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Date	Title
12/01/2019	A Heart to be Used by God - Part 2 Acts – A Heart to be Used by God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr
11/25/2019	A Heart to be Used by God - Part 1 Acts, John – A Heart to be Used by God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr In order to prepare for the next move of God, in addition to having a believing heart, an honest heart, a restored heart, an obedient heart and a heart to minister, we must also have a heart to be used by God. We must ask the Lord what He would have us to do for him. God has sent everyone with and for His purpose and He wants to use us mightily.
11/18/2019	Preparing Our Heart for the Next Move of God - Part 12 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians – Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr If we are going to prepare for the next move of God, we must have a heart to minister. We must minister within the church. No one is more valuable than another, we have to see the value in everyone. We must minister through our giving. We also must minister from our heart.
11/10/2019	Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God - Part 11 John, Philippians – Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr If we are going to prepare for the next move of God we have to have an obedient heart. God cannot use us if we don't obey. We have to minister unto the church. We have to make sure our hearts are prepared to love God's people. In order for us to love God's people we have to see value in His people, we have to see the need of others and we have to see that no one is neglected.
11/03/2019	Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God - Part 10 1 Samuel, John, Philippians – Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr If we are going to prepare for the next move of God, we must have an obedient heart. True success is in having an obedient heart. When we obey change comes and we see the power of God manifested in our lives. We have to serve those in need of help, we have to learn to serve in His house and we have to serve with compassion.
10/28/2019	Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God - Part 9 1 Samuel, John, Luke, Romans – Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God wants to use us but we need a heart to obey in order to prepare our hearts for His next move. We have to obey from the heart. In order to have a heart to obey, we must learn to yield (our will our plans and our members) and we have to learn to be a servant.
10/20/2019	Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God - Part 8 1 Samuel, John, Romans – Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr It is the condition of our hearts that will determine whether God can use us. We are going to have to have a believing heart, an honest heart and a restored heart. We must also have an obedient heart. In order to have an obedient heart we have to yield our plans and our bodies to be used as instruments of righteousness.
10/15/2019	Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God - Part 7 Matthew, Psalms – Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God is interested in your heart more than anything else. Your heart of the core of who you are. God wants us use you but He won't use you until your heart has been restored. In order to have a restored heart, your hearts must be healed, your heart must be cleansed and you have to guard your heart.
10/06/2019	Preparing Our Heart for the Next Move of God - Part 6 Colossians – Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Our hearts are not right with God until our hearts have been restored. If we are going to have a restored heart, our hearts must be healed. Our heart must be healed so that God can trust us, so we can move forward and so that we can be used.
09/30/2019	Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God - Part 5 1 Samuel, John, Psalms – Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr To be used by God, it is key that we have an honest heart. If we are going to have an honest heart, we are going to have to examine ourselves, we have to be real with God and we have to seek His help. We must always be truthful and transparent with God. If we are not honest with God, He cannot use us.
09/22/2019	Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God - Part 4 Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr
09/08/2019	Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God - Part 2 Ezra, Mark, Matthew – Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We are going to have to seek the word of God, do the Word of God and then teach the Word of God. It begins with a believing heart. In order to have a believing heart we have to confront our unbelief. To confront our unbelief, we first have to acknowledge that we have unbelief and we have to ask the Lord to help us with our unbelief.
09/01/2019	Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God - Part 1 Preparing Our Hearts for the Next Move of God – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr
08/25/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 15 1 John, Genesis, John – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr
08/18/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 14 1 John, John – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr
08/11/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 13 John, Luke, Mark – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Prayer is essential to a loving relationship with God. Prayer is a heart to heart communication with God. Our relationship with God is the source of our directions. When we do not pray, we have no directions. If we are going to love through prayer, we have to put God's people in our hearts, we have to pray with God's people and we have to pray regularly, consistently and steadily.
08/04/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 12 John, Mark, Romans – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Prayer invites God to get involved and intervene in our lives. There is power in prayer. We have to pray consistently. We have to believe that God is going to answer our prayers. We have to make prayer a priority. We have to leave every excuse and justification behind. We have to keep our heart clean. And we have to keep asking.
07/28/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 11 Mark, Romans – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr If we are going to be prepared to restore the people who God loves, we cannot do it without prayer. The way we invite God to intervene and get involved in our lives is through prayer. In order for God to save the lost, there have to be others praying. We have to put God's people in our hearts. We have to make room in our hearts for God's people. We have to see their value and worth and have a desire for them to be saved.
