Grace Community Church: Painted Post, Corning

Demolishing the Strongholds in our Minds

In Christ, by his word, and through His Holy Spirit we have power to demolish lies and build firmly on the truth of Christ. He is the rock who won’t roll, the foundation that lasts forever.

Power to Demolish and a Heart to Build Up

May we also see beyond the surface, even of people who criticize and treat us ill, and see what the power of God could do to them ??" building them up, not tearing them down!

A Living Hope From Our Living Savior!

Resurrection Sunday... Living hope redeeming our past, assuring our eternal future, and guarding us in the here and now. All through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. What a day! What a hope! What a Savior!

It is Finished - Good Friday 2021

The cup of God’s wrath has been emptied. Our debt has been paid in full. We have been rescued from death and for eternal life. What blessed words: It is finished!!!

Living Larger by Sowing Generously

The saddest harvest is a life that’s all about us. That’s where the sinful map in our hearts wants to take us. Pride can make that feel pretty fulfilling for a time, but in the end, it’s empty. It’s vain glory, empty glory. The harvest of righteousness is seeing that it’s all about God. Our joy, our hope, our meaning, our life is God.

Grace to Live Generously

When we find our Christian experience feeling smaller and smaller, shrinking and unfulfilling, there’s a good chance that the answer isn’t getting more, it’s giving more.

Conflict, Confusion, and Correction: Is it worth the risk?(Part Two)

We should never want to harm anyone. Paul says they were sorrowful the way God intended and were not harmed in any way by Paul. They were hurt, but not harmed. That hurt, began to work on their hearts and softened them towards God, they repented, did an about face, and began to press in towards God.

Conflict, Confusion, and Correction: Is it worth the risk?(Part One)

If we want to improve, we need correction. If we want our lives to grow in fruitfulness and godliness, we need correction. If we want to avoid danger, we need correction. If we want to love others well, we have to risk giving correction.

A Peek Into Biblical Counseling

A Peek Into Biblical Counseling

True Love

Come Out from Them and Be Separate

God has given us such great promises of loving, close relationship with Him, and we don’t want anything in our lives to block that fellowship or dishonor our Savior or our Father in heaven.

What Does It Mean To Be Unequally Yoked

Don’t be unequally yoked, take that yoke off and put Jesus’ yoke back on, to serve and love and labor for his will. His yoke is easy and his burden is light.

Grace Available and Accomplishing Part Three

Because here’s an important aspect of grace accomplishing: while the primary work of Christ is to reconcile sinners to God, and while the primary power of the Spirit is to unite our hearts with Christ in sweet fellowship, a vital by-product of that is to reconcile us to one another as well, and to unite our hearts together in Christ.

Grace Available and Accomplishing Part Two

Don’t forget you are new a creation in Christ. And God gives His new creations new weapons to fight with. The weapons God gives us are weapons that counter the attack, not the imitate the attack. We retaliate against hate with love. Love is more powerful than hate. We retaliate against curses with blessing. We retaliate against cruelty with kindness.

Grace Available and Accomplishing - Part One

Don’t let yesterday define today. Today is the day, now is the time. Let’s take the grace God has given us off the shelf.

The Appeal of an Ambassador Part Two

The Appeal of an Ambassador Part Two

The Appeal of an Ambassador Part One

The Appeal of an Ambassador Part One - People in need of change helping people in need of change!

Going Down, Reaching Out, Looking Up in 2021

What is God doing now, as we leave 2020 and head into the unknown waters of 2021? He is doing good, He is giving grace, He is calling people to trade empty, worldly hope for eternal, kingdom hope. What is God about? He’s about His people shining brightly in a dark world.

Seeing Christmas Through the Eyes of Mary

Seeing Christmas Through the Eyes of Mary

The Massively Big and Minutely Small Nature of Christmas

We long for a glory and a purpose and a meaning and a life that is attached to big and bold and glorious! The coming of Jesus, and the nature of Christmas provides both those things. He is God with us.

The Comings of Christ

The Comings of Christ

We Will Dance Again - The Hope of Eternal Life After Death

Far from making us detached from this earth, knowing that all men will face their Creator gives us a glorious mission: to persuade others. The fear of the Lord motivates us not to hide out, hang out, or give up. It energizes us to persuade others to believe and receive the salvation Jesus came to give. So we don’t lose heart. Rather, we are of good courage. Courage to go downward, outward, and upward.

Don’t Lose Heart (Part Two)

What kept Paul’s heart in the game? What motivated Paul to soldier on in ministry when everything seemed to scream “give up!” Pastor Allen Snapp gave this message to All Saints at Grace Community Church, just off Victory Highway in Corning and Painted Post. Grace sees Baptist tradition.

Don't Lose Heart (Part One)

Sometimes you’ll be the one who needs to be stirred up, sometimes you’ll be the one who stirs up someone else to love and good works. Let’s not be sidelined. Let’s not lose sight of why God put us together. And let’s believe God will do what only God can do. Pastor Allen Snapp gave this message to All Saints at Grace Community Church, just off Victory Highway in Corning and Painted Post. Grace sees Baptist tradition.

Don't Lose Heart (Part 1)

Sometimes you’ll be the one who needs to be stirred up, sometimes you’ll be the one who stirs up someone else to love and good works. Let’s not be sidelined. Let’s not lose sight of why God put us together. And let’s believe God will do what only God can do. Pastor Allen Snapp gave this message to All Saints at Grace Community Church, just off Victory Highway in Corning and Painted Post. Grace sees Baptist tradition.

