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Weekly Messages

Lead Pastor Rich Roush

Our mission at North Highlands is to make healthy disciples for Jesus Christ. Our weekly messages help guide our church in the direction we believe God is leading us.

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33:13

The Gift of Hope

Weekly Messages ·

2023/12/04

In a world filled with uncertainties, challenges, and ever-changing circumstances, the concept of hope often emerges as a guiding light for many. However, the world's understanding of hope can sometimes resemble a fragile wish, a desire founded on circumstances and fleeting emotions. It’s not so for the people of God. This Sunday, we will not gather to practice wishful thinking together, but to proclaim a profound contrast between the hope propagated by secular culture, rooted in the temporal and

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36:44

The Gain of Sacrifice

Weekly Messages ·

2023/11/27

What do you treasure? One needs to look no further than his or her priorities for the truth. Whatever we focus on dictates our actions–make no mistake, you are willing to sacrifice for the thing(s) most valuable to you. Whether it’s money, status, power, safety, or comfort. What do you treasure? There is only one thing most “worth it;” one thing of “surpassing worth” (of “everlasting worth”) that is truly worth treasuring, where the gain for us and for others is truly worth the sacrifice. This

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40:05

The Work of Sacrifice

Weekly Messages ·

2023/11/19

Have you ever been asked the question, “What do you do?” For the majority of us, when asked the question, we begin with our career, our work–at least we do if we are proud of what we do, right? In our culture, we are often defined by our work. There are a number of problems with this mentality. The biggest problem with this mentality, frankly, is that it is unbiblical. We are not defined by our work. The Bible clearly teaches that we are defined by God’s work–the work He has done for us in Christ

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31:43

The Beauty of Sacrifice

Weekly Messages ·

2023/11/12

This weekend is Veterans Day where we honor veterans of our country’s Armed Forces. There is something particularly beautiful about sacrifice that, when you see it, you cannot help but be moved, whether it be a hero's sacrifice for one’s family or country or, in the case of our scripture reading for Sunday, a savior’s sacrifice for the sin of the world.

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34:57

The Courage to Sacrifice

Weekly Messages ·

2023/11/05

This Sunday is International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Together, we join millions of Christians around the world in praying for the persecuted church. The statistics are startling. There are over 360 million Christians who will suffer high levels of persecution today and every two minutes, someone is killed for their faith in Jesus.* These persecuted brothers and sisters of ours are without question some of the most courageous people on earth. From where does their courage come? Bring

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28:47

Learn, Love, and Live Like Jesus

Weekly Messages ·

2023/10/29

Join us this Sunday as we wrap up our Ready to Run series. Let's explore the discipleship strategy here at North Highlands and discover what it means to Learn, Love, and Live Like Jesus.

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30:56

Seek Him First

Weekly Messages ·

2023/10/22

We often seek temporary prizes or pleasures, but Jesus asks us to seek His kingdom and His righteousness which are imperishable. This week we hear about several lessons from the Sermon on the Mount - lessons that Christ calls us to put into practice now for an eternal reward.

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38:17

You are Wanted

Weekly Messages ·

2023/10/15

Our third and final value is an outward facing one: You are Wanted. Every church wants to be a welcoming church. But oftentimes the way churches think of “welcoming” is superficial at best or misguided at worst, opting for an approach that (even if unconscious) avoids all moral judgments and encourages a “values-free” environment in the name of being welcoming. Well, here at North Highlands, we believe those two approaches to being a “welcoming” church fall woefully short of the biblical standard;

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38:10

We are Family

Weekly Messages ·

2023/10/08

So, I grew up going to a beautiful old (in every way) Methodist church in downtown Waco. My mom sang in the choir, which meant my siblings and I needed someone to watch us every Sunday. That someone was Ms. Sandra Test, a sweet elderly woman, who, to curb our boredom, would do little scribbles on the bulletin for me and my siblings and then we would have to turn them into something - a dog, a cat, etc. She did her best, but we were bored out of our minds. In fact, I associated church with two

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35:39

God is God

Weekly Messages ·

2023/10/01

This weekend we pivot from Mission and Vision and begin to focus on a few values that we have here as a church. These values are the shared convictions that we have as a church body that create the culture we enjoy as a church. They are the things that people pick up on or feel when they are with us and this morning we hit on the first of three values we have at North Highlands: God is God (and we are not). I have heard time and time again from folks how much NHBC values the authority of God and

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38:06

Everyday Encounter

Weekly Messages ·

2023/09/24

It’s going to be an exciting Sunday! We have a guest worship leader and Connect4Lunch. Yum! And to top it off, we will talk about our vision as a church which is to see lives forever changed through everyday encounters with Jesus. This is not only possible, it should be the expectation. And not because we want it, but because God wants it. Bring a friend, come hungry and we will see you this weekend!

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41:04

Everyday Pursuit

Weekly Messages ·

2023/09/17

I am so excited to kick off this new vision series we are calling Ready to Run and I hope that you are excited, too. This first Sunday would be the PERFECT Sunday to invite friends who are looking for a church family or are simply on your mind and heart because we are going to discuss our mission as a church as we consider the most important question that we will ever answer.

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41:21

The Opposition and The Armor

Weekly Messages ·

2023/09/11

Studying Paul’s letter to the Ephesians has been so good. And while we all might prefer Paul to end on “high note,” Paul opts to end with an honest one–he talks about the Opposition and the Armor of God. For we know for certain God’s plan is to create a new united humanity, but it will not happen without a fight. There is an Enemy who will stop at nothing to keep God’s plan from happening. But, praise God! The Enemy has already been defeated and the battle has already been won.

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37:22

Spirit-filled Families

Weekly Messages ·

2023/09/03

There are few passages in scripture more controversial than the one we are going to read this weekend–and possibly then for this very reason, there are few passages more socially relevant and important for followers of Jesus to both rightly understand and faithfully follow. Let’s talk about it!

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37:50

Spirit-filled Relationships

Weekly Messages ·

2023/08/27

This week we cover a text that is to the modern audience one of the most well-known and controversial texts in all of the New Testament–to suggest it be read at a wedding today would lead to a public outcry. I think the reasoning is two-fold. It requires something the world doesn’t have and something the church hasn’t done.

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34:49

Like Father, Like Son

Weekly Messages ·

2023/08/20

Most of us are probably familiar with the old adage “Like Father, Like Son.” It reflects the idea that children often inherit traits, behaviors, and tendencies from their parents, especially their dads. I often catch myself saying things or doing things that my father did and I catch my kids saying and doing things that I do. It’s awesome, but also terrifying to think–kids imitate their parents. Ephesians 5:1 and following acknowledges this enduring truth and even encourages it, only we are not

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36:34

Old Self, New Self

Weekly Messages ·

2023/08/13

One of my favorite things growing up about going back to school was getting to buy new clothes. With a new shirt and a new pair of shoes, I felt like the possibilities for me were endless. Like it was all I needed to live my best life. Our scripture passage from Ephesians is the perfect Back to School Sunday text because it reminds us that when we become followers of Jesus, we get a new set of clothes–we are clothed in Jesus, and these new clothes truly do make all the difference.

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27:56

The Race Worth Running

Weekly Messages ·

2023/08/06

All of us are entered in the race. We are in the marathon of all marathons. This is the only race worth running, why not run it well? Bring your running shoes and join us this Sunday to learn how to be faithful to the finish!

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39:30

Three Marks of a Healthy Church

Weekly Messages ·

2023/07/30

We have talked about the truth of who we are in Christ. Now, we begin to talk about what it looks like for us to live in response to this truth together. What does it look like to walk worthy of our calling?

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38:33

A Pivotal Prayer

Weekly Messages ·

2023/07/23

The first three chapters of Ephesians have been all about who God is, what God has done, and consequently then who we are in Christ Jesus. The final three chapters are about how we are to live in response–how we are, as Pauls says, “to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.” Understanding who God is and what God has done is essential for us, especially if we are to know what is true of each of us in Jesus. But, you and I need more than knowledge of these things if we

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