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Kindness: A Fruit of the Spirit

July 12, 2026 · with Pastor Tim and Pastor Gennady · 53 min

This week Pastor Tim and Pastor Gennady continue their series on the fruit of the Spirit with a discussion on kindness, drawing a clear line between simply being nice by nature and the God-given kindness that grows in us and works for the good of others. Along the way members share real stories of God prompting them to help strangers, and one shares a poem of thanks. The morning opens with “Count Your Blessings” and “It Is Well With My Soul” and closes with “Wonderful Merciful Savior.”

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Jun 21, 2026with Pastor Tim The Lord's Prayer as a Blueprint for Fathers On Father's Day, Tim teaches that the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) is a blueprint for how fathers should lead their homes: setting godly rules and…
May 24, 2026with Vlad The Power of the Holy Spirit to Witness On Pentecost Sunday, brother Vlad teaches that the Holy Spirit is God himself, given to every believer, and that the gift the church needs most is the power…
May 10, 2026 The Joy That Holds in the Storm This week's message looks at joy as a fruit of the Spirit: not a passing happiness tied to circumstances, but a deep, spiritual peace that comes from…
Mar 16, 2026 The Rooted Mind: Meditating on God's Word This week's message, The Rooted Mind, walks through Psalm 1 to ask why believers feel drained and anxious despite reading their Bibles, and answers that the…
Mar 2, 2026with Pastor Tim Feeding on the Word to Grow Tim teaches on dwelling in the word of God, showing that truth is God's to define and is settled in Scripture, and that a believer who does not feed on the…
Feb 23, 2026with Pastor Tim The Living Water and the Spirit-Filled Life Pastor Tim teaches from John 4 and the Samaritan woman at the well that Jesus is the living water, the Holy Spirit our spirit needs to live. He warns that…
Feb 16, 2026with Vlad When the Winter Season Feels Stuck Brother Vlad preaches on the flat, stuck stretches of a faithful walk, the winter season when prayer feels like it hits the ceiling and nothing seems to…
Feb 8, 2026with Dave Glander If You're God, Do Something About It Visiting speaker Dave Glander shares a raw testimony of salvation: a childhood broken by abuse, lost years in drug addiction, atheism, and the occult, and…
Feb 2, 2026with Pastor Tim From Spiritual Birth to Spiritual Growth This message moves from spiritual birth to spiritual growth, asking what comes after we are born again. Walking through Jesus and the Samaritan woman in…
Dec 29, 2025with Pastor Tim Looking Back on a Year of God’s Faithfulness Looking back over the past year, the church celebrates God’s faithfulness with a slideshow of his work, from baptisms to community outreach, and a…
Dec 22, 2025with Pastor Tim The Savior Born to Set Us Free On Christmas morning the message turns to the birth of Christ in Matthew 1 and asks who this child really is: God's Son, who came out of love to save us and…
Nov 23, 2025with Pastor Tim Always Give Thanks: The Joy That Outlasts Circumstances Pastor Tim preaches a Thanksgiving message on giving thanks to God always and in everything. Pointing to the Apostle Paul, who remained thankful through…
Oct 27, 2025with Bill Hos Who Am I? Created by God, Not by Chance A guest speaker, geologist Bill Hos of the Mount St. Helens Creation Center, tackles the question "Who am I?" by setting the evolutionary story against the…
Oct 6, 2025with Pastor Tim From Promise to Prize Brother Tim teaches from James 2 that real faith always shows itself in works, using Abraham’s offering of Isaac and Rahab’s rescue of the spies to show…
Aug 25, 2025with Pastor Tim Show No Partiality: The Heart of Christ Pastor Tim continues through James chapter 2, teaching that the heart of Christ shows no partiality: God loves the poor and the rich alike, and a church…
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Aug 4, 2025with Pastor Tim Heirs of the Kingdom, Rich in Faith This message from James 2:5 turns the world's values upside down: God chooses the poor to be rich in faith and makes them heirs of his eternal kingdom.…
Jul 28, 2025with Pastor Tim Patience grows in our trials Pastor Tim reflects on the song, that those who walk through trials with Christ can say it is well with their soul. Recalling James chapter 1, he teaches…
