Fielder Church Sermons

We reject the wisdom of God because it doesn’t match our expectations nor does it always give us what we want. The gospel teaches us that our expectations and desires are selfish because they focus on building our own kingdom. Our kingdom is temporary but the heavenly kingdom is eternal. Takeaways: In Matthew 11, we observe that even the most faithful servants, like John the Baptist, can experienc...

We long for comfort. We want ease and assured freedom from suffering in our lives. We won’t admit it, but we act like Jesus owes us a life like that for saying we believe in him. This causes us fear and doubt if following Jesus is really worth the cost when the life He promises includes suffering. Belief in the gospel shows us that the American dream isn’t the standard for our lives. Jesus is the...

When we don’t care about the harassed and helpless, we’ll do nothing to tell them about the hope and peace found in Christ, which is stinging hypocrisy since someone told us about the very hope we’re keeping to ourselves. Since Christ stepped into our pain and healed us through the cross, we are indebted to him. So, we must accept his call and let him send us to bring peace and healing to others....

The central theme of this podcast episode revolves around the extraordinary nature of faith, particularly as exemplified by the fervent belief of a woman who, despite enduring years of affliction, ultimately finds solace and healing through spiritual means. Pastor Jason Movia articulates the profound impact of divine intervention in the lives of individuals, emphasizing the transformative power of...

We tend to misunderstand what we most need from God. We think we need Him to meet our expectations and change our circumstances. When our greatest need is the forgiveness of our sin, being called out of life and being brought into a new life in Him. Jesus came to meet our greatest need. His life demonstrated that he had the authority to meet our greatest need. He has authority in word and work to...

We tend to focus on building our own kingdom, so we view Jesus’s power as simply a means to get more for ourselves instead giving more of ourselves. We forget that he is building his kingdom and not ours. Jesus is the supreme power of the universe and rightful owner of everything, so we must relinquish the right to build our kingdom and seek to build his kingdom alone. When we repent of selfish pu...

When we don’t recognize who Jesus is and the power he holds, we don’t come to him with expectant faith for him to do what seems impossible to be done. Jesus’s death and resurrection prove to us both that Jesus has the willingness to meet us in our need and the power to do something about it. So, if we believe this to be true, we will be compelled to come to him with our needs and experience his im...

Because our hearts are wicked and desperately sick, we don’t even have the power in ourselves to do what God’s word tells us to do, so we always miss its blessings. Christ died to redeem our wicked hearts so that we could finally obey the word of God and receive its blessings. In Christ we have the power to obey. Now we just have to choose to do it.

We know the Golden Rule: treat others the way we want to be treated. But the truth is, we can’t live it out on our own. We fail because we’ve never fully grasped that Jesus lived it for us first. The gospel reminds us that Christ considered our needs above His own. He left heaven, gave up His body, and shed His blood so we could have life. When we see what He’s done, it changes how we love, serve,...

On Easter Sunday, we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus — the moment that changed everything. Through worship and the preaching of God’s Word, we were reminded that because Jesus rose from the grave, hope is alive, sin is defeated, and new life is possible for all who believe. Whether you missed the service or want to revisit the message, we pray it encourages your faith and draws you closer to...

We have not because we ask not. If we really knew what was available to us through prayer, we would never stop praying. But we just can’t see it, so we don’t ask for it, seek for it, or knock on the door for it. The gospel reminds us that our Father only gives good things to His children, the greatest thing of all being His Son. We can ask for anything, boldly and often, and trust that He’ll give...

We are experts in seeing the faults of others while staying blind to our own propensity to sin. We want to judge others and not be judged. But it is our condemning judgement of others without self reflection that will lead to our ultimate judgement. Jesus calls us to deal with our own sin, so that, from a place of gentleness and love, we can confront and work to restore our brothers and sisters wh...

