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March 12th, 2023 | Week 10 - 1st Samuel 11 | Pastor Harley DoneburgJoin us as Pastor Harley Doneburg takes us through the Book of 1st Samuel.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In this message, Pastor Harley walks through 1 Samuel 10, showing how God orchestrates the beginning of Saul’s kingship. From lost donkeys to divine appointment, Saul is positioned and anointed by Samuel with a full flask of oil—a tangible picture of God’s equipping and preparation. Pastor Harley emphasizes that God doesn’t just place leaders in positions; He empowers them for every task, transforming them from the inside out. The anointing points to the Holy Spirit’s work: covering, sealing, and preparing us to fulfill God’s calling in our lives.The sermon moves from Saul’s experience to the New Testament promise of the Spirit, explaining the “with,” “in,” and “upon” experiences of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Harley connects these Old Testament events to John 14–16 and Acts 1, showing that the Spirit not only strengthens and convicts us but equips us with power for God’s work. He points out that God’s Spirit is personal, life-giving, and transformative, changing ordinary people into instruments of His purposes while assuring us that we are never orphans—He dwells within us.Practical applications run throughout, from parenting lessons to personal encouragement. Just as Saul was given a Spirit-filled start, believers today are invited to be continually filled, guided, and transformed by the Holy Spirit. The message closes with the reminder that God’s equipping is ongoing: He strengthens faith, confirms His promises, and calls us to trust Him fully, even when the path ahead seems ordinary or uncertain.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In this teaching through 1 Samuel 9, we see the beginning of Israel’s transition from a theocracy—where God Himself was their King—to a monarchy shaped by their desire to be like the world. Despite their rejection of His leadership, God, in His mercy, allows their request and begins raising up Saul as Israel’s first king. Saul appears to be everything people would want—handsome, tall, influential—but God uses his story to reveal a deeper truth: what looks right outwardly is not always aligned with what God values inwardly. The Lord is always concerned with the heart, not just appearance or ability.As Saul sets out on a simple task to find his father’s lost donkeys, we see how God works through ordinary circumstances—even inconveniences—to accomplish His greater purposes. What seems random or frustrating is often divine positioning. This chapter reminds us that God is always orchestrating events behind the scenes, leading us step by step—even when we’re unaware of it. At the same time, we’re warned not to rely on coincidence alone, but to stay grounded in God’s Word, which is the true foundation for discerning His will.The message also highlights the importance of humility, obedience, and making space to hear from God. Saul begins with commendable character—he is obedient, considerate, and humble—but his future will depend on whether he continues to walk in God’s ways. Like Saul, we must learn to pause, be still, and seek the Lord intentionally. In a noisy and busy world, hearing God requires time, surrender, and a heart ready to listen. Ultimately, God desires relationship—not just activity—and He faithfully guides those who seek Him.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In this sermon, Pastor Harley contrasts the revival of 1 Samuel 7 with the disappointment of 1 Samuel 8. After Israel had returned to the Lord, put away their idols, and seen God give them victory, a new problem rises up over time: they begin moving away from God’s original design. Samuel is now older, his sons are serving as judges, and unlike their father, they turn aside after dishonest gain, taking bribes and perverting justice. Pastor Harley lingers on the sorrow of that moment, especially for parents—Samuel clearly had hopes, prayers, and godly intentions for his sons, yet their lives still went sideways. It becomes a reminder that children can be a blind spot, that ministry success does not automatically mean family success, and that even faithful parents must stay present, prayerful, and discerning.But the greater issue in the chapter is not just Samuel’s sons—it is Israel’s heart. Instead of seeking God for help, the elders come to Samuel and demand, “Make us a king to judge us like all the nations.” Pastor Harley emphasizes how tragic that request is. Israel was supposed to be different, governed by God, a people set apart. Yet they wanted to look like the world, think like the world, and trust what the world trusted. This becomes the central warning of the sermon: do not be conformed to this world. The same pressure exists today, as culture tries to shape values, morality, identity, and even the church itself. Israel’s request for a king was really a rejection of God’s rule, and the Lord tells Samuel plainly, “They have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me.”Samuel faithfully warns them that the king they want will be a taker—he will take their sons, daughters, fields, money, servants, and peace. Still, they refuse to listen. They would rather have something visible and immediate than wait for God’s best in His time. Pastor Harley points out that kings were never outside God’s plan—David and ultimately Jesus were always coming—but Saul would be the people’s impatient choice, not God’s ideal one. The lesson is deeply personal: impatience leads to substitutes, and substitutes always cost more than we think. Yet even here, the mercy of God remains. He is still the Shepherd, still the Father, still the restorer of wasted years, and His call is the same as before: return to Him, refuse conformity to the world, and trust that His way is better than anything we could force for ourselves.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In this sermon, Pastor Harley highlights 1 Samuel 7 as a turning-point chapter—repentance and revival after twenty years of spiritual drift. The Ark is back in Israel, but not where it “should” be (it sits in Abinadab’s house, not the tabernacle). Yet the encouragement is clear: God is willing to meet His people right where they are, even when things aren’t perfectly in order. Pastor Harley uses Peter as a parallel—Peter didn’t see his own denial coming, but Jesus told him ahead of time, met him in his failure, and restored him right at the shoreline (“Do you love Me?”). The point is hope-filled and personal: you may not have seen your fall coming, but Christ knew—and He still meets you, still restores, still calls you forward.From there, the message centers on Samuel’s “revival blueprint” in verses 3–4: return, remove, prepare, and serve. Return to the Lord with all your heart. Put away the foreign gods (Baal and Ashtoreth—Pastor Harley ties them to the idols of provision/control and sexual immorality that enslave hearts today). Then prepare your heart—get ready to obey—and serve the Lord only, because Jesus taught you can’t serve two masters. This isn’t superficial religious noise or grabbing symbols (like Israel did earlier with the Ark); it’s a real heart-turn. Pastor Harley adds Jesus’ hard words about radical seriousness with sin (plucking out the eye/cutting off the hand) to stress that compromise doesn’t stay small—it spreads, hardens, and eventually destroys. Revival begins when God’s people stop making excuses and truly want to be healed.Finally, the chapter becomes a picture of what happens when repentance turns into dependence. Israel doesn’t shout this time—they tremble. They plead with Samuel: “Do not cease to cry out… that He may save us.” Prayer and fasting are emphasized as the normal spiritual “engine room” for breakthrough—especially when bondage feels bigger than you. God answers: as Samuel offers the sacrifice, the Lord thunders against the Philistines and confuses them, giving Israel victory. Samuel then sets up the Ebenezer stone: “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” What was once the site of crushing defeat becomes the place of restored victory—because God is the God of second chances. The sermon closes with a challenge: build your own “Ebenezers”—remember what God has done, carve out time for the Word and worship, and watch Him help you take back ground you surrendered to the enemy.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In this message, Pastor Harley picks up right where the previous week left off—Israel has lost the Ark, Eli is dead, and the moment feels like “Ichabod” written over everything. But the sermon’s surprising turn is this: even when Israel is faithless, God shows He doesn’t need Israel to defend Him. The Philistines parade the Ark like a trophy and set it beside Dagon, as if to say, “Our god beat your God.” Yet the very next morning Dagon is face-down before the Ark, and the day after that his head and hands are broken off. The Philistines don’t repent—they get more religious. Instead of abandoning the idol, they invent a new superstition about the threshold. Pastor Harley presses the point: compromise works the same way in our lives. It rarely destroys immediately, so we start thinking we’re “fine,” and we just keep propping the idol back up—until the cost becomes unavoidable.From there, the sermon tracks God’s heavy hand across Philistine territory. Wherever the Ark goes, affliction follows—Ashdod, Gath, Ekron—until the cities are panicking and begging to send it away. The Philistines finally admit something Israel had forgotten: the God of Israel is not a charm, not a box, not a symbol—He is living, holy, and unstoppable. And Pastor Harley keeps returning to the deeper heart issue: every person worships something. If it isn’t the Lord, it will be another master—money, pleasure, addictions, sin—and those masters are cruel. They demand more, tighten their grip, and lead to death. Freedom doesn’t come by “trying harder” or merely quitting habits; it comes by exchanging masters—bringing Christ in for real so what’s false gets pushed out by His presence and power.In chapter 6, the Ark is sent back with a trespass offering, and God directs it home in a way no one can dismiss as chance. Israel rejoices when the Ark returns, but the message doesn’t let them romanticize it: even God’s people must approach Him His way. When men of Beth Shemesh look into the Ark—treating holiness casually—they’re struck down. Pastor Harley draws the gospel picture: the Ark contains the Law that none of us can truly keep, and to “look in” as if we’ll be good enough means lifting off the Mercy Seat—the very place where blood was sprinkled for forgiveness. We don’t meet God at the place of self-confidence and spiritual curiosity; we meet Him at the Mercy Seat—ultimately, at the foot of the cross—where Jesus does what we cannot and gives what we don’t deserve. The sermon lands on that hope: God isn’t trying to shame us; He’s calling us back. Choose life. Choose the true Master. Come to Christ—not with religious noise, but with surrender—and meet God where mercy is offered.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In 1 Samuel 4, Pastor Harley shows a sobering picture of what happens when God’s people try to use the things of God while ignoring the God of those things. Samuel’s success is previewed right away: “he let none of His words fall to the ground,” treating God’s Word like something priceless—not crumbs, but the main course. That kind of full obedience becomes the foundation for every role we live out—husbands, wives, moms, dads, servants, leaders—because we don’t get to pick and choose what we’ll obey. Partial obedience is still disobedience, and the enemy is always looking for those “selective” places to devour. So the warning is clear: don’t trade Scripture for feelings, don’t trade conviction for convenience, and don’t trade God’s voice for religious noise.When Israel is defeated by the Philistines, their first instinct is telling: they acknowledge God’s hand (“Why has the Lord defeated us?”), but instead of repenting, they reach for a shortcut. They bring the Ark of the Covenant into the camp like a spiritual good-luck charm—shouting so loudly the ground shakes—yet their hearts remain unchanged. They want the symbol without the surrender, and they want the presence without the purity. The Philistines fear Israel’s history with God, but Israel has drifted so far that the Ark becomes a prop instead of a place of reverence. The result is devastating: Israel suffers massive loss, the Ark is captured, and Hophni and Phinehas die exactly as God warned. Sin always costs more than we think, and it never only affects “me”—it spills into homes, families, and generations.Eli’s final moments are tragic: when he hears the Ark is taken, he falls backward, breaks his neck, and dies—an end that reads like a monument to neglected restraint and compromised leadership. And the grief keeps spreading. Phinehas’ wife goes into labor, dies in childbirth, and names her son Ichabod—“the glory has departed”—because the Ark has been captured. But Pastor Harley doesn’t leave us in despair. Even when God disciplines, His heart is not to shame but to restore. Scripture keeps calling us back: God invites repentance, offers mercy that is new every morning, and promises that whoever comes to Christ will not be cast out. The lesson is urgent and hopeful at once: don’t live on symbols, hype, or religious momentum—come back to the Lord Himself, return to His Word, and let Him redirect both your feet and your heart before spiritual loss becomes spiritual legacy.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In 1 Samuel 3 we meet a twelve-year-old boy serving in a dark spiritual time, and Pastor Harley shows how God can use one surrendered life to revive a nation. Samuel is simply “ministering to the Lord” in small, unseen tasks, surrounded by corrupt priests and a failing high priest—yet God sees his servant heart. From Jesus washing the disciples’ feet in John 13 to a simple act of cleaning a gym after a basketball game, we’re reminded that serving is not about who notices, but who we’re doing it for. Followers of Jesus are meant to be living epistles—known and read by all men—so our quiet acts of service, our integrity, and our attitudes preach long before our words ever do.At the same time, this chapter exposes why the word of the Lord was “rare” in those days: people were doing what was right in their own eyes, and leaders like Eli loved their children’s comfort more than God’s commands. Pastor Harley presses the urgency of anchoring our lives, homes, and priorities in Scripture—not just hearing sermons once a week, but personally living in God’s Word every day. Noah “did all” that God commanded, John the Baptist waited in the wilderness to hear God’s voice, and Samuel refused to let any of God’s words fall to the ground. Hearing from God is directly tied to a willingness to obey Him.God’s message to Eli through young Samuel is sobering: repeated warnings had been ignored, his sons had made themselves vile, and he would not restrain them. Yet even here we see the mercy of God in sending a friend, not an enemy, to speak hard truth. Pastor Harley challenges us to welcome those “Nathans” in our lives and to respond with godly sorrow that leads to repentance, not worldly regret that leads to death (2 Corinthians 7). Through this passage, we’re invited to become people who serve like Jesus, listen like Samuel, obey like Noah, and let God’s Word shape every part of our lives—so that His voice is no longer rare in our homes, but regular, clear, and gladly obeyed.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