07/21/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 10 1 John, Mark – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Prayer proceeds the manifestation of power. We have to spend time with the Lord in prayer. We have to pray in spite of how we feel. Prayer is not over until we have peace and until God responds. When we pray within His will, He is going to answer.
07/14/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 9 1 John, John – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr The purpose of every life is to be fruitful and productive. A fruitful and productive life is a life that causes people to come to Christ. If we are going to live a fruitful and productive life, we must be obedient to the word of God, we must abide in His love and we must receive His joy.
07/08/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 8 1 John, 2 Corinthians – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr There is only one way to love God and that is with all of our heart. When we love God with our whole heart and we are all in, we are living for Him. We chose to do His will over our whole life.
07/02/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 7 1 John, 2 Corinthians – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We are made for God's purpose. Our true purpose is a right relationship with God. When we love God with our whole heart and we are all in, we are living for Him. We chose to do His will over our whole life. We love those who He loves. We should see those who God loves as Him.
06/23/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 6 1 John, 2 Corinthians – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr There is only one way to love God and that is with all of our heart. Until then, we cannot properly love anyone else. We love one another by keeping His commandments. The Lord has to be first and number one in our hearts. If we are going to love God with all of our heart it is going to require us to be all in. When we are all in there are no excuses.
06/22/2019	The Father's Love - Father's Day Message Exodus, John – Love is in the Relationship – Bishop John A Cherry II God moves because He loves His people. It is an opportunity to know His love, to accept His love and to experience the power of His love. God moves because He desires to free His people to give us the opportunity to be free from the bondage of sin, to free us from the wage of sin and to free us from condemnation. God moves because He desires His people have life. It is an opportunity to have new life, to have an abundant life and to have everlasting life.
06/10/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 5 1 John, Hosea, Matthew – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God is teaching us how to love. He is loving us according to His word. God has given us the ability to obey the commandments of God, to love unconditionally, love beyond our expectations and to prove our love.
06/02/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 4 1 John, Hebrews, Luke, Romans – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Love is God's plan to keep us from failing Where ever there is true love, we cannot fail. God is the source of love. Where there is love, there is care. Where there is love, there is correction. Love comes with correction and correction makes things right.
05/26/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 3 1 Corinthians, 1 John, Romans – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God is the source of love. True love cannot be had outside of God. The love of God is unconditional, absolute and never changes. When we experience the true love of God, we have a desire to know Him, we have hope in the outcome of our situations and we have confidence in the testimony of Jesus.
05/19/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 2 1 Corinthians, 1 John, Ephesians, Luke – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Love is key to preparing the church for the next move of God. God's love is unconditional, unchanging, without limits and consistent. The Holy Spirit is the power to know that we are loved. When we know that we are loved, it settles our heart that we are accepted, we begin to realize that we are chosen, we understand our value, we have a changed heart and we have a desire to know Him.
05/12/2019	Love is in the Relationship - Part 1 1 Corinthians, 1 John, John – Love is in the Relationship – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Love is key to preparing the church for the next move of God. To know God is to know His love. God loves us which causes us to love Him, which then causes us to keep His commandments. We ought to become a visual manifestation of the love of God in us.
05/05/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 18 1 John, Isaiah, John – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is the power that allows us to love God. The love that He has for us, motivates us to love Him. The more we obey, the more intimate the relationship and the more we continue to experience His love in our hearts. Obedience is the beginning of a loving relationship with God and with one another. Obedience makes things clear and brings us closer to Him.
04/28/2019	A Call To Righteousness - Part 17 Isaiah, Philippians, Romans – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us. With that power He gave us God's love. That same power is also the power that lets us know that God is real. His love is shed abroad in our hearts. We can experience the love of God. It gives us hope in the outcome of our situations. And, it lets us know that nothing can separate us from the love of God.
04/21/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 16 1 John, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Philippians – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr What is the Resurrection to you? Jesus died so that we could experience an abundant life right now. We can be healed and made whole right now. The power than raised Jesus Christ from the dead lives in us. Is is only through the relationship with God that we receive that help and power. The power that raised Jesus from the dead has given us love. We receive God's love. That same power caused the changing of our heart, gave us the power to love others and we know Him.
