Encouraging and challenging messages from Paragould First Assembly of God (P1AG) that are Biblically based, relevant to today and faithful to promoting the mission of Jesus Christ for His Church which is to; "Love God, Love Each Other and Love the People of our World."
Subject: Psalm 23 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Psalm 23 Date of Delivery: July 5, 2020 Pastor Carl Friedel concludes this series in Psalm 23 by challenging us to commit our entire lives to the pursuit of living in the promises of God our shepherd.
Subject: Scripture Speaker or Performer: Chris Patterson Date of Delivery: June 28, 2020 Chris Patterson of A State Chi Alpha speraks on the power of the Scriptures.
Subject: Psalm 23 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Psalm 23 Date of Delivery: June 21, 2020 Pastor Carl Friedel continues in Psalm 23 talking about how God as our father provides in such a way that we can have confidence that goodness and mercy will follow any and every thing that we face in this life.
Subject: Psalm 23 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Psalm 23 Date of Delivery: June 7, 2020 Pastor Carl Friedel describes the Shepherd/King relating the way grace, protection and provision in being anointed as His guest at the table and as a member of His flock.
Subject: Psalm 23 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Psalm 23 Date of Delivery: May 31, 2020 On Pentecost Sunday we look at the work of the Holy Spirit as He leads us through each passage of life inspired by His word and empowered by His presence.
Subject: Psalm 23 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Psalm 23 Date of Delivery: May 24, 2020 Pastor Carl describes what it means to be led ...in paths of righteousness for His names sake. His path of righteousness is the way of love and self-denial.
Subject: Psalm 23 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Psalm 23 Date of Delivery: May 17, 2020 Pastor Carl Friedel continues his series on Psalm 23. In this message we look at the meaning of the phrase - He restores my soul.
Subject: Psalm 23 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Psalm 23 Date of Delivery: May 10, 2020 Pastor Carl Friedel describes the good shepherd in terms of His ability to provide an environment for His sheep to rest in contentment.
Subject: Psalm 23 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Psalm 23 Date of Delivery: May 3, 2020 Pastor Carl Friedel begins a new series of meditation on the words of David in the most famous of passages - Psalm 23.
Subject: Thoughts Speaker or Performer: Sarah Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Philippians 4 Date of Delivery: April 26, 2020 Pastor Sarah Friedel shares a message about the choices we make in our thought life and how it impacts not only our personal lives, but the lives of people around us.
Subject: Unity Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 15 and 16 Date of Delivery: April 19, 2020 Pastor Carl Friedel wraps up our series in Romans entitled By Faith (Romans 15 16). This wrap-up summarizes the primary theme throughout this letter - that of unity among God's people that is achieved by our mutual faith in Jesus Christ.
Subject: Easter Sunday Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 8 Date of Delivery: April 12, 2020 Jesus claimed to be the resurrection and the life. The miracle of Easter is the hope restored to all creation in the cosmic event of Jesus death burial and most importantly His resurrection. This (the good and the bad and the in between) all will pass and be transformed into a new reality which conforms to the Kingdome of the ressurected King.
Subject: By Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 14 Date of Delivery: April 5, 2020 There is a difference between personal convictions and Biblical truth. Often we get caught up in disputes that are not rooted in the gospel and that need not divide us. Paul encourages those with strong convictions of reservation to not judge those with liberty in disputable matters and he also challenges those with liberty to not parade their liberty in front of or try to change those who feel restricted in their conscience - but rather we ought to encourage one another and accept one another in peace.
Subject: By Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 13:8-14 Date of Delivery: March 29, 2020 Paul's letter acknowledges for us a certain indebtedness that is called for in scripture and that is to love others with a tangible love.
Subject: By Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 13:1-7 Date of Delivery: March 22, 2020 In this Stream Only service Pastor Carl Friedel challenges us from Romans 13 to trust the sovereignty of God and to honor, respect and pray for the authorities that God has placed over us especially in this challenging time in dealing with Covid19.
Speaker or Performer: Chris Patterson Date of Delivery: March 15, 2020 Chris Patterson, of Chi Alpha at A-state,reminds us in this message that a relationship with God needs intentionality just like our human relationships do. We are so blessed to be invited into a real relationship with a real God who loves us like a spouse, like a parent, like a friend.
Subject: By Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 12 Date of Delivery: March 9, 2020 Paul calls us to bless those who persecute us in Romans chapter 12. He oulines for us a commentary on the Jesus sermon on the mount. Pastor Carl describes the divine supernatural miracle that it is to take on this part of the nature of Christ - the merciful, forgiving and sacrificially lovingpart that is.
Subject: Romans Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 12 Date of Delivery: March 1, 2020 Pastor Carl begins to delve more into Romans chapter 12 as Paul transitions from the gifts of salvationand grace of God to how we ought to respond in our lives.
