GuadaMinistry

07/10/2026

Have we become so familiar with Jesus that our view of Him has become too small?

Before Bethlehem, He was.

Before the mountains, oceans, and stars, He was.

Hebrews tells us that the world was made through the Son.

The greatness of creation should enlarge our view of the greatness of the Son.

Day 3 of our journey through Hebrews 1:1–4.

See Christ.

Soli Deo Gloria!

- Pastor BM

THROUGH HIM, THE WORLD WAS MADE

When you look at Jesus, do you ONLY see the One who entered the world, or the One through whom the world was made?

We know the story of Jesus entering this world.

➡ Born in Bethlehem.
➡ Laid in a manger.
➡ Raised in Nazareth.
➡ Walking the roads of Galilee.
➡ Teaching crowds.
➡ Healing the sick.
➡ Eating with His disciples.
➡ Eventually going to the cross.

These are precious truths.

But Hebrews wants us to understand something about Jesus before we think about Bethlehem.

Let us read: Hebrews 1:2b "...his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world."
The Son did not begin to exist when He was born in Bethlehem.

➡ Before the manger, He was.
➡ Before Nazareth, He was.
➡ Before Abraham, Moses, and David, He was.
➡ Before the mountains rose, the oceans filled, and the stars appeared in the heavens, He was.

And Hebrews tells us that God made the world through Him.

Take a moment and think about that.

The Jesus we meet in the Gospels is not merely another person living inside God's creation.

He is the eternal Son through whom creation came into existence.

The One who walked upon the earth is the One through whom the earth was made.

The One who looked upon the stars is the One through whom the stars came to be.

The One who felt the wind against His face is the One through whom the world itself was created.

Suddenly, Jesus cannot remain small in our thinking.

Sometimes we can become so familiar with Christ that we unintentionally reduce Him.

Jesus becomes Someone we turn to when we need help. Someone we ask to bless our plans. Someone we remember when life becomes difficult. Someone we add to an already busy life.

But Hebrews will not allow us to see Christ that way.

Christ is not merely part of your life.

He is the Son through whom all things were made.

The world does not revolve around us. History does not revolve around us. Even our own lives do not ultimately revolve around us.

Everything points beyond us to Christ.

And perhaps this is one reason creation can move our hearts toward worship.

When you look at the vastness of the sky, the mountains, the ocean, the complexity of life, or even the ordinary beauty of a sunrise, creation is not asking you to stop with creation.

Look beyond it.

See Christ.

The greatness of creation should enlarge our view of the greatness of the Son.

Yesterday we saw that everything ultimately belongs to Him. Today Hebrews takes us deeper.

Everything exists through Him.

The Christ who entered our world is the Son through whom the world was made.

He is not simply important.

👑 He is above all.

Guadalupe Baptist Church family, has familiarity with Jesus caused you to think too small of Him? When you think about Christ, do you mainly see Someone who exists to help with your life, or the eternal Son before whom your whole life finds its proper place?

Let us pray. Our Father, forgive us when our view of Your Son becomes too small. Thank You for showing us that the Jesus who came into this world is the eternal Son through whom You made the world. Open our eyes to His greatness. As we see the beauty, vastness, and wonder of creation, teach us to look beyond the creation to Christ. May our lives become less centered on ourselves and more centered on Your Son. Give us hearts that behold Him with wonder, humility, and worship. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Brethren, GuadaMinistry, at some point today, deliberately stop and look at something God has made. It may be the sky, a tree, the rain, the clouds, or the people around you. Pause for a moment and remember Hebrews 1:2: the world was made through the Son. Instead of simply admiring what you see, let creation turn your attention toward Christ. Thank Him, worship Him, and remind yourself: "This exists through Him, and so do I."
See Christ.

Soli Deo Gloria!

- Pastor BM
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06/10/2026

The Goal of Ministry Is Not Just to Serve, but to Make Christ Known, Pursue Spiritual Maturity, and Depend on His Power.

We must remember that the purpose of ministry is not just to keep ourselves busy with church activities but to proclaim Christ, become more like Him, and help others grow in Christ. The ministry God has entrusted to the church is to be like Christ , share Christ and help others be like Him to grow toward spiritual maturity. And in everything we do, we must depend on the Lord's power, not our own strength.

You may watch the whole message through this link :
https://www.youtube.com/live/dKfVUlZ5J6I?si=hoTmzT8otEBkaN5-

06/10/2026

In John 15, Jesus shares an important lesson: a branch can't grow fruit by itself; it has to stay connected to the vine. The warning about branches that don't grow fruit isn't about stressing ourselves out trying to be perfect on our own. Instead, it's a reminder that we truly need Him . When we pull away from Jesus, we lose our spiritual strength becaue He is the only source of real growth and purpose.