We worry because we don’t trust that God will take care of our needs. This mindset forces us to operate under the delusion that we can control our circumstances, and when those delusions prove false, we get anxious. Our Father knows what we need, and He will do whatever it takes to meet those needs. We can believe that because we know He was willing to ask His own Son to die on a cross to meet our...

Matthew 6:19-24 Our hearts tend to be ruled by money, and we find security in earthly wealth instead of heavenly treasures, but the gospel teaches us that we find our security in the generosity of Jesus instead of the wealth of this world. Worldly wealth isn’t evil; the love of it is. When we stop pursuing it, we will be outcasts from this world but will be blessed in the kingdom of God. 

When we live for the praise of men, we miss the power of God. Settling for the reward of people’s admiration is a sad substitute for the reward God has for us. When we live to delight God and God alone, we discover His righteousness and His reward in our lives. Jesus is the prime example of this. He lived for an audience of One and received God’s praise as His reward. We must confess our hypocrisy...

We all want to be shown mercy when we hurt others, but we all want those who hurt us to be shown justice. But this heart will cause us to reap what we sow, a selfish, hate-filled heart. Christ’s sacrifice for undeserving sinners shows us what perfect love looks like. And if Jesus is our King, then in his kingdom, we must display his perfect love by loving those who least deserve it. Though this is...

Our character is naturally flawed. Because of this we tend to take shortcuts in relationships and use them to satisfy our own desires. The gospel teaches us to relate to others to bless them and not to harm them. This is only possible when Jesus transforms our character to reflect his character. His character allows us to live a blessed life.

We think if we follow the letter of the law without the heart of the law, God will be pleased. We forget the heart matters as much as the letter (if not more). Jesus both taught us and showed us what it really means to fulfill the law. It means to love God from the deepest part of the heart, and to allow true and costly obedience to flow from that.

We are hardwired to think that blessing comes from self advancement. The more power, money, and success we can make for ourselves, the more satisfied we will be. Blessing comes from building our own kingdom. Jesus calls us to “change our minds” about what blessing is and where it comes from. The greatest satisfaction and blessing in life comes from turning away from self advancement and building y...

If the life of Christ is not poured into us by others or we are not pouring the life of Christ into others, the power of Christ will be absent in us and around us. The power of Christ is available to all of us, but we can’t attain it alone. We need the Spirit’s transformation that comes through people who lead us into the light (power) of Christ.

The devil knows our weak spots and with his age-old tricks, he’ll exploit those weak spots to take us down. When we don’t recognize his schemes, we are easy prey. Jesus both shows us how to defeat the devil and he passes the test for us. Now we can lean on his A+ grade as a replacement for our F, and that’s how we get victory over the devil. If he cannot accuse us when we fail, he’s schemes no lon...

When we try to make ourselves right with God or please God in our own effort or by our own behavior, we end up offending God instead of pleasing God. He sees through our mask. Christ is the only one who can please the Father. If we want to be right with God, it can only happen when we join ourselves with Christ in baptism. Then we’ll see his power released in us through it.

When we let pride, legalism, distraction, confusion, and hard-heartedness keep us from welcoming and inviting in Jesus, we miss all the abundant life he offers. Christ came to earth not just to die for our sins but also to bring abundant life and Spirit- power to us. But we must get our hearts ready for that work and prepare the way. This begins a multi- year journey through the gospels to prepare...

We don’t like interruptions because they always lead to sacrifice. Sacrifice, by definition, is difficult and difficulty is something we naturally avoid, especially when it comes to our families. Jesus shows us that the cost of sacrifice (Luke 14:25 -33) for his sake is always worth it. When we do this his promise is to turn our mourning into dancing. (Psalm 30:11 )

We seek God in the wrong places because we have the wrong system of values. And because we don’t know what has worth, we miss God’s greatest gifts. God’s greatest gift was not kingly rule or earthly power, but the simple God-in-flesh baby who was born to save humanity from their sins. God must interrupt our rule and flip our idea of what has value on its head for us to see it. But when we do, and...