Locations
Kokomo Campus
Service Times
Saturdays | 5:30pm Sundays | 8:45 & 10:30am
Peru Campus
105 S Benton St, Peru, IN 46970
Service Times
Sundays | 8:15, 9:45 & 11:15AM
Saturdays | 5:30pm Sundays | 8:45 & 10:30am
105 S Benton St, Peru, IN 46970
Sundays | 8:15, 9:45 & 11:15AM
SPEAKER: Pastor Charlie Riley
December 20, 2025
And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
Matthew 1:21-23
Is God With Me?
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
James 4:8
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:6
He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:12
And this is eternal life, that they may know (Greek – Ginosko – Experiential Knowing) You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
John 17:3
that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:9-10
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
2 Corinthians 1:21-22
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5-6
Principle
If God Is With You
Then He Must Be For You!
IMPORTANT!!!! To Distinguish:
He Is Not For Sin, Lust, Or Unbridled Passion
He Is For Your Freedom, Liberty, Healing, Prosperity, And Blessing In Christ!
Is God With Me?
Is God For Me?
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
Romans 8:31-33
Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 8:34-35
As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
Romans 8:36-38
nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:39
Knowing Jesus Is My “Immanuel” Does Amazing Things In My Life
1. Brings Security
2. Brings Stability
“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Matthew 7:24-25
“But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Matthew 7:26-27
3. Brings Success
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Joshua 1:8
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Psalms 84:11 AMP
4. Brings Strength
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
Isaiah 41:10
5. Brings Peace
I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Psalms 4:8
Let your character [your moral essence, your inner nature] be free from the love of money [shun greed—be financially ethical], being content with what you have; for He has said, “I WILL NEVER [under any circumstances] DESERT YOU [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless],
Hebrews 13:5-6 (AMP)
NOR WILL I FORSAKE or LET YOU DOWN or RELAX MY HOLD ON YOU [assuredly not]!” So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently say, “THE LORD IS MY HELPER [in time of need], I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?”
Hebrews 13:5-6 (AMP)
God Is With Me!
God Is For Me!