Gospel Life Sermons

God illuminates His holiness and our need for a savior. David’s request to be washed clean by, and through, God (as his high priest) is foreshadowing, and ultimately fulfilled, in Jesus.

Real refuge in times of trouble is not experienced by fighting against it or fleeing from it, but only from knowing that God rules, God sees, God judges and God rewards those those who cling to Him by faith in Jesus.

Every single benefit we get to enjoy, has come to us through the finished work of Jesus on the Cross. When we forget Him, we cease to Praise Him... We will worship Jesus only when we remember what He has done!

The bible is the story that points to God’s forever victory over sin through His Son Jesus, so why would the bible dedicate more than 1/3 of the Book of Psalms to lament? Because depression should be expected in the life of a believer. Depression isn't the result of weak faith, it's the result of living in a sinful world; in a body that has been broken by sin. Psalm 77 sets a model for us in how w...

This Psalm is meant by God to reel us back into the grand biblical narrative – the story of God, so that we see our place (once again) and by his grace, remember our testimony of salvation, be reminded of his healing and also reflect on his redemptive leading into freedom, rest and peace. This call to COME is so we will once again prioritize God’s command to corporately gather and worship Him, as...

Great Enemy #1 is Temptation and Great Enemy #2 is Evil, or the producer of evil – The Evil one: Satan himself. Therefore, “Lead us NOT into Temptation, but deliver us from evil” is first an acknowledgement or reminder that we’re in a very real spiritual battle and second, we NEED God’s protection from them both or we may unwittingly become participants in Satan’s strategy – sadly opposing God’s w...

True forgiveness is a choice; it is made possible by love, and it completely absorbs the sinner of blame for their sin at great cost to the offended. With this in mind, Jesus invites us to experience the freedom of forgiveness from the Father and to then graciously extend it to others in love.

Give us this day our daily bread teaches us that God designed physical needs to point to our deeper spiritual and truest NEEDS. Our need for daily physical sustenance is a faint echo of and intended by God to be our daily – if not moment by moment need of spiritual sustenance and satisfaction from God.

“Your Kingdom come, Your Will be Done on earth as it is in heaven” is the most dangerous prayer we could ever pray. This prayer is calling us to submit to the will of our Father and give Him complete control of our lives; trusting Him with everything and for everything. Which is why I’m convinced that most Christians and most churches never truly pray it.

All things in Heaven and on earth exist for the Glory of God and the for the Praise of His Glorious Name. This first petition of “The Lord’s Prayer” is the foundation for the other 5 petitions that come next. Jesus is not just teaching us How to pray and Who to pray to - but what prayer is for - namely, that our Father be honored, esteemed, exhalted for Who He is and How He loves us! Jesus not onl...

Prayer is a posture of receiving God himself – the great reward! Because of Jesus and by faith in His finished work, believers can be in the presence of God, convinced that we are safe and secure in our Heavenly Father’s presence. We don’t need to beg or plead for anything as orphans, but we can trust that our dad loves us, that He has a plan, and that He's using the things in this world to transf...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ has secured a living hope for everyone who has placed their trust in him! This is the living hope of eternal life, a living hope that endures through trials and suffering, and a living hope that is possible through an actual relationship of faith with the risen Lord!

In the lives of those who live BY FAITH, there is a race that we are all called to run! It is not only the weight we choose to carry that can slow us down, but the sin of unbelief and trying to run it alone, will always keep us from running well. We the church must run the race together, looking to Jesus, who ran the race perfectly for us! Who finished the race in our place! Who is calling us to f...

The Christian life is often like a car: it needs fuel to go, it needs a driver, it needs a motivation, and it needs a resource by which to empower it. The Bible calls that resource FAITH; and Hebrews 11:29-31 gives us three stories to show us one big idea: that our faith is fueled when we apply God’s Word and his promises to our specific situations.

The storyline of Scripture rests squarely on the promise of a coming Messiah. Therefore, the author of Hebrews demonstrates that Moses’ mistreatment ultimately pointed to Jesus – the suffering Servant (from Moses’ vantage point) – was to come to forever redeem the people of God! Which is why Moses, himself, in Deut. 18 wrote that a prophet would come who was greater and would fulfill all of the pr...

GIVING FAITH is the intentional passing down or giving away the opportunity for another person to have faith! It involves living life in such a way that faith in God is showed and shared! It’s not just a passing down of information about God, it’s a way of living that upholds or reveals where your hope and help comes from!

Sacrificial faith lives from what God has said through his WORD. This kind of faith rests and relies upon what God has already done and lastly, this kind of faith entrusts the future to God’s care.

Though the world says "seeing is believing," for the followers of Jesus, "believing is seeing." It is by faith that we set our gaze ahead of us, looking to Jesus (who sits at the right hand of the throne of God) and to all that He has promised and prepared for us. This is how we glorify Christ in our living and in our dying: by seeking Him and desiring His kingdom; trusting that who He is and what...

Do you ever have a hard time believing in the promises of the gospel? We talk about them, proclaim them, and celebrate them, but sometimes it's hard to convince ourselves of them when we're walking through life's circumstances. In the same way, Sarah struggled to believe God's seemingly illogical promise to her. But the story of Sarah shows us that faith isn't about believing in the promise, it's...

A Trusting Faith is a faith that acts. It moves and responds to the call of God. It’s a faith that bears pain, sees growth and leans on the character of God. A Trusting Faith is a faith for real life.

Great faith is fueled by a great view of God.

Walking with God, therefore, is not dependent upon the strength of our faith to hold us and keep us close to God, but on the strength of God and his promise to never leave us or forsake us and provide all we need to live in this life for his glory and our joy.

God requires perfection, therefore the only way to be in a relationship with a perfect and holy God is to be perfectly righteous from your birthday to your death day. BIG IDEA: Christian faith relies upon and relates to God completely banking on the full and finished work of Jesus.

Christian faith is banking on the promises of God to be certain and sure and we know they are because they’ve been completely fulfilled in and through the person and work of Jesus! Therefore, Jesus is the only certain place because he’s the only certain one to direct your faith.

Ring in the New Year this Sunday with Gospel Life Church! This will be a time to “Reimagine the Church” and see the need in 2021 to love, serve, and pray for our church. We will be hearing about the next few years and how we will be praying for God to move in our church. This service will be family-style, include communion, and consist of singing, being reminded of the gospel, celebrating Jesus, a...