1st Samuel 2 | 1 Samuel 2 | Pastor Harley Doneburg | January 15, 2023Hannah’s song in 1 Samuel 2 rises out of years of pain, waiting, and surrender. Pastor Harley walks us through this God-fashioned transformation: a barren, tormented woman who wanted a son to remove her shame becomes a worshiper who rejoices in the Lord and gladly gives that son back to Him. Her prayer reveals a heart no longer anchored to circumstances, but to God’s unchanging character—His salvation, His holiness, His sovereignty over raising up and bringing low, His care for the poor, the broken, and those living among the “ash heap.” Along the way, we’re reminded that our emotions are often tied not only to what happens to us, but to the choices we make—like Cain, whose fallen countenance flowed from disobedience. Real joy comes from clinging to God’s promises, not from hoping life will finally get easy.From Hannah’s worship, the message shifts into everyday discipleship and parenting. We see the sharp contrast between Hannah—who raises Samuel with an “expiration date,” knowing he belongs to the Lord—and Eli, the priest who knows all about God yet refuses to restrain his corrupt sons. While Samuel is taught to minister in small, simple ways before the Lord, Eli’s sons abuse their role, exploit sacrifices, and even prey on women at the Tabernacle. God sends warning after warning, exposing how Eli has honored his sons more than the Lord, and how pride, compromise, and passivity in the home can have devastating consequences.Against that sobering backdrop, Pastor Harley encourages moms, dads, grandparents, and anyone influencing the next generation: your example and your boundaries matter deeply. God calls us to teach our kids to serve, to lovingly say “no” when the world says “yes,” to guard them from being conformed to the culture’s values, and to root them in the Word, the church, and godly relationships. Even if a child grows up in hard circumstances—like those living on literal garbage heaps in Haiti or Guatemala—Jesus can lift them from the ash heap and give them an eternal inheritance in glory. God is looking for people who will honor Him first; to those, He promises to build a sure house and establish their lives on the Rock that cannot be shaken.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In a dark season when “everyone did what was right in his own eyes,” God begins a fresh work through a very imperfect family. Elkanah loves the Lord and faithfully worships in Shiloh, yet he’s conformed to the culture by taking two wives, creating deep pain and rivalry in his home. Hannah is barren, mocked by her rival, misunderstood by her husband, and feeling like she’s on an island—yet instead of numbing her pain with distractions or compromise, she takes her bitterness of soul straight to the Lord. In the place of deep anguish and wordless tears, God is not torturing her; He is preparing her, patiently aligning her desires with His own.As Hannah pours out her heart, she doesn’t just ask for a son to remove her reproach—she vows to give that son back to the Lord all the days of his life. That’s the turning point: she moves from wanting a child for herself to wanting a prophet for God’s glory. Even when the priest Eli misjudges her and assumes she’s drunk, a simple word of encouragement from him becomes a lifeline, and Hannah walks away different—her face no longer sad, choosing to worship before the answer ever shows up. In the process of time, the Lord “remembers” her, Samuel is born (“asked of God”), and Hannah raises him intentionally, knowing she has only a short window before she entrusts him fully to the Lord’s service.Through Hannah’s story we’re reminded that delays are often the training ground of destiny. God is the Lord of hosts—big enough to rule the universe—yet near enough to count your tears, hear your groans when you don’t even have words, and use your deepest hurts to shape something far bigger than you can see. Like Hannah, we’re invited to bring our pain to God, resist “helping Him out” with our own Ishmaels, invest intentionally in the people He’s entrusted to us, and trust that while we’re waiting, He’s “warming the bottle”—quietly preparing both the gift and our hearts.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

