Living Life God's Way

Sermon message – December 10, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Preparing The Way For The Lord Isaiah 40:1-11 What does Isaiah mean when he says, "Make straight a way in the desert"? It was a new time. John the Baptist was doing a new thing, a very important key that would point people to their need for a savior who was coming. Today, we too, need to remember what has happened, an...

Sermon message – December 3, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Our Hope is God Incarnate Isaiah 64:1-9 Have you ever cried out for help? Have you ever needed someone to advocate for you? Maybe you look for someone who is strong, capable, and trustworthy; maybe even someone powerful and intimidating. When we were children, that might have been our parents. When we are grown, who is it? Isaia...

Sermon message – November 26, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Lets Talk About The Shepherd Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Don't be sad, anxious, or unhappy. Rejoice. No matter what we are faced with, our true shepherd King comes to us. Listen this week and be encouraged as Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis teaches about the role of the shepherd. To learn more about the Trinity Church family visit o...

Sermon message – November 19, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Be The One That Turns Back Luke 17:11-19 How much do we appreciate what we have been given? Do we feel entitled? Do we somehow feel like we deserve certain things? Many of us live in a consumeristic world. How might that affect our gratitude? This week is the story of the 10 lepers healed by Jesus. Listen this week and be encou...

Sermon message – November 12, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Encourage One Another In Christ 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Have you ever been discouraged? Does evil seem to prosper?  Yet, who has the key to death and Hades? Who died and rose again from the dead? This is something! Listen this week and be encouraged as Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis teaches about truth and hope in the death and resu...

Sermon message – November 5, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Living A Life Worthy Of God 1 Thessalonians 2:9-12 In a continuation of the concept "What treasure are you storing", Pastor Ralph asks the question "What will people say at your funeral?" Are you storing up a resume of accomplishments? If so, what is the alternative? Listen this week and be encouraged as Rev....

Sermon message – October  29, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Oh To Know Him More Matthew 22: 41-46 Jesus asked the Pharisees, "What do you think of the Messiah, whose son is he?" What is your perception? How do we understand this person? If you are a Christian, who are you representing? Listen this week and be encouraged as Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis teaches about discipleship a...

Sermon message – October  22, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Generosity Changes Lives 2 2 Corinthians 9:10-12 How do we fit in a culture of consumerism? Do our financial decisions line up with Scripture? Each decision we make is an opportunity to serve God. Is God first? Are we storing up treasures of this world, or treasures of heaven?  Listen this week and be encouraged as Rev. Dr. Ral...

Sermon message – October 15, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Generosity Changes Lives 2 Corinthians 9:10-12 What lives does generosity change? Is it about the giving or is it about the receiving?  Everything we have comes from God, so how is our giving related to our relationship with God? Listen this week and be encouraged as Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis teaches about the spirit of generosi...

Sermon message – October 8, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: God's Loving Law Psalm 19:7-11 Many of us don't like rules. We tend to think of rules as bad or something to be resisted. But are all rules bad? Is it bad for parents to tell their children they can't play in the street? What if society had no rules at all? Psalm 19 reflects on God's rules. Listen this week an...

Sermon message – October 1, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Living With Gratitude Psalm 78:12-20 Do you have affluenza? What is it? Is there a vaccine? This battle is in the mind. Psalm 78 shows us God's faithfulness. What should be our response that keeps us from affluenza?  Listen this week and be encouraged as Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis teaches the better response to God's fai...

Sermon message – September 24, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Finding God in the Wilderness  Psalm 105:37-45 Has life turned out how you imagined? The Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt yet then found themselves in the wilderness hungry and with only bitter water to drink. They were God's people yet weren't spared the wilderness. Surprisingly, Psalm 105 praises God for...

Sermon message – September 17, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: A People Led By God  Psalm 114:1-8 After years of oppression Israel has been freed. They are on a journey. There will be many changes. Then with their oppressors chasing them they come to the sea, a barrier.  How should they move? Should they return? How will they overcome?  Our lives today seem very similar. We also have tria...

