Federal Way Church of Christ Sermons

Exploring questions from the congregation about why we pray, coping with unanswered prayer, recognizing God's responses, and praying together as a community.

What are we to do? How do we find peace amid the chaos? Like the early church, we lean deeper into Christian community through shared learning, fellowship, meals, and prayer.

Exploring questions from the congregation about knowing the Holy Spirit personally, listening for his voice, and growing in spiritual gifts.

Being filled with the Spirit is a continuous, ongoing experience throughout our life with God. Though we're told to be filled, it's not something we can do ourselves—only something we can open ourselves to receive from God. How can we do this? Paul shows us three beautiful practices that open our he

Evil is real and goes far deeper than human dysfunction or misunderstanding. We must open our eyes to the spiritual battle around us, put on the armor of God, and join with the Holy Spirit in prayer against the enemy's schemes of deception, corruption, and shame.

Though they may seem strange—the spiritual gifts of healing, tongues, and prophecy are meant to be invitations to deeper life with God, calling us into powerful, intimate, and listening prayer as we build one another up in love.

Though spiritual gifts have often been a source of confusion and harm, scripture teaches us that there are many gifts rooted in God for the body of Christ. In this sermon we learn from scripture, dispel some common myths, and turn toward prayer as we eagerly desire the gifts of the Spirit.

Walking with the Spirit is an active, ongoing relationship that transforms us—individually and communally—from living by the flesh to bearing fruit that reflects God's character, cultivated through prayers of confession, contemplation, and invitation as we keep in step with the Spirit's lead.

Tracing the story of God's presence from Eden to eternity shows us how God is making us into his temple today—a house of prayer where the Holy Spirit dwells and from which rivers of living water flow to bring life to the world.

If we want to be a people of prayer, we need to get to know the Holy Spirit. In this sermon, we explore how the Holy Spirit is not an abstract force but a living person who draws us into prayer, testifies our identity as God's beloved children, and intercedes for us and with us in our weakness.

Jesus' resurrection is the anchor in our storms, the answer to our prayers, and the source of abundant life that transforms our fear, despair, and scarcity into faith, hope, and love.

As we enter Holy Week, we hear Jesus' teaching around the table with his disciples where he calls them to be servants, warns them about Satan, and shows us how to join him in his ongoing prayer for the church.

As we pray God's heart for the world, we consider Jesus' heart for children: to welcome children in his name, to let children come to him without hindrance, and to receive become childlike by receiving God's kingdom with wonder, joy, and playfulness.

Jesus challenges us to see strangers differently—both those in need and those from different backgrounds—as we learn to pray with God's compassionate heart and become neighbors to all we encounter.

Jesus calls his followers to pray for workers in the harvest, then sends them out as the answer to that prayer—building relationships, bringing healing, and proclaiming God's kingdom.

Intercessory prayer is praying God's heart for a hurting world. Jesus' Spirit-anointed mission to the oppressed invites us to pray for those in need and participate in their liberation.

Authentic prayer leads us through reflection, repentance, and reconciliation to acts of mercy and justice.

True kingdom, power, and glory belong to God alone and are expressed through humility, service, and sacrifice rather than control.

A humble and honest prayer for guidance and protection as we follow God in his Kingdom every day.

In prayer, we confess our sins, receive forgiveness, and become a people of forgiveness.

Jesus teaches us to approach God with childlike vulnerability, bring our ordinary daily needs to Him in prayer, and participate in meeting one another's needs as part of a praying community.

"Your Will Be Done" is a prayer for God to act and for us to be transformed.

Praying "Your Kingdom Come" means asking God to displace the kingdoms that are at war with his own.

Hallowing God's name means remembering who God is and responding with wonder and awe.

The prayer Jesus taught us opens by rooting us in the reality of heaven, the character of God, and the communion of saints.