Pastor Harley pictures the Christian life as a long-distance race—not a sprint—where endurance is built by fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. The “cloud of witnesses” in Hebrews 11 are not spectators in heaven, but living testimonies in Scripture—men and women whose stories remind us that if God carried them through darkness, delay, suffering, and uncertainty, He can carry us into a new year as well.Walking through the chapter, he highlights how each life speaks into real struggles: Abel shows the difference between human effort and God’s way, Enoch endures in dark days, Noah obeys when no one else responds, Abraham follows without knowing the destination, Sarah believes when the promise seems impossible, Moses chooses eternal reward over temporary pleasure, Joshua finds victory on the other side of obedience, and Rahab proves no one is beyond the reach of grace. The thread running through them all is hope—faith is the foundation that holds hope steady, and without hope, endurance fades.Harley closes by urging believers not to live on yesterday’s faith, but to strengthen today’s walk by holding tightly to God’s promises. He encourages beginning the year with a journal—recording what God has spoken—because it’s easy to forget His faithfulness when life gets loud. Communion becomes the reset point: the cross is the evidence of God’s love and the anchor of our hope, reminding us that the same God who was faithful yesterday will be faithful in the year ahead.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Unto Us a Child Is Born | Isaiah 9:6–7 (December 25, 2022), Pastor Jeff uses Isaiah’s prophecy like a Christmas gift you “open” layer by layer—showing that Christmas isn’t sentiment; it’s a promise-keeping God stepping into a cursed world with an indescribable gift: Jesus Christ.That creates a posture he keeps returning to:look back with appreciation at fulfilled promises (the first coming), andlook forward with anticipation at promises still to be fulfilled (the second coming).“A child is born… a Son is given”: Humanity and Deity in one PersonJeff unpacks Isaiah 9:6 with two key phrases:“A child is born” → Jesus’ humanity. He came close enough to understand betrayal, rejection, pain, disappointment, and the inner struggle we carry. You can’t honestly say to Him, “You don’t get it.”“A Son is given” → Jesus’ deity and the Father’s gift. Jeff stresses the “prior relationship” behind the giving—like a father giving away a daughter in marriage, there’s real cost because there’s real love. The Incarnation is not an upgrade for Jesus; it’s a downgrade of environment—glory to a manger, holiness into a world under a curse—because He values souls.Opening the names: Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of PeaceThe future: His government will be on His shouldersAnd he ends where he began: Christmas is a gift and a tree—Christ bearing our sins on the tree—the indescribable gift that keeps giving, because Jesus isn’t only one title in Isaiah 9:6… He’s all of them, and more.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In A Second Chance and a Reluctant Heart | Jonah 2–4 (December 18, 2022), Pastor Harley walks the book to its uncomfortable center: Jonah isn’t mainly a story about a fish—it’s a story about a prophet with a hard, reluctant heart, and a God who is relentlessly committed to both mercy and heart-transformation.Jonah 2: Rock-bottom prayers and the “seed” that survivesHarley highlights how Jonah’s “downward spiral” finally lands him at the bottom—in the belly of the fish—and only then (after time and space) Jonah prays. That becomes hope for anyone who feels they’ve “gone too far”: Jonah’s prayer from the fish proves God still hears. What pours out of Jonah isn’t cleverness—it’s Scripture. Harley makes this a direct encouragement to parents and grandparents: the Word planted in kids is living seed. It may look dormant for years, but pressure, pain, and crisis often become the “watering” that makes it surface.Jonah’s prayer also surfaces a key warning: “Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own mercy.” Harley’s point is blunt—when you cling to sin, excuses, or stubbornness, you’re not “sticking it to God,” you’re refusing the mercy you need. The fish becomes a picture of discipline that is painful but purposeful: God is correcting Jonah, not discarding him.Jonah 3: Second chances, obedience without the right heart, and gospel powerChapter 3 is the sermon’s headline: God speaks to Jonah “a second time.” Harley traces the pattern through Scripture (Samson, Peter): God is a God of second chances—and third, fourth, and more. Jonah still has a choice: obey again or run again. This time he obeys, travels to Nineveh, and delivers a shockingly simple message: “Yet 40 days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.”Then comes the startling outcome: the city believes God and repents—from the least to the king. Harley points out something that should humble every preacher and witness: Jonah’s heart is still wrong, but God uses the message anyway. The power is not in the messenger; it’s in God’s Word and God’s mercy. Even Nineveh—brutal, violent, cruel—finds forgiveness. That’s both the beauty and the offense of grace: God can forgive the people we think “don’t deserve it.”He ends with a sober mercy: you don’t have to wait until you’re “at the bottom of the Mediterranean” to repent. You can turn now. And the real examination question isn’t “am I doing religious things?” but: Is there prejudice, bitterness, unforgiveness, or hardness in me that limits what God can do through me?►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Running from God, Pursued by Grace | Jonah 1 (December 11, 2022), Pastor Harley frames Jonah as a real, historical prophet—and he anchors that by starting in Matthew 12:38–41, where Jesus calls Jonah a prophet, affirms the “three days and three nights” in the fish, and points to Nineveh’s repentance as a rebuke to hard-hearted unbelief. The setup matters: Jonah isn’t a children’s tale; it’s a true story God preserved because it exposes the human heart—and the relentless mercy of God toward both the rebellious prophet and the wicked people he doesn’t want to forgive.From there, Jonah 1 becomes a study in simple instruction vs. stubborn resistance. God gives Jonah three straightforward steps: “Arise… go to Nineveh… cry against it.” Harley emphasizes that God often keeps His commands clear, and confusion usually enters when we try to control the outcome—especially when we don’t like what obedience might produce. Jonah runs not because he can’t hear God, but because he can: he knows God’s character, and he suspects that warning Nineveh could lead to repentance—and mercy. That’s why Harley previews Jonah’s anger in chapter 4: Jonah flees because he knows God is “gracious and merciful… slow to anger… relenting from harm.” In other words, Jonah isn’t ignorant—he’s resisting grace for someone else.Jonah’s flight is described as a downward progression: he heads the exact opposite direction (as far west as possible), goes down to Joppa, down into the ship, down to the lowest part, and falls asleep—Harley calls it a spiritual degression that often feels “good” at first because the devil conveniently omits the real cost. Jonah pays a fare, but he doesn’t yet understand the price: sin never stays private. Harley leans into the theme of collateral damage—Jonah’s rebellion endangers sailors, destroys cargo, and drags others into chaos. He also warns about how running from God often comes with a change of community: you start surrounding yourself with people traveling the same direction, receiving “counsel” that sounds reasonable but is not biblical.Harley highlights the painful mercy of the moment: the sailors row hard to avoid throwing Jonah overboard, but they can’t. Eventually they pray, ask God not to charge them with innocent blood, and they cast Jonah into the sea—and instantly the sea becomes calm. The result is unexpected: the sailors fear the Lord, offer sacrifice, and make vows—Harley calls it the first “revival” in Jonah, showing that God can redeem even the mess Jonah made. And just when Jonah’s disobedience seems to have finally “ended him,” the story reveals the deeper title of the message: God’s grace is already moving beneath the surface. “The LORD prepared a great fish…” ►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

