Mercy Fellowship Sermons

What day for you has tangibly defined your life today the most? What events or circumstances? As Christians, we see the world in terms of significant days. The incarnation, the arrival of our Lord Jesus to earth as a baby. The crucifixion of our Lord on Good Friday. And Easter morning, celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus. Watch and celebrate with us today, the resurrection of our Lord J...

We need THE king to show up, but how does He show up? Not on our terms. Jesus the king enters Jerusalem, on a low donkey, not with a great army. He comes in humility, not in strength. We are called to receive Jesus for who He is, not for who we think He should be. Jesus is not an add on to our political agenda, rather He is the embodiment of God’s Kingdom agenda. Watch as Pastor Chris unpacks Palm...

Jesus concludes His Sermon On The Mount, not with celebration or victory, but with warning for His people. He warns of false prophets who will devour them. True & false converts and Solid or Sand foundations.

How are we to judge? Isn't judging sinful? This week, Pastor Chris will continue our series in the Sermon of the Mount, looking at Jesus famous line "Judge not, that you be not judged." The desire that Jesus has for us is that we would judge with right & clear judgement.

What are we to do with our anxieties? How do we move forward when we are gripped by fear? Jesus shows us, that although there is many things people can worry about, if we are a part of His Kingdom, then there is no need to be anxious, because He, our Father & King will take care of us. Watch today, as Pastor Chris unpacks Matthew 6:25-34

When we pray to God, who are we praying to? He is God and we are mere humans. He is holy and we are sinful. He is Creator over all things and we are created creatures. So who do we pray to? We pray to the King of the Universe with the privilege of calling Him Father! Watch today as Pastor Chris unpacks the Lords Prayer.

How do you respond to evil done to you? How about to those who are in fact evil? Continuing with the Sermon On The Mount this week, we are called to imitate our Lord Jesus. As He has loved His enemies, so should we. Furthermore, rather than retaliating towards our enemies, we are to be as our Lord Jesus has been to us; generous because our reward is in heaven. Watch as Pastor Chris unpacks Matthew...

Jesus preached the kingdom of heaven is a revolution, not of radical rebellion, but of radical obedience. While Jesus teaches His disciples Kingdom Ethics, He makes it clear that obedience is more than merely skin deep. God absolutely cares about our lives and our ward actions. However, the transformation Jesus is calling us to is deeper. Jesus wants radical renewal in our lives and that start dow...

Jesus calls us to be salt and light of the earth, but how is this possible? Furthermore, what does it look like for us to do this in our current cultural context? Watch or listen as Pastor Chris unpacks Jesus' call to be salt and light.

Is there hope for those hurting? Is peace possible for the conflicted? How do the persecuted endure such hardship? In this sermon, watch as Pastor Chris preaches from Matthew 5, the beginning of Jesus most famous sermon, the Sermon On the Mount, showing where true hope, peace and strength for endurance is found.

How/where would you start a worldwide movement to transform every aspect of culture, society, and worship? Who would want to recruit to help you lead, mobilize and evangelize this movement? What would be your key or core message or marketing campaign to spread the word, get buy in, and be your rallying cry? Watch as Pastor Chris Rich unpacks the launching of Jesus' ministry in Matthew 4

Do you need Jesus to enter your story? What part of you have you said is too dirty or broken for Jesus to be able to deal with? Where do you need to be made clean or made new? Jesus is here for you! Watch as Pastor Chris Rich unpacks Matthew 3-4, looking at the beginning of Jesus' ministry.

Rather than viewing ourselves as Kings and Queens of this earth, we need to reckon with reality: God is the King and the world is His Kingdom. Before a king arrives, a herald is sent to announce the kingdom and the king. In Malachi, God promises He will send a messenger who will proclaim the great and awesome day of the Lord’s arrive. Before Jesus begins His public ministry, He is preceded by John...

Time to Go! Matthew 2:13-15 The Empire Strikes back Mathew 2:16-18 Love Prevails Mathew 2:19-23

Where do you find joy? Amidst sorrow is joy possible? In this sermon, watch as Pastor Chris Rich unpacks Matthew 2, showing us, how joy comes to sorrow-filled situations in the person of Jesus.

God saves because we need saving. In Jesus, He saves us by bringing peace and hope through His incarnation. We can have peace, because "Emmanuel, God is with us."

We all long for hope, security and a home to belong to. But where should we look? Who can accomplish this for us? In Jesus Arrival, we are reminded that God keeps His promises so we can have hope. Jesus arrival reveals to us that God is still on the throne, so we are secure. Jesus arrival as King releases us from being exiles so we can come home to our Maker and Sustainer

How do we deal with anxiety? What do we do when we worry? The Apostle Paul tells us rather than being anxious, we are to pray about everything. Why? Because "the Lord is at hand." Listen as Pastor Curtis unpacks what it means to have communion with God that results in peace and hope, surpassing our anxieties.

We are created by God not only to work, but to rest. In Jesus, He invites us to rest not only from our work but also rest in His work that He has done for us! Learn from Pastor Curtis what it means in our day to Sabbath rest.

We need hope & humility. When it comes to politics, rather than riding the waves of highs & lows, we need a better hope for our future. When we see that Jesus is still on the throne, it gives us hope, that He is still planning good for our future while also having humility, that He is the one who causes leaders & kingdoms to rise and fall.

We need leadership. We all