Sermon: The Cost Is Worth It with Pastor Phil Diaz ✝️ Scripture: Luke 9:23-27 Date: March 8, 2026 Following Jesus isn’t about giving Him a small part of our lives—it’s about surrendering everything. Jesus calls us to deny ourselves, take up our cross daily, and follow Him. While discipleship can be costly, the life we gain in Christ is far greater than anything the world can offer. 🙌 🔹 True discipleship requires surrender Jesus invites us to deny ourselves, let go of control, and follow Him daily. Faith isn’t a “buffet” where we pick what we like—it's an all-in commitment. ✋➡️🙌 🔹 Losing your life for Christ leads to real life The world tells us to chase success and hold tightly to what we want, but Jesus teaches that when we surrender our lives to Him, we discover our true purpose and eternal life. 🌍➡️✨ 🔹 What we gain in Christ is greater than any cost You can gain the whole world and still lose your soul. But when we follow Jesus fully, we experience the power, purpose, and promise of God’s kingdom. 👑🔥 #TheCostIsWorthIt #FollowJesus #TakeUpYourCross #AllInForChrist #Luke9 #FaithInAction #GreencastleNazarene #SurrenderToGod #KingdomLiving #PastorPhilDiaz

Sermon: Called on Purpose with Pastor Phil Diaz Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16 Date: March 1, 2026 This week’s message from Ephesians 4:1-16 reminds us of a powerful truth: You are not saved by accident — you are called on purpose! 🙌 🔹 You Have a God-Given Calling 🎯 Your life is not random, overlooked, or forgotten. God has called you intentionally and designed you with purpose (Eph. 4:1). Don’t drift through life — walk worthy of the calling He’s placed on you. You are chosen, redeemed, and created for good works! ✨ 🔹 Character Comes Before Platform ❤️ Living out your calling starts with humility, gentleness, patience, and unity. In a divided world, we reflect Jesus by choosing His ways over our own. Maturity in Christ means growing up in love and speaking truth with grace. 🌱 🔹 Every Believer Is Gifted & Needed 🤝Jesus gives gifts to His church so we can build one another up. Every part of the body matters — including YOU. Whether seen or unseen, your obedience strengthens the whole church. Step out of comfort and into calling! 🔥 Let’s live not comfortably, but called — offering our lives as living sacrifices and shining His light wherever we go. 💡 #CalledOnPurpose #IdentityInChrist #YouAreChosen #GreencastleNazarene #SpiritualGrowth #ChristlikeCharacter #UnityInChrist #BodyOfChrist #OnMission #FaithInAction #PastorPhilDiaz

Sermon: From Ashes to Beauty with Pastor Phil Diaz Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-3 Date: Feb 15, 2026 This week we reflected on the powerful promise in Isaiah 61:1–3. God never intended for us to live buried in the ashes of past pain, disappointment, or regret. Through Jesus, He restores, renews, and brings new life. 🔥 Stop carrying what God asked you to surrender. Many people carry the ashes of disappointment, grief, past mistakes, and unanswered prayers. But God never intended for believers to live weighed down by what’s already burned away. Through Christ, we’re called not just to survive the fire—but to rise above it. 🙌 Jesus Brings Restoration and Freedom The promise in Book of Isaiah points to Jesus—the Anointed One who brings good news to the poor, healing to the brokenhearted, and freedom to captives. God’s Spirit moves where human effort cannot, restoring lives from the inside out. 🌳 God trades ashes for beauty.When we surrender our pain, God replaces mourning with joy, despair with praise, and weakness with strength. Restored lives become like strong oaks planted by God—living testimonies of His glory. But transformation begins when we release what we’ve been carrying. What ashes might God be asking you to release today? #FromAshesToBeauty #Isaiah61 #LetItGo #FaithJourney #Hope #GoodNews #FreedomInChrist #Restoration #JesusChangesEverything #NewLife #GodsGlory #GreencastleNazarene #PastorPhilDiaz

Sermon: A Love That Never Quits with Pastor Phil Diaz Scripture: Romans 8:31–39 Date: Feb 15, 2026 ❤️ If God Is For Us, Nothing Can Defeat Us Rooted in Epistle to the Romans 8:31–32, Pastor Phil reminded us that opposition, hardship, fear, or even failure do not mean God has abandoned us. The cross is God’s permanent proof of His love. If He gave us Jesus, He will not quit on us now. Hard seasons don’t cancel God’s love—they often deepen our faith. ✝️ No Accusation Can Outrank Jesus’ Advocacy Though the enemy accuses and shame tries to linger, Jesus has already paid the full price for our sin. Not only did He die and rise again—He now intercedes for us. There is no condemnation for those in Christ. We are forgiven, defended, and declared righteous through Him. 🔥 Nothing Can Separate Us From God’s Love Neither trouble, loss, fear, death, nor spiritual forces can sever us from Christ’s love (Romans 8:35–39). God’s love is relentless—it never lets go, even when life pushes back. However, while sin doesn’t stop God from loving us, it can cloud our connection to Him. We are invited to repent, return to our first love, and live from a place of overwhelming victory. #GodIsForUs #UnshakableLove #FaithOverFear #NoCondemnation #JesusOurAdvocate #GraceWins #NothingCanSeparate #RelentlessLove #OverwhelmingVictory Core Message:👉 God’s love never lets go—even when life pushes back.

