Misty Creek Community Church Sermons

02/01/26 Sermon: "Come As You Are"

Come As You Are   Jesus extends a remarkable invitation to all of mankind. Matthew recorded it for us in his Gospel.   Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”   This is literally an open invitation to every man, woman and child on the planet, open and available to anyone who would simply come. But to fully understand his invitation, his offer for rest, we must back up one paragraph.   Matthew 11:27  “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.   What Jesus is saying here is significant. In the ancient scrolls or what we now refer to as the Old Testament, the word “know” means far more than just knowledge, it refers to an intimate relationship. And that is exactly what Jesus is offering in his invitation, an intimate relationship with himself. Just as the Father knows the Son, Jesus is inviting us to know him, not just know about him but to be in intimate relationship with him. O how marvelous, O how wonderful!    And once we accept his offer of salvation and we belong to him, we begin to gain deeper and more significant revelation into how much he loves us. And once we have that epiphany, that Aha moment when we realize that there is nothing that we can do to make God love us any more than he already does, he truly loves us just as we are, and with that realization then we can begin to trust him…I mean really trust him, with all of our heart. Christian, I promise you, once you grasp the reality of God’s love for you through Christ Jesus, you’ll never look at trials and tribulations the same way again. You will see, just like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego did in the fiery furnace, that you’re not in this world alone, Jesus is right there with you, right beside you, helping you endure, persevere and overcome.   Beloved, are you weary? Are you burdened? Are you exhausted and burned out and just tired of it all? Then I urge you to take Jesus up on his offer. He wants to give you everlasting life and he wants to give you rest in the here and now…but remember, it may not mean that your problems will just go away, however Jesus is offering to walk through them with you and to give you his peace and strength for the journey. Is your soul hungry for something more, are you thirsting for something beyond this world? Then simply, just as you are, come to Jesus.   Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. To God be the glory!   I love y’all pastor doug

01/18/26 Sermon: "America's Anthem"

I’ve recently been thinking about how thankful I am for America. It is certainly easy to take things for granted and focus on some obvious problems, but if we are willing to look, we can find reasons to thank God for this country. As a Christian our desire should be to live a life that is peaceable, quiet, and biblically faithful life. I know that there are going to be neighbors, coworkers, politicians, and university professors who are out of step with our worldview. This is okay. It’s an opportunity. America gives us this opportunity. God graciously has allowed the flame of the gospel to continue to burn—and even flourish throughout our history. We could’ve been born in a country or region that is unreached. But, as God would have it, he has graciously allowed us to be born and raise our children here where evangelists roam the streets and sit in office cubicles. America certainly has her bad moments, but this is a too often overlooked virtue. And it’s an important one. Now as a Sunday School teacher I think about how thankful I am that we can assemble freely as a church while declaring our loyalty to and longing for our Soon Coming King. We are able to boldly preach and teach the Word of God without fear of being thrown in jail. This is a gift not shared by our brothers and sisters in every country. As a church, we regularly pray for and zealously pursue opportunities to plant and strengthen churches. Thank God we live in a country where this is possible. We can openly train, plan, and pursue the establishment of more churches. I am also thankful for the overall pursuit of peace, justice, and security. I know things are not perfect, and there are obvious limitations in each of these categories. But when we look around the world and throughout history, we who live in the United States are extremely blessed to live here and now. Our country is not perfect (far from it). We will certainly not be homesick when we tread upon the streets in the Celestial City. But living in America is an occasion for us to thank God, praise God and to use this time and season to give God ALL the Glory, for Great things He has done!. The most important things in this world are the church and our family. We need to be grateful to God that as of now both are able to be cared for and given opportunity to flourish. As America turns 250 years old we remember this: Considering where our trust is established: Ps 20: 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. Remembering where our help comes from: Ps. 121: 2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. May God Bless America and lead us to give God all the Glory.  Jeff Willis

01/11/26 Sermon: "The Voice of Truth"

The Voice of Truth   2 Timothy 4:2-4   The foundation of any human relationship is truth. As followers of Christ, we have an enemy who is called the father of all lies. It is imperative as Christians in this dark world to be able to discern godly truth from lies. This Sunday we will examine some of the strategies of Satan to deceive us and we’ll look at how God says we can have victory in this battle. There is power in the name of Jesus so right now, in this moment I speak the name of Jesus against Satan and his followers, against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. To our great God be great glory! I love y’all doug

01/04/26 Sermon: "Factory Reset"

Factory Reset   Hebrews 12:5-11   We most definitely live in an ultra-fast paced, information sharing, computer driven age. In fact, it’s hard to even imagine life today without personal computers, laptops or a smart phone attached to every hip, right?  Whether we like it or not, the information age genie is out of the bottle and it’s not going back in and even more so with the advancements of A.I., Artificial Intelligence…but what happens when these devices on which we’ve become so dependent, fail to operate properly?    Our pc or laptop crashes or our smart phone gets bogged down and sluggish… For whatever reason, a virus, lack of memory or just too many installed apps, our devices can sometimes get to a point where they no longer operate as the original designer intended. Fortunately, the designer created a way to restore these units to their original settings and that is with a factory reset.    As followers of Christ, we too can become bogged down with the virus of sin, the busyness of life and the worries of this world. To get our attention, God sometimes has to perform a factory reset so He can refocus our wandering hearts back onto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.   And to do this, God will sometimes strip us of our idols of comfort and familiarity to drive us to our knees before His throne in absolute desperation. God doesn’t do this to hurt us; He does it as a loving Father who longs to bring us into oneness with His Son, Jesus. I hope that you’ll join us this Sunday as we begin the new year, a year of new beginnings in the Lord.    God Bless, I love y’all! Pastor Doug

12/24/25 Sermon: "Jesus Christ, the Light of the World" (The Humble Servants of God, pt.3)

The Humble Servants of God Part 3: Jesus Christ, the Light of the World  John 1:14 Interim Pastor: Doug Allen