Sermons from The Water's Edge

This Week’s Big Idea: Surrender isn’t giving up. It’s trusting God with what we can’t control while taking the next right step in love—so fear doesn’t make the decisions for us, and we can walk into Holy Week with courage. Questions to think about:1. Can I control this? 2. Is it mine or God’s?3. Have I invited God in?

This Week’s Big Idea: Unity isn’t uniformity. It’s a way of belonging to each other in love (even when we disagree) so pressure doesn’t turn into contempt, and we learn to live the prayer of Jesus in real life. Sermon Notes:The people closest to you usually feel your pressure first. Pressure turns little things into loud things. Unity focuses on what’s most important before the little things pull...

This Week’s Big Idea: Grief doesn’t mean your faith is failing. It means you’re human. Prayer in grief is not about rushing to answers; it’s about bringing your pain into the presence of Jesus, so sorrow doesn’t isolate you and hope can slowly return. These 10 truths remind us that pain and faith can exist in the same space.1. Pain in life happens2. Grief doesn’t mean your faith is failing3. Jesus...

This Week’s Big Idea: Gratitude isn’t pretending everything is fine. It’s staying connected to God when things are hard—so weariness doesn’t harden us, and we can receive rest for the road ahead. Three Ways to Deal with Disappointment1. Tell the truth2. Give thanks3. Come to Jesus

This Week’s Big Idea: Prayerful discernment doesn’t erase hard decisions. It helps us choose with love, honesty, and courage—so pressure isn’t the loudest voice in our lives. When pressure rises, anchor down:1) Love2) Honesty3) Courage4) Community

This Week’s Big Idea: Things like prayer, solitude, and rest are not an escape from real life when the day is already too loud. They are how we return to real life with God at the center. Three Myths about Dealing with Pressure Myth #1: More Effort = Less Pressure Myth #2: Loud = Important Myth #3: MY Pressure, MY Problem Truth #1: Pressure isn’t relieved by more output. It’s relieved by the right...

God has empowered you to serve by giving you unique gifts, experiences, and passions to meet real needs in the world. How to Discover Your Gifts 1. Things You’re Good At 2. Things You’ve Experienced 3. Things You Have

Your purpose isn’t out there somewhere. It’s right here—love God, love people, and witness to Jesus in the places and relationships you have and will have.

Yes, God created you because the party wouldn’t be complete without you. Significance doesn’t mean being in the spotlight—God uses ordinary people, in ordinary places, to reveal His goodness in extraordinary ways. A little light is all it takes to overcome a room full of darkness.

You belong in God’s family, the Church, where you can be known by others, needed for who you are, and formed through shared life together. Here's the invitation:1. Come near to God again.2. Come out from behind the wall.3. Take your place in the house.

You are not a label, a résumé, or a regret—you are a cherished child of God. Your identity is received, not achieved. 

Your life isn’t an accident. You are here because God intentionally made you in His image—created to be in relationship with Him and to reflect Him in the world.

Feeling unstuck? It doesn't happen overnight. It takes a faithful rhythm.

Know that God is with you.

For the fourth week in Christmas Around the World, we’re in New Zealand—where we’re taught that hope isn’t found in what we can prove or predict—hope is found in who we can trust.

For the third week in Christmas Around the World, we’re in Nicaragua—where God’s love is lived out loud. Where gratitude is a daily prayer, and hope sounds like, “Gracias Señor por un día más de vida”—thank you, Lord, for another day of life.

For the second week in Christmas Around the World, we're in Tanzania, where their joy comes from worship. Beyond a temporary state of happiness dependent on things going our way, joy is a deep, steady sense of well-being and peace, regardless of what is or is not going our way.

For the first week in Christmas Around the World, we're in Denmark. This is how we can learn to simplify the way they do with hygge.

Limiting the influence of screens on our souls. Phones are incredible tools—but they’re also relentless companions. Buzz. Ping. Scroll. Repeat. Screens demand our attention and our affection – shaping the way we think and feel. We want to be formed by Jesus, not by our screens. That’s why we’re switching on  Do Not Disturb  mode. To redeem our screens and renew our souls 

Limiting the influence of screens on our souls. Phones are incredible tools—but they’re also relentless companions. Buzz. Ping. Scroll. Repeat. Screens demand our attention and our affection – shaping the way we think and feel. We want to be formed by Jesus, not by our screens. That’s why we’re switching on  Do Not Disturb  mode. To redeem our screens and renew our souls 

Limiting the influence of screens on our souls Phones are incredible tools—but they’re also relentless companions. Buzz. Ping. Scroll. Repeat. Screens demand our attention and our affection – shaping the way we think and feel. We want to be formed by Jesus, not by our screens. That’s why we’re switching on  Do Not Disturb  mode. To redeem our screens and renew our souls 

Limiting the influence of screens on our souls   Phones are incredible tools—but they’re also relentlesscompanions. Buzz. Ping. Scroll. Repeat. Screens demand our attention and our affection – shaping the way we think and feel. We want to be formed by Jesus, not by our screens. That’s why we’re switching on Do Not Disturb mode. To redeem our screens and renew our souls. A 4-week series starting No...

Pull up a chair by the campfire—no spooky stuff, just good news. Ghost Stories is about the Holy Spirit, God’s personal presence with us and within us. At WE, we’ll learn to hear His guidance and trust that He never ghosts us—even when life gets messy. Bring a friend who could use some encouragement!

Pull up a chair by the campfire—no spooky stuff, just good news. Ghost Stories is about the Holy Spirit, God’s personal presence with us and within us. At WE, we’ll learn to hear His guidance and trust that He never ghosts us—even when life gets messy. Bring a friend who could use some encouragement!

Pull up a chair by the campfire—no spooky stuff, just good news. Ghost Stories is about the Holy Spirit, God’s personal presence with us and within us. At WE, we’ll learn to hear His guidance and trust that He never ghosts us—even when life gets messy. Bring a friend who could use some encouragement!