Faith Troy Sermons

Looking for a Sign: “Great Faith” Looking for a Sign: “Great Faith” John 5:30, 6:38-40, 12:49-50, 14:10-14 CIRCUMSTANTIAL Faith: Trusting in God and believing in God based on my ability to FIND God in my CIRCUMSTANCES. The foundation of our faith is something that happened in our HISTORY and not in our LIFETIME. FAITH is […]

Looking for a Sign: “Perfect Faith” Genesis 12:2-3, Hebrews 11:1-13, Luke 5:12-13, Romans 5:8 CIRCUMSTANTIAL Faith: Trusting in God and believing in God based on my ability to FIND God in my CIRCUMSTANCES. Circumstantial faith is very FRAGILE. Faith is not a force, or a POWER. Faith is NOT the REASON we follow Jesus. Hebrews […]

Looking for a Sign: “What is Faith?” Genesis 37-50, Hebrews 4 What’s the difference between HOPING for something to happen, and being able to say, God, I am TRUSTING You to do this? EVERYONE has faith. In every type of faith other than what Jesus and the New Testament describes, there is something that is […]

Revelation- Hope for Heaven Revelation is not literal. It is a prophetic, apocalyptic book with high level symbolism. Why did God give us the book of Revelation?  To give us HOPE. Revelation 21 teaches us about heaven ·         Heaven is God’s perfect residence where we will live forever ·        […]

“Hope through Battles” – Revelation 12 Biblical hope is a well-grounded expectation of what God has promised. Overall guidance for reading chapters 4-22: John is given visions that depict our present age from different vantage points. He uses symbolic language while portraying parallel visions.  “recapitulation” Chapter 12 clearly shows the ongoing spiritual and unseen war […]

Revelation—Hope for the Church The difference between common hope and Christian hope Our hope in Him is the well-grounded expectation of what He promised. The words from Revelation gave Jesus’ first followers, living in the 1st century, hope. The word “revelation” means to reveal, disclose or to uncover. Revelation gives us some details about Jesus’ […]

Make Space: Margin in Your Money Psalm 90:1-2,12, Galatians 5:16, 22-23, Matthew 6:24-33 You can’t borrow TIME, but you can borrow MONEY. Jesus makes our life, BECOME more like His life as we follow Him. There is a huge difference between: STANDARD of living & QUALITY of life. Galatians 5:16  v.16 “So I say, WALK […]

Make Space: “Number Your Days” Psalm 90 Margin is the space between our CURRENT PACE and our LIMITS. Two very unique laws God gave His people:  Law of SABBATH & Law of GLEANING. “When you are harvesting your field and you overlook a SHEAF, don’t go back and get it. Leave it for the FOREIGNER, […]

Make Space: “What’s Driving Me?” Exodus 16:1-29, 20:8, Leviticus 19:9-10, Deuteronomy 24:19, Matthew 6:31-34 Margin is the space between our CURRENT PACE and our LIMITS. Our happiness in life is most often measured by the health of our RELATIONSHIPS not our PROSPERITY and not our ACCOMPLISHMENTS. We FEAR something: MISSING out. FALLING behind. Not being […]

Untangle the Mess  There is no PART that Jesus doesn’t love. Managers work to PREVENT pain. Firefighters work to EXTINGUISH pain. Exiles are parts that are STUCK in a painful experience. 1 Peter 5:6-10 Give your BURDENS to Jesus. Matthew 11:28,  Psalm 55:22 Burdens of belief, feelings, and physical burdens NAME your burdens and  understand […]

Untangle the Mess – Week 1 No Bad Parts When there’s a mess we tend to IGNORE the mess. Romans 7 Psalm 139 There is no PART of you that Jesus doesn’t know. There is no thought you have that Jesus doesn’t KNOW first. Try HARDER doesn’t clean up the mess. Step 1: Focus on […]

Joy in Giving Philippians 4 Verse 1 Paul’s tenderness toward the Philippian Christians Verse 2 Paul in the peacemaker role Verse 3 He asks believers to help Verse 4 “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” Verses 5-7 practical, specific instructions Verse 8 focus on the good, instead of worrying Verse […]

Joy in Faith Joy is: a cheerful state of being (not the same as happiness) Philippians 3 (pg. 1,828) verse 1 Rejoice in the Lord! verse 2  Paul is angry about a situation happening in the Philippian church. verses 3-6 None of the religious benefits the Jews had should cause them to be boastful or […]

