Fairfield Church of Christ Sermons

When you pray.  Not if but when you pray.  It’s a given that all of us should pray.  You need to take the initiative; stir yourself up to pray.  The spirit of prayer precedes breakthroughs and opens up opportunities for the gospel to be shared and releases the supernatural power of God.  You to live in an atmosphere of prayer so become easily moved to pray for different things you encounter.   Whe...

Matt. 25:14-30; Rom. 14:10-12; Deut. 8:17-18; Ps. 89:11-12; 1 Peter 4:10 - When you go to a hotel, you might give your bags to a steward who takes them to your room, but they are not his bags. You entrust your bags and their safekeeping to him for a short period of time.  The foundational principle of stewardship is that God is the owner of all!   So, what does this say about the relationship to t...

The word “disciple” comes from the classroom. It literally means “student” or “learner.” It isn’t unusual that the men who followed Christ were called his disciples. The first disciples were students and Jesus was their teacher. For three and a half years they followed up and down Galilee, watching, listening, observing, asking questions, drinking in everything their Master did and said. Jesus had...

God speaks, and He does so through His Word. The God who spoke to reveal Himself and His ways promised a Savior, a promise He fulfilled through Jesus Christ. As you submit your life to Christ in repentance and faith for salvation, you also submit to the authority of God's Word.  God speaks to His people by His Spirit through His Word. In order for you to understand God's Word rightly, you must int...

The fact:  Jesus came and died a cruel death on a cross!  The fact:  Jesus was raised to life 3 days later.  These two facts make the raising of Jesus critical to the people of faith.  Without these two, why meet?  Jesus MUST rise from the dead or this faith thing is useless.     To cook microwave popcorn usually doesn’t take any longer than 2 to 2.5 minutes.  But it seems like the first minute of...

Palm Sunday is the day we traditionally celebrate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem the week prior to the crucifixion and resurrection. It is a day that starkly contrasts the events that occur later that week. Today, Jesus is welcomed by crowds into the city as a conquering king, but only days later He is met with chants for his execution from the same crowds that welcomed Him. How did this co...

Foundational to your spiritual formation you find that God wants a relationship with you. Let me remind you that God is not simply a power, He is a person. As a person, you can relate to Him and love Him and get to know Him.  He is a God who is present. He is not simply a God who is out there, but a God who is right here. He is my God, your God, a personal God that walks with us in the here and no...

Many have confused then concept of God.  Some even say they follow God.  But do they truly know who God is?  Others see God as far removed, a distant, unapproachable power, having faded into the past with little meaning. One day you will be face to face with God.  It’s not enough to just believe in God; you must truly know Him.  He tells you that to know God is to tremble in His presence, because...

In this last section of John’s first letter we will read the purpose statement of the letter.  “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may KNOW that you have eternal life.”  This letter has intended to instill confidence in the believers of Jesus that they know they are in relationship with God.  Jesus is God.  When you believe that and submit to His aut...

This message hopes to help you in understanding the difference between the world’s view of overcoming  and the Biblical view.  You will be reminded that the unbeliever is looking to overcome material things and the struggles of this life, but the tue believer in Jesus desires to overcome things that are spiritual and eternal.  In this message we will hope to discover the characteristics of the ove...

In chapter 4 of 1st John, we see a comparison of the antichrist and those who truly are following God. What's the difference? Simply put, love is the difference. Who we love, what we love and how we love are all markers of a follower of Jesus. Sundays @ 8:45 & 11:15 745 Symmes Rd Fairfield, OH 45014 Learn more at www.werfcc.com !  Check out our original music !

Just like so many other believers, you may have a hard time believing that you’re valuable to God.  You know your past and everything you’ve done wrong. So you doubted God truly loving and valuing you. Many Christians suffer from self-hatred, insecurity, feelings of rejection, and loneliness. This is because of their failing to comprehend how God sees them and how He feels about them. How they see...