Fruitfulness happens naturally when we choose to abide in Him and let His words guide us. Keeping our hearts open to Him changes our everday lives, helping us do good things we could never pull off on our own. Today, let's check where we are getting our strength and choose to stay close to Him so His life can work through ours.

You may watch the whole message through this link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/iQmvUq3rQj0?si=NFhFT3lgF36hofPN&t=2654 - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/live/9I_8mGrrygo?si=DLPpti-LwNKzF0Ka - Part 2

06/10/2026

We spend much of our lives acquiring things. But to whom does everything ultimately belong?

Hebrews tells us that Christ is the “heir of all things.”

Our possessions. Our abilities. Our opportunities. Our plans. Even our lives.

When Christ is above all, everything else finds its proper place.

Sharing Day 2 of our journey through Hebrews 1:1–4.

See Christ.

Soli Deo Gloria!

- Pastor BM

HEIR OF ALL THINGS

We spend much of our lives acquiring things. But have you ever stopped to ask who everything ultimately belongs to?

We say:
➡ My house.
➡ My money.
➡ My career.
➡ My time.
➡ My abilities.
➡ My plans.
➡ My life.

There is nothing necessarily wrong with speaking this way. God has genuinely entrusted these things to us.

But Hebrews gives us a much bigger perspective.

Yesterday, we saw that God has spoken to us by His Son. Then the writer immediately tells us something remarkable about this Son.

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Let us read: Hebrews 1:2
"...but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world."
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The Son is the heir of all things. Not some things. Not merely religious things.

All things.

Everything ultimately belongs to Christ.

➡ Every nation.
➡ Every kingdom.
➡ Every possession.
➡ Every achievement.
➡ Every corner of creation.

History itself is moving toward Him.

We often think of an heir as someone who receives something because the previous owner has died. But that is not what Hebrews means when it speaks of Christ.

The Father has appointed the Son as the One to whom all things ultimately belong.

That changes how we see our lives.

If Christ is heir of all things, then what we call "mine" is never ultimately mine.

Our possessions are His. Our abilities are His. Our opportunities are His. Our time is His.

Even our lives belong to Him.

This does not mean that possessions, careers, ambitions, or plans are wrong.

It means they must take their proper place.

Under Christ.

Perhaps one reason we struggle when something does not go according to our plans is that we quietly begin treating God's gifts as though they ultimately belong to us.

We hold tightly to what we were meant to hold with open hands.

We say, "My plans." Christ says, "Follow Me."

We say, "My resources." Christ calls us to faithful stewardship.

We say, "My life." Scripture reminds us that our lives belong to the One who saved us.

And there is something deeply freeing about this.

You do not have to build a little kingdom for yourself. You do not have to make everything revolve around your ambitions, your comfort, your recognition, or your success.

There is already a King.

There is already an Heir.

And Christ is above all.

Yesterday our invitation was: See Christ.

Today, look again.

See the Son to whom everything belongs.

And then look at everything God has placed in your hands differently.

Not: "This is mine."

But: "This belongs to Christ. How can I use it for Him?"

When Christ is above all, everything else finds its proper place.

Guadalupe Baptist Church family, what are you holding most tightly as "yours" right now? Your possessions, plans, career, time, abilities, relationships, or future? How would seeing Christ as the heir of all things change the way you hold and use what God has entrusted to you?

Let us pray. Our Father, thank You for showing us the greatness of Your Son. Everything ultimately belongs to Him. Forgive us when we live as though our lives and Your gifts exist primarily for ourselves. Teach us to hold what You have entrusted to us with open hands. May our time, abilities, resources, plans, and opportunities be placed under the lordship of Christ. Help us live for His glory rather than building little kingdoms for ourselves. May Christ truly be above all in our lives. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Brethren, I encourage you to choose one thing you normally think of as "mine": your time, money, home, ability, position, possession, or plan. Thank God for entrusting it to you, then ask: "How can I use this today in a way that honors Christ?" Take one concrete action that reflects this truth: everything ultimately belongs to Him.

See Christ.

Soli Deo Gloria!

- Pastor BM
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05/10/2026

With so many voices competing for our attention, which voice are we listening to most?

Hebrews begins with an extraordinary truth:

God has spoken to us by His Son.

Before asking what we need to do, perhaps we first need to slow down and see who Christ is again.

See Christ.

Soli Deo Gloria!