Philippians 2 – Joy in serving Joy is = a cheerful state of being Philippians 2 verses 1 & 2 be like-minded with each other and be loving Paul’s joy increases verses 3-5 how to show love verses 6-11 we are to bear a resemblance to Jesus’ humility verses 12 & 13 God started the […]

“Unstoppable Joy” Philippians 1 Philippians is sometimes nicknamed “the epistle of joy” The words ‘joy’ or ‘rejoice’ were written by Paul ______ times in this book Joy is a cheerful state of being. Joy is not the same as happiness. Happiness depends on what happens to you, on your current circumstances. Joy is found in […]

Love Like Jesus: “Letting Go of Anger” Ephesians 4:26-32 v.26 “In your ANGER do not SIN.” v.26 “Be ANGRY. Do not SIN.” What do you DO with what you feel? v.26 “Be ANGRY. Do not SIN. Do not let the sun go down WHILE you are still angry.” Eventually, UNRESOLVED anger is going to cause […]

Love Like Jesus: “Inheritance vs. Legacy” Deuteronomy 6:6-7, Ephesians 6:4  Often it is the presence or absence of FORGIVENESS that defines our experience of relationship with our dads. What can I do right now to help grow my kid’s RELATIONSHIP with GOD? What can I do right now to help grow my kid’s RELATIONSHIP with […]

Love Like Jesus: “Cancel the Debt” Matthew 18:1-3, 21-34  v.1 “Who is the GREATEST in the Kingdom HEAVEN?” v.2 “Jesus called a little CHILD to himself and placed the child among them.” v.3 “I tell you the truth, unless you CHANGE and BECOME like little children, you will never ENTER the Kingdom of Heaven.” v.21 […]

Fear, Power, and the God Who Fights Guilt-punishment: We emphasize the CROSS and Jesus as the SUBSTITUTE. Fear-power: We emphasize the RESURRECTION and Jesus as VICTOR. In the moments where you are the most hurt by evil, you need a God who FIGHTS back against evil. Ephesians 6:12 Romans 8:31-39 If  death can’t DEFEAT Jesus, […]

Salvation: A Healing Metaphor Matthew 1:18-21 80% of the global population is an honor-SHAME culture. Salvation = “sozo” Salvation is a HEALING metaphor. Salvation is the physical, emotional, and spiritual healing of what robs our WORTH. Guilt=punishment pattern vs. Shame-honor pattern Guilt = I MADE a mistake | Shame = I AM a mistake Shame […]

More Than Words We can’t understand the Bible without knowing the context of the WORDS. In order to know what the words mean, we have to know what they MEANT. 1 Peter 1:18-19 “God paid a RANSOM” (NLT) “You were REDEEMED” (NIV) Three Primary Categories of Gospel Metaphors: GUILT/Punishment SHAME/Honor FEAR/Rescue Redemption refers to freeing […]

2 Peter 1:16, Luke 1:1-4, 1 Corinthians 15:3-6 It’s easy to MISUNDERSTAND the BIBLE if you don’t understand The STORY in the Bible. It’s the story of REDEMPTION and you are the REDEEMED. It’s also easy to misunderstand the Bible, if you don’t understand the HISTORY of the Bible After Jesus rose from the dead, […]

Through-line  How do you discover what’s really the truth? snopes.com? Thankfully, God wants us to know the truth. Especially the truth that God is at work in the world through Jesus- that’s the Through-line of the Bible! 2 Timothy 3… the Word of God CAN be trusted. It is “God-breathed”. It is “verbally inspired” by […]

Through Line: “The Law & Prophets” Leviticus 18:6, Isaiah 53:3-11, Galatians 4:4-5 Once upon a time, you had to READ the Bible to know what was IN the Bible. It’s easy to MISUNDERSTAND the BIBLE if you don’t understand The STORY IN the Bible. It’s the story of REDEMPTION and you are the REDEEMED. As […]

Through Line: “The Story in The Bible” Genesis 1:1,26-27, 12:1-3, John 1:6-14, Revelation 21:1-5 It is easy to MISUNDERSTAND the BIBLE if you don’t understand THE STORY in the Bible. The Bible is the story of REDEMPTION and you are the REDEEMED. Eight words that give you the ‘Through Line’ of the Story in the […]