Cedarcrest Church

Power Over Darkness

Power Over Sin and Shame

Power over Disease

What happens when we bring our deepest desperation to God and refuse to let the crowd keep us from reaching Him? This message takes us into two remarkable healing accounts from Mark chapter 5, where Jesus is on His way to rescue a dying girl when a woman who has suffered for twelve years pushes through the crowd and touches the edge of His garment. Immediately, she is made whole. The power of this…

August 2026

Power Over Fear

What happens when the storm hits and we feel like we are going under? In this message, we explore one of the most vivid and relatable stories in all of Scripture, the moment when Jesus and his disciples found themselves caught in a violent squall on the Sea of Galilee. The disciples had seen miracles. They had walked with Jesus. And yet when the waves came crashing in and danger was real, fear…

Prayer

Submission

Submission isn’t a popular topic, especially in an independence-driven culture, but it’s essential for a vibrant walk with Jesus. In this message from our Summer Glow Up series, Pastor Van unpacks what the Bible teaches about submission to God, spiritual leaders, civic authorities, and one another. You’ll learn: Why all authority ultimately comes from God The difference between healthy submission…

Worship

Drawing from Romans 12:1, we discover that true worship means offering our entire bodies as living sacrifices—our careers, finances, relationships, dreams, and disappointments. The first mention of worship in Scripture comes not from a temple choir but from Abraham on Mount Moriah, where he demonstrated that worship is fundamentally about a surrendered heart. Using Hebrew words like yadah…

Hospitality

This message challenges us to rethink what hospitality truly means in the biblical sense. While our culture often reduces hospitality to aesthetic surroundings, nice candles, and clean homes, Scripture calls us to something far deeper: creating spaces where people feel welcomed, seen, and can encounter Jesus. The story of Zacchaeus beautifully illustrates this radical hospitality. Here was a man…

Guidance

Learning to hear God's voice transforms everything about our faith journey. This powerful message introduces us to five practical lighthouses that help us discern when God is speaking: commanding scripture, compelling spirit, counsel of the saints, common sense, and circumstantial signs. The beauty of this framework is that we're not left guessing whether we've truly heard from God. Like ship…

Simplicity

This message challenges us to examine the gravitational pull that our possessions can have on our spiritual lives. Drawing from Matthew 6 where Jesus teaches about seeking first the kingdom of God, we're invited to consider a powerful question: What would be hardest to leave behind if Jesus asked us to do it? The answer often reveals where we've allowed things to become masters rather than tools.…