- Pastor BM

GOD HAS SPOKEN

With so many voices competing for your attention, which voice are you listening to most?

Every day, someone is speaking to us.

News. Social media. Friends. Family. Experts. Influencers. Our own fears and desires.

Some voices are helpful. Others are not.

But Hebrews begins by directing our attention away from all the competing voices and toward the One through whom God has spoken.

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Let us read: Hebrews 1:1-2a: "Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son…"📖

Notice where Hebrews begins.

God has spoken.

God has not left us to guess what He is like.

Long ago, He spoke through the prophets. At different times and in different ways, God progressively revealed Himself and His purposes to His people.

But then Hebrews says: "but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son."
Something greater has happened.

The God who spoke through the prophets has now spoken in His Son.

This does not diminish what God previously revealed. The same God was speaking then. But all that came before was moving toward Christ.

The prophets spoke God's Word.

The Son is God's supreme and climactic revelation.

And that means Christianity begins not with our search for God, but with God making Himself known.

We do not have to invent a picture of God based on what we want Him to be.

We do not define God according to our feelings, experiences, culture, or preferences.

✝ We look to Christ.

If you want to know what matters to God, listen to His Son. If you want to understand God's saving purpose, look to His Son. If you want to know where your hope should rest, look to His Son.

Hebrews is about to tell us extraordinary things about Jesus.

He is the heir of all things. The One through whom the world was created.

The radiance of God's glory. The exact imprint of His nature.
The One who upholds the universe. The One who made purification for sins. The One seated at the right hand of Majesty.

But before we consider each of those truths, Hebrews first calls our attention to this: God has spoken to us by His Son.

So perhaps the question for today is not whether God has spoken.

❓ The question is whether we are listening.

There will always be other voices competing for our attention.

But no voice deserves greater authority in our lives than the voice of God revealed in His Word and centered upon His Son.

This week, our invitation is simple:
▪️ See Christ.
▪️ Slow down.
▪️ Listen carefully.
▪️ Look again at the Son.

Because when God wanted us to know Him and His saving purposes, He pointed us ultimately to Christ.

Guadalupe Baptist Church family, which voices are shaping your thinking most right now? When those voices conflict with what God has revealed in His Word, which one carries greater authority in your life? Are you giving Christ the attention His supremacy deserves?

Let us pray. 🙏🏽 Our Father, thank You that You have not left us in darkness. You have spoken, and You have made Yourself known supremely in Your Son. Forgive us when other voices become louder and more influential in our lives than Your Word. Quiet our hearts and teach us to listen. As we walk through this passage, open our eyes to see the greatness and glory of Christ. May we hear Your Word, behold Your Son, and respond to Him with faith, worship, and obedience. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Brethren, before filling your mind with other voices today, spend a few quiet minutes reading Hebrews 1:1-4 slowly. Read it twice. On the second reading, notice everything the passage says about Jesus. Don't rush to ask, "What should I do?" Begin with a better question: "What does God want me to see about His Son?"
✝ See Christ.

Soli Deo Gloria!

- Pastor BM
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04/10/2026

October 2026 Schedule and Celebrations 💥🎂🎉🎊🥳🎁

03/10/2026

Have you ever felt like what God has given you to carry is more than you can handle?

Maybe that is part of what we need to remember.

God never intended us to live the Christian life merely through our own strength.

We labor. God empowers.

We faithfully do what God has entrusted to us, and depend upon Him for what only He can accomplish.

Soli Deo Gloria!

- Pastor BM

WE LABOR. GOD EMPOWERS.

Have you ever felt like the work God has given you is more than you can carry?

Sometimes serving God feels deeply rewarding. Other times, it is simply tiring.

You keep serving. Keep teaching. Keep caring. Keep praying. Keep showing up.

But eventually, you realize something.

Your strength has limits.

Paul understood this.

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After describing his desire to present everyone mature in Christ, he says in Colossians 1:29

"For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me."
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Notice Paul's language.

"I toil, struggling."

These are strong words.

Paul does not describe faithful ministry as effortless.

There is real work. Real sacrifice. Real weariness. Real perseverance.

Depending upon God did not make Paul passive.

He worked hard.

But notice what Paul says next: "with all his energy that he powerfully works within me."

Paul works. And God works in Paul.

Those two truths are not enemies.

Paul does not say: "God is working, so I don't need to work."

He doesn't say, "Everything depends upon me, so I need to work harder."

Instead, Paul labors. God empowers.

This protects us from two dangers.

1️⃣ The first is self-reliance.

We can begin living as though everything depends upon us.