Jul 28, 2025with Pastor Tim Do not hold the faith with partiality Pastor Tim reads James 2:1-5 and teaches that favoring the rich, the well-dressed, or the influential while overlooking the poor is sin. Through the story…
Jul 28, 2025with Pastor Tim Show the same love to all Returning to the message, Pastor Tim presses that we greet a brother or sister who looks, walks, or talks differently with the same love of Christ, because…
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Jul 13, 2025with Pastor Gennady Hold Fast: The Faithful Church of Philadelphia Pastor Henry continues his series in Revelation with the letter of Jesus Christ to the faithful church of Philadelphia, a small church praised not for power…
Jul 7, 2025with Pastor Gennady Wake Up: The Letter to Sardis This message walks through Christ's letter to the church in Sardis in Revelation 3, a church with a reputation for being alive that was in fact spiritually…
Jun 23, 2025with Pastor Gennady The Church of Thyatira: Christ's Fiery Eyes Pastor Henry continues the Revelation series with the letter to the church of Thyatira, showing a Jesus whose eyes blaze like fire and whose anger, when it…
Jun 16, 2025with Pastor Gennady The Compromised Church of Pergamum Pastor Henry continues his series through Revelation with the letter to the church in Pergamum, the church that lived where Satan's throne was and held fast…
Jun 9, 2025with Pastor Gennady Be Faithful Unto Death: The Church of Smyrna Pastor Henry continues his series in Revelation with the persecuted church of Smyrna, one of only two churches Christ does not rebuke. He teaches that just…
Jun 2, 2025with Dan The Power of the Blood of Jesus Guest speaker Pastor Dan teaches on the power of the blood of Jesus, walking through Luke 23 to show that Jesus did not die from weakness but laid down his…
May 26, 2025with Pastor Gennady Return to Your First Love: The Letter to Ephesus This week Pastor Gennady continues his series in Revelation, finishing chapter one and turning to the letter to the church at Ephesus and its hard question:…
May 19, 2025with Pastor Gennady Following the Glorified Christ Pastor Gennady continues the church’s journey through Revelation, walking verse by verse through John’s vision of the glorified Christ in chapter 1 and the…
May 11, 2025with Valentine God Looks at the Heart A visiting brother from the Tri Cities, Valentine, teaches that God does not look at outward appearance but at the heart, drawing on Samuel anointing David…
May 4, 2025with Pastor Gennady Revelation: Jesus Wins in the End Pastor Gennady opens a study through the book of Revelation, showing that it was written to be understood by ordinary people and that its message is simple:…
Apr 27, 2025with Pastor Tim Judas and the Danger of Hidden Sin Using the life of Judas, brother Tim warns that hidden, unrepented sin opens the door to the enemy and leads to destruction, while honest confession and…
Apr 20, 2025with Pastor Tim He Is Risen: Christ's Victory Over Death This Easter service centers on the resurrection of Christ, read straight from Scripture: the sealed tomb, the earthquake, the angel's announcement that he…
Apr 6, 2025with Jay Seager Who Am I? Created in God's Image A visiting speaker, Jay Seager, takes up the question 'Who am I?' and answers it from the opening pages of Genesis: we are not cosmic accidents but people…
Mar 30, 2025with Vlad Your Hearts in the Refiner's Hands Brother Vlad continues his series with part two of “Your Hearts in the Refiner’s Hands,” walking through four ways God shapes us in hardship: the thorn that…
Mar 23, 2025with Vlad Your Heart in the Refiner's Hands Brother Vlad opens a two-part series, “Your Heart in the Refiner’s Hands,” teaching that real spiritual growth comes not from religious rule-keeping but…
Mar 16, 2025with Pastor Tim By His Wounds We Are Healed This service is given to prayer for healing. The leader turns to Acts 3 and the account of Peter and the lame man to show that healing comes by God’s power…
Mar 2, 2025with Pastor Tim Be Doers of the Word, Not Just Hearers This week’s message walks through James 1 with a call to be doers of the word and not just hearers, using the image of a man who looks polished but tracks…
Feb 23, 2025with Pastor Tim Slow to Wrath: The Power of Listening This week brother Tim teaches from James 1 on the power of listening and the danger of letting anger harden into wrath. Through a humorous story and…
Feb 16, 2025with Pastor Tim Where Temptation Comes From Brother Tim continues a series in James, teaching from James 1:13-18 on where temptation comes from: it begins as a desire in the mind, grows like a seed…
