Weekly Messages from the Bible, Preached at Pauls Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church. Like you, we are in a continuous search for truth and God's will for our lives. As a Christian church, Seventh-day Adventists are a faith community rooted in the beliefs described by the Holy Scriptures.
Scripture Reading: Matthew 16:18 Pastor Rich Constantinescu. Who do we submit to in order to belong to the Seventh-day Adventist Church?
Scripture Reading: Romans 12:2 Pastor Lemuel Sapian. What is the blueprint for the church? Imagine putting together a legos kit but not following the directions and deciding for yourself how to put the pieces together, what would the result be? Imagine managing church with man’s methods instead of God’s methods?
Scripture Reading: Psalm 51:7 Pastor Rich Constantinescu shares with us a message “Whiter than Snow”. What should we be striving for as Christians? What should our character look like going into the end time events?
Scripture Reading: Jude 1:21-23 Pastor Lemuel Sapian brings us a message about Present Truth and Love.
Jason Diehl talks about creation versus evolution
Scripture Reading: 2 Chronicles 7:14 Pastor Rich Constantinescu investigates the keys to Revival. Are you preparing yourself for revival?
Scripture Reading: Malachi 3:2-3 Lemuel Sapian discusses the importance of the Refiner’s Fire in the end times.
Scripture Reading: Malachi 4:5 Pastor Rich Constantinescu gives a sermon about being ready for revival in the end times.
Scripture Reading: Romans 8:28 Where is God when it hurts. We spend some time investigating 3 key stories from the Bible that help us to understand the passage of Romans 8:28 and how it is true from a Biblical Perspective.
Scripture Reading: Mark 15:31 Sermon by Lemuel Sapian
Scripture Reading: Revelation 11:15 Pastor Rich brings a message about the Kingdoms of this World and what is the final outcome of those Kingdoms. Are you preparing yourself by keeping your mind on heavenly things?
Scripture Reading: Hebrews 9:27 Lay Pastor Lemuel Sapian visits our church and shares a burden that he has for all people including Seventh-day Adventists. olo
Scripture Reading: Luke 4:16 Pastor Rich Constantinescu investigates practical worship and what it looks like. “Ask not what your church can do for you, but ask what God can do through you for your church.”
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 58:12-14 Pastor Rich investigates what it takes to keep a goat in a fence, and applies this analogy to our lives. What can we use to help us stay obedient? Speaker: Pastor Rich Constantinescu
Mother’s Day Message shared by Pastor Rich Constantinescu
Standing in the Gap is a message about intercessory prayer. How praying for those around you is critical to God’s plan. Pastor Delthony Gordon relates the story of Moses interceding for Israel even when they didn’t “want” to be prayed for. This powerful message is sure to change how you view prayer for others.
This was the opening devotional given by Rich Constantinescu. He shares how God revealed to him the power of prayer in his life, and teaches the importance of turning to our heavenly Father.
Guest Speaker Delthony Gordon. Elder Gordon shares with us part 4 of his sermon series entitled “Our Greatest Need”. In this series we investigate the greatest need of our Christian Walk, the need for the Holy Spirit.
Life and Death in the Sanctuary. What does the Sanctuary say about Life and Death? We take a quick look at the Bible understanding of life and death, what happens when we die. Do we all have immortality? There is a very important thing to understand about how the Bible teaches us in regards to…
How are Angels represented in the Sanctuary? In this message we take a look at how angels are shown to us throughout the Sanctuary service as well as what the angels jobs are. We look at the number and organization of the angels.
Proof of God? Do we need Proof of God? What about the proof of how far God will go? Proof of God is everywhere. We can find proof of God when there are good times, can we find proof of God when we have bad times? When we are exhausted, bleeding, beat down. By Rodney…
The Sanctuary. This is a critical piece of the Old and New Testament. It is critical because without it we cannot understand Hebrews, Psalms, or Revelation. So many lessons, and so many doctrines are presented in the Sanctuary, as the Sanctuary is a shadow of the true Heavenly Sanctuary. Join us on this introduction to…
Bamidele Atoyosoye shares a message about what Jesus is currently working on, and what He is currently doing in heaven.
Glenda Pierce shares a message about the importance of the Water, the Spirit, and the Blood.
Rodney Phillips shares some touching stories that built his faith in the Bible. The Bible is full of potentially life changing advice, what is it that you trust in your life?