04/14/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 15 1 John, Isaiah, Luke, Romans – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr To move into a right relationship with God we have to deny ourselves daily; disregard our self-interest. To deny ourselves daily we have to say no to what we want to do and we have to say yes to the will of God. When we pray within His will, He hears us. When His will becomes our will, we shall not fail.
04/07/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 14 Isaiah, Philippians, Romans – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr To move from religion to righteousness and to be able to deal with the hidden things we have to move from our own righteousness and we have to present our bodies as a living sacrifice.
03/31/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 13 Isaiah, Luke, Philippians – – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We have to move from religion to relationship. We have to address the secret places of our lives. It is what is in the secret places that determines and dictates the choices and actions of our lives. We want to get to not having our own righteousness. We have to do some work on the inside so that we can have a relationship with God. We want to have the desire to know Him. It is through the Word that we get to know Him.
03/24/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 12 Isaiah, John – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr The benefits of a right relationship with God is peace with God, the grace of God and the peace of God. Jesus is the access to the Father and through Him you can have peace with God. You have direct access to God and He has direct access to you. Grace is the power to know the truth. He will tell us what is wrong, what to do, how to do it and then give you the power to do what you don't want to do. The way we get to peace in the midst of the storm is to obey His will and His word.
03/17/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 11 Isaiah, John – – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Righteousness is a right relationship with God. To be at oneness with God's will we are going to have to take responsibility for our own relationship with the Lord, we have to know the will of God and we have to obey the will of God. When Christ is in you, you can say, "nevertheless, not my will but Thy will."
03/10/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 10 Hebrews, Isaiah, Matthew, Psalms, Romans – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr To obey the will of God when we don't want to, we must have a pure heart, we have to be still, and we must be prayerful. Prayer strengthens our minds to do the will of God.
03/03/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 9 2 Timothy, Amos, Isaiah, Matthew – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We are here for a righteous cause. recovering those who are lost, rebuilding what has been torn down and repairing some bridges. God is calling us to righteousness. With a call to righteousness comes a call to respond to a righteous cause.
02/24/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 8 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Matthew – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr In order to be righteous, we have to take responsibility of our relationship with the Lord. We have to submit to His authority, we have to examine ourselves and we have seek to know Him through our relationship with His word.
02/17/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 7 1 Kings, Isaiah, Proverbs – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Peace can only be found in a right relationship with God. The circumstances of our lives do not determine what is right and wrong. God is the ultimate authority who determines what is right and what is wrong. Whatever we are struggling with comes down to our relationship with God. We need the Lord and we have to be in agreement with Him.
02/10/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 6 Isaiah, Matthew, Proverbs – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Righteousness is a gift given to those who believe, being in right relationship with God and living the right way. Living the right way means that there is dependency on Him. Dependency manifests through prayer, reading the bible and doing what God says. When you pray, read and do, God will show up in your situation. It is the doing that makes the difference in how we live and in our relationship with the Lord.
02/03/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 5 Isaiah, Matthew, Romans – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God has a work for us to do and He needs to be able to trust us. GOD needs us clean on the inside so that He can trust us to be true witnesses to this generation. In order to accomplish this, we must be in right relationship with Him; in right position with Him and in right disposition within the relationship with Him.
02/03/2019	A Call To Righteousness - Part 4 Isaiah, Romans – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Righteousness is a gift to those who believe. Righteousness is God's only option to affect change. God is calling us to righteousness to affect change in us and through us. Righteousness is the precursor to change. This generation has to become right with God or there will be no change on the inside. The heart is the source of all our issues. If we can change the heart, the actions will change. Success with God begins in the heart.
01/20/2019	A Call To Righteousness - Part 3 Ephesians, Isaiah, Romans – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We have received the gift of righteousness. Because of the gift of righteousness we know how much God loves His people, we know His mercy and we know His grace. Everything that we are receiving from God is a benefit. The Lord is calling us to a new level of righteousness. He wants a more intimate and personal relationship with us.
01/13/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 2 Isaiah, John, Luke – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God is calling us to righteousness because God loves the world. Jesus dies for those who are alienated, who are blind, who has been devalued, who have been held captive and who have an evil heart. God is calling us to righteousness because we are judging those who are hurting. We are not here to condemn or to judge. We have been chosen and qualified to carry out the ministry of Jesus Christ.