Sermon message – September 10, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: If Not Here Then Where  Mark 11: 15-19 Is God doing a new thing? Is He turning over tables and disrupting our sacred places to bring about change? We don't like change, but are we going to be a church and people ready, available, and with open hearts to what God is doing? Jesus is building His church. He will not give up...

Sermon message – September 3, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Thy Will Be Done  Matthew 26:36-46 What do you do in times of trial and suffering? Do you pray to God? When you pray do you give God a list of things to do, or do you listen for God to give you a list? How did Jesus pray the night before He was to suffer and die on the cross? Listen as Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis speaks about ali...

Sermon message – August 27, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Where Are You?  Genesis 3:6-9 Be encouraged. There is a Father in heaven that wants to have a relationship with you.  Listen for more good news from Trinity Church Sugar Land's pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis about our Father in heaven and for practical ways to build our relationship with Him.   To learn more about the Trin...

Sermon message – August 13, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Why Pray? Luke 11:1-4 What are we actually doing ? What is the purpose? If we are in Christ Jesus, we have favor with God. His judgement has been satisfied by the work of our Lord at Calvary. So why pray?  Be encouraged. There is good news about who God is! And, the Creator God invites us to call Him 'Father'!  Listen f...

Sermon message – August 6, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: The Old Has Gone, The New Has Come 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 Christ died for you. You are in Him. You are a new creation. The old has gone! However, we are not exempt from living in this dark world. How do we live as a new creation in this world? It sounds easy, but many times seems difficult to execute. Listen for practical ways to f...

Sermon message – July 30, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: As God in Christ Has Forgiven You Matthew 18:21-35 It's all about relationships. We owe a debt we can not pay. Do we have peace with God?  Have we received His forgiveness? We have so many hurts inflicted on us living in this world.  What are we to do? How do we heal? There is good news. God has a healing balm for you.  Listen...

Sermon message – July 23, 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Finding God in Unexpected Places Genesis 28:10-19a Tired, running for your life and only a rock for a pillow. Sound familiar? Where's God? There is good news! Listen and be encouraged this week by Trinity Church Sugar Land’s pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis in this message about God's presence and His faithfulness.   To l...

Sermon message – July 16 2023  Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis Message: Embracing Fruitfulness Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23 The parable of the sower. What's happening in this story? Is it a problem with the seed? Is it a problem with the sower? Be encouraged this week by Trinity Church Sugar Land’s pastor Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis in this message about living a life of transformation; living a life filled...

Sermon message – July 2, 2023  Rev. Dr. C. Chappell Temple Message: The Truth Will Set You Free John 8:31-38 Veritas Liberabit Vos – The Truth Will Set You Free. How do we translate this into our everyday lives. What is truth? Is there freedom without truth? Be encouraged this week by Trinity Church Sugar Land’s guest pastor Rev. Dr. C. Chappell Temple, Presiding Elder Eastern Texas Global Methodi...

Sermon message - June  25, 2023  Series: The Community of the King Message: Practice Matters Matthew 3:4-10 The final message in the series "The Community of the King". Recognizing who our King is and living the life He taught. Be encouraged weekly by Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis, the Methodist pastor of Trinity Church Sugar Land, in these messages full of God’s grace and hope. You are neve...

Sermon message - June 18, 2023  Series: The Community of the King Message: Letting Go Of Egypt Exodus 32:1-6 The third message in the series "The Community of the King". Be encouraged weekly by Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis, the Methodist pastor of Trinity Church Sugar Land, in these messages full of God’s grace and hope. You are never alone.  To learn more about the Trinity Church family vi...

Sermon message - June 11, 2023  Series: The Community of the King Message: Come Follow Jesus Matthew 4:17-22 The second message in the series "The Community of the King". Be encouraged weekly by Rev. Dr. Ralph du Plessis, the Methodist pastor of Trinity Church Sugar Land, in these messages full of God’s grace and hope. You are never alone. To learn more about the Trinity Church family vi...