There is speed dating, online dating, blind dating, and all kinds of different ways people attempt to find “The One”. But have you ever considered God’s plan for you in finding the right one? In this message from Genesis 24 in the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shows that the way Isaac and Rebekah were brought together gives important and t…

Most children’s books are picture books because before a child can read they can understand the story by looking at the pictures. The purpose of the illustrations are to make what the author is communicating that much clearer to the reader. In this message from Genesis 22 in the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shows that the Old Testament is…

Perhaps you have heard the saying “You are what you eat.” That is not only true for people physically but also spiritually because what you feed will grow. In this message from Genesis 21 in the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shows the importance of feeding our spirit and starving our sinful tendencies. Because what you feed will either des…

In a time when people cut corners, play with the numbers, or cheat the system just to get ahead, we see Integrity has lost its value in our society. But is living a life of integrity really that important anymore? In this message from Genesis 20 in the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shows what it means to have integrity, why it should matte…

For generations, our nation has taken God out of everything. But when God is removed out of a society, it isn’t long before any society collapses morally, economically and most importantly spiritually. In this message from the series “The Beginnings” from Genesis 19, Pastor Brenen shares on the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and how it a picture…

It seems in the times that we are now living in, that justice is not often served. It is easy to wonder when will the wrongs be made right, when will the injustices be given justice. Will people doing wrong always get away with what they are doing? In this message from the series “The Beginnings” from Genesis 18, Pastor Brenen shares how God will j…

When we don’t see God doing WHAT we think he should be doing WHEN we think he should be doing it, we have the natural tendency to try to make it happen in our own efforts. But inevitably, those things end up making a big mess for our lives because it wasn’t the right thing or the right time. In this message from the series “The Beginnings” from Gen…

How long are you willing to wait for the promises of God to come to pass without losing faith? In this message from the series “The Beginnings” from Genesis 16, Pastor Brenen shows how between the promise of God and the performance of that promise, there is always a period of time. Discover 3 important reasons God allows that period of time and the…

We can find ourselves discouraged in our current situation when we lose site of the vision of what God is doing. In this message in the series “The Beginnings” from Genesis 15, Pastor Brenen shows how Abram had a vision that changed the way he would view his current situation. When we look to the promises of God instead of looking at what is curren…

It is easy to spend our lives working to gain more and at the same time feeling emptier and emptier. However true gain doesn’t come through getting but giving. In this message in our series "The Beginnings" from Genesis 14, Pastor Brenen shows how God was able to give more to Abram because he lived a life of giving. Fulfillment comes when you are s…

Research has found that the average person is faced with 35,000 decisions. Some of these decisions are insignificant but most of our decisions have the power to affect the future of our lives and the destination of the place you will spend eternity. In this message from Genesis 13 in our series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shares the contrast be…

Everything we view in life is based off of a FRAME OF REFERENCE. Normally, we view every situation that we go through by our own perspective but to gain a greater perspective and to build greater faith, we can view the situations we go through from God’s perspective. In this message from Genesis 12:10-20, Pastor Brenen shares how Abram and Sarai’s …

One of the most fundamental principles of a Christian is walking by faith but many people are confused on what taking steps of faith forward actually looks like. In this message, from Genesis 11:10-12:9 in the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shares the importance of following God’s plan even when you don’t understand. God uses baby steps of …

You don’t have to look very far to see there are all sorts of groups that are obviously not on the same page. Why don’t people understand each other? Why are so many people not hearing what others are saying? In this message from Genesis 10-11:9, Pastor Brenen shares how the disunity in the world can be traced all the way back to the Tower of Babel…

It’s in the storms of life that our vision of what God is doing is often clouded and we are often left wondering where is God? In this message from Genesis 9, in the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shows how rainbow serves as a reminder to all generations that God will do what he said he would do. Discover how you can know that God is workin…

The homes in our nation are in a state of emergency! The number of broken homes and broken families are continuing to increase in society. We need to alter our homes but How? In this message from Genesis 8:20-22, in the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shares that the only thing that will alter the family is a return to the family altar. Disc…

It is easy to think the less storms in life the better our lives will be, but God often uses storms to develop people and to make his presence most known. In the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen continues the story of Noah and the ark in Genesis 8:1-19 and gives 3 lessons we can learn from the life of Noah. Discover how God can use the storms…

It’s impossible to go through life without going through the storms of life but in this message, you’ll find out the difference between the people that are swept away by the storms of life, and those who are able to rise above it. In the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen continues the story of Noah and the ark in Genesis 7 and gives four lesso…

When God gives an instruction, we all have a choice! Will we listen to what God says even though it doesn’t seem to make sense, or will we do what we think is best? In the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shares from the story of Noah and the ark in Genesis 6 and shows that we do not need to fully understand God’s plan to completely obey God’…

There is a huge benefit and blessing of a person reading their bible. We know we should read our bibles, but does it really impact our lives that much? In the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shares from Genesis 5 and shows how if it's in the Bible, God wants you to know it, even if it is a seemingly boring genealogy. You will be blessed in e…

The bible is full of people who did the right thing as an example to us of what to do but it is also full of people who did the wrong thing as an example of what not to do. In the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shares from Genesis 4 and shows how throughout the bible there are records of people who failed miserably so we can learn from thei…

We have all failed horribly when it comes to doing what God has told us to do. But do you realize that when we fail we have a choice of what we do with our failure. We can bring it to God or we can try to hide from God, but when we bring it to God we find that God is faithful to forgive. In the series “The Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shares from Gen…

Have you ever wondered how God could love you after all the wrong you have done? God knows every aspect of your life and yet He still loves you completely. In the series “Beginnings”, Pastor Brenen shares from Genesis 2 and shows that God created mankind to have a love relationship with his creation. Even when we fail, God still has made a way for …

Christmas can be stressful when you start to forget about the true meaning of Christmas. But did you know that there are signs of Jesus everywhere, reminders of him in everything. In this message from Jeremiah 10:2-5 in our series “Christmas at CCE”, Pastor Brenen shares the first of 3 symbols that have a much deeper meaning to help us never lose s…