Submerge Sermons

“Forgiveness is love’s hardest work–and love’s most important work.” We all face the choice constantly in every relationship (and with ourselves)--forgiveness, or resentment? Learn with us what forgiveness really IS and is NOT, how it actually adds to healthy boundaries, and how to get really good at it...

Conflicts are inevitable in nearly every relationship--so how do we get really good at navigating them (like Jesus did)? On Sunday we learned some practical skills of "peace-making", including how to start "believing the best" instead of "assuming the worst" in conflicts, situations, and people!

Learning how to have healthy boundaries in our lives is a vital skill for all of our relationships, and actually frees us to be able to help even more people! Jesus was a master at boundaries, and can help us grow in them. On Sunday we learned from His stories & Paul's teachings, how to "carry our own loads", "share each other's burdens", and love well...

Our words carry "the power of death and life", and are vital to having healthy relationships--which must be why the Bible has so many words about our words! On Sunday we learned new perspectives & practical skills on how to "speak like Jesus" and let our words become life-giving fountains to others.

Learning how to "love well" and have healthy relationships with each other is a key part of our relationship with God (Jesus said so!). And the starting point for learning to love others well is learning to how to listen well--just like Jesus listened to others, and listens to us...

God doesn't give us hope just to hoard it--but to share it, to become "hope dealers"! In this message we learn how to share hope everywhere we go, in ways that are natural to us and compelling to others. We learn how to become "ushers instead of bouncers" and "build wells instead of fences"--so that everyone can experience the hope of Jesus!

Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do to give someone else hope, is to speak words of encouragement to them--and it's something we are called to do daily! Learn with us some beautiful, powerful, & practical insights from the life of the underrated Barnabas on how to let God bring hope in encouragement through us & to us...

We all have to face our failures, mistakes, & regrets--but did you know they don't have to have the last word in our lives? That God has lots of hope & grace waiting for us? In this message we learned how to embrace the hope, freedom, & forgiveness that lies in front of us in Jesus--and that even though we can't change our past--He can change our future!

We all face the storms of life regularly in our lives--and they can either push us away from God, or draw us closer to Him and be used in powerful ways in us & in others. Which will you choose? Learn with us how to find hope in God & learn new perspectives when life gets hard...

Hope isn't just something we need when our world is falling apart-- it's something we need every morning when we wake up & face our daily lives. In this message we learned from Peter's powerful story of attempting to walk on water, and from some important insights in his letters, about how to choose hope each day, what to "set our hope on" each day, and how to find the beautiful "counterweight...

As the world seems to get harder, darker, and scarier, and as we face more & more challenges in our own lives--we all find ourselves looking for hope, wondering if there's any reason for hope left. And that's exactly what God specializes in--hope! This Sunday we kicked off our new series based on the life of Peter, all about how to find hope, and in this message, it's how to find hope in God's...

How do we handle our "disappointment with God", when things don't turn out like we hoped? In this message, we learned some important perspectives from the final chapter (surprising cliff-hanger ending) of Jonah's story--like to "never confuse life with God". And we found hope in knowing how God can bring overwhelming good out of things that feel overwhelmingly bad...

In this message, we learned the beautiful truth from Jonah's story (Chapter 3) that our God is the God of second chances (and 3rd, 4th, and 100th chances)--and that's what grace looks like! Learn with us how to recognize these second chances, to embrace them, obey God in them, and experience His renewed calling in our lives through them...

When we realize we've been running or drifting away from God, or just feel distant from Him (and wonder if He's abandoned us)--how do we find our way back to Him? In this message we learned from Jonah Ch. 2, that "the road back to God is always shorter than you think..."

It's so easy to find ourselves running from God, and running from the people He calls us to love. How do we learn to recognize this, to embrace more of His grace, and realize He's the only one worth running to? Learn with us from the beginning of Jonah's powerful story (Chapter 1) all about grace, justice, & judgement...

How do we move from being mere "fans" of Jesus, to becoming full-on followers? How do we avoid settling for a "lukewarm" faith, and learn to invite Jesus into every corner of our lives? On Sunday we learned from His final letter to the 7 churches in Revelation, and were inspired to more fully pursue Him!

It's so easy to slip into "hypocrisy" with our faith--which keeps us from really experiencing God, and keeps others from seeing the real God. So how do we live an authentic/sincere faith instead? On Sunday we learned practical ways to keep our faith & actions aligned--and some beautiful promises from Jesus of what's ahead when we do!

On Sunday we learned how to recognize what God has given us & entrusted us with, no matter how "small & insignificant" it may seem to us--and be faithful with it. Then we get to see God multiply it and do more than we ever imagined in our lives!

It can be very challenging figuring out how to navigate our faith & values in our our culture--we end up settling for hiding, fighting, or compromising. But Jesus has a better way to move forward! On Sunday we learned how to live this out, how to live as light, and how to navigate temptations to compromise with wisdom...

We all face seasons of "trouble" & suffering, and they can be really challenging for our faith. So on Sunday we learned how to find hope in lots of promises from God, so we can know that our suffering is never wasted--it can strengthen us, nourish others, lead us to a "crown of life", and so much more! We're praying for you this week in your challenges--don't grow weary & give up, God has...

Is your faith feeling "dry", like you're just going through the motions? Has your faith become about rules and lost the "relationship"? This Sunday we kicked off our new series based on the "letters to the seven churches" in Revelation--and we learned how to return to the passion we first had in our faith, by re-focusing on love.

It's hard being stuck in "the waiting rooms" of life--and it can really test our faith. On Sunday we learned how to endure those long waiting seasons, to develop patterns of obedience & faith, to trust that God is always working, and to not give up...

Whenever we're having our faith tested in the "waiting rooms" of life, we're gonna be tempted to take shortcuts—which end up short-changing our lives! On Sunday we learned why to quit settling for shortcuts, and some practical ways to trust God's perfect timing instead! (and why "bamboo" is a powerful picture of it)

How do we live our lives in ways that make a real impact, leave a legacy, and leaves things behind that live on after we're gone? On this Sunday we learned from the life of Elijah (and from Jesus) two important ways to invest in & impact other people, so that God can create a real legacy through our lives--and have it change us in the process.

How do we keep from just "skimming" our lives, and ensure that we experience all that God has for us in life? It starts with developing practices of reflecting & meditating on our lives, ourselves, and who God is & what He's doing. On this Sunday, we learned from Elijah's life how to prioritize slowing & reflecting, and how God provides all we need in the midst of it...