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You Need a Change of Heart [Proverbs 4:20-27]

January 18, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 01/18/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Proverbs 4:20-27

Description:

Even when we know what’s right…
why is it so hard to change?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao takes us to the book of Proverbs as we continue our Wisdom and Worship study — where Proverbs 4 confronts one of the great misunderstandings of the Christian life: that lasting change comes through behavior modification.

Here, Solomon teaches that the real issue lies deeper than behavior — it lies in the heart.

The heart is the command center of life, and everything we say, do, and pursue flows from it.

Consequently, this passage calls us to carefully guard what we allow into our hearts, to recognize how our words and actions reveal our inner condition, and to seek true transformation at the source.

Ultimately, this proverb — and the others in this book of wisdom — point us beyond self-effort to the gospel, where God promises not merely better habits, but a new heart, given through Jesus Christ, who alone makes real and lasting change possible.

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The Door to Mercy [Proverbs 28:13]

November 16, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 11/16/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Proverbs 28:13

Description:

When our sin feels too heavy to face,
we all have places we run.

We cover.
We excuse.
We delay.
We bury what we hope will simply disappear in the dark.

But concealed sin is not erased sin.
It doesn’t fade — it festers.
It hardens our hearts,
isolates our souls,
and sooner or later… it breaks us.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship study by taking us to Proverbs 28:13 —
where Solomon tells us that God’s mercy is found not in hiding, but in honesty…
not in perfection, but in repentance.

This verse opens a doorway to gospel hope:
for the God who sees our sin is the same God who invites us into mercy
— because Christ has already borne the full weight of our transgression, and has opened wide the arms of forgiveness.

The way out of hiding is not through trying harder.
It’s through Him.

Because the real question is not whether you’ll try to cover your sin…
but whether you’ll come into the light where mercy lives.

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The Covenant-Keeping Wisdom of God [Proverbs 3:1-12]

October 19, 2025

Sermon Notes

Date: 10/19/2025

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Wisdom and Worship: Walking Through Psalms and Proverbs

Key Text: Proverbs 3:1-12

Description:

It’s not a spiritual formula — it’s a covenant call.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast, Pastor Monty Simao continues our Wisdom and Worship Study by taking us to Proverbs 3 —
one of the most beloved passages in all of Scripture…
but also one of the most misunderstood.

This isn’t about following steps to get a blessed life.
It’s about trusting the covenant-keeping God who gives life.

Every command to trust Him…
every command to turn to Him…
every command to honor Him…
is not a demand for performance —
but an invitation to faith.

For Christ is the true Son who walked the wise path for us.
And through Him,
the blessings of the covenant are ours:
peace in the midst of chaos,
guidance in confusion,
discipline that restores,
and hope that endures to resurrection life.

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Motherhood: A Calling

May 13, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/15/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: 2 Timothy 3:14-15

Description: To be a Christian Mother is a high, holy and crucial calling. It is the highest calling any Christian woman can enter. We must never underestimate the power of God working through a mother to achieve His purposes.

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