Here is our real Hope:  the truth is that love wins.  Our passage today is good news.  You and I can know that our sins are forgiven, we can grow in our knowledge of God through Jesus, and we can overcome evil.  When we understand who we truly are as God’s children through faith in Jesus, we will learn the power of an abiding love for God that desires to do His will.  To put it more simply, when y...

God has uniquely put the church together to model exactly what Jesus modeled, serving others.  Serving is the means of showing how to imitate Jesus.   Why should we serve God?  Because we belong to Jesus.  He made us, saved us & sustains us. We are saved to serve.  Every true believer is called to serve! Are you using your talents or gifts?  Everything you have received from God (time, skills and...

There comes a moment where there is a collision where what the church is to be about actually takes steps to run into people.  Why?  Because people matter to God so people matter to us.  We need people and people need us.  Jesus knew this about the makeup of humans.   Jesus left the church with a purpose.  It’s a good one, but it means meeting it up with people that need it.  It will interacting w...

What do you hold dear to you?  What do work at with everything in you to be better at?  These are questions every believer in Christ needs to daily ask themselves when it comes to living for a love of devotion to Jesus.  This is the church’s mission for sure, but that means, as the church, that it’s yours too.  What does the living for the love of devotion to Jesus looks like?  It incorporates dev...

God, in Jesus, is going to intervene!  He's going to work, He is on duty, accomplishing what He intends in every situation!     Seven hundred years after Isaiah spoke these words, a teenage girl who was betrothed to marry a man named Joseph had a visit from an angel, who told her that she was to be the human vehicle through whom the Messiah of God would come. And somewhere in the confusion of this...

What does a “father” do? What image is evoked by the word? I suggest he has in mind the tenderness and sensitivity of a compassionate and affectionate father. It is the security and love he provides, as well as protection and provision. Jesus, therefore, is fatherly, father-like, in his treatment of us. This is similar to what the psalmist had in mind when he said, “as a father shows compassion to...

Jesus has come as a baby to be the source of all serenity. He “is our peace”, having broken down the barriers that divide us from one another and, most important of all, the barriers between us and God.   A day is coming when He will establish peace among the nations and subdue all opposition to his rule. But now, in the present, he is here on your behalf to bring peace and joy and tranquility and...

This is the one title non-Christians despise the most. The world is willing to acknowledge the “baby” Jesus, “away in a manger,” helpless, cuddly, and vulnerable. Christmas is o.k., if that’s as far as it goes, for it poses no threat to one’s sin and pride and personal autonomy. Speak and sing, if you must, of swaddling clothes and the tiny, tender infant. But then declare that this babe in a mang...

Can you think of any situation in which Jesus said the wrong thing, or spoke out of turn, stuck His foot in His mouth, or remained silent when His words were needed? His counsel is unfailing and flawless, perfectly suited to the situation, always practical and needed.  There is no problem on which He needs to “study up” or refer to a professional. I often feel frustrated to have to say to someone...

We love winning or being on a winning team.  In this song, that is not just a possibility but a promise for the believer.  We have “victory in Jesus” because Jesus’s sacrifice and subsequent defeat of death enable us to have total redemption and eternal life.  When we sacrifice our pride – our pettiness – our need to have the last word – our delusions of total control – our resistance to being led...

So much in life can sometimes shackle us and keep us from living truly free.  This song talks about how amazing grace has saved the one, who was once lost and blind.  Grace gave him hope and now he feels free from his chains because his God has ransomed him and shown him unending love.  Even if the world ends, the Lord will, always be with him.   The good news is that the rewards of this victory a...

It is impossible to sing this song without proper perspective of the sacrifice Jesus made, for this is a very personal song of inspiration dependent on the knowledge of what He truly endured to take our place at the judgment seat of God.     Having Christ in us does not mean we do no more work, and neither does it mean we do it all. Rather, we contend and we contend with his energy ( Col. 1:29). E...

Here’s the question that ultimately comes out in this song for today - Where do you see God?  This is a question that you can ask everyday – Where did you see God today?   This song refers to God as creator, His power and presence manifest in what He has made.  God made all the mighty wonders, He is larger than the whole universe, yet He also sent His Son to die in your place.  What?  Why?  Is it...