Hartland Center Community Church

05/26/2026

05/23/2026

Followers of Christ are citizens of God's kingdom before we are ever citizens of our various earthly nations. And sometimes, living a life worthy of that citizenship requires sacrifice and suffering. Join us in Philippians 1 where Paul calls the people of God to a life in keeping with citizenship in His kingdom.

Followers of Christ are citizens of God's kingdom before we are eve...

05/16/2026

The Gospel informs, motivates, directs, and shapes how we live and minister to people--not only how we get saved, but also how we live saved. The Gospel is God’s purpose for our life and our church, transforming the mundane of everyday into the meaningful of eternity. Join us in 1 Thessalonians 2, where Paul laid out how he ministered the Gospel faced with the challenges of his day.

The Gospel informs, motivates, directs, and shapes how we live and minister to people--not only how we get saved, but also how we live saved. The Gospel is G...

05/12/2026

A husband is not commanded to love his wife because of what she is or is not. He is commanded to love her because it is God's will for him to love her. It is certainly intended for a husband to admire and be attracted by his wife’s beauty, winsomeness, kindness, gentleness, or any other positive quality or virtue. But though such things bring great blessing and enjoyment, they are not the bond of marriage. If every appealing characteristic and every virtue of his wife disappears, a husband is still under just as great an obligation to love her. If anything, he is under greater obligation, because her need for the healing and restorative power of his self-less love is greater. That is the kind of love Christ has for His church and is therefore the kind of love every Christian husband is to have for his wife. (John MacArthur)

05/09/2026

As we saw last week, there are two parts to God's will: His decreed will, or what will happen in the future, and His declared will, or what He wants us to do now. We sometimes become so obsessed with knowing God’s decreed will that we forget or ignore His clear directive will in His Word. God has decreed things in our lives so that He can accomplish His purpose, conformity to His Son’s image, but He has chosen to do so as a process here and now as we obey His directive will. Join us for part 2 as Pastor Matt helps us understand how to make decisions in keeping with God's revealed will in His Word.

As we saw last week, there are two parts to God's will: His decreed will, or what will happen in the future, and His declared will, or what He wants us to do...

05/05/2026

The goodness of God takes pleasure in the pleasure of His people. For a along time it has been drummed into us that if we are happy, God is worried about us. We believe He's never quite pleased if we are happy. But the strict, true teaching of the Word is that God takes pleasure in the pleasure of His people, provided His people take pleasure in God. (A. W. Tozer)

05/02/2026

What is the secret of knowing God’s will? When we ask ourselves, “What’s God’s will?” in any given situation, more often than not, we mean, what’s God’s future plan, and unless He’s revealed it to us in His Word, the future cannot be known. But there’s another aspect to God’s will that is something we can not only know but also act upon. Join us for part 1 of this 2-part message as Pastor Matt helps us understand how to know and do God’s will.

April 26, 2026: Knowing God's Will, Part 1

04/25/2026

Believer, are you praying about your giving to God? God is all too often missing from this discussion, isn't He? Have you talked with God about what you should give, how you should give, and where you should give? This accomplishes two things: it acknowledges who God is and His rightful place as God in my life, and it transforms giving from a religious duty to a relational delight. Join us in 2 Corinthians 9 for the second part of a message on how God's grace motivates how we think about giving back to Him.

April 19, 2026: Living the Call Together: Grace-Motivated Giving, Part 2