Feb 9, 2025with Pastor Tim Enduring Temptation: Flee and Pray In a message from James 1, the church looks at how to endure temptation. Tim distinguishes trials, which come from outside and strengthen us, from…
Feb 2, 2025with Pastor Tim Storing Treasures in Heaven Continuing his series in the Book of James, Tim teaches from James 1:9-12 on where we place our hearts: the lowly brother can glory in his coming exaltation…
Jan 26, 2025with Dave The Flood That Really Happened A traveling guest speaker shares how he went from atheism and addiction to faith, then makes the case that Noah’s flood really happened and that the Bible…
Jan 19, 2025with Pastor Tim Facing Trials with Patience and Wisdom Brother Tim continues the church’s study in James, teaching from James 1:2-8 on how to walk through trials. The heart of the message is simple: count trials…
Jan 12, 2025with Pastor Tim Facing the trials that test our faith Brother Tim begins a study in James on trials, teaching that hardship is not the absence of faith but a test of it, that trials expose and strengthen us,…
Jan 12, 2025with Pastor Tim Strength in the Lord through trials Returning to the message, Tim reflects on the mother's forgiveness and on where she found her strength, draws out the old picture behind the word…
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Dec 29, 2024with Pastor Tim Jesus, Fully God and Fully Man Continuing the church’s Christmas message, brother Tim presses a simple and weighty claim: Jesus is fully God and fully man, the Creator who stepped into…
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Dec 8, 2024with Joel Thirsting for God in the Wilderness Guest speaker Joel preaches from Psalm 63 on trusting and thirsting for God in the wilderness, teaching that God can be known personally and leaned on…
Dec 1, 2024with Peter Two Friends: Gratefulness and Joy Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Peter preaches on two friends every believer needs: gratefulness and joy. He shows how confession and a thankful heart…
Nov 24, 2024with Pastor Tim Thankful in All Circumstances On Thanksgiving Sunday, Pastor Tim preaches on giving thanks in all circumstances, drawing from the life of Job, who lost his wealth, his children, and his…
Nov 10, 2024with Jim Stars and the Glory of the Creator Guest speaker Jim teaches on the stars, contrasting the biblical account of creation with the secular Big Bang model and showing why ideas like spontaneous…
Nov 3, 2024with Pastor Tim Flesh Against the Spirit: Freedom From Our Idols Pastor Tim preaches that the Christian life is a daily war between the flesh and the spirit, and that the idols of our age are the phones and screens that…
Oct 27, 2024with Vlad The Way of the Cross: Living Unashamed for Christ Brother Vlad delivers the second half of his series on the way of the cross, focusing on Mark 8:37-38 and the question of what a soul is truly worth.…
Oct 20, 2024with Vlad The Way of the Cross: Deny Yourself and Follow Jesus Brother Vlad opens a two-part series on discipleship, preaching from Mark 8:31-36 on what it truly means to follow Jesus: denying yourself, taking up the…
Oct 13, 2024with Doug Christ the Sower: Glory and the Seed Doug opens his new series 'The Most Beautiful Book' with a message on Christ as the Word and the Sower, showing how creation, Scripture, the life of Jesus,…
Sep 29, 2024with Dave Bisby How Dinosaurs Fit Into the Bible Dave Bisby of Genesis Apologetics presents a fast-paced case for how dinosaurs fit into a biblical framework, covering Scripture, ancient dragon legends,…
Sep 22, 2024with Doug From the Mouth of God to the Mind of Man Brother Doug preaches on Luke 24:25-27, showing that Christ's death on the cross was not a defeat but a necessary, glorious victory: it atoned for sin,…
Sep 15, 2024with Doug The Road to Emmaus: Opening Blind Eyes to Scripture In this first instalment of a series on Luke 24, Doug preaches on the Road to Emmaus, showing how the two disciples walking away from Jerusalem mirror our…
Sep 8, 2024with Peter Seeking God's Kingdom: The First Step to Your Full Potential Brother Peter brings a message centered on Matthew 6:33, teaching that seeking God's kingdom first is the essential step that clears our spiritual blindness…
Sep 1, 2024with Pastor Tim Loving God with All Your Heart Pastor Tim preaches on what it means to love God wholeheartedly, drawing on Luke 10:27 and the life of David to show that a fully committed heart is one…