If we prepare enough, work hard enough, plan carefully enough, and serve faithfully enough. Maybe everything will turn out the way we want.

But our effort can never accomplish everything.

You can teach someone God's Word. You can counsel them.
Encourage them. Pray for them. Walk patiently with them.

But you cannot change another person's heart.

Only God can do that.

2️⃣ The second danger is passivity.

We might say: "God is the One who works, so I'll just leave everything to Him."

But that is not Paul either.

Paul says: "I toil, struggling…"

❗️ Faithful dependence upon God is not an excuse for laziness.

It is the reason we can continue faithfully when our own strength is insufficient.

We heard this balance in last Sunday's sermon: biblical ministry is neither "Everything depends on me" nor "Nothing is required of me."

Instead, "I will faithfully labor with the strength God provides."

And this truth extends beyond formal ministry.

Perhaps you are tired from raising your children, caring for your family, or serving in church. You might even feel like giving up on sharing Christ with someone who still does not believe, or like stopping helping someone who seems to make the same mistakes repeatedly.

As you carry a responsibility God has placed before you, you may sometimes wonder: "Do I have enough strength to keep doing this?"

Maybe the answer is: No. Not in yourself.

But God never intended the Christian life to be lived merely through your own strength.

So as you labor,

▪️ You pray.
▪️ You obey.
▪️ You prepare.
▪️ You persevere.

And through it all, you depend upon the power God provides.

❗️ We labor. God empowers.

Guadalupe Baptist Church family, where are you currently relying mostly on your own strength? Is there an area where weariness, frustration, or discouragement reveals that you have begun carrying something as though everything depends on you?

Let us pray. Our Father, thank You that You call us to serve, but You do not leave us to serve in our own strength. Forgive us when we live as though everything depends upon us, and forgive us when we use dependence upon You as an excuse for passivity. Teach us to labor faithfully while depending completely upon the strength You provide. When we are tired, remind us that the power for Your work ultimately comes from You. Help us faithfully do what You have entrusted to us and trust You with what only You can accomplish. In Jesus' Name, amen.

Brethren, I encourage you to identify one responsibility that has been making you feel tired, pressured, or overwhelmed. Ask yourself: "What is mine to faithfully do, and what belongs to God alone?" Do what God has placed before you faithfully. Then deliberately entrust the result to Him. Carry this truth with you today: "I will faithfully labor with the strength God provides."
Soli Deo Gloria!
Pastor BM

02/10/2026

MATURE IN CHRIST

How long have you been a Christian? Now here is the harder question: Are you becoming more like Christ?

We can mistakenly measure our Christian life by the wrong things.

🔹 How long have we been attending church?
🔹 How many Bible studies have we completed?
🔹 How much Scripture do we know?
🔹 How many ministries have we served in?

These things can be good.

But none of them, by themselves, necessarily mean that we are becoming spiritually mature.

After Paul declares, “Him we proclaim…” he explains what that proclamation is meant to accomplish.

Let us read Colossians 1:28 - “Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.”

Notice the word Paul repeats.

Everyone.

Warning everyone.
Teaching everyone.
Presenting everyone mature in Christ.

Spiritual maturity is not reserved for pastors, missionaries, Bible teachers, or Christians who enjoy studying theology.

God intends every believer to grow.

But what does that growth look like?

Paul doesn't merely say everyone should become knowledgeable.

He says: “mature in Christ.”

Knowledge matters.

We cannot grow in Christ while remaining ignorant of His Word.
But biblical maturity is more than accumulating information.

Biblical maturity is not merely knowing more. It is becoming more and more like Christ.

That means the question is not simply: “Do you know more about the Bible than you did five years ago?”

We should also ask:

◽ Are you more patient?
◽ Are you quicker to forgive?
◽ Are you more willing to repent when you sin?
◽ Are you learning to respond to difficulty with greater trust in God?
◽ Are you becoming more faithful in your home?
◽ Are you growing in holiness?
◽ Are you loving people more sacrificially?
◽ Is Christ increasingly shaping how you think, speak, work, serve, and respond?

These are harder questions.

Because it is possible that we know the right answers while our character remains unchanged.

You can become familiar with Christian language without becoming more like Christ.

And this is why we need both warning and teaching.

Sometimes God’s Word teaches us truths we need to understand.

Sometimes God’s Word confronts something in us that needs to change.

Both of them express God’s grace because His purpose is not simply to make us informed Christians.

He is making us mature in Christ.

And remember the order.

We do not become mature so that Christ will finally accept us.

That is not the gospel.

