Acts: The Promise Unfolds • 2023
Resuming the Journey
Freedom and a Living Faith
March 3, 2024 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Hebrews 4:12, Acts 28:16–30, Matthew 5:10–12, Philemon 13
We conclude our series in Acts seeing that Paul has finally made it to Rome, having come through unimaginable hardships all the while. Paul believed that in spite of the treacherous journey he faced, that God was with him and would remain faithful. When we entrust our lives, our circumstances, our suffering to God, we can see that He is faithful to us, giving us a freedom and a living faith in Him. Connect: https://http://www.wellspringcc.org/connect Online Giving: https://http://www.wellspringcc.org/giving About Wellspring: https://http://www.wellspringcc.org/about CCLI Copyright License # 1194988 CCLI Streaming License # 20224379
A Calling Worth the Cost
February 25, 2024 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Acts 28:1–16, 2 Corinthians 12:7–10, Galatians 6:17
We're quick to think God has forgotten us in times of suffering, when quite the opposite is true. Paul endured rejection, beatings, arrests, imprisonment, hunger and a devastating shipwreck on the way to being used and refined miraculously by God. Paul trusted that the calling on his life was worth the cost. How do we get there? Connect: https://http://www.wellspringcc.org/connect Online Giving: https://http://www.wellspringcc.org/giving About Wellspring: https://http://www.wellspringcc.org/about CCLI Copyright License # 1194988 CCLI Streaming License # 20224379
Surrender in the Storm
February 18, 2024 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Acts 27, Proverbs 16:9
Most of us are in the middle of navigating a storm of some kind. Typically our first action is to attempt to navigate raging seas on our own strength. Could it be that these storms are used by God to show us how helpless we are without his strength? Will we turn from our striving and trust him? What do you need to surrender?
The Gospel & The King
February 11, 2024 • Pastor Michael Swindell • Acts 26, Acts 25:13–27
We continue in our series on the compelling narratives of the fledgling church in the book of Acts. All are welcome for a time of worship through singing, encouraging each other, reading and teaching from God's Word. We've got a seat for you and anyone you would invite to join us.
God's Unfolding Promise & Plan
February 4, 2024 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Acts 25:1–12, Acts 24:22–27, Ecclesiastes 4:9–10, Isaiah 46:10, Proverbs 21:1
While God is working things out behind the scenes, and in people we may not expect, He preserves and protects His people and His Gospel. God is at work in all circumstances, even when it may appear that He is doing the opposite. Our job, like Paul's, is to trust God and be obedient to Him while the promise unfolds.
Faithfully Persevering Through Opposition
January 28, 2024 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Acts 23:12–35, Acts 24:1–21, Matthew 10:34–38
We live in a time where the truth of God's word is seen as out-of-touch at best, and hateful at worst. Those who do not tolerate God's way will ask us to forego truth for the sake of peace. We, those tasked with sharing the Gospel of Christ, will need to know how to respond. Will we persevere in a way that brings honor to Jesus or to ourselves?
Responding to Persecution: Part 2
January 21, 2024 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Acts 22:23–30, Acts 23:1–22, Proverbs 15:1–2
Walking in obedience to God has a tendency to upset those who do not know Him. Paul knows this all too well. So how do we react? How do we continue to bring glory to God in the midst of even severe persecution when we are simply doing what God has asked us to? Will we trust that God will carry us through the things He has called us to? We'll look at how this Sunday.
Responding to Persecution
January 7, 2024 • Pastor Michael Swindell • Acts 21:26–40, Acts 22:1–22
We continue in our series on the compelling narratives of the fledgling church in the book of Acts. All are welcome for a time of worship through singing, encouraging each other, reading and teaching from God's Word. We've got a seat for you and anyone you would invite to join us.
Loving with Grace and Truth
December 31, 2023 • Pastor John Klumpp • John 1:14, Genesis 2:15–17, Exodus 34:6–7, John 18:33–38
Because Christ came to the world full of grace and truth, we should follow His example and love others with grace and truth. We tend to lean one way or the other. But we can learn from Christ, understanding what it means that He came full of grace, full of truth, and showed us how to strike that balance.
Christmas: What Child is This?
December 24, 2023 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Genesis 3:15, Matthew 1:16–23, Psalm 49:7–8, Luke 2:11
The prophecy in Genesis said that the offspring of Eve would crush the serpent's head, and the serpent would strike his heel. What does this even mean? What type of child could do this? What type of person could destroy satan, wash away our sin and overcome death? Only one person, the one to whom Mary gave birth and named Jesus. He is the one who will save his people from their sins. Has Christ done this for you? Is the Messiah your Lord?
Resting in God's Sovereign Grace
December 17, 2023 • Pastor Steve Gibson • 1 Corinthians 9:19–20, Galatians 6:12–16, Romans 10:4, Acts 21:17–26, Galatians 3:23–27
Now that Christ has come, we are able to trust in His grace for salvation. This side of the cross, we no longer trust in religious dos and don'ts, or reduce our faith to checking off a bunch of boxes. Are you fully trusting in Jesus Christ and His righteousness applied to you through faith in Him? Will you rest in God's sovereign grace?
Compelled by the Spirit
December 10, 2023 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Acts 21:1–16, Isaiah 30:21, John 16:13–15, 1 Thessalonians 5:19–22
All those who place their faith and trust in Jesus Christ as their Savior are given the Holy Spirit to dwell inside them. But what is the Holy Spirit? Does He control us like a video game character, or let us do what we want? We'll see what it looks like to walk in step with the Holy Spirit and how we can hear His guidance, experience His comfort, and follow His lead. Communion will also be a part of this service, so if you are watching online, we invite you to gather your own elements so that you can partake with us.
Wellspring's Number One Threat
December 3, 2023 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Acts 20:28–38, 1 Timothy 6:4–5, Colossians 2:16–23
From the beginning, the growing church had to be on the lookout for false teaching. Paul couldn't be everywhere, so he issued a charge to leadership, the shepherds of the church, to cling to the Gospel of grace they had been given. Even today, wolves can creep in and disrupt the work of the church. We'll discuss ways we can be aware of wolves and how God in His grace protects the church from a very real threat.
Imitating Paul
November 26, 2023 • Pastor Michael Swindell • Acts 20:13–27
We continue in our series on the compelling narratives of the fledgling church in the book of Acts. All are welcome for a time of worship through singing, encouraging each other, reading and teaching from God's Word. We've got a seat for you and anyone you would invite to join us.
Breathing Life Through our Words
November 19, 2023 • Pastor Steve Gibson • Acts 20:1–12, John 6:66–69, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Colossians 3:23, Philippians 4:12–13
With just a word, we can bring destruction, or we can breathe life. What a kindness and gift to receive a word of encouragement, especially in times of true adversity. All of us can recall times when we've been affected by the words of another person, and we'll see how the power of grace and kind words propelled Paul through all types of trouble.