Aug 25, 2024with Vlad Happiness vs. Joy: What the Bible Actually Says Brother Vlad preaches on the difference between worldly happiness and the deep, unshakable joy the Bible describes. Drawing on Ecclesiastes, Galatians,…
Aug 18, 2024 A Light at the End of the Tunnel This service centers on the hope of Revelation 21: a day when God will wipe away every tear, end all suffering and death, and dwell with his people forever.…
Aug 4, 2024 Why Do God's Children Suffer This service centers on a message about why God's children suffer, exploring the truth that pain is not divine punishment but a means by which God displays…
Jul 28, 2024with Pastor Tim God Is Love: Through Pain and Suffering Pastor Tim continues a series on God's love, addressing the hard question of why pain and suffering exist if God is truly loving. He traces the origin of…
Jul 21, 2024with Pastor Tim Love Thy: God as the One True Love Pastor Tim opens a new series called 'Love Thy,' establishing that God alone is the source of all true love and that the world’s definitions of love fall…
Jul 14, 2024with Jim Perkins God’s Design: Creation vs. Secular Naturalism Guest presenter Jim Perkins delivers a detailed comparison of the biblical creation account and the secular Big Bang model, showing the logical and…
Jul 1, 2024with Mike The Power of Speaking Life Brother Mike, a visiting pastor and counselor, delivers a message on the power and consequences of the words we speak, rooted in Proverbs 18:21 and James 3.…
Jun 17, 2024 Faithful Through Every Test: The Story of Job A speaker shares a Father's Day sermon on Job, walking through Job 1–2 and Job 42 to show how Job lost everything yet refused to curse God. The message…
Jun 17, 2024 Like a Newborn Baby: Understanding Spiritual Birth Pastor Gennady preaches on what it truly means to be born again, using 1 Peter 2:1-3, John 3 (Jesus and Nicodemus), and Acts 2 (Peter's Pentecost sermon) as…
Jun 10, 2024 You Are the Light of the World Drawing on the image of a lighthouse, the preacher opens Matthew 5:14-16 and challenges the congregation to let their light shine in a way that guides lost…
Jun 10, 2024 Wake Up A passionate call to spiritual alertness built on Matthew 26:36-46, where Jesus prayed in Gethsemane and found his disciples asleep three times. The…
May 27, 2024with Doug The Peace That Comes from Trusting God Youth speaker Dmitri preaches on the peace God gives to those who cast their burdens on him and trust him fully. Using David's calm confidence before…
May 27, 2024with Doug The Living, Piercing Word of God Doug opens with a reading of Hebrews 4:12–13 and builds a rich portrait of Scripture as something alive, powerful, and capable of reaching the deepest parts…
May 20, 2024with Pastor Tim The Holy Spirit as our daily life coach Pastor Tim teaches that the Holy Spirit is not merely a helper but a coach and teacher who trains believers to win spiritually. Drawing on John 14:26 and…
May 20, 2024with Doug Be diligent: a workman approved before God Doug preaches from 2 Timothy 2:15, unpacking what it means to be a diligent workman approved by God. He explores the word “diligent” through its synonyms —…
May 13, 2024with Peter Prepared as the Bride of Christ On Mother’s Day, Brother Peter delivers a sermon to the young people of Morning Star Christian Church on the reality that every believer is espoused to…
May 6, 2024with Pastor Tim Facing the Giant A speaker draws from the story of David and Goliath to show that the giants we face in life, whether sin, fear, or discouragement, are never too large for…
May 6, 2024with Pastor Tim Overcoming Temptation Through Christ Pastor Tim opens James 1:12 and explores how temptation, whether outright evil or simply unwise use of time, can become the giant that controls a person's…
Apr 29, 2024 Humility and the fear of the Lord A brother teaches from Proverbs 22:4 that humility means recognizing one’s place before God rather than putting oneself down, and that its wages are riches,…
Apr 29, 2024 Fight or flight: what the Bible calls us to flee and to fight for A guest speaker opens with 1 Timothy 6:11–12 and asks a simple question: what does the Bible tell us to run from, and what does it tell us to fight for?…
Apr 15, 2024 Finding Fresh Strength at the Well A Great Commission Missionary School team from Portland, Oregon leads an evening service centered on the theme of drawing near to God for fresh strength.…
Mar 25, 2024with Pastor Gennady Bearing hope and love in a divided world Brother Mike opens with a lively illustration about childhood sleepovers to frame the problem of Christian division and theological infighting. Drawing on…