01/06/2019	A Call to Righteousness - Part 1 1 Samuel, Isaiah, Philippians – A Call to Righteousness – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr 2019 Theme: Preparing the Church through Recovering, Rebuilding and Repairing this Generation. We are here for a righteous cause; recovering those who are lost, rebuilding what has been torn down and repairing some bridges. God is calling us to righteousness. With a call to righteousness comes a call to respond to a righteous cause.
12/30/2018	How to Love God's People - Part 9 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Luke – How to Love God's People – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr In order to live a selfless life, we have to give our best, we have to give with the proper attitude and we have to give unto good ground. We have to give unto the lives of those who have the right purpose of heart. We have to give to meet Godly needs. We have to give with expectancy.
12/23/2018	How to Love God's People - Part 8 Luke, Philippians – How to Love God's People – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr In order to love God's people, we must live a selfless life. Living a selfless life is living our lives for others and putting God first. Jesus came for our benefit and we have to be here for the benefit of others. In order to live a selfless life we have to give our best, we give according to God's word, we give out of what we have, we give what is needed, we give out of sacrifice, we give what we would want to receive, we make sure our giving gets to the right people and we make sure our giving is Godly.
12/16/2018	How to Love God's People - Part 7 2 Corinthians, Luke, Matthew, Psalms – How to Love God's People – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr If we are going to love God's people, we have to give ourselves to the Lord and we have to give our best to the Lord and to others. We have to have a giving heart. A giving heart is a loving heart. We have to give what we have received, spiritually, naturally & financially. We must give from our heart.
12/09/2018	How to Love God's People - Part 6 Philippians, Psalms – How to Love God's People – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Our love for God's people flows out of our love for Him. Giving is the test of the sincerity of our love for God. For us to love God's people we are going to have to invest in God's people. We have to give according to God's will in order to care for God's people. If we are going to invest in God's people, we have to give ourselves to the Lord. All that we have is the Lord's. All that we have is directed by the Lord. And all that we have can be used for kingdom benefits and for benefit of those in the kingdom.
12/02/2018	How to Love God's People - Part 5 Colossians, Matthew – How to Love God's People – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We have to show gratitude towards God for the people He has given us. We can be grateful and not be thankful. We also have to show our thankfulness to God for Him sending us his people. Thankfulness must be demonstrated. It is demonstrated by what we do with what we have been given. God has sent His people our way. We want to take responsibility and accountability for what we have been given. We take care of what we have been given and we have to appreciate what we have been given.
11/25/2018	How to Love God's People - Part 4 1 Kings, Colossians – How to Love God's People – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God has given us a new life and with that new life is opportunity. He has given us His people and opportunity to be used by Him. We want to take responsibility and accountability for what we have been given. It begins when we recognize the opportunity that we have received. We want to understand the purpose for what we have been given. We want to understand the value of what we have been given. And we have to understand what we must do with what we have been given.
11/18/2018	How to Love God's People - Part 3 Luke, Philippians, Romans – How to Love God's People – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr In order to love God's people we are going to have to pray for God's people. Prayer changes our hearts. Benefits to prayer are that we receive God's help, the peace of God rules our hearts, our minds and our hearts can be healed, we can experience love for others and it strengths our hearts.
11/11/2018	How to Love God's People - Part 2 1 Timothy, Luke – How to Love God's People – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr In order to love God's people we are going to have to pray for God's people. Prayer brings us into agreement with God. Our love for God should motivate us to pray for God's people. When we pray for others, we get closer to them because it changes our hearts towards them. If we are going to pray for God's people we have to know what prayer is. Prayer is communicating with God, it is communicating with God through Jesus and prayer is the children of God communicating with their Father. The end result of effective prayer is not getting the answer we want but to receive His peace.
11/04/2018	How to Love God's People - Part 1 1 John, John, Luke – How to Love God's People – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Jesus lets us know that the most important thing we can do is love our neighbor. God is calling us to be right and to love His people. God's people are those whom God loves, whom God hears cry, and those who we know. God's people need us to be His light and to be right.
10/23/2018	Chosen - Part 9 1 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, Acts, Isaiah – Chosen – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Those who are chosen are going to be rejected. Rejection is an attack on our value and worth. If we are not careful, rejection can lead us into bondage as it keeps us from growing changing and moving forward. Rejection is a plan of the devil to stop your momentum and your forward progress. In order to handle rejection, we must identify the source of rejection, face the fear of rejection and not be ashamed. We are going to have to stay loyal to Jesus, even in the midst of opposition. Ask yourself, is God really real to me, am I truly sold out to Him?