Going from Glory to Glory

So often we can feel stuck in the same place day after day, year after year. How do we change? As given by Pastor Allen Snapp of Grace Community Church in Corning New York. Given to all the Saints at the church just off Victory Highway in Painted Post New York.

The Four Cs of Authentic Christian Ministry

The Four Cs of Authentic Christian Ministry As given by Pastor Allen Snapp of Grace Community Church in Corning New York. Given to all the Saints at the church just off Victory Highway in Painted Post New York.

The Triumphal Procession of Christ

201025 The Triumphal Procession of Christ

Life In Christ... Is

Life In Christ... Is

When Enough is Enough - The Grace of Forgiveness

Forgiveness promotes the presence of Christ in the church, and it protects us from the schemes of Satan: so that we would not be outwitted by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his designs.

Motives, Mindset, and Ministry in the Middle of Relational Mess

Someone once said that ministry would be so much easier if there weren’t any people in the church. It’s kinda true! Where two or more are gathered in Jesus’ name, there Jesus is. But where two or more are gathered, there mess is also. There’s grace, and there’s mess. A message given to All Saints at Grace Community Church in Corning NY and Painted Post NY. Grace Community Church is near Victory Highway in Painted Post NY.

All The Promises Of God Are Yes In Christ

Paul’s relationship with the Corinthian church is, to coin a phrase, complicated. Almost immediately after he arrived in Corinth, he met strong opposition and abusive treatment, and he must have been ready to throw in the towel because an angel appeared to him saying don’t be afraid, I have many people in this city.” Paul remained in Corinth preaching the gospel and planting the church for a year and a half.

Messy Grace One: The God of All Comfort

So Paul writes this really messed up church a letter, what we know as 1 Cor. And that letter helped – a lot! The church took Paul’s rebuke to heart, repented of their arrogance, strongly addressed the incest, and as a church began to move in the right direction. Given to all Saints at Grace Community Church in Corning New York and Painted Post New York.

Christ Alone is the Alpha and Omega

There are three places in Revelation where we see the title Alpha and Omega. We will be focusing our attention on the one found in Rev. 21, but we will touch on the other two references in this message.

Christ Alone is the Good Shepherd

In John 10 Jesus says he is the Good Shepherd and those who follow him are his sheep and it’s popular for preachers to then highlight how dumb, how stupid, sheep are and then draw a line from those dumb sheep to the congregation. I’ve done it. I was all set to do it this morning. But then I read a study on sheep and it maybe offers us a little different take on the poor, misunderstood sheep. And it offers some fresh insight into our relationship as sheep with Jesus, our Good Shepherd and insi...

Christ Alone Empowers Us for Kingdom Living (Part 3) - Kingdom Power and Priorities.

We’re looking at how Christ empowers us for kingdom living, and over the past couple weeks we talked about kingdom leading and kingdom character. As delivered to All Saints at Grace Community Church in Corning and Painted Post New York.

Christ Alone Empowers Us for Kingdom Living (Part Two) - Character

200823 Christ Alone Empowers Us for Kingdom Living (Part Two) - The good news of the kingdom is that Jesus came to make it possible for us to enter the kingdom of God, and to make it possible for the kingdom of God to enter us. Christ alone empowers us for kingdom living. Sermon given to All Saints in Corning and Painted Post New York.

Christ Alone Empowers Us for Kingdom Living (Part 1) - Leadership

Christ Alone Empowers Us for Kingdom Living

Christ Alone is the King of the Kingdom of God

Jesus began his ministry by proclaiming the gospel, but the question is, what gospel was there for Jesus to proclaim? We know the gospel is built on and centered on Jesus’ death on the cross and his resurrection three days later but those things hadn’t happened yet so what gospel – what good news – was Jesus was proclaiming?

Rejoicing in Suffering

Rejoicing in Suffering

Christ Alone Is the Savior

Christ Alone Is the Savior is the message delivered to all saints at Grace Community Church in Corning NY and Painted Post NY just off Victory Highway.

Sufficient Grace

Sufficient Grace

Forgiven People Forgive - The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

200705 The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

Lifting Jesus Up

I want to share two reminders for believers in this volatile time: seek wisdom and lift up Jesus. Lifting up Jesus is the point of this message, but I do believe a reminder about the value of wisdom is timely.

The Upward Spiral of Forgiveness Part Two

When someone hurts or wrongs us, damage is done to the relationship. Unless the wrong or hurt is minor, you can’t just pick up the relationship where it left off as if nothing happened. Something has to be done about the fracture.

The Upward Spiral of Forgiveness Part One

Forgiveness. For the Christian there is no sweeter word. Our Christian faith is built on the forgiveness of sin. Jesus died to purchase our forgiveness. Our relationship with God is only possible because we have been forgiven. Heaven’s gates are open to us through forgiveness.

Spiraling Upward- Forgiveness (Part One)

Forgiveness. For the Christian there is no sweeter word. Our Christian faith is built on the forgiveness of sin. Jesus died to purchase our forgiveness. Our relationship with God is only possible because we have been forgiven. Heaven’s gates are open to us through forgiveness.

Second Chances and Changed Hearts

Don’t you wish life had an “undo” button? When you mess up, or do something you regret, just hit undo and try again. Said something dumb? Hit “undo”.

SMART Planning and God’s Providence

Never think that it’s somehow unspiritual to plan, or that it’s spiritual not to plan, like not planning is a way of trusting God. Follow Joseph’s example: trust God and plan.

The Upward Spiral of a God Centered Life

The truth is, the only thing harder on our souls than things going bad, is things going good.