February 8, 2026 Sermon: When God Feels Silent Scripture: Psalm 13 🔹 Bring Your Honest Questions to God David begins Psalm 13 with raw, unfiltered questions: “How long, O Lord?” Silence can feel overwhelming, but God is not afraid of our doubts or pain. When God feels quiet, we are invited to talk to Him honestly. Silence doesn’t cancel the relationship — it deepens it. 🙏 🔹 Silence Shapes Trust, Not Defeat Waiting can weigh heavily on the soul, and the enemy may try to interpret silence as abandonment. But God’s silence is not His surrender. Even when we lose perspective, God is still present, still sovereign, and still working. Often, before He changes the situation, He changes our sight. 👀✨ 🔹 Choose Trust & Worship in the Waiting David’s lament turns into confidence: “I trust in Your unfailing love… I will sing to the Lord.” The Gospel is the ultimate proof of God’s unfailing love through Jesus Christ. When answers delay, worship anyway. When clarity is missing, trust anyway. Because even when God feels quiet, He is still forming faith in us. 🎶❤️ #HonestPrayer #Psalm13 #FaithInTheQuiet #TrustTheProcess #GodIsPresent #SpiritualGrowth #UnfailingLove #WorshipThroughIt #EvenWhenSilent

Sermon: The Speck In Your Own Eye – Feb 1, 2026 Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6 1. 👀 Check your heart before you check othersJesus reminds us that it’s easy to spot the speck in someone else’s life while ignoring the log in our own. Judgment often feels justified, but it blinds us to our own need for grace and healing. 2. ❤️ Judgment pushes away, humility draws closeWe can’t heal what we only judge. True accountability is rooted in humility, relationship, and love—not moral superiority. Grace creates space for transformation; condemnation builds barriers. 3. 🙏 Replace judgment with prayer and discernmentSpiritual maturity turns criticism into intercession. Prayer invites God to work where judgment never can, reminding us that every soul is precious and change happens through love, not shame. #TheSpeckInYourOwnEye #GraceOverJudgment #HeartPosture #LoveLikeJesus #PrayerChangesThings #HealingNotCondemnation #PastorPhilDiaz #GreencastleNazarene #ChurchoftheNazarene #Matthew7

Jan 18, 2026 Sermon: A Faith That Shows Up Scripture: James 2:14-26 1. 🙌 Real faith is more than words—it reshapes how we live. Faith isn’t just believing the right things about God; it’s trusting Him so fully that our choices, priorities, and actions are transformed. If faith never shows up in our lives, we have to ask whether it ever truly moved in. 2. 👣 Belief alone isn’t enough—faith produces obedience. James reminds the church that even demons believe in God, but true faith is proven through action. Real faith shows up in compassion, generosity, forgiveness, resisting sin, and saying “yes” to God even when it costs us something. 3. 🔥 We are saved by grace, but saved for good works. Biblical examples like Abraham and Rahab show that faith and action work together. Obedience isn’t the root of salvation—it’s the fruit. A living faith takes a step, sits in the chair, and moves forward trusting God to hold us. ✨ Real faith always shows up. #FaithThatShowsUp #RealFaith #James2 #FaithInAction #TrustAndObey #LivingFaith #FollowJesus

Date: Sunday, January 11, 2026 Sermon: Grace Before You Knew It Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 Grace Was at Work Before You Ever Believed 🙌 Long before we recognized God—or even knew what to call His presence—God’s grace was already moving. What once looked like luck, coincidence, or “just life” was actually prevenient grace: God acting toward us before we could act toward Him. Grace always moves first. 💡 We Were Once Dead, but God Made Us Alive ✝️ Paul reminds us in Ephesians 2 that we were spiritually dead because of sin—unable to rescue ourselves. But then come the two life-changing words: “But God.” Rich in mercy and great in love, God brought us from death to life through Jesus—not because of our efforts, but purely by His grace. ❤️ Grace Saves, Sustains, and Transforms Us 🌱 Grace doesn’t stop at salvation. The same grace that saves us continues to shape us, grow us in holiness, and empower us to live as God’s masterpiece. We are not self-made—we are grace-formed, created anew to live out the good works God planned long ago. 🎨✨ #GraceBeforeYouKnewIt #GodsGrace #PrevenientGrace #ButGod #SavedByGrace #Ephesians2 #GodsMasterpiece #GraceAlwaysMovesFirst

🌀 This Changes Everything | Jan 4, 2026 1. 🔁 Real transformation begins with real surrender — not resolutions or trying harder, but fully offering our lives to God as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1). 2. 🧠 God transforms us by renewing our minds — refusing the patterns of the world and allowing Jesus to change how we think, live, and trust (Romans 12:2). 3. 🔥 True worship is a surrendered life — when we give God the “chair” of our hearts, He brings lasting freedom, growth, and purpose. ✨ When we surrender completely, God renews us completely — and this changes everything. #ThisChangesEverything #LivingSacrifice #Romans12 #NewYearNewHeart #SurrenderToGod #MindRenewal #FaithTransformation #Holiness #JesusChangesLives