Keystone Nazarene Church

Matthew 6:9-13 Learning to simply ask of God leads us into a life of prayer.  The relationship of Jesus the Son and his Father, seen through the Lord’s prayer helps us to learn and practice how to have a conversational relationship with God!

Matthew 7:7-12 As we learn to trust in God’s immediate kingdom presence and power in our moment-by-moment lives, then we can begin to let him help us release the manipulative and forceful ways that we interact with others.  He teaches us his kingdom way of influencing others for good, the simple request.  Ask.

Matthew 7:1-6 It’s amazing how easy it is to become critical or judgmental.  Even and especially for Christians we can fall into wanting good things for people only to be frustrated and jaded by their lack of response.  Jesus talks about this issue as we continue learning what it means to live in God’s powerful […]

Matthew 6:25-34

Matthew 6:19-24 Jesus warns of two things that will distract and keep us from living a kingdom life; seeking other’s approval and trying to secure our lives by material things.  Jesus begins to explain human nature and the things we treasure.  Most of these physical treasures (money, relationships, food, etc) were created by God, but […]

Matthew 6:1-18 Nobody likes a hypocrite, a person who says one thing but does another.  But Jesus reveals how easily it is to let our growth in his kingdom become about what other people think, as opposed to learning to walk with Jesus.  Here Jesus gives three illustrations of the kingdom life as we live […]

Matthew 5:38-48 Some of the hardest parts of life are the conflicts we deal with and the enemies we make.  Here too, Jesus explains how a person with a kingdom-heart deals with these volatile situations.

Matthew 5:13-20 The good news of Jesus is that he knows what you are going through, he has perfect wisdom and perspective to guide you, and he has power to help you.  Anyone, as they put their trust in him and his Father’s way of life will find peace, hope… life!  It is these people […]

Matthew 5:27-30 Apart from ways that you have held onto anger and fed lust what would your life look like?  These are almost normal parts of life, but Jesus gives the good news that we can live without them!  God’s kingdom can begin to change us into a kind of people who leave those hurt-filled […]

Matthew 5:21-26 The good news of Jesus of a life lived without anger and contempt!

Ephesians 6:10-18

Matthew 4:12-25 Life has a routine and speed that takes on a life of its own.  Our jobs get busy, we get sick, a family member dies, finances get tight, we begin to plan for the future.  Suddenly life can become chaotic and even frightening by the forces at work around us.  Here Jesus speaks […]

Ephesians 6:10-18

Acts 1:3-10; 2:1-6, 14, 42-47 Hellos and goodbyes can be hard.  There’s loss of people important to us and the risk of new relationships.  But in Jesus we can find hope for goodbyes and new hellos.  We can find out how he redeems, and uses these in ways that not only provide for deep and […]

Malachi 3:8-10 We want our lives to be a part of something that lasts, something that matters.  The Bible teaches us that God wired us that way.  Ultimately it is God’s plan and his things that will last and matter far beyond our goals, our plans, our house, our job, and our finances. All this […]

Matthew 4:16-20 What was it about Jesus that led Peter and Andrew that day to simply stop, and walk off their jobs to follow him?  This is Julie and my story of how God called us to Japan to be a part of what he is doing.  But the heart of God’s call is the […]

John 4:1-29 When we tie our life to Jesus we must follow him, because he was and is a man on the move.  He was about his father’s heartbeat of seeking redemption for lost and hurting people.  Far from making him unapproachably busy, he was always ready for his father to interrupt him with a […]

Luke 9:1-9 Everyone hated Zacchaeus.  He was a cheat and a traitor.  Yet Jesus saw him with different eyes.  Pastor David Graves speaks to the world-wide delegates of the Nazarene Church General Assembly about God’s eyes that would see Zacchaeus differently, and ones that would throw a birthday party for a prostitute.

Matthew 6:13