Susquehanna Valley Baptist Church

2025 Preaching Conference - The Daughters of Job As we look into the final chapter of Job, one of the glaring aspects of it is the preeminence of Job's three daughters. These three daughters show the grace of God towards Job, and they serve as a reminder that the Lord writes the final chapter of our lives.

2025 Preaching Conference - God Knows You In life, we will have happenings, hurtings, and headings. If we are to reach the end and live out God's will for our lives, we must come to grips with the fact that God knows us. It is God who directs all things for His glory. It is God who knows us and will take us where He wants us to be. It is our duty to yield to Him and allow Him to work.

2025 Preaching Conference - Day Three in the Life of Job The afflictions of Job were quite intense above what we can comprehend. The adversary was relentless in his attacks, yet, through it all, Job retained his integrity.

2025 Preaching Conference - No Hassle in My Castle The family is a primary object of the devil's attacks. If he can take out the marriage, he can ruin the ministry capabilities of both the husband and the wife. We must take care to guard this treasure with diligence.

2025 Preaching Conference - Grasshopper Vision Fear, if allowed to take hold in our lives, will distort our faith, leading us to adopt "grasshopper" vision. By identifying four spiritual pitfalls rooted in fear, Believers can learn to see things through God's perspective.

2025 Preaching Conference - Day Two in the Life of Job Job's profound response to catastrophic loss is an example that true faith endures in the midst of suffering. Through the unfolding events of a single day, where Job loses his health, his wealth, and his children, his reaction becomes a model of unwavering faith and trust that is rooted in the recognition that all things come from God and return to God.

2025 Preaching Conference - Day One in the Life of Job Believers cannot take the Devil lightly. He is roaming the earth seeking the downfall of God's people. It is a chilling thought to consider the story of Job, but we must consider it and learn to trust the Lord no matter the circumstances that surround us.

2025 Preaching Conference - The Devil's Attacks In every generation, the devil is attacking believers seeking to render them useless in the service of God. Though times may change, his tactics remain the same. Yet, the response to these tactics also remains the same - trust in the Lord.

2025 Preaching Conference - Remember the Bees We make decisions in our lives every day. The decisions we make will always lead us in a direction. This direction leads to a destination that shows what we are devoted to? Are we deciding to choose God or choose ourselves?

2025 Preaching Conference - Mending the Thin Lines Good spiritual health is not automatic to the believer. It requires ongoing vigilance and willing surrender to God's grace. Fatigue will occur, but we must make it integral in our lives to retreat into the presence of God regularly. We must prioritize Christ over busyness.

The believer is separated from the world simply because he has hope. The world is searching for both hope and peace, but they will never find it. Why? It comes only through faith in Jesus Christ.

We do not have to wait to enter heaven to live an abundant life. Through the finished work of Christ on the cross, we can live the abundant life right now.

Just as sheep follow the shepherd, we are to follow Christ! As the shepherd of His flock, he will guide us, protect us, and help us through trials we face. He is the shepherd of our soul. The question is will we follow His voice, or choose our own path?

Several times in this book, Peter, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, tells us to be looking. Let's learn from 2 Peter what we are to be looking at.

In this episode, we look at God's faithfulness over the first 15 years of Susquehanna Valley Baptist Church. There have been years of abundance and years of need. But through it all, God has sustained the ministry through seasons of doubt, scarcity, and personal sacrifice.

What is the driving force that guides what we do? Our chief end must be to do all to the glory of God. If we fail to give God His rightly deserved glory, we will fail to do the will of God.

Worry is natural for everyone including the believer. Yet, God has clearly given an antidote to combating worry in our lives. We must take Him at His Word and live in the peace He provides.

There are numerous things that we should have knowledge of when it comes to our relationship with God. Ignorance of God's Word and Will should never characterize the life of the believer.

The best time to serve the Lord is in your youth. It is in your youthful years that you have the energy and the time to serve God the most and the best. Why are we prioritizing worldly pleasures over service to God?

How one views eschatology will directly influence how one lives out his life today. Today, we look at the three primary views of eschatology and how each one carries the believer to differing doctrinal beliefs.

Christian nationalism is rampant in "Christian" churches across the country in this present age. Many lack the understanding of what it is and what it is grounded upon spiritually. When it comes down to it, Christian nationalism is the offspring of postmillenial eschatology - an errant interpretation of the last days.

What in your life do you worry about? What are your cares? There are many reasons to worry, and it all started in the garden of Eden. We have a friend, and His name is Jesus Christ! He wants us to lift up our cares to Him! Ultimately fretting reveals a lack of trust in God.

As Peter speaks of the second coming of the Lord, he seeks to remind the believers of what has already been taught them. It is key to the believer's life to be constantly in the Word and under the preaching of God's Word, that he not forget what God desires of them.

How can we know that a teacher is false? Are there certain characteristics or attributes that reveal their heart and motives? The Bible gives us answers to these questions so that we are not taken astray by those seeking our destruction.

As Peter warns of false teachers, he uses the example of Balaam from Numbers. The way of Balaam is to make a market of spiritual things. He sought to use spiritual things for earthly gain. Peter warns against this type of false teaching.

There are some things that we can not definitively say "This is the will of God." But in the area of raising children in the Word of God, we know that it is the Will of God to teach them the Word of God early, often, and continuously.

Hope and lasting change do not originate from worldly sources like politics or economics, but from a steadfast faith in Christ. Justification by grace through faith, true righteousness comes not from good works or affiliations, but from a personal relationship with Jesus.

We can know false teachers by their walk, their will, their pursuit of wealth, and their women. Rather than walking in the Spirit, they will be walking according to their flesh, and it shows in every area of their life.

The Biblical view of the millennial reign of Christ, in light of contemporary anxieties and a perceived increase in global suffering. The promise of a future utopian society ruled by a faithful and righteous King, different from failed the attempts at earthly utopias throughout history.

If we will overcome sin in our lives, we must cultivate humility in our lives. Pride will never please God.

It is not only God's desire, but it is God's plan for parents to teach their children the ways of God. This training does not just happen at family devotions, but it takes place throughout the day and wherever opportunity is given to bring glory to God.

True righteousness is not earned through human effort or adherence to the law, but rather received as a free gift through faith in Christ, enabling believers to live a life worthy of their calling and reflecting God's grace.

Peter is giving us some examples of false teachers from the Old Testament. Why? So we can learn from them and be diligent in watching for false teachers in our day.

As we look at Biblical examples of ladies serving the Lord, we have to acknowledge that God uses the ordinary lady with ordinary, run-of-the-mill gifts when that lady has her heart aligned with His will. What her hands do is simply an outflowing of where her heart is.

If one is going to overcome sin, he must not be in conflict with God. Those in conflict with God have several characteristics. Chief of these is the characteristic of pride.

One of the most important decisions you will make in life is who you choose to marry. Numerous couples face marriage problems, and much of it could have been avoided if they had followed a Biblical pattern for choosing a Godly spouse.

In the last few months, the United States has been rocked by tragedy. From the assassinations of Melissa Hortman and Charlie Kirk to the Mystic Camp Flood in Texas to the Catholic school shooting in Minneapolis, this nation has been shocked. What is to be the believer's response to these tragedies? The Lord has given us His Word and in it we will find the proper way to respond to the most tragic of circumstances that we encounter in this life.

God has given believers the life of Christ as the example of how they are to live their lives. In His goodness, God is not like our human teachers in that they can only be with us part of the time. Through the Holy Spirit that dwells within every believer, we have God with us at all times.

It is a necessity within our local churches to be vigilant for false teachers. We can recognize false teachers by their worship, their ways, and their words.

To whom is the invitation of the gospel given? Some would say that it is only for a few, but the Scriptures could not be clearer on the subject. The invitation for salvation is for all men; none are excluded. It requires repentance and belief for a person to receive this most wonderful gift.

It is always a difficult matter to find Christ-like examples of ladies to pattern our lives after. Through the lives of three godly ladies, we see three wonderful examples of laboring for the Lord. We look at lives that exemplify faithful labor, loving generosity, and gracious leadership.

In Philippians 3, the apostle confronts a dangerous false teaching that threatens the gospel of grace. Drawing from the Old Testament, Paul contrasts the heart's separation to God with mere external observance, affirming that salvation comes not through law-keeping but through faith in Christ, whose work in the believer supersedes all human effort. The passage calls us to a life of continual spiritual renewal where the Lord, not human works, is the author and finisher of faith. Therefore God's child can rejoice in Christ!

The sermon draws from 1 Corinthians 12 to present the local church as a unified body in Christ, emphasizing that believers—regardless of ethnic, social, or economic background—are joined together through the Spirit and united under Christ as the head. Central to this message is the theological truth that every member, no matter how seemingly insignificant or uncomely, is essential to the body's function and purpose. The threefold purpose of the church—glorifying God, edifying believers, and evangelizing the lost—is grounded in the practical realities of assembling together, praying together, ministering together, and striving together in faith.

One of the amazing things about God is that He uses flawed men and women to accomplish his purposes. He doesn't need us, but he uses the little that we have to bring honor and glory to His name. Are we willing to yield to Him and allow Him to use us in His service.

The sermon explores the experience of discouragement through the life of Elijah, highlighting how even mighty figures of faith can be overwhelmed by fear and despair.

Worshipping God properly never happens by accident. Growth never happens by accident. As ladies, it can be very easy for us to worry about our kids, our lunch, our week ahead, etc. as we come to church. Yet, we must make it a priority to have a prepared heart and a prepared mind to hear and to heed the preaching of the Word of God.

The sermon centers around identifying the believer's identity. The believer's identity is not found in external religious rituals or legalistic works, but in a transformative, inward relationship with Christ.

Just as the Ten Commandments serve as the foundation of God's Law, some Biblical principles regarding finance should serve as the bedrock of sound finances.

We must recognize the importance of standing firm in biblical truth amidst spiritual compromise and theological apostasy. This is done by standing firm on the Word of God. Ultimately, believers need to grow in their knowledge of Christ in order to guard against false teachings.

It is in times of suffering that believers have the greatest opportunity to be like Jesus Christ. After all, it was Christ who suffered the worst so that we might have eternal life with Him.