Mar 25, 2024with Pastor Gennady You are the light of the world Pastor Gennady teaches from Matthew 5:14–16 on the bold declaration of Christ that believers are the light of the world. He walks through the historical…
Mar 18, 2024with Pastor Tim The high cost of serving Jesus Pastor Tim preaches on the real cost of following Christ, drawing from John 15:19 to show why the world hates believers who stand apart from sin. He…
Mar 18, 2024with Joel A touch for serving Brother Joel preaches from Matthew 8:14-15, the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law, showing that the moment Jesus healed her she rose and began to serve. He…
Mar 11, 2024with Michael The Danger of Murmuring A young member shares a sermon on the sin of murmuring and complaining, drawing on the Israelites' grumbling in the wilderness and the deadly consequences…
Mar 11, 2024with Michael An Established Order for Our Lives: A Sustainable Faith Guest speaker Michael walks from Genesis 1 through Revelation, showing how God established perfect order at creation, how the fall brought chaos and exile,…
Mar 4, 2024with Vlad Waiting on God Brother Vlad preaches on the call to wait on the Lord, drawing on the story of Joseph — sold into slavery, imprisoned, and finally raised to second in…
Mar 4, 2024with Vlad In These Things We Have No Choice: The Authority of Scripture Doug continues a series on 2 Timothy 3:16–4:5, building the case that every believer has no choice but to take all of Scripture as God’s authoritative word.…
Feb 26, 2024with Zach Look Unto Jesus Zach preaches from Hebrews 12:2, calling the church to fix its eyes on Jesus as the author and finisher of faith. Drawing on the story of Charles Spurgeon's…
Feb 26, 2024with Doug No Choice but the Word Doug opens the first of a two-part series on the church's direction, making the case that the congregation has no choice but to become a Word church, a…
Feb 19, 2024with Pastor Tim Chasing the Gold Mine Pastor Tim opens with a story of a man who sold a property to chase distant wealth, never knowing a gold mine lay beneath his own land, drawing the parallel…
Feb 19, 2024with Pastor Gennady United Under God Pastor Gennady preaches with PowerPoint slides on the biblical foundation of Christian unity across all nations and languages. He traces the story from the…
Feb 12, 2024with Mark God’s love that never lets go Mark opens the evening’s messages with a sermon tracing God’s unconditional love through the prophet Hosea, whose marriage to Gomer mirrors God’s relentless…
Feb 12, 2024with Mark The Unbroken Covenant The evening’s second message traces God’s abrahamic covenant from Genesis 12 through the Old Testament, the Gospels, Paul’s letter to the Romans, and the…
Feb 5, 2024with Dmitri Walking in Wisdom Dmitri walks through Proverbs 3 verse by verse, drawing out practical wisdom for those starting out in faith and in life. He covers trusting God rather than…
Feb 5, 2024with Zach Growing in Grace and Knowledge Zach opens with John Bunyan's story — a man who grew most in faith while imprisoned — to introduce 2 Peter 3:18's call to grow in grace and the knowledge of…
Jan 29, 2024with Pastor Gennady A Transformed Heart Vlad preaches on the stages of heart transformation, using the metaphor of metamorphosis and the conversion of Paul to show that naturally wicked hearts can…
Jan 29, 2024with Pastor Gennady How Christ Teaches Us to Reach the Lost Pastor Gennady challenges the congregation to move beyond serving only within their circle and to actively reach sinners the way Jesus did. Drawing on Jesus…
Jan 22, 2024with Mark Depending on Christ alone Brother Mark preaches from 2 Samuel 10, tracing David's great victories and devastating fall to show how sin darkens every life. He urges the church not to…
Jan 22, 2024with Mark A firm foundation The second preacher opens with a World War II image of a church standing amid ruins to illustrate that the church built on Christ cannot be destroyed.…
Jan 15, 2024with Vlad Trusting God with Your Future Brother Dimitri brings a message for young people stepping into life after high school, anchored in Jeremiah 29:11. God has plans for your future and hope,…
Jan 15, 2024with Vlad Cultivating Your Garden Brother Vlad preaches the main message using a real potted plant to illustrate: every Christian’s goal is eternal life with God, pursued by loving God and…
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