10/14/2018	Chosen - Part 8 Isaiah – Chosen – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Those who are chosen by God are going to be rejected. Our fear of rejection will keep us from growing and maturing, from being fit to be used by God. We cannot let our past experiences dictate our tomorrows. In order to handle rejection we must identify the source of rejection, which always begins on the inside of the rejector. They don't approve of who you are and of what you stand for because they have a private agenda. You have been chosen to reach, to heal and to restore this generation. We cannot let our fear of being rejected stop the work.
10/08/2018	Chosen - Part 7 1 John, 2 Peter, Hebrews – Chosen – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We have been chosen by God. To be fit to be used by God, we have to know how to love ourselves and we have to know how to live by faith.
09/30/2018	Chosen - Part 6 1 Corinthians, Hebrews – Chosen – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr To be successful with God, it comes down to faith. Faith is the confidence we have in the testimony of God. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. If we are going to live by faith, we have to have confidence in God's love for us and we have to take God at His Word.
09/25/2018	Chosen - Part 5 1 John, Hebrews, Matthew – Chosen – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Success with God comes down to living by faith. You have to have confidence in God's love for you. Love is the foundation of our faith. When you walk by faith, it causes you to be fully persuaded, you judge on faith, you can patiently endure and you can continue to obey. You must take God at His word. You have to believe and trust in Him and do what He says. And you have to learn the knowledge of God.
09/16/2018	Chosen - Part 4 1 Corinthians, Deuteronomy – Chosen – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God wants to use you to change people's lives. To be fit to be used by God, we have to love ourselves, we have to develop ourselves and we have to give of ourselves.
09/09/2018	Chosen - Part 3 1 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, Deuteronomy, Psalms – Chosen – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr The way that we love ourselves is by loving God and we love God by keeping his commandments. If we are going to love ourselves, we have to be committed, we have to deny ourselves and it takes practice. Love becomes perfect, mature, through practice. The more we obey, the more we begin to see the goodness of God.
09/02/2018	Chosen - Part 2 1 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, Luke, Romans – Chosen – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We must love ourselves in order for us to carry out the mandate to bring God's glory into the world to the lost. In order for us to love ourselves, we have to accept that God loves us sacrificially, redemptively, and unconditionally. We must also cleanse our hearts by acknowledging and confessing our sins so that we will not judge the lost; realizing that we too were once lost, void of proper direction. When we acknowledge and confess our sins, we spiritually mature to realize that we need the Lord and we realize how much He loves us. We become fit to be used of God to bring His glory into the earth to the lost.
08/26/2018	Chosen - Part 1 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, John – Chosen – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr You have been chosen; selected by God to represent Jesus. To be chosen by means to manifest the glory of the unseen God so that the lost will be able to see the character and presence of God in us and believe in Him. Ask yourself, are you fit to be used by God? Ask the Lord, in what areas are you not fit to be used? To be fit to be used by God, we have to mature spiritually. We begin to spiritually mature when we work on our relationship with the Lord.
08/19/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 13 John, Luke, Philippians – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr If we are going to lay down our lives for this generation and for the lost, we are going to have to sacrifice. We have been chosen and given responsibility, but what have we really sacrificed? What are we willing to give up so that the lost might be saved? If we are to continue the works of Christ, there must be sacrifice. It begins with surrendering our will, giving up comfort and giving up convenience, so that the lost might be saved. The Will of God is always outside of our comfort zone. If we do not sacrifice and get out of our comfort zone, God's Will cannot be done.
08/13/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 12 1 John, John, Mark – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr If we are going to do the works of Christ, it requires a changed heart and it requires patience. Seeking and saving the lost is going to require us to also lay down our lives for our friends. We have to accept that we have been chosen for this generation and we have to have love for this generation. Our love for this generation begins with our forgiveness. Unforgiveness, of anyone, causes our hearts to be hardened. Forgiveness allows us to be free to be used by God.
08/05/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 11 1 Corinthians, 1 John, John – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr If you are going to do the works of Christ, it is going to require you to lay down your life for your friends. To lay down your life means to give, to commit and to fulfill God's purpose for our life. Love causes you to lay down your life to allow the Lord to use you. In order to allow the Lord to use you, you have to accept that you have been chosen for this generation. To be chosen means that God knows you weaknesses, you have to forget about your short comings and your past and you have to cooperate with Him. You must see this generation as your friend and you have to come down and let them know you understand what they are experiencing. You must become what is necessary to save this generation.