Subject: By Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 12:1-2 Date of Delivery: February 23, 2020 Pastor Carl Friedel describes what it looks like to be transformed and how we litterally can change our minds in accordnace with the truth of scripture and in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Subject: God is the center of all things. Speaker or Performer: Jason Weatherford Date of Delivery: February 16, 2020 Its not about you! God is at the center of the story and is the hero of the story. Jason Weatherford reminds us here in scripture that it is not so important knowing who we are as it is in knowing whose we are as it relates to our identity.
Subject: Legacy Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Date of Delivery: February 9, 2020 On the Sunday before our 100th Birthday Pastor Carl celebrates the past while laying out a Biblical Mandate for the future. P1AG Church is 100 years old, but the best is yet to come.
Subject: By Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 11:1-15 Date of Delivery: February 2, 2020 Our expectations often can become a hindrance as they often trip us into the bondage of offense. Paul reveals in his letter to the Romans how the expectations of his Jewish brothers and sisters had become the stumbling block to their faith. This sad dilemma among God's people had paved the way however for the gospel to be spread among the Gentiles of the world. However scripture promises, and Paul reminds us of this promise, that though we have seen great moves of God, we havent even tasted the great revival set for the day when God's chosen people turn to Him. On that day their will be a global enlightenment of the truth and power of Jesus Christ in a way not yet seen.
Subject: By Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 10:13-21 Date of Delivery: January 26, 2020 Placing your faith in Jesus is more than just believeing, it requires you to obey the gospel - that is to live its truth and promises out.
Subject: By Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 9:30-10:13 Date of Delivery: January 19, 2020 Paul moves from addressing the missed role or vocation of most of his Jewish brothers and sisters to discuss why theuy also are now missing the salvation message of the cross as their preconceived ideas have been debunked by God's true plans in Christ.
Subject: By Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Romans 9:6-18 Date of Delivery: January 12, 2020 Paul speaks here to the vocational calling upon His people and the dire circumstances that result in our rejection of His purposes.
Subject: Family Sunday Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Date of Delivery: December 29, 2019 Pastor Carl Friedel discusses the importance to having divine clarity in our understanding of how to execute God's vision for us. Movement by itself is not enough. We need to, like Peter in the boat with his fishing net, hear Jesus tell us when and where and how to put the net down. When we listen to him and trust him rather than our own insights, skills or resources - we experience the greatest of His blessings.
Subject: Christmas 2019 Speaker or Performer: Pastor Carl Friedel Date of Delivery: December 22, 2019 The Word of God has so often misinterpreted in and throughout history. John chapter 1 tells us that the Word is Jesus and He came ini flesh to reveal the father to us. He is the interpretation of the scriptures. Knowing Him we know the Word. Following Him we are following the Word.
Subject: Christmas 2019 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Matthew 1 Date of Delivery: December 15, 2019 As Christmas approaches and we look at the nativity stories in the gospels we often buzz past the geneologies of Christ, but these are important in His introduction to us. Jesus, Emanuel (God With Us), came with the primary purpose of reunion - that is reconciling sinful man with his Holy and Perfect Father/ Creator/ God. In this message entiteled REUNION - Pastor Carl invites us into a family reunion of sorts where we see perhaps old familiar faces that we havent seen in a while and where we are perhaps introduced to new people that we are connected with in this great family of and plan of God.
Subject: Christmas 2019 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): John 1 Date of Delivery: December 8, 2019 Jesus left heaven to come and live here among us. This is what we call the incarnation - the divine represented in the flesh. The transformative work that He does in each of us as believers illicits a call for us to incarnational ministry as well.
Subject: Christmas 2019 Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Luke 1 Date of Delivery: December 1, 2019 Nativity and Advent points to the arrival of, birth or beggining of something - often something long awaited. However as much as the Christmas Story is a beginning it is even more a revelation of who God is and who He has always been, as well as who we are because of Him. We need this reminder often - not just once a year.
Subject: Thankfulness Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Date of Delivery: November 24, 2019 Pastor Carl Friedel reminds us that the path toward renewed thinking and a maintenance of peace, joy, and hope is found in the discipline of being thankful.
Subject: Missions Giving Speaker or Performer: Nat'l STL Dir. Eric Hoffman Date of Delivery: November 17, 2019 Guest Speaker Eric Hoffman, the National Assemblies of God Speed The Light Director, shares a stark contrast between the discrepencies of our missional focus internationally campared with our national focus. Eric paints a hopeful yet realisitic picture challenging the Church in America to partner more with missions around the world.
Subject: God's Will Speaker or Performer: Chris Patterson Date of Delivery: November 3, 2019 Chris Patterson tackles the challenging daily dilemma of diciphering God's will.
Subject: Open Heaven Speaker or Performer: Pastor Carl Friedel Date of Delivery: October 27, 2019 Pastor Carl Friedel talks about the transformative work that God has doen thorugh the Cross, Ressurection and the giving of His Spirit to all of His followers. This transformative work in our lives becomes the work that we are called to in the lives of people and in the environments and cituations of live that we encounter daily.
Subject: Christian Hedonism Speaker or Performer: Jason Weatherford Date of Delivery: October 20, 2019 Jason Weatherford challenges the materialistic/ hedonistic mindset of humanity that slips into our lives even as believers. He calls us to a contentment found alone in Jesus Christ.
