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Center Point FBC We want others to see Jesus in us and join us in this wonderful journey. Join us Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Prayer Meeting: 9:30 am
Worship Service: 10:30 am - 12:00 noon
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09/06/2026

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09/04/2026

The Lord’s Supper Leads to Thankfulness

This Sunday we share the Lord’s Supper. We don’t do it often, but when we do, it’s a call to remember. “…This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” (1 Corinthians 11:25 NKJV)

When we take the Lord’s Supper, we’re reminded of what Jesus did for us on the cross. It’s not an empty ritual or something Christians do out of habit. God gave us the Lord’s Supper to help us remember because remembering keeps our hearts anchored to God.

Why do we need to remember? So we can be thankful. We can only be thankful for what we remember. That’s why Scripture calls the cup a “cup of thanksgiving” (1 Corinthians 10:16 NIV84). The Lord’s Supper reminds us to be thankful for Christ’s sacrifice, thankful for forgiveness, and thankful for grace.

We can show thanks to God in many ways: through songs of thanksgiving, through prayers of thanksgiving, or through stories of what God has done. But the Lord’s Supper is one of God’s favorite ways for His people to give thanks.

The Lord’s Supper helps us remember. Remembering leads to thanksgiving. And thanksgiving leads us into worship.

When we drink from the cup and eat the bread, we are saying to God: “Father, thank You for sending Your Son to live a perfect life and die for our sins so we can be forgiven.”

08/30/2026

Why Am I Here? God Has an Answer

Most people struggle to find purpose in life. One study found that up to 91% of people experience “purpose anxiety.” Lifeway Research reports that 57% of Americans regularly wonder how to find more meaning and purpose. A majority of young adults report little or no sense of purpose.

Pursuing purpose the way the world offers will always leave us empty and starving for meaning. It tells us to chase success, applause, comfort, image, and achievement, but every time we hit the goal, there is no peace. Solomon tried it all and called it “chasing the wind.”

True purpose is found in knowing we are created intentionally for more. We are here because God wanted us, designed us, and assigned us. When we ask, “Why am I here?” heaven answers, “Because I chose you, I formed you, and I have work for you that only you can do.”

In this message, you will learn how to find your purpose not by searching within or around you, but by looking to God.

08/28/2026

What About My Ideas?

I was reading the story of Noah the other day. God gave Noah specific instructions for building the ark: He told Noah to build it with cypress wood and seal it with tar. Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high, with three decks and stalls throughout the interior, one door, and an 18-inch opening all the way around the top just below the roof. He told Noah how many animals to load and how much food to bring.

Noah went right to work building the ark. And I can’t help but wonder if, at any point, he had ideas of his own. If I did this, it would be easier. If I did this, it would be quicker. If I did this, it would look better.

Not Noah. He went right to work building the Ark as God commanded. “So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him” (Genesis 6:22 NLT).

If you’re like me, you have a lot of good ideas to help God out. God will tell me what to do, and I’ll think how much easier and faster it would be to do it this way or that way. I know I don’t know better than God, but I do have good ideas sometimes. I need to slow myself down because that kind of thinking will cause me to miss God's plan every time.

When we’re tempted to take shortcuts, we need to remember this paraphrase of Genesis 6:9: Noah “tried always to conduct his affairs according to God's will” (TLB). You must decide that you will choose God’s way for God’s blessing, even when it doesn’t make sense.

08/21/2026

We've all been there, searching frantically for something lost, convinced it's right where we left it. But what if the issue isn't the lost item, but where we're looking? This Sunday, we'll explore how our perspective can lead us astray, and how the real discovery often lies in looking inward.

08/14/2026

When Someone Pushes Your Button

What do you do when it feels like someone is pushing your button? You’re in a conversation, and suddenly, something the other person says makes your heart race and your muscles tense. Your body is reacting before your brain can catch up: suddenly you’re in defense mode.

We all have relationships with someone who seems to say or do something that pushes our button. Maybe it’s a comment from a family member, a remark from a coworker, or an old friend bringing up a painful past. Instead of snapping, shutting down, or spiraling, you can pause, breathe, and choose to go with what I call the three Bs.

Several years ago I discovered these three B’s that help me in those difficult situations. Their words or actions are coming from somewhere. Could it be from something in their BACKGROUND causing this behavior? Maybe they are in the middle of some BATTLE that lies behind this response. Or maybe they are carrying a BURDEN that is causing them to respond so.

Here are three B’s, background, battles, and burdens, which may help explain their words or actions. They are not excuses but explanations that can deescalate the situation. Instead of reacting in anger or shutting down, you can slow down and take a breath.

When someone hits a nerve, everything in us wants to speed up, react, defend, and fire back. God flips the instinct upside down: “Remember this, my dear brothers and sisters: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and should not get angry easily. An angry person doesn’t do what God approves of” (James 1:19–20 GW).

Let the curiosity of the three B’s shift the dynamic, so you’re no longer reacting from the wound but responding with grace and mercy.

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