07/29/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 10 John – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr John 15:13 KJV "Greater love hat no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." This generation has to be our friends and we have to tell them everything that the Father has told us. We cannot say that we love this generation and withhold from them what was given to us. We must lay down our life for this generation. We must come down off our high horse and see them face to face. We know that they are our friends when we take what we know and what we have been taught and give it to them.
07/22/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 9 James, John, Revelation – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Doing the works of Christ requires patience. Patience is an internal fulfillment. It is not based on time, it is a position. When you are patient, you keep the commandments of God and hold on to your confidence in the testimony of Jesus. In order to establish patience you must submit yourself to authority, strip yourself of pride, let your faith be tried and be a doer of the Word. Patience is a choice.
07/08/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 8 Genesis, James, John – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr If we are going to do the works of Christ, it requires patience. Patience is essential to success in anything in which you want to be fruitful and productive. There are benefits to patience: the impossible becomes possible; we are able to receive the promises of God; we fulfill God's purpose for our lives; we grow in strength; it keeps us from sinning.
07/01/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 7 Acts, James, John – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Patience is essential to being prepared for what God has prepared for you. Patience is abiding under the Word of God, enduring the trials, the tests and those things that are uncomfortable without complaining and without compromising. Patience is a process of maturing, staying right with God and a test of our faith.
06/24/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 6 Galatians, John – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Obedience puts us in a right position with God, which leads to being in agreement with God. When we obey from the heart, it keeps us in harmony with God and we begin to have an encounter with God that we cannot have any other way. Also, when we obey from the heart He is able to manifest Himself to us and through us and it produces fruit.
06/17/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 5 John, Philippians – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We have a responsibility to do the works of Christ, but it requires us to be changed. This change takes place on the inside and when it takes place on the inside, it can be seen externally. Apart from God, change is not possible. Your heart has truly been changed when your heart agrees with God's heart. There is power in righteousness and it produces fruit.
06/10/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 4 John – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Our responsibly is to get right and to stay right with God. A heart for righteousness is a heart that agrees with God's heart. When we have God's Word, we have His heart; His thoughts, plans and desires for us. When we are right with God, we have peace and we produce fruit.
06/03/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 3 Acts, John, Psalms – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Our hearts must be changed to trust God. If we are going to do the work of Christ, it requires a changed heart. When our hearts are truly changed, then we know that He is living in our hearts. God can make himself known and we can learn to trust Him with our whole heart. When we trust Him, we can depend on Him, and we can have evidence that the Holy Spirit lives in our hearts.
05/27/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 2 Acts, John, Romans – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We do out of who we are. If we are the body of Christ, then we do the works of Christ. The Lord is letting us know that we can do greater works than Jesus did in His early ministry. The Lord has given us power to bring about change. Change has to take place on the inside. When our hearts are changed, everything changes and we will begin to do the works of Christ.
05/20/2018	Doing the Works of Christ - Part 1 Acts, John – Doing the Works of Christ – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr The Lord wants us to do greater works than He accomplished during His earthly ministry. We are Christ's body and it is through His body that He gets works done in the earth. In order to do those works, change must take place. Change is possible and we can make a difference. God provided the power that brings change, the power to change our hearts, the power to change our witness, and the power to change our world.
05/13/2018	Church is Who We Are - Part 6 Matthew, Romans – Church is Who We Are – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We are from the heart. God is more interested in what is in our hearts than what we do. Every believer should be from the heart. Love is our foundation. We believe the Word of God and that the Holy Spirit is the source of our power. We have a common lifestyle, carry a righteous standard and live outside our own self interest. Our responsibility is to lift up Jesus and we have an assignment to show God to the world.
05/06/2018	Church is Who We Are - Part 5 Ephesians, John, Matthew – Church is Who We Are – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Church is who we are. Jesus is the head of the church and Jesus is our authority. Church is a safe place where we can truly be fed and come into oneness.
