January 25, 2026 • Chad Davis • Ecclesiastes 2:18–26
Main Points:
1. Work is a gift from God and part of his original plan for man.
2. Work was an original mandate in creation that was changed by the fall of man.
3. Work is an opportunity to glorify God that has been redeemed by Jesus.
Application:
1. Do not let work control your life.
2. Work hard as an example to those around you.
3. Be generous with the fruits of your labor.
Supplemental Text: 1 Kings 14:25-26 | Ecclesiastes 4:4 | Luke 12:13-21 | 1 Timothy 4:4-5 | Genesis 1:27-28 | Genesis 2:15 | Genesis 3:17-19 | Colossians 3:23-24 | 2 Thessalonians 3:7-9 | Proverbs 23:4-5 | 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 | 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 | Titus 2:7-8 | Ephesians 4:28 | Proverbs 19:17 | 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 | 1 Timothy 6:17-19
Hedonism
January 18, 2026 • Chad Davis • Ecclesiastes 2:1–17
1. God's glory and our pleasure are not enemies.
2. God is not the means to an end; He is the means and the end.
Supplemental Text: Ecclesiastes 9:7 | Proverbs 20:1 | Proverbs 23:31-32 | Psalm 37:4 | Philippians 4:4 | Matthew 13:44-46 | Philippians 1:20-21 | Psalm 16:11 | John 14:6
Vanity of Wisdom
January 11, 2026 • Chad Davis • Ecclesiastes 1:12–18
Main Points:
1. Seeking to understand life through human wisdom alone leads to a frustrating and disappointing conclusion.
2. Seeking to enjoy life through human experience alone leads to an unsatisfying and unending cycle.
Application:
1. Seek the wisdom of God.
2. Focus on eternity with God.
Supplemental Text: 1 Kings 3:3-15 | 1 Kings 4:29-34 | 1 Kings 10:23-24 | James 3:13-18 | Romans 11:33 | Proverbs 9:10 | James 1:5 | Colossians 3:1-3 | Proverbs 2:1-8 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 | 1 Corinthians 3:18 | Philippians 1:21
Vanity
January 4, 2026 • Chad Davis • Ecclesiastes 1:1–11
1. Life is not forever; death gives perspective to the temporary.
2. Life was never meant to fully satisfy; only Jesus can do that.
3. Life is out of our control; God is the one in complete control.
Supplemental Text: Psalm 144:3-4 | Psalm 39:5; 11 | Colossians 3:17 | Ecclesiastes 12:13 | 1 Timothy 6:17 | John 4:13-14 | Matthew 6:33 | Psalm 139:16
In Christ
December 28, 2025 • Chad Davis • 2 Corinthians 5:17–21
Main Points:
1. In Christ, you are a new creation.
2. In Christ, you have been given a new ministry.
3. In Christ, you have been given a new identity.
Application:
1. Fight sin personally and collectively.
2. Share the gospel passionately and intentionally.
3. Pursue righteousness persistently and victoriously.
Supplemental Text: 1 Corinthians 5:6-7 | Romans 6:2-12 | Colossians 3:1-17 | James 5:16 | Romans 10:13-15
Love
December 21, 2025 • Chad Davis
Main Points:
1. God is love, and the clearest expression of his sacrificial love is Jesus.
2. As those loved by God, we should sacrificially love one another.
Application:
1. You can have hope no matter what you face in life.
2. You can experience lasting peace that is not defined by your situation.
3. You can be joyful even in disappointment, sorrow, and heartbreak.
4. You can know that the love God has for you is guaranteed.
Supplemental Text: John 3:16-17 | Romans 5:7-8 | Romans 8:38-39 | Psalm 86:15 | Ephesians 3:18-19 | John 13:34 | John 15:17 | Romans 13:8 | 1 Thessalonians 3:12 | 1 Thessalonians 4:9 | 1 Peter 4:8 | John 15:12-13 | Galatians 5:13-14
Joy
December 14, 2025 • Michael Roche • Psalm 16
Main Points:
1. Joy is rooted, not in the presents from God, but in the presence of God
2. Joy is fueled, not in isolation, but with the people of God
3. Joy is settled, not in shifting circumstances, but in the security of our eternal home with God.
Application:
1. Do not compromise on your communion with God
2. Do not neglect fellowship with the people of God
3. Do not forget your secured home with God
Supplemental Text: James 1:17 | Isaiah 9:1-7 | Ephesians 2:22 | Philippians 1:3-5 | 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20 | 1 Thessalonians 3:7-10 | Job 19:25-27 | 1 Peter 1:4-9 | Psalm 84:10 | Matthew 4:4 | Isaiah 29:19 | John 15:11 | Hebrews 10:24-25 | Colossians 3:16 | Revelation 7:9-10 | James 5:16, 19-20 | Jude 24-25
Peace
December 7, 2025 • Chad Davis • 2 Thessalonians 3:16
Main Points:
1. Peace is found not in the absence of trouble, but in the presence of Jesus.
2. Peace is found not only in the presence of Jesus, but is also given to us in this present life.
Application:
1. Receive the peace that Jesus has the authority and ability to give.
2. Remember the peace that Jesus gives has protective power over our hearts and minds.
Supplemental Text: Isaiah 9:2-7 | Luke 2:8-14 | Romans 5:1-2 | Romans 16:20 | Hebrews 13:20 | John 16:33 | John 14:27 | Colossians 1:19-20 | Colossians 3:15 | Philippians 4:6-7
Hope
November 30, 2025 • Chad Davis • Isaiah 9:1–7
Main Points:
1. The gospel of Jesus brings hope to hopeless situations.
2. The gospel of Jesus brings hope to hopeless people.
Application:
1. Trust the plan of God not your present circumstances.
2. Trust the power of God not your own strength.
Supplemental Text: Matthew 4:12-17 | Psalm 43:5 | Romans 5:2-5 | Romans 15:13 | Titus 2:11-13
The Resurrection of the Body and Everlasting Life
November 23, 2025 • Chad Davis • 1 Thessalonians 4:16–18
Main Points:
1. Until Jesus returns, death is a reality that we will all experience.
2. When Jesus returns, our bodies will be resurrected, reunited with our souls, and glorified.
3. Once Jesus returns, the everlasting life promised to believers will be realized for all eternity.
Application:
1. Allow your Earthly focus to not be on what is temporary, but what is eternal.
2. Allow your Earthly hope to not be shaped by the temporary, but by the eternal.
Closing Exhortations:
1: God's Word is perfect and timeless.
2: God's Word is secure and unchanging.
3: God's Word is authoritative and authentic.
4: God's Word is loving and personal.
Supplemental Text: James 4:13-14 | Hebrews 9:27 | Hebrews 2:14-15 | Romans 8:23-24 | Romans 8:30 | 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 | 1 Corinthians 15:42-44; 49 | Philippians 3:20-21 | Philippians 1:19-23 | Revelation 21:1-4 | Mark 10:29-30 | Revelation 22:4 | John 14:1-3 | Matthew 10:28 | 1 Peter 2:11 | 2 Corinthians 15:1-9 | Isaiah 40:8 | 1 Timothy 6:3-4a | Matthew 24:24
The Forgiveness of Sins
November 16, 2025 • Michael Roche • 1 John 1:5—2:2
Main Points:
1. Sin is opposition and rebellion against God and it separates us from Him. The penalty of sin is charged to us, the power of sin controls us, and the presence of sin characterizes us.
2. Forgiveness reconciles us to God and is accomplished in Christ and applied by the Spirit. The penalty of sin is remitted, the power of sin is released, and the presence of sin is removed.
Application:
1. The penalty of sin remitted: Draw near to God with confidence.
2. The power of sin released: Be quick to forgive and seek forgiveness.
3. The presence of sin removed: Walk in the light with relentless repentance through the power of the Spirit.
Supplemental Text: Romans 3:9-12 | Titus 3:3 | Romans 5:12 | Psalm 51:5 | Colossians 1:13-14 | Psalm 32:1-2 | Romans 6:12-14 | Titus 3:4-6 | Psalm 103:8-12 | Hebrews 12:19-22 | Matthew 6:12-15 | Matthew 18:21-22 | Romans 12:17-22 | Proverbs 28:13 | James 5:16
The Communion of Saints
November 9, 2025 • Chad Davis • 1 Peter 2:1–10
Main Points:
1. The church is a holy family.
2. The church is one family.
3. The church is a missional family.
Application:
1. We must be committed to the truth.
2. We must be committed to gathering.
3 We must be committed to sanctification.
4. We must be committed to the message.
Supplemental Text: Acts 2:41-47 | Hebrews 13:17 | John 13:34-35 | Ephesians 4:4-6 | Hebrews 12:1-2 | 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 | 1 Timothy 3:14-15 | Hebrews 10:23-25 | Matthew 18:15-20
The Holy Spirit
November 2, 2025 • Chad Davis • Romans 8:1–17
Main Points:
1. The Holy Spirit is the manifest presence of God.
2. The Holy Spirit is the manifest power of God.
3. The Holy Spirit exposes our need for Christ.
4. The Holy Spirit applies the work of Christ.
5. The Holy Spirit glorifies the person of Christ.
6. The Holy Spirit points us to the message of Christ.
7. The Holy Spirit guarantees our union with Christ.
Supplemental Text: John 14:15-17 | Acts 1:8 | Acts 2:1-12 | Acts 2:37-41 | Acts 4:7-13 | Romans 8:13 | Luke 12:11-12 | 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 | 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 | Romans 8:16-17 | Ephesians 1:13-14 | John 16:8-10 | Titus 3:4-7 | Ezekiel 36:26-27 | Romans 8:11 | John 16:8-14 | 1 John 4:2-3a | John 14:25-26; 16:13 | 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 | 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 | 1 John 4:13 | 1 Corinthians 6:17 | Galatians 5:16-25
Seated on the Throne
October 26, 2025 • Chad Davis • Matthew 28:16–20
Main Points:
1. The ascension of Jesus completes the work of redemption, coronates him as King, and commissions the Holy Spirit.
2. The return of Jesus commences the final act of redemption, confers on him the role of judge, and completes the final defeat of his enemies.
Application:
1. Live your life under the authority of the King of Kings.
2. Find your strength in the power of the Holy Spirit.
3. Set your sights on the promise of the return of Jesus.
Supplemental Text: Hebrews 10:11-14 | Hebrews 4:14-16 | Hebrews 7:25 | Philippians 2:8-11 | 1 Peter 3:22 | Ephesians 1:20-23 | John 16:5-7 | John 14:1-5 | 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 | Revelation 19:11-21 | Hebrews 9:27-28 | 1 Corinthians 15:25-28
On The Third Day He Rose Again
October 19, 2025 • Michael Roche • Matthew 28:1–10
Main points:
1. The resurrection of Christ accomplished our salvation one
2. The resurrection of Christ accomplished death’s defeat and secured eternal life
3. The resurrection of Christ accomplished our future resurrection
Application:
1. Because of Christ’s resurrection, we live resurrection life now
2. Because of Christ’s resurrection, we live with endless hope
3. Because of Christ’s resurrection, we live on mission
Supplemental Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 | 1 Corinthians 15:14-20 | Romans 10:9-11 | Romans 5:10 | 1 Corinthians 15:20-24 | Genesis 3:15 | Acts 2:23-24 | 1 Corinthians 15:49-57 | Matthew 27:52-53 | Romans 8:11 | Galatians 5:1 | Galatians 5:13 | Galatians 5:16 | Romans 8:22-25 | 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 | 1 Corinthians 15:58 | Mark 9:9 | Acts 2:37-4
Suffered Under Pontius Pilate, Crucified, Died, Buried, Descended into Hell
October 12, 2025 • Isaiah 53
Main Points:
1. Jesus experienced the reality of suffering.
2. Jesus experienced the reality of death.
- First, when people die, their soul and body are separated, with the body remaining, and the soul entering into eternity.
- Second, when believers die, they are immediately ushered into the presence of God.
- Third, when unbelievers die, they are immediately ushered into eternal punishment.
- Fourth, when Jesus returns, the souls and bodies of those who have died are reunited and they join the living to be ushered into eternity.
