"Entering the Gates of God" - EVENING SERVICE 11252018

On Sunday nights I preach a sermon that is a follow up to what we studied in Sunday School earlier in the day.  Sunday morning, we finished up the unit is titled “How to Pray” by talking about thanksgiving and how we need to pray a prayer of thanksgiving to God.  God is the only source of your blessings.  Who else are going to give credit to for all the blessings you have received?  Yourself?  Only God is worthy of your thanksgiving.  But, how should we react when we are in the presence of God (in worship or when we die)?  What should our response be?  The second half of Psalm 100 gives us the answer. 

Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello

At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio

Evening Service

On November 25, 2018

Sunday School Unit Title: “How to Pray”

Sunday School Session Title: “A Prayer of Thanksgiving”

Sermon Title: “Entering the Gates of God”

Scripture Text: Psalm 100:4-5

https://archive.org/download/EnteringTheGatesOfGod_783/EnteringTheGatesOfGod-eveningService11252018.mp3

"Embrace the Gospel" - MORNING SERVICE 11252018

On Sunday morning I preached about one of Jesus’ most well-known parables; the parable of the sower and the seed.  Each soil type, where seed fell, represents a reaction humanity may have to the gospel of Christ.  To sum everything up; you can either react to the gospel message of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ by embracing it or by rejecting it.  If you reject that gospel you are on your own.  The works or fruit of an individual shows where their heart is; so don’t think you can fool anyone.  How are you going to response to Jesus?  Are you going to accept His gift of salvation?  Or are you going to reject it?  The choice is yours, choose wisely. 

Sermon by Pastor Dan Squezello

At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio

Morning Service

On November 25, 2018

Series: Preaching through the Gospel of Luke

Sermon Title: "Embrace the Gospel"

Scripture Text: Luke 8:4-15

https://archive.org/download/embraceTheGospel/EmbraceTheGospel-MorningService11252018.mp3

"Going to Confession" - EVENING SERVICE 11182018

On Sunday nights I preach a sermon that is a good follow up to what we learned in Sunday School earlier in the day.  Our current Sunday School unit is titled “How to Pray.”  Each session of the Sunday School will look at a portion of the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6.  This week we talked about Matthew 6:12-13, “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.  And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”  Last night we continued the idea of confessing our sins to God by talking about what will happen when we confess our sins. 

Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello

At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio

Evening Service

On November 18, 2018

Sunday School Unit Title: “How to Pray”

Sunday School Session Title: “A Prayer of Confession”

Sermon Title: “Going to Confession”

Scripture Text: 1 John 1:9

https://archive.org/download/GoingToConfession/GoingToConfession-EveningService11182018.mp3

"The Christian Church" - MORNING SERVICE 11182018

On Sunday, November 18, 2018, we continued our way through the Gospel of Luke by looking at a summarization passage that gave us some insight on those who were following Jesus.  We learned that this group was made up of the twelve disciples and “many women.”  I told my congregation that a local church needs to be a (1) Gospel Driven Church, (2) Welcoming and Loving Church and (3) Financially Generous Church. 

Sermon by Pastor Dan Squezello

At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio

Morning Service

On November 18, 2018

Series: Preaching through the Gospel of Luke

Sermon Title: "The Christian Church"

Scripture Text: Luke 8:1-3

https://archive.org/download/theChristianChurch/TheChristianChurch-MorningService11182018.mp3

“Praising God When the Answer is NO!” - EVENING SERVICE 11112018

On Sunday nights I preach a sermon that is a good follow up to what we learned in Sunday School earlier in the day.  Our current Sunday School unit is titled “How to Pray.”  Each session of the Sunday School will look at a portion of the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6.  This week, for the second week in a row, we looked at the fourth line of the prayer (verse 11), “Give us this day our daily bread” and focused on praying for others.  Last night we talked about praising God when His answer to our prayers is “no.”  I focused on facing hardships and trials head on and praise God no matter what the outcome of these tribulations are. 

Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello

At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio

Evening Service

On November 11, 2018

Sunday School Unit Title: “How to Pray”

Sunday School Session Title: “Praying for Others”

Sermon Title: “Praising God When the Answer is NO!”

Scripture Text: 1 Peter 1:3-9

https://archive.org/download/PraisingGodWhenTheAnswerIsNo/PraisingGodWhenTheAnswerIsNo-EveningService11112018.mp3

"Forgiveness, Salvation and Peace" - MORNING SERVICE 11112018

Sunday morning, I spoke about how all of humanity can receive forgiveness, salvation and peace through Christ.  We looked at the story of a sinful woman anointing Jesus’ feet with an expensive perfume at the home of a Pharisee named Simon.  This woman, who must have been looked at as one of the worst of the worst sinners in the community, was able to find forgiveness, salvation, and peace through Jesus; just like each and every one of us could.  Trust Jesus in all parts of your life today.    
Sermon by Pastor Dan Squezello

At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio

Morning Service

On November 11, 2018

Series: Preaching through the Gospel of Luke

Sermon Title: "Forgiveness, Salvation and Peace"

Scripture Text: Luke 7:36-50

https://archive.org/download/ForgivenessSalvationAndPeace/ForgivenessSalvationAndPeace.mp3

"Making Requests to God" - EVENING SERVICE 11042018

On Sunday nights I preach a sermon that is a good follow up to what we learned in Sunday School earlier in the day.  Our current Sunday School unit is titled “How to Pray.”  Each session of the Sunday School will look at a portion of the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6.  This week we looked at the fourth line of the prayer (verse 11), “Give us this day our daily bread” and focused on praying for ourselves.  Last night I took the next step in our focus on supplication by figuring out how we can make requests before God.  In looking at 1 John 5:14-15, we found that God ANSWERS our PRAYERS in His OWN WAY; according to His WILL and in accordance with His WORD.

Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello

At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio

Evening Service

On November 4, 2018

Sunday School Unit Title: “How to Pray”

Sunday School Session Title: “Praying for Ourselves”

Sermon Title: “Making Requests to God”

Scripture Text: 1 John 5:14-15

https://archive.org/download/MakingRequestsToGod/MakingRequestsToGod-EveningService11042018.mp3

"Reject or Accept" - MORNING SERVICE 11042018

Yesterday morning we talked about the message of Jesus and John the Baptist and asked ourselves the question: “Are you going to reject Jesus or accept Jesus?”  John the Baptist prepared the way for the Messiah and Jesus is the Messiah.  They both had powerful messages for their listeners and Jesus’s gift of salvation is something that everyone needs.  There is no way to get to heaven on our own; we need Jesus.  Are you going to accept Jesus and the forgiveness He offered You?  Or are you going to reject Him and continue living your lives separated from God?  A life without Christ is one on the “highway to hell.”  Turn your life over to Christ today. 

Sermon by Pastor Dan Squezello

At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio

Morning Service

On November 4, 2018

Series: Preaching through the Gospel of Luke

Sermon Title: "Reject or Accept"

Scripture Text: Luke 7:18-35

https://archive.org/download/RejectOrAccept/RejectOrAccept-MorningService11042018.mp3