Subject: Repentance Speaker or Performer: Carl Date of Delivery: October 16, 2019 Repentance means not only recieving forgiveness, but also embracing the heart and purpose that Jesus has for our lives. He has called His church to be the prophetic voice which lives out the mandate of point the world to Him and what His Kingdom looks like. He has called us to do greater things.
Subject: Honor Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Date of Delivery: October 6, 2019 Pastor Carl Friedel describes a church that honors all people challenging the struggles of prejudice, offense and hatred of those who differ from us.
Subject: Honor Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Date of Delivery: September 29, 2019 Pastor Carl caps a weekend of basketball Camp with a message for studentsand parents about showing honor to one another in your family.
Subject: Open Heaven: Honor Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Ephesians 5:21-34 Date of Delivery: September 22, 2019 Pastor Carl tackles the loaded wordsubmit and challenges the hierarchy related to the Head of the House in this message on Ephesians 5:21-34 and related passages in 1 Corinthians 11 and 14, Collosians 3 and 1 Timothy 2 concerning the roles of men and woman. This message in particular focuses on honoring eacg other in marriage. Honor in marriages, in friendships, in families, in work and in our churches protects the Open heaven of God's blessing, anointing and presence in and over our lives.
Subject: Open Heaven Speaker or Performer: Pastor Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): 1 Timothy 2:8-15 Date of Delivery: September 8, 2019 Pastor Carl continues to expound on establishing a culture of honor as a means to nurture and protect the movement of God upon His people through revival and the blessing of Open Heaven. In particular Pastor Carl addresses the first of a few challenging passages in scripture which have been used toward the oppresion of women in their callings and roles within the Body of Jesus Christ. Pastor Carl unpacks the passage found in 1 Timothy 2:8-15 in light of the balance of the scriptures, historical and cultural context and exploration of the original language of the text.God has designed us equally dignified and with complementary roles, but he has not limited roles, and particularly leadership roles, within the church based on preferential gender.
Subject: Honor Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Luke 4 Date of Delivery: September 1, 2019 In this message Pastor Carl addresses our need to honor the presence of God, His people, and the opportunities He brings our way. So much is missed because we do not in faith Honor our surroundings and the giver of our present blessings and help.
Speaker or Performer: Youth Alive Director Chris Bradley Date of Delivery: August 25, 2019 Back To School Sunday kicks off a new school year with prayer for our Teachers, Faculty, Staff, Admins and Students on our campuses and a challenge to make this year count from Guest Speaker Chris Bradley, Arkansas State Youth Alive Director.
Speaker or Performer: Coach Spencer Hoffman Date of Delivery: August 18, 2019 Coach Hoffman reminds us to protect the calling and the gifts of God in our lives.
Subject: Spiritual Warfare Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Epesians 6 Date of Delivery: August 11, 2019 Pastor Carl Friedel begins to pull back the greatest barrier to experiencing the fullness of God's blessings in our lives, churches, families and communities. It is not so much just a lack of faith, but our agreement with things that are not true in God's Word. This message challenges the church to allow God to expose areas of agreement with our enemy that need to be repented of and that need to be displaced with God's truth and pressence.
Subject: Faith Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Date of Delivery: July 28, 2019 Pastor Carl challenges the status quo as it relates to the churches faith, by looking at several miracles of Jesus and His interactions with those whowitness them and were recipients of His ministry. Faith should be something thatis growing in and amongst Christ-followers.
Subject: Missions Speaker or Performer: Hadleigh Bynum and Pastor Sarah Friedel Date of Delivery: July 21, 2019 Hadleigh Bynum shares about her missions trip with Chi Alpha to Africa last month. Pastor Sarah Friedel encourages the church to not allow anything to discourage or distract us from our mission.
Subject: New Wine/ Beatitudes Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): John 2 Date of Delivery: July 14, 2019 Pastor Carl unpacks the prophetic message behind Jesus first miracle and shares a more accurate interpretation of the beatitudes in Jesus sermon on the mount.
Subject: Network 211 Speaker or Performer: Brad and Glenda McMath Date of Delivery: July 7, 2019 Brad and Glenda McMath share about their ministry with Network 211 an internte missions outreach as well as sharing about Glenda's personal victory with PTSD.
Subject: Testimonies Speaker or Performer: Pastor Sarah Friedel Date of Delivery: June 30, 2019 Our Teenagers share about their experiences with God at Youth Camp.
Subject: Hardship Speaker or Performer: Jason Weatherford Date of Delivery: June 21, 2019 Jason Weatherford describes an appropriate response to lifes challenges.
Subject: Legacy Speaker or Performer: Carl Friedel Scripture Passage(s): Hebrews 11 Date of Delivery: June 16, 2019 Pastor Carl Friedel discusses the importance of carrying revival and pursuing the dreams of God over us for our lives and for the lives of future generations so that we may be blessed and so that we may passon a spiritual legacy that will last into eternity.