Killearn Methodist Church: Sermons

Matthew 6:19-24 | Here is the heart of the Advent Conspiracy. It’s more than just an invitation to say no to overspending, it’s an invitation to a new way of celebrating Christmas. God desires for us to free up our resources to support things that truly matter. How would our world be transformed if we gave sacrificially rather than sparingly? During this Advent season, what if we dared to spend a...

Luke 2:8-20 | In what way this coming year, not just during Advent, will we give God the gift of worship with our lives? As people whose lives are daily being changed and redeemed by Jesus, we cannot remain silent. We just cannot help but worship Jesus fully with all our lives. We praise and worship God because Jesus came and shined the glory of His light into our lives and our lives will never be...

1 Thessalonians 5:15-18 | God can give us peace, joy, and thankful hearts in the midst of our trials if we will do what Philippians 4:6 says, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” God longs for us to invite Him into every moment of our lives and thank Him for all He has done, is and will do.

Colossians 3:15-17 | God wants us to experience abundant life here and now. We can live with hearts of thankfulness that is made possible through the peace that Jesus provides deep within our hearts. This will give meaning, purpose, and beauty to our lives as everything we are and do is directed toward the goodness of God. Our lives can become one big “Thank You” to God!

Psalm 136 | Why thank God? The past, present, or future will not end His love. The storms of life will not end His love. Distance from loved ones will not end His love. Death itself will not end His love. Nothing may be more important for followers of Jesus than cultivating gratitude. As the world gets darker and filled with more pain, thankful people will shine brightly with the light of Jesus.

Luke 14:25-33 | As people who call ourselves Christians, or followers of Jesus, are we committed or just involved? Are we just interested onlookers in the crowd or are we truly following Jesus with our entire lives? When we met Jesus, we died to our old sinful, self-centered, selfish lives and have been raised to new life, a life that is characterized by a selfless, sacrificial, servanthood life f...

Acts 1:6-11 | We will not reach the entire world from the comfort of the pews in our beautiful sanctuaries. Jesus is saying to his disciples, here is your mission, should you choose to accept it. And we have been given the power of the Holy Spirit to show and tell Jesus to the world.

John 13:1-17 | Being a humble servant of God is hard, as it goes against our sinful, selfish human nature. It will cost us what is dear to us, it will hurt, as it requires us to empty ourselves, our pride, our egos. If just Christians today became humble servants of God in this manner it would heal our homes, our families, our churches, our neighborhoods, and our world.

Luke 20:20-26 | The Bible has a great deal to say about money and possessions, but when we talk about it in church, we get uncomfortable. If God owns everything, then we will naturally ask God what He wants us to do with our money and possessions and then we will follow Jesus’ lead and do whatever is God’s will. It will set us free to give as God directs. It is our hope that we give voluntarily, g...

Matthew 18:15-20 | Experiencing community is an essential part what it means to be human. We will never experience the fullness of God in our lives without Christ-centered community. But community can also be very messy. Whenever people come together, there is the potential for conflict. Instead of allowing forces to drive us apart, let’s lean into the Jesus way of addressing conflict when someone...

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Isaiah 40:27-31 | x

Matthew 28:16-20 | x

Ephesians 4:11-16 | Our goal is to continue to grow every day to be more like Jesus in every single area of our lives, even to the full and complete standard of Christ. When Jesus lived in this world, He was constantly turning to His Heavenly Father watching and listening for God’s direction. Jesus simply calls on us to follow in His footsteps.

Philippians 3:7-11 | Have you met Jesus? Do you believe that Jesus is who He said He is and who He showed Himself to be? Have you trusted Him enough to say yes to following Him as your Lord and Savior? Jesus is inviting us to say yes to His love and follow Him. As we do, we will learn more about who He truly is, and as we trust Him more, He will transform our lives.

Deuteronomy 30:11-20 | Why in the world would anyone choose death? We are tempted to choose death all the time. How often have you chosen what is familiar and comfortable over God’s calling in your own life? Jesus is wants to make a home with us. That is the best news ever! Yet, separated from God, we can’t produce a thing. When there is separation and rebellion with God, there is only death. Won'...

Numbers 13:25 - 14:9 | We all deal with healthy and unhealthy fears. God desires to not only conquer our fears, but to give us tremendous blessings that can only be discovered in proportion to our faith, trust, reliance, and dependence upon him. You may feel small compared to what you are facing, but God says to us in Isaiah 41:10 , “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I...

Leviticus 16 | When Adam and Eve rebelled against God, sin entered this world carrying with it horrific consequences, namely that of physical and spiritual death. God has the one and only solution that goes to the heart of what is hurting our world. We now have Jesus, who is the High Priest and the sacrifice. It is as if God stepped up to the temple veil and tore it from top to bottom, thus showin...

Exodus 34:29-35 | We may not like the idea of God’s holiness being too much for us to handle, but it is important to grasp how great, holy, and perfect God really is. We cannot produce the light of God’s glory ourselves -- but we can reflect God’s glory with our lives. In God’s presence, God will shape and mold our lives to be like Jesus.

Exodus 34:1-9 | What is the cure for sin? No matter how damaged our lives may be, the Lord promises to do for us what 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”

Exodus 17:8-16 | At times we may feel we are at a difficult place or we maybe somewhere in the wilderness experiencing all the highs and lows, and the many challenges of life. Wherever we are on the journey, we cannot make it on our own. The only way we can safely and successfully navigate our journey is when we prayerfully turn to God and put our hands in His hands. As we turn our lives over to G...

Exodus 17:1-7 | Where God leads, God provides. Yet, we often don’t understand this profound truth. When we get overwhelmed, we often start with complaining and blaming. Jesus can calm the deepest part of our souls when complaining bubbles up inside of us. He will take care of us.

Exodus 3:7-10, 16-17 | John Wesley once said, “The best thing of all is God is with us.” In Exodus 3, Moses is on the verge of the greatest and the most frightening adventure of his life. God reveals that God is directly involved in the life of His people. This is a picture of God’s deliverance for us today.

Exodus 3:1-6 | If listening is a challenge in our communication with each other, it is certainly just as challenging to listen carefully to God. When is the last time we heard God speak to us or that we have intentionally taken the time and effort to listen to God? God actually speaks to us all the time-- The question is, are we listening?

Exodus 2:1-10 | When we are going through tough times it may feel like God is missing. We might honestly ask, “Where is God?” Yet, when we look at God’s Word, God reminds His people that God is always with us, in the good and the bad, and God is in control as He is working out all the details of our lives.