Join us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

Join us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

January 16th, 2022 | Genesis 26:3-35 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

Join us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

January 30th, 2022 | "Agape Love" - Romans 12:9-21 | Pastor Josh DeGroffJoin us as Pastor Josh DeGroff takes us through Romans chapter 12 verses 9-21.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

February 6th, 2022 | Luke 15:1-32 | Pastor Harley DoneburgJoin us as Pastor Harley Doneburg takes us through Luke chapter 15 verses 1-32.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

February 13th, 2022 | Genesis 28 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

February 20th, 2022 | Genesis 29:1-20 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

March 6th, 2022 | Genesis 29:21-30:24 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

March 13th, 2022 | Genesis 30:25-31:55 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

March 20th, 2022 | Genesis 32 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

March 27th, 2022 | 1st Thessalonians Part 1 - Chapter 1 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

April 3rd, 2022 | 1st Thessalonians Part 2 - Chapter 2 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

April 10th, 2022 | 1st Thessalonians Part 3 - Chapter 2 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In this message from 1 Peter 1, Pastor Jeff uses the life of Peter to show how the faithfulness of God triumphs over the failures of men. Peter was impulsive, self-confident, and often spoke or acted before thinking—denying Jesus, sinking on the water, cutting off Malchus’ ear—yet Jesus still chose him, called him, restored him, filled him with the Holy Spirit, and powerfully used him. That arc—from failure to bold, Spirit-empowered witness—becomes a picture of what God does in every believer’s life. We weren’t called to mere “self-improvement”; we were called to follow Jesus, surrender the driver’s seat, and let the Spirit transform us from the inside out. Being “born again” isn’t churchy language—it’s Jesus’ own demand in John 3: unless we are born of the Spirit, we may be religious and busy, but we are not saved.From there, Pastor Jeff turns to Peter’s audience: scattered, suffering believers described as “strangers” and “pilgrims.” They don’t quite fit in where they live—and that’s exactly right. Christians are people who’ve been chosen by God, set apart by the Spirit, and sprinkled by the blood of Jesus, living as foreigners in a world that is not their true home. Persecution and pressure have pushed them out like seed, but God is using that scattering to spread the gospel. So Peter blesses God for new birth into a “living hope” through the resurrection of Jesus and an inheritance that is incorruptible, undefiled, unfading, and reserved in heaven. In light of that, we’re challenged to ask: Which kingdom are we really living for—the temporary one that is passing away, or the eternal one that will never fade?The message closes as both encouragement and invitation. For believers, Pastor Jeff urges us to “hang in there”—to remember we are pilgrims, to expect trials, and to measure our lives on eternal scales, not just temporal comfort. Our hope, anchored in an empty tomb and a coming King, gives us something the world cannot manufacture and desperately needs to see when life falls apart. For those who are just “around church” but not yet born again, he presses John 3 to the heart: church attendance, baptism, or giving cannot save—only a new birth by the Spirit through repentance and faith in Christ. Jesus initiated; He pursued; He shed His blood. Now is the time to respond, to move from mere existence to true life in Him, and to start walking the same road as the One who is Lord of lords and King of kings.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

Join us as Pastor Jeff Guesno gives a special Resurrection Sunday message.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

April 24th, 2022 | Isaiah 55:1-2 | Guest Speaker - Ray HerrJoin us as guest speaker Ray Herr takes us through the Book of Isaiah chapter 55 verses 1 & 2.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

May 1st, 2022 | 1st Thessalonians Part 4 - Chapter 3 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

May 8th, 2022 | 1st Thessalonians Part 5 - Chapter 4 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

May 15th, 2022 | 1st Thessalonians Part 6 - Chapter 4 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno takes us through 1st Thessalonians chapter 4.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

May 22nd, 2022 | 1st Thessalonians Part 7 - Chapter 5:1-11 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

May 29th, 2022 | 1st Thessalonians Part 8 - Chapter 5:12-17 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

June 5th, 2022 | 1st Thessalonians Part 9 - Chapter 5:13-27 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the book of 1st Thessalonians.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

June 12th, 2022 | Genesis 35 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