04/29/2018	Church is Who We Are – Part 4 Ephesians, John, Matthew – Church is Who We Are – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Jesus is the head of the Church. Jesus came as the manifested body of God. Church is the manifested body of Jesus. Jesus makes our oneness possible by His Spirit. Because we are one, what is important to Him ought to be important to us. We have to become a safe place for the lost, we have to have a heart for the lost and we have to prepare to be a home for the lost. Not just in words, but in deeds.
04/22/2018	Church is Who We Are - Part 3 Acts, Hebrews, John, Matthew – Church is Who We Are – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We are not building the church, Christ is building the Church. He is getting it ready for use. God is building us as individuals so that, collectively, He can build His Church to show the world who He is and to give testimony to who He is.
04/15/2018	Church is Who We Are - Part 2 John, Matthew – Church is Who We Are – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr The church is who we are, not what we do. When we assemble together God manifests His love to the world through the body of Christ. The church makes God visible and gives validity to the testimony of God. We really cannot do anything for God by ourselves. We have to assemble ourselves together with the right attitude and the right heart.
04/08/2018	Church is Who We Are - Part 1 John, Matthew, Numbers – Church is Who We Are – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr The purpose of the Church, the Body of Christ, is to manifest God's love through the Church by showing the world who God is, by revealing God's plan to the lost and through the work of the local church to show the community who God is.
04/01/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 12 1 Corinthians, Galatians, Matthew, Philippians – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr The resurrection was a demonstration of God's love for us and there was a power that was released and made available to us that will change our use. Can God use you to fulfill the purpose for why He made you? We cannot find fulfillment and satisfaction unless we change our use. We change our use through the power to be His child, the power to know His will and the power to do.
03/25/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 11 Acts, Romans – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr You have been made for God's purpose. You are a chose vessel and God came to dwell on the inside of you. God wants to do a work in you so that He can do a work through you. He is a Holy God and cannot work through you if your inside is not clean. We have to separate ourselves unto God and cleanse ourselves to be useful to God.
03/18/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 10 Acts, Genesis, Romans – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Jesus comes to reconnect us to our purpose. Our purpose was predestined. We are to be just like Jesus. We are not going to function right without the relationship with who we have been made for.
03/11/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 9 Genesis, Mark – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God made us for a relationship with Him. God wants us to be the object of His love, to be like Him on the inside, and to understand that we have been made for Him. Our fulfillment and satisfaction can only be attained through a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
03/04/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 8 Genesis, Psalms – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God made us to have a relationship with Himself. We cannot discover our purpose without a relationship with the Lord. The fulfillment of our lives is found in God's purpose, His will, for our lives. God wants you to know the depth, the breadth and the height of His love. When the Love of God touches your heart, it brings about a transforming power.
02/25/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 7 2 Timothy, Acts, Ephesians – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God know the times in which we were born. We want to seek God's will and we want to reveal His righteousness. It is God's will that we do a great work and that we fulfill His purpose. We have to be ready, we have to make ourselves available and we have to equip ourselves to be ready for the next move of God.
02/18/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 6 Acts, Ecclesiastes – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr Each season that we go through in life has value and purpose. Seasons of adversity and prosperity; they don't last forever. We must trust that the seasons of our lives are a work of God and that God is working in us. God wants us to take wisdom out of every season in order to prepare for the next season. God gives us the grace that we need for every season and we must trust and obey through every season.
02/11/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 5 Acts, Ecclesiastes, John – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God knows the seasons of our lives. God uses the seasons of our lives to facilitate our growth, to show us things to come, and to prepare us for what is next. God wants us to maximize the seasons of our lives so that we can finish our course.
02/04/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 4 2 Timothy, Acts, Isaiah – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God knows the time of our birth, He knows our course and He knows our end. It is God's plan that we will arrive at our end and go home to be with the Lord. God expects us to finish our course.
01/28/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 3 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Acts, Proverbs – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God will not make His will clear until we get to the point where we surrender our all to Him; until we say "Whatever your will is, I will do." When you reach that "Whatever Moment," He will make known what He has prepared for you and His wisdom to guide your life.
01/21/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 2 Acts, Romans – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr God knows you. You were made for His purpose. He knows your limitations and weaknesses. He knows how to help and He knows where to help. God helps you through His grace and His grace is activated when you obey him.
01/14/2018	Made for God's Purpose - Part 1 Acts, Jeremiah – Made for God's Purpose – Pastor Charles W. Starks Jr We have been made by God and for His purpose. God has already determined what He is going to do next. We must be ready and equipped for the next move of God.