Jason Diehl shares a message of how Jesus can set us free from Guilt and Shame. This is part 3 of a series teaching about the suffering of Christ and how we can be truly free from sin, and not just completing a cycle of sin and forgiveness.
This is the second part of the Forgotten Gospel message. In this message we dive deeper into the roots of sin, and how to replace those roots with the roots of Christ saving grace. Christ related to every single one of us through the suffering that he endured. Learn how to apply this in your…
Rodney Phillips shares a message about the importance of Water. How important is water for our life? Did you realize how little dehydrated you need to be before you start suffering the effects? Does this relate to our spiritual lives?
A message that includes a personal testimony. A message about forgiveness, healing, and the plan that Christ put into place to allow it all to happen. Hebrews 4:15,16 has a very important message. The question is not IF we are broken, the question is HOW are we broken. Jesus related to every single one of…
Lisa Rollings shares the second part of her sermon entitled Spiritual Warfare: Rules of the Game.
Rodney Phillips is our guest speaker this Sabbath and shares a message about Living Intentionally.
Lisa Rollings brings us a special message about Spiritual Warfare in our world today. Do we understand what is happening around us? Or are we allowing the wrong forces to distract us from those things that are important? Play the video below to be able see Lisa’s slides along with her sermon
Rodney Phillips shares an interesting sermon. It almost has a scary title, but bear with it. This is a sermon that more people need to not only listen to but implement in their lives.
Bamidele Atoyosoye shares a message with us about our Christian walk. While the Bible says that we are to be content, what does it say about your Christian walk? Are you ever to be satisfied with your state of “spiritual wholeness” so to speak?
Rodney Phillips as our guest, brings us a message about prayer. Does prayer work? Is it worthwhile to pray? Rodney encourages us not to be afraid to pray.
Who or what is the Holy Spirit? Is the Holy Spirit an impersonal force, emanating from God? Or is the Holy Spirit a Divine Person of the triune God? What about the gifts of the Holy Spirit? Which gifts does the Holy Spirit provide and which gifts do people abuse?
Our very own Lisa Rollings, shares a touching story comparing the earthly adoption process with the heavenly adoption process. You too can be adopted by a loving, merciful Father and family in heaven.
Sometimes I would find myself seeming to be just waiting on God. What did I need to do next? How could I fix it? How could I do things differently? I found God leading me to a lesson about prayer and revival. The two are inseparably linked. It’s never too early and it’s never too…
Bamidele Atoyosoye is our guest speaker.
In this sermon, we investigate God’s character and the beginning of 2 religions: The correct view of God, and the wrong view of God. How did the fall impact humanities view of God’s character? Is trust in God something that can be restored?
Tony Ponterio delivers his final sermon before heading home to New Jersey. He leaves us a message of the Keys of Success. How to be a successful Christian. Tony defines 3 keys each of which at their core is Jesus Christ.
Pride goeth before destruction … Pride is a deceitful thing, it gives us a false sense of reality. What are the Biblical warnings of Pride? The best place to journey is into Exodus and the story of Israel.
We take a look at one of the very common beliefs of mainstream Christianity, that is Israel in End-time Prophecy. There have been millions of books sold in over 50 different languages discussing the role literal Israel will play in the End-time Events. The most common of which are: Israel becoming a nation again in…
Have you ever wondered, What is our purpose? What is it we are supposed to do? We read in Matthew 5:13 about being the salt of the earth. Interestingly in this time period salt was used for preserving, and we could apply this as preserving the Gospel. It says in the scripture that if the…
Rodney Phillips joins us as a guest speaker. Looking at the history of Nineveh, the largest city of its time in Assyria, it’s a similar location to where ISIS controls right now. Nineveh was a very advanced society. They were accredited with founding many modern advances. But they were religious extremists. They believed in many…
Throughout history, the human race has told stories of superheroes. We seem to instinctively know we need one. The first “villain” comes into the Creation story. The devil, speaking through the serpent, lies about reality in a way that convinces the first humans to believe him. In the shame, fear, instinct to cover and hide,…
Tony Ponterio delivers our short communion message. Do this in remembrance of me. Jesus’s only instruction for us to do in remembrance of him. Tony investigates the meaning of communion, the meaning of the foot washing. This is an important lesson for us to keep at the forefront of our minds.
Sermon by Tony Ponterio. “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 As Christians can we ever expect the road to become bumpy? What happens when we are faithful? What happens in our lives when the road does get maybe even more than bumpy? Do…