think is right, despite temptations to abandon it. 4) the ability to push toward, stay motivated, take action, regardless of my physical or emotional condition.
Control/Self discipline is one of the anchors of the fruit of the Spirit.
I’m running for the imperishable prize.
I’m in a fight for my life! I should be fighting like heaven!
Control the clap back! Don’t clap back! Lack of control/self discipline will get me in trouble.
Am I a Christian baby?
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE
God, Great God, Jehovah, thank you for this moment. Thank you for your grace and your renewing mercies. We are grateful for the proclamation of your word, and the perfection of your messenger, Pastor Evans. As we run for our lives in pursuit of an imperishable prize, help us to place our feelings at your feet and pick up our faith. Feelings may be fickle, but you God are the same, yesterday, today, and forever. We lift up holy hands in praise and worship, as we magnify your holy name. We love you, we honor you. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so! In Jesus’ name we pray, AMEN.
Date: October 10th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Genesis 39:1-2a
Date: October 10th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Genesis 39:1-2a
Supporting Scripture: Hebrews 11:1, 13:8, Genesis 50:20, 1 Peter 2:9
Sermon Highlights:
Consistency: a steady, stable, standard, an important element of being a champion.
I expect God to be consistent. Am I consistent?
The life of Joseph is a study in consistency: 1) The preference of God, 2) The plot of his siblings. Jealousy + envy create conspiracy, 3) The plan of God to save his life, 4) Potiphar’s house, 5) Prison, 6) The palace, 7) The praise.
Joseph was consistent & consistently excellent.
God wants me to do well, to be healthy, healed & whole.
I am favored by God! God has something for me to do!
And the Lord was with Joseph : anointed, gifted, talented, favored, blessed, confident, competent, courageous, inspired, motivated.
Be consistent! Don’t let circumstances pull me down, derail me.
I can’t wait to be a champion to act, behave, walk, talk like a champion.
I am here to champion God’s work.
I will be more consistent with God’s help!
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE
Most Gracious and Loving God, thank you for this moment. Thank you for speaking directly to our hearts and our situations through your word, delivered so wonderfully by Pastor Evans. We are grateful for your blueprint on how to be a champion. Help us Lord to be consistent in our thoughts, our words, and our deeds. Make us into people who move by your spirit, not by our feelings. We decree and declared in Jesus’ name we are God’s champions, placed on this earth for such a time as this. As we constantly and consistently give your holy and righteous name all the glory, all the honor, and all the praise, continue to shape us into your image. We love you and place no other gods before you. In Jesus’ name we count these things already done. AMEN.
Date: October 3rd, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Hebrews 13:8
Date: October 3rd, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Hebrews 13:8
Supporting Scripture: James 1:8, Exodus 17:6, Numbers 20:8, Matthew 8:23-27, Matthew 14:.22
Sermon Highlights:
Champions make a choice, commit to that choice, and have confidence in that choice.
Consistency: 1) doing something the same way 2) compatible or congruent 3) steady, stable, or a standard.
Are you available, usable? Consistency makes availability real.
I must be consistent! Champions know they must be consistently improving, getting better.
Opposition never stays the same. I can’t be satisfied with staying where I am.
Don’t hit your rock, speak to your rock!
Jesus Christ IS right now! If Jesus did it before, Jesus can do it again!
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE:
God of Mercy, God of Light, thank you for this moment. We are always grateful that your promise is to never leave us where you found us. Thank you for calling us into our championship season. Even when we are inconsistent, you remain consistent, and your love and mercy endures forever. Bless your servant, Pastor Evans as he continues to preach a word in season. You are our God, and we hear and respond to your word. All honor and praise is due your holy and righteous name. Today we offer ourselves up to you. Use us for your glory. We thank you in advance that we are better Christ followers right now. It is in the name of your precious son Jesus we do pray, AMEN.
Date: September 26th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Matthew 8:10
Date: September 26th, 2021
Speaker: Senior Pastor Therman E. Evans
Scripture: Matthew 8:10
Supporting Scripture: Matthew 8:5-13, Mark 6:1-6, Proverbs 18:21, Philippians 2:9
Sermon Highlights:
I am a champion!
Great crisis produces great champions.
Champions emerge out of Exodus, enslavement, encounters with an enemy. Old Testament warfare is national, New Testament warfare is personal.
God needs someone to fight for the kingdom!
Speak the word Lord! There is power in the tongue of Jesus!
Jesus doesn’t have an appointment schedule or a to-do list.
Champions for God call on the name of Jesus. Jesus is one word, a complete thought.
PRAYER OF GRATITUDE: God of Potential, Possibility and Power, thank you for this moment. Thank you for being the God of the Old Testament, the New Testament, and today. May the faith present in the centurion be present in us. Bless Pastor Evans as he reminds us of your power and sovereignty. We are ever grateful that the greatness and goodness of God is always available, all we have to do is call on the name of Jesus. With just one word from you Lord, we know everything can change. God is able, and because of that, no matter the obstacles, we are more than conquerors. All our praise, all our worship, all our love, belongs to you God. In Jesus’ name we pray, AMEN.