Christ reconciles sinners to God through His death.

We come to Christ by grace.

Then the Christian life becomes a life of continuing to grow in the Christ who saved us.

So perhaps today the question is not merely: “How long have you been a Christian?”

The better question is: “Are you becoming more like Christ?”

Guadalupe Baptist Church family, where can you see evidence that Christ is changing you? And what area of your life still needs to be brought increasingly under His Word and His lordship?

Let us pray. Our Lord Jesus, thank You that we do not have to make ourselves mature enough for You to accept us. You saved us by grace, and You continue Your work in us. Forgive us when we become satisfied with simply knowing more while resisting the ways Your Word calls us to change. Teach us, correct us, and shape us. Make us increasingly holy, loving, wise, obedient, and faithful. By Your grace, make us more and more like Christ. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Brethren, I encourage you to choose one area of your life where you know you need to become more like Christ. Be specific. It might be patience, forgiveness, purity, speech, humility, generosity, or faithfulness. Find one truth from Scripture that speaks to that area, pray over it, and identify one concrete way you can obey it today. Do not simply ask, “What do I know?” Ask, “How is Christ changing me?”

Soli Deo Gloria!

- Pastor BM
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29/09/2026

ENTRUSTED, NOT OWNED

What has God placed in your hands that was never meant to be about you?

We often speak as though what we have belongs to us.

▫️ My time.
▫️ My abilities.
▫️ My opportunities.
▫️ My ministry.
▫️ My influence.

But Paul viewed his ministry differently.

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Let us read Colossians 1:25-27:

“25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26 the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. 27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. ”
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Paul understood that God entrusted his ministry to him.

He did not create the assignment. He did not own the ministry. He was a steward.

And notice something important.

God had given this stewardship to Paul “for you.”

What God entrusted to Paul was intended for the good of others.

That changes the way we think about stewardship.

We usually associate stewardship with money or possessions.

But God entrusts much more to us.

▫️ Time.
▫️ Abilities.
▫️ Opportunities.
▫️ Relationships.
▫️ Influence.
▫️ Responsibilities.

And above all, the truth of His Word.

The question is not simply, “What has God given me?”

It is also:
“Why has God entrusted this to me, and how can I use it faithfully for His purposes and the good of others?”

Paul then describes the extraordinary message he had been entrusted to make known.

It was a mystery hidden for generations but now revealed to God’s people.

In the Holy Bible, a mystery is not something mysterious that we must somehow figure out.

It is truth once hidden that God has now made known.

And at the heart of what God revealed was not merely a new religious technique, philosophy, or program.

It was Christ.

Paul says: “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

That means Paul had been entrusted with something infinitely more valuable than his own ideas.

He had been entrusted with Christ and the gospel.

And so have we.

Parents have been entrusted with opportunities to point their children to Christ.

Teachers have been entrusted with people to teach.

Church leaders have been entrusted with people to shepherd.

Believers have been entrusted with the gospel to share.

Even our ordinary relationships can become opportunities to make Christ known.

☑️. This should make us humble.

What God has placed in our hands is not ultimately ours.

☑️. We are stewards, not owners.

And faithful stewards do not ask first: “How can I use this for myself?”

They ask: “How can I faithfully use what God has entrusted to me for His glory and the good of others?”

One day, the opportunities we have today will no longer be ours to use.

So while God has placed them in our hands, let us steward them faithfully.

And whatever He has entrusted to us, let us remember that the greatest treasure we have to give others is not ourselves.

☑️. It is Christ.

Guadalupe Baptist Church family, what has God entrusted to you in this season of your life? Have you begun treating any responsibility, opportunity, ability, or ministry as though it primarily exists for you rather than as something entrusted by God for His purposes?

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Let us pray. Our Father, thank You for everything You have entrusted to us. Forgive us when we begin treating Your gifts, opportunities, or ministry as though they belong to us. Help us remember that we are stewards. Give us wisdom to use what You have placed in our hands for Your glory and the good of others. Above all, help us faithfully make Christ known. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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Brethren, I encourage you to identify one thing God has entrusted to you right now, perhaps your time, an ability, a relationship, a responsibility, an opportunity, or a ministry. Ask yourself: “How can I use this today for God’s purposes and someone else’s good?” Then take one specific action as a faithful steward, not merely an owner.

Soli Deo Gloria!

- Pastor BM
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27/09/2026

GBC Online Worship Service (September 27, 2026)

Theme: CHRIST is SUPREME - An Expository Journey Through Colossians
Title: Him We Proclaim
Text: Colossians 1: 24-29