June 19th, 2022 | Genesis 37 | Pastor Jeff GuesnoJoin us as Pastor Jeff Guesno continues our study in the Book of Genesis.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In this continuation through Genesis 37:24–39:6, Pastor Jeff stays with the turning point of Joseph’s story: the pit becomes the pathway. Joseph is betrayed, stripped, and sold for 20 pieces of silver—a chilling echo of what would later happen to Jesus—while his brothers grow so hardened that they can eat lunch as their brother pleads in anguish. Jeff slows down to show what sin does to a conscience: it calluses the heart over time until cruelty feels normal. And that’s why repentance isn’t a “one time thing” for the Christian—it’s the mercy of God that keeps our hearts tender. The brothers’ 22-year lie becomes a warning: covering sin doesn’t lead to peace or prosperity; truth heals, but secrecy breeds darkness. In contrast, Joseph’s life keeps shining with one repeated reality: the Lord was with Joseph, even when Joseph had no control over where the door out of the pit would lead.Then the focus shifts to Egypt—pagan, immoral, godless Egypt—and Jeff highlights a crucial principle: when your circumstances are out of control, God is still in control. Joseph is “brought down” on the outside, but he refuses to be brought down on the inside. Instead of obsessing over revenge or escape, Joseph does what many believers struggle to do: he grows where he’s planted. Potiphar can literally see it—“his master saw that the Lord was with him”—because Joseph’s life keeps pointing attention away from himself and toward Joseph’s God. That visible witness turns into favor, and favor turns into stewardship: Joseph is promoted to overseer, trusted with everything, and marked by a kind of integrity that makes even a pagan leader confident in him.Jeff lands the message on what real prosperity looks like in Scripture—not “bigger, better, newer,” but glory to glory, faith to faith, strength to strength—the inward growth that makes a believer steady, useful, and trustworthy. Joseph models faithful stewardship under an ungodly master, and Jeff applies it straight to the workplace: show up early, work hard, speak with gratitude, stay off the phone, honor authority, and let excellence make room for testimony. Because everything we have is ultimately the Lord’s—we’re stewards, not owners—and God often uses the very place we didn’t choose as the mission field where His presence becomes undeniable. The testing is coming next, but the foundation is already clear: God’s presence is enough, and faithful character is the kind of prosperity heaven values most.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Genesis 39:6–23, Pastor Jeff frames Joseph’s story as a living blueprint for how believers handle temptation, injustice, and integrity when nobody’s watching and everything is stacked against them. He opens by tying July 4th to a better “Declaration of Independence” for the Christian: “It is finished” and “He is risen.” Our freedom isn’t just political—it’s spiritual: freedom from the tyranny of self-rule, sin, and bondage, and the liberty of Christ’s rule in our lives. That sets the table for communion and for the sermon’s core theme: temptation isn’t sin—what you do with temptation is. James 1 is the warning label: temptation works by desire, desire conceives, sin is born, and sin left unchecked brings death. God doesn’t tempt us—but He does forewarn us, and Joseph becomes one of Scripture’s clearest examples of how to walk through the fire without getting burned.Then the pressure hits Joseph at full force. After 11 years of faithful service in Potiphar’s house (Joseph now around 28), Potiphar’s wife targets him “day by day,” and Jeff makes the point bluntly: lust is not just a “guy issue.” Temptation is persistent, calculated, and it tends to strike when you’re tired, isolated, or worn down. Joseph’s response shows what’s already been “pre-built” into him: he refuses, and his refusal isn’t vague moral discomfort—he calls it what it is: “great wickedness” and, most importantly, “sin against God.” He also refuses because he lives under authority—my master has trusted me with everything; I will not cross what is sacred—but the deepest motive is love for God. Jeff ties this to 1 Corinthians 10:13: God always provides a way of escape, and Joseph takes it literally—he runs. That becomes the practical takeaway from 2 Timothy 2:22: don’t “manage” the edge; flee like a fugitive. Don’t negotiate with the bait. Don’t entertain secret conversations. Don’t build the “Potiphar’s wife” relationship and pretend it’s ministry. Get distance, and then follow righteousness with people who help you stay clean.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Psalm 51, Pastor Harley walks the church straight into the “after” of David’s darkest chapter—when sin has been exposed, excuses are gone, and the only way forward is brokenness and restoration. He starts with that insurance-story hook for a reason: just like an old accident can still be “on the record” decades later, sin leaves a record we can’t erase by pretending it didn’t happen. You can push it into the back of your mind, but your conscience remembers, and more importantly, God sees it—which is why the gospel isn’t self-improvement, it’s cleansing. Psalm 51 is David’s prayer after 2 Samuel 11–12: he stayed home when kings went to war, he let his guard down, he looked, inquired, took, slept, covered, manipulated, and eventually arranged Uriah’s death—then God sent Nathan to say the words that break a man: “You are the man.” What comes next is the sound of a real believer coming home.Harley keeps returning to one core idea: God doesn’t despise a broken heart—He’s looking for it. David doesn’t downplay anything. He uses the strongest language: “transgression” (high-handed, willful rebellion), “iniquity” (a twisted inner nature), and “sin” (missing the mark). Brokenness means David stops calling it something softer and finally calls it what it is: “Against You, You only, have I sinned.” Not because he didn’t harm Bathsheba and Uriah (and many others), but because the first relationship that must be made right is vertical—God first—and only then can anything else be repaired. That’s why David begins where every restored life begins: “Have mercy on me… blot out my transgressions.” Harley ties that to the imagery of “It is finished”—sins nailed to the cross, the veil torn, access restored—because David’s appeal isn’t “I’ll do better,” it’s mercy.And Harley lands the plane on the verse that sums the whole message: “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart… You will not despise.” (Psalm 51:17) David couldn’t bring a “religious fix”—there was no sacrifice that could undo adultery and murder. What God wanted was truth in the inward parts and a heart that stops hiding. Harley’s warning is blunt and pastoral: if you’re flirting with sin, you don’t know where it will take your life, and it won’t be good. But if you’ve already crossed the line and you’re carrying the weight, hiding it won’t make it rot away—it only festers. The way home is still open: God’s hand is extended in mercy, ready to trade ashes for beauty, mourning for joy, heaviness for praise—because He’s the Shepherd who will even break a leg if He has to, not to destroy you, but to bring you back close.