Our Faithful Pursuit is a five-week sermon series where we walk through the vision and values of Storehouse Community Church. We believe that these values are biblically rooted and a command for all Christians. Our hope during this series is that we would walk into 2020 with our eyes fixed on Jesus concerning what He has already called us to. The Christian life is simple, but not easy. Therefore, we must be firmly planted in our identity in Christ. Who we are in Christ Jesus determines what we do and shapes how we live.
For His Glory Alone
Marco De Leon - Preaching & Teaching Pastor
Sunday, February 9th 2020
Isaiah 48:1-11
1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,who are called by the name of Israel,and who came from the waters of Judah,who swear by the name of the Lordand confess the God of Israel,but not in truth or right. 2 For they call themselves after the holy city,and stay themselves on the God of Israel;the Lord of hosts is his name.
3 “The former things I declared of old;they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass. 4 Because I know that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinewand your forehead brass, 5 I declared them to you from of old,before they came to pass I announced them to you,lest you should say, ‘My idol did them,my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’
6 “You have heard; now see all this;and will you not declare it?From this time forth I announce to you new things,hidden things that you have not known. 7 They are created now, not long ago;before today you have never heard of them,lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’ 8 You have never heard, you have never known,from of old your ear has not been opened.For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,and that from before birth you were called a rebel.
9 “For my name's sake I defer my anger;for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you,that I may not cut you off. 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. 11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,for how should my name be profaned?My glory I will not give to another.
Generosity
Marco De Leon - Preaching & Teaching Pastor
Sunday, February 2nd 2020
2 Corinthians 9:6-15
6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. 9 As it is written,
“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13 By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. 15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
Mission & Multiplication
Marco De Leon - Preaching & Teaching Pastor
Sunday, January 26th 2020
Jeremiah 29:1-9
1 These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem. 3 The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said: 4 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. 6 Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. 7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. 8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, 9 for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, declares the Lord.
Community
Marco De Leon - Preaching & Teaching Pastor
Sunday, January 19th 2020
Ephesians 4:13-16
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Identity
Marco De Leon - Preaching & Teaching Pastor
Sunday, January 12th 2020
Galatians 2:20-21
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.