3. Jesus experienced the reality of divine wrath.
Application:
1. Because Jesus was perfected through suffering, we can trust that he will use our suffering for our good.
2. Because Jesus died, we do not have to fear eternity.
3. Because Jesus experienced God's wrath, we can trust that we have been set free.
Supplemental Text: Matthew 27:1-2; 24-31 | Matthew 27:32-54 | Luke 23:42-43 | 2 Corinthians 5:6-8 | Luke 16:19-26 | 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 | Revelation 21:1-4 | 1 Peter 3:18-22 | Matthew 27:55-66 | Hebrews 2:10 | Romans 5:3-5 | Philippians 1:21-23 | Revelation 1:17-18 | Revelation 5:9-10
Conceived of the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary
October 5, 2025 • Chad Davis • Luke 1:5–38
Main Points:
1. The conception and birth of Jesus were supernatural.
2. The conception and birth of Jesus were essential.
3. The conception and birth of Jesus were intentional.
Application:
1. God is not limited by our understanding or our present circumstances.
2. God can make the impossible possible.
3. God shows his love for us by initiating the relationship with us.
Supplemental Text: Matthew 3:1-3 | Philippians 2:5-8 | Genesis 3:14-15 | Romans 5:12-21 | Isaiah 7:14 | John 3:16-17 | Romans 5:8
Jesus Christ His Only Son Our Lord
September 28, 2025 • Chad Davis • Matthew 16:13–18
Main Points:
1. Jesus is fully man.
2. Jesus is the promised Christ.
3. Jesus is the Son of God.
4. Jesus is Lord of all.
Application:
1. Because Jesus is the Christ, you can find complete freedom in him as the Savior of your life.
2. Because Jesus is the Christ, you can put your complete trust in him as the Lord of your life.
Supplemental Text: Hebrews 1:3 | Colossians 1:19 | John 3:16 | John 5:31-39 | Matthew 3:1-3 | Colossians 1:20 | John 1:1-3; 14 | 1 John 4:15 | Philippians 2:5-11 | Romans 10:9 | 1 John 4:9-10 | Ephesians 2:8-9 | Galatians 2:20
Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth
September 21, 2025 • Michael Roche • Psalm 104
Main points:
1. God is Creator and Originator of all things
2. God Created, Designed, and Established all things by the Word of His Power
3. God Sustains all things with Fatherly care
Application:
1. God as Creator is worthy of our worship
2. God as Designer is owed our submission to His rule
3. God as Almighty reminds us that He is in complete control over all things.
4. God as Father reminds us of His unique care for us, which enhances our enjoyment of Him
Supplemental Text: Revelation 22:13 | Isaiah 40:21 | Romans 11:33-36 | John 1:1-3 | Colossians 1:15-17 | Genesis 1:2 | Psalm 33:6,9 | Psalm 104:10-28 | James 1:14-15 | Job 38:4-5 | Genesis 50:20 | Psalm 33.18-19 | Psalm 8:3-4
The Triune God
September 14, 2025 • Chad Davis • Ephesians 1:3–14
Main Points:
1. God is One.
2. God is Three Persons.
3. Each Person is Fully God.
4. Each Person has Lived Eternally in Perfect Community.
Application:
The Trinity is the basis for our enjoyment of God.
The Trinity is the basis for our relationship to the Church.
The Trinity is the basis for our understanding of the mission.
Supplemental Text: Deuteronomy 6:4-5 | Mark 12:28-31 | John 17:24 | John 1:1-3 | Colossians 1:15-17 | Genesis 1:26 | Genesis 1:1-2 | Genesis 2:7 | Romans 8:16-17 | John 17:20-26
The Importance of Truth
September 7, 2025 • Chad Davis • 2 Timothy 3:16—4:5
Main Points:
1. God's Word is the substance of absolute truth.
2. God's Word is the source for spiritual equipping.
3. God's Word is the safeguard against spiritual deception.
Application:
1. Let's lay down our personal feelings and opinions, and yield our beliefs to the absolute truth of God's Word.
2. Let's take seriously the calling to spiritual preparation by personally engaging in spiritual equipping from God's Word.
3. Let's guard against false teachings and embrace sound teaching.
Supplemental Text:
John 8:31-32 | Matthew 9:35 | Matthew 28:19-20 | John 14:26 | 1 Timothy 4:6-7 | 2 Peter 2:1-3