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Matthew 16:13–28, Guest Pastor Dave Chafee frames discipleship as the moment Jesus turns the crowd’s curiosity into a personal crossroads: “Who do you say that I am?” The setting matters—Caesarea Philippi, a place saturated with pagan worship—because Jesus is pressing the disciples to decide whether their confession will hold up when the culture around them pulls the other direction. People have theories (prophet, Elijah, John the Baptist), but Peter’s Spirit-given confession cuts through the noise: Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Dave emphasizes that this isn’t human deduction (“flesh and blood hasn’t revealed this”), it’s revelation—God opening the heart to see who Jesus really is. And on that confession—Jesus as Messiah and Lord—Christ builds His church, a people gathered by the gospel, with a promise that lands like a hammer: the gates of hell won’t prevail against what God is building.But the message doesn’t stay in the “amen” zone for long. The instant Jesus begins explaining the cross—suffering, death, resurrection—Peter tries to protect Him, and Jesus responds with the shocking rebuke: “Get behind Me, Satan.” Dave uses that moment to expose the tension every believer faces: we often want a Jesus who conquers outwardly, fixes circumstances, and keeps life safe… but Jesus came first to conquer hearts and establish a kingdom that advances through surrender, not swagger. That’s where the sermon title becomes real. Jesus lays out the cost in three verbs that define true discipleship: deny yourself, take up your cross, follow Me. Dave keeps it practical and pointed: this is not a Western “add Jesus to your life” upgrade. It’s a full reordering—Jesus first, others second, yourself last—and it will involve risk, discomfort, and sometimes suffering, because the “cross” isn’t just life being hard; it’s identifying with Christ openly in a world that resists Him.►► If you would like to know more about Agents For Christ, you can visit their website here: https://agentsforchrist.org/►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Psalm 139, Pastor Harley shows David doing something most of us avoid: he looks straight at his whole life—high highs and low lows—and then looks even higher at God. This isn’t a cold theology lecture about omniscience or omnipresence. It’s a personal testimony—Harley points out how David loads the psalm with “I/me/my,” because the point isn’t just that God can know everything, but that He knows you: the real you, the stressed you, the ashamed you, the drifting-you-in-your-heart-before-your-feet-ever-move. God “searches” (digs deep like a miner), sees the hidden cracks and motives, and the stunning conclusion is: He still loves you anyway. That’s why this psalm is such a lifeline for believers haunted by their “low lows”—the devil loves to replay failures, but David’s answer is not denial; it’s running back to the God who already knows and hasn’t let go.From there, the message keeps widening the comfort: God knows your down-sitting and uprising, your thoughts “afar off,” your words before they’re spoken, your path when you’re on the right road and when you’ve made the wrong turn. Harley makes it tangible—like the GPS taking you off-route, or like trying to “blend in” as a Christian while drifting from the Lord: you don’t fit in the world, and you don’t feel close to God, and it’s miserable. But Psalm 139 says even if you try to flee—up to the heavens, down into the depths—God is there. Not as a stalker to shame you, but as a Father whose hand “leads” and whose right hand “holds.” Darkness doesn’t hide anything from Him, which is either terrifying or freeing—Harley lands it as freeing: your worst place is not outside His reach, and rebellion doesn’t cancel His pursuing love.Then he turns to identity and purpose: David says God formed him in the womb—“fearfully and wonderfully made”—and Harley applies that to a pressure-cooker world where kids (and adults) are spinning on appearance, approval, emotions, and confusion. Psalm 139 anchors identity not in feelings or culture but in the Creator who designed you on purpose for a purpose. And the psalm ends with a mature, humble prayer: “Search me…try me…lead me.” Harley notes David’s intensity (“I hate them with perfect hatred”) and then the corrective that follows: Lord, check my heart. In other words, zeal without self-examination can turn ugly—so David asks God to expose any wicked way, redirect him, and keep him on the everlasting path. The invitation is clear: whether you’re new to Jesus or a prodigal, this psalm is God’s open hand—you are known, you are held, and you can come home.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Genesis 40, Pastor Jeff frames Joseph as a “Christ-picture” in the Old Testament—loved by his father, rejected by his own, betrayed for silver, falsely accused, and suffering unjustly—yet still walking in a kind of faith that refuses to be reshaped by adversity. Joseph is in Egypt’s prison system, but Jeff’s big point is that Joseph is also “right in the center of God’s will”: not because prison is good, but because Joseph kept choosing righteousness and refused to let pain, loneliness, and injustice turn his heart bitter. God doesn’t always keep His people from the furnace or the prison—He joins them in it—and Jeff keeps returning to the idea that the presence of God is sufficient for the crisis you’re in, even when it doesn’t feel like it. Joseph’s season is hard and lonely, but Jeff emphasizes seasons change—and behind the scenes God is orchestrating a supernatural plan through very ordinary circumstances.When Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker are thrown into Joseph’s prison, Jeff highlights that this isn’t coincidence but providence: God is moving pieces into place, slowly, patiently, for a larger purpose Joseph can’t see yet. Joseph’s “usable vessel” quality shows up in a few ways. First, he serves—authority doesn’t make him bigger; it makes him a servant (the “greatest is the servant of all” pattern). Second, he keeps his eyes off himself: Jeff contrasts our culture’s self-absorption (and its fruit: anxiety, depression, emptiness) with Joseph’s outward attentiveness. Joseph notices the officers are sad and asks why—Jeff connects that to a missional sensitivity: people around us are always carrying something, and God wants His people to see it. Joseph becomes a living example of John 9:4—work while it is day; night is coming—meaning our “vapor” of life is short, and we’re called to be kingdom laborers, ready for divine appointments.Then the dreams come. Joseph’s response is key: “Do not interpretations belong to God?” Even without the full Scriptures we have, Joseph leans on the Author, not the book—he’s still keeping faith in a dark place. He interprets the cupbearer’s dream with hope (restoration in three days) and asks one simple thing: remember me. And here Jeff pauses on something striking: Joseph explains his innocence (“I was stolen… I’ve done nothing”), but he doesn’t name names—no bitterness toward brothers, no rant about Potiphar’s wife. Jeff reads that as a heart practicing forgiveness: Joseph stays free inside prison because he won’t carry resentment. He connects it straight to Jesus on the cross—“Father, forgive them”—forgiveness exercised even before it’s requested. That choice keeps Joseph usable.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Genesis 41, Pastor Jeff preaches the chapter as a long-awaited turning point of hope—not because Joseph’s pain was meaningless, but because the pain was preparing him for purpose. He starts by having everyone hold Genesis 41 in one hand and Psalm 105 in the other, because Psalm 105 pulls the curtain back: God “sent a man before them… Joseph,” and Joseph’s chains weren’t random—“iron entered into his soul” (a strengthening, refining work). The prison wasn’t God being cruel; it was God making Joseph meaningful, purging impurities so Joseph could reflect the Refiner. Jeff keeps repeating the anchor for anyone in a hard season: I might not know what God is doing, but God knows what He’s doing.Then the story moves: after two full years of being forgotten, Pharaoh has disturbing dreams—healthy cows swallowed by sickly ones; full ears swallowed by thin ones—and none of Egypt’s professionals (magicians, wise men) can help. Jeff’s contrast is sharp: the world has no answers, but “buried in a dungeon” sits a man who can reveal God’s plan. And Jeff applies it: God never shelves a usable life. If the heart stays tender, pure, humble, forgiving—God can pull that person out at the exact moment they’re needed.When the cupbearer finally remembers Joseph, Jeff points out Joseph left an imprint through faithful service and truth, even in a dungeon. That matters: love and truth invested today may pay off years later in ways we can’t predict.Joseph is brought up, cleaned up, and stands before Pharaoh—and Jeff highlights Joseph’s defining posture: he refuses to take credit. Pharaoh says, “I heard you can interpret,” and Joseph answers, essentially: “It’s not in me—God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.” That’s a major theme in the sermon: don’t steal glory from God. When your life points attention to God, God keeps using your life.Joseph interprets the dream: 7 years of abundance + 7 years of famine, and because the dream is doubled, it’s “established by God” and coming soon. Then comes Joseph’s courageous step: he doesn’t just interpret—he advises Pharaoh to appoint a wise administrator and store 20% during the good years. Jeff calls that bold faith: Joseph is telling a pagan ruler what to do, but he does it because people will perish if he doesn’t. Jeff ties this to evangelism: we share Scripture, warnings, and the gospel so people don’t perish when God’s Word comes to pass.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Genesis 42, Pastor Jeff frames the chapter as a collision between God’s hidden orchestration and human hearts being exposed. Joseph’s story keeps teaching the same steady truth: even when God looks inactive, He’s always doing something behind the scenes—and His priorities are always eternal, not merely temporal. So the question isn’t “What do I feel right now?” but “Which wheel am I on?” Jeff uses that image strongly: either we’re being infected by the people of the earth (bitterness, pride, resentment, fear, unbelief), or we’re being affected by the God of heaven (love, mercy, grace, kindness). Joseph isn’t a superhero—he’s fallen flesh like us—but he chose the wheel of God’s molding, and that choice produced resilience that can hold a believer’s course in end-times pressure.The famine becomes the “stage” where God starts fulfilling what He promised Abraham—“in you… all families of the earth will be blessed.” In Joseph’s immediate moment, the blessing is physical salvation (grain that keeps people alive), even as it points forward to the ultimate blessing through Abraham’s line: Jesus. Jacob sends ten sons to Egypt for food, but keeps Benjamin home out of fear and regret—Jeff paints Jacob as traumatized and guilt-driven, almost “bubble-wrapping” Benjamin because he believes Joseph is dead and can’t survive another loss.Then the spiritual tension spikes: Joseph’s brothers arrive and bow before him—an exact fulfillment of the dreams they mocked decades earlier. Joseph recognizes them, but speaks roughly and hides his identity. Jeff emphasizes the emotional storm Joseph must have felt—love, grief, anger all at once—but Joseph doesn’t let emotions drive; he “lets God unfold” the moment. He accuses them of being spies and imprisons them three days. Jeff points out the irony: they are now imprisoned for what they’re innocent of, echoing Joseph’s own injustice and introducing the Bible’s sowing/reaping reality without Joseph needing revenge.Big takeaways Jeff drives home in this sermon:God’s plan is real even when it’s invisible; His priorities are eternal.Your “wheel” matters: people/culture can mold you into bitterness, or God can mold you into mercy.Trials can become the pressure God uses to surface hidden sin and produce confession.Mercy is strongest when you could punish but choose grace.Guilt distorts everything—only the cross deals with it completely and sets people free.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Genesis 45, Pastor Jeff calls this chapter a window into God’s “hearts repair” work—restoration so deep it can only happen when God’s character is flowing through a surrendered life. Joseph’s backstory makes the moment almost unbelievable: hated, envied, abused, sold for silver, ripped from his father and brother, falsely accused, imprisoned, forgotten. Yet the explanation that keeps surfacing is simple and decisive: “The Lord was with Joseph.” Jeff emphasizes that what we don’t see in Genesis—those private, unrecorded exchanges between God and Joseph—were the real difference-maker. Joseph didn’t resist God’s shaping; and because God was with him, Joseph became a difference-maker too. The chapter becomes a living example of how God can take betrayal, injustice, and suffering and still work “all things” (not just “good things”) toward good—namely, to conform us to Christ (Romans 8:28–29).The emotional centerpiece is Joseph finally revealing himself. After Judah’s willingness to sacrifice himself for Benjamin (proof the brothers’ hearts had changed), Joseph clears the room because what’s about to happen is sacred and personal. Then the dam breaks—he weeps so loudly Egypt hears it—and for the first time, without an interpreter, Joseph speaks directly in Hebrew: “I am Joseph.” Jeff highlights the shock and terror this must have produced: Joseph now holds their lives in his hands, and they have no idea whether judgment is coming. But Joseph’s next move reveals the entire point of the chapter: he names their sin—“whom you sold into Egypt”—not to condemn them, but to lift the condemnation off them. He presses on the very thing that haunted them for decades so he can remove its power: “Be not grieved… nor angry with yourselves… for God sent me before you to preserve life.” Jeff draws a sharp line here: conviction is the Spirit’s ministry that realigns us and runs us to cleansing (1 John 1:9), but condemnation is the devil’s weapon that buries us in guilt with nowhere to put it. In Christ, there is no condemnation—and Joseph is acting like Christ by bringing truth to the surface so forgiveness can actually heal what’s broken.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In Genesis 46, Pastor Jeff walks us into the long-awaited reunion between Jacob and Joseph, but he slows the moment down to show what really matters on the journey. Before Jacob ever reaches Egypt, he stops at Beersheba to worship—and it is there, in surrender, that God speaks: “I am God… fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation. I will go down with thee… and I will surely bring thee up again.” The message highlights a powerful order: worship precedes clarity. Jacob isn’t just chasing emotion or family reunion—he wants confirmation of God’s will. In a world full of stress, distraction, and uncertainty, the same pattern applies to us: stillness before God positions us to hear His voice and walk with confidence.As the family settles in Goshen, we see both provision and protection. Pharaoh offers the best of the land, but Joseph wisely places his family in a region that keeps them near enough for blessing yet insulated from Egypt’s heavy pagan influence. Pastor Jeff draws out the tension believers live in today—we are called to go into the world, but not be shaped by it. God can provide the best even when circumstances are at their worst, and He can use famine seasons to position His people for multiplication and future promise. The emotional reunion between Jacob and Joseph becomes a living picture of gospel hope: the one believed dead is alive, and separation gives way to embrace. This message invites us to journey with worship, listen for God’s voice, guard our hearts in a polluted culture, and live with expectation—because in Christ, unimaginable reunions still lie ahead.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross

In John 11:1–44, Pastor Harley walks us through one of the most personal and powerful moments in Jesus’ ministry—because this isn’t a distant crowd scene, it’s a home Jesus loved. Lazarus is sick, and Mary and Martha send word with a simple appeal: “Lord, the one You love is sick.” The weight of the story is that Jesus truly does love them—yet He still allows the valley to unfold. The delay feels confusing, even painful: Jesus stays where He is, Lazarus dies, and grief fills the house. But the sermon keeps bringing us back to the same anchor: sometimes the Lord’s love and our suffering are hard to reconcile in the moment, yet God is working a greater purpose than what we can see. What looks like absence is often preparation—because the goal isn’t merely preventing hardship, but revealing the glory of God and strengthening real faith.When Jesus finally arrives, Martha meets Him with a mixture of disappointment and theology: “If You had been here…”—yet Jesus doesn’t crush her; He draws her deeper. He moves her from belief in a future resurrection to faith in a present Person: “I am the resurrection and the life.” Mary comes differently—she collapses at His feet, and Jesus meets her with compassion so profound it becomes the centerpiece of the chapter: Jesus weeps. He doesn’t only instruct us to comfort one another—He enters grief Himself, showing that He is acquainted with sorrow and close to the brokenhearted. Then, at the tomb, Jesus commands the stone removed and calls Lazarus by name: “Come forth.” Pastor Harley ties it directly to the gospel: dead men can’t rescue themselves—Jesus is the Life-Giver who calls us out. And once Christ gives life, He involves His people in the next step: “Loose him, and let him go.” The call is twofold—if you hear Christ calling you from death to life, respond; and if you already belong to Him, step into discipleship, helping others shed the “grave clothes” so they can walk in freedom.►► Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/ccperry►► Check out the Calvary Perry store: https://thechurch.shop/shop/calvaryperry/🙏 If you need prayer, please comment down below, or let us know by reaching out to the church office at:►► Telephone: (585) 237-2720►► Email: [email protected]►► Website: www.calvarychapelperry.com/contact/prayerAudio edited & mastered by:Michael Gross