Garden Way Church Sermons

Make your home a headquarters for ministry to hurting people!  Mark 1:29-34

A response is required when Jesus is encountered.  What will your response be? (Mark 1:21-28)

Following Christ is costly, but the price is always worth paying! (Mark 1:12-20)

John was all about being second to the Savior and loved to point others to put their faith in Jesus Christ, the perfect Son of God; a great role model for 21st century Christians! (Mark 1:2-11)

Week 1. Introduction to Mark. We are called to be "on-mission" following the model of our LORD Jesus. (Mark 1:1)

Guest Speaker, Missionary Nick Adams form Zimbabwe Africa on the importance of knowing and then living by God's Word.  Sermon begins at 09:45 in the recording.

Guest Speaker, Dr. Derek Voorhees, President-Boise Bible College

We must follow our future, not our past, by forgetting some of the past and believing that God still has the potential for making a different and better future than we have seen or experienced.  (John 21:1-21)

Know the difference The Power of Easter can make!  When we understand how much power Christ has placed in our hands our lives begin to change, and we can do more… because we expect to do more, because we do it His way, in His power. (Ephesians 1:18-21)  

the Kingdom of Jesus is distinguished by the self-sacrificing love of the King, and by Kingdom citizens who pursue loving and serving others...these are the marks of the towel. (John 13:1-8)

When our lives become crowded and cluttered The LORD may prune away things that are good so that we have more space for God, so that we have more capacity to pay attention to Jesus Christ and more ability to respond to His transforming work in us. (Mark 11:12-20)

The True Koinonia, the Real Fellowship that John focuses on in this letter represents that perfect balance of love and truth represented by Jesus Himself.  (1 John 5:18-21)

The purpose of John's letter is clear-- he wants Christ followers to have a full understanding of the benefits of fellowship with The LORD and to understand how those benefits are far superior to anything this current worldly system offers. (1 John 5:13-17)

The testimony of our Heavenly Father defeats the doubt of this world , helps us to know with complete certainty THE truth, and provides power to overcome the lies of the evil one-- so that we may pursue true fellowship with The LORD and with one another. (I John 5:1-13)

For our spiritual journey through life The LORD provides us with a Guide, a Driver and a Destination. Will we allow Him to direct our path or will we decide to take control? (1 John 4:7-21)

In today’s world there are myriads of philosophies and groups that purport to worship, represent or provide fellowship for God’s people.  How are we to know who is a part of God’s family?  How do decide who to enter in to fellowship with?  In this text John gives us three tests to help us choose

How can we best experience and live out the Love that flows from Fellowship with Christ?  (! John 3:13-24)

As we journey with Jesus are we consistent in our walk?  Are our attitudes, beliefs, values, and priorities consistent with Jesus, our Lord, Leader, and Example? (1 John 3:1-10)

John includes three interwoven aspects of abiding or remaining in fellowship with our LORD. (1 John 2:3-29)

The world offers numerous forms of counterfeit fellowship but fellowship discovered through these avenues is a merely a dark shadow of the pure fellowship God intends for us, His children.  (1 John 1:5-2:2)

True Koinonia can only be found when we hold on to these foundational truths (1 John 1:1-4)

"Blessing" describes what God does to and among us as we seek Him in worship. (Psalm 134)

We are a community, not because we share common preferences and interests, but because we have had a common experience of an uncommon Grace in Christ.  (Psalm 133)

Exploring the proper attitudes we ought to have so that Christmas can really happen in our homes and in our lives! (Matthew 1:18-25)

This is the the song of a person who is the picture of contentment and composure. It is the psalm of one who understands their place in this world and their position before God.  In this Psalm we see just how the attitude of humility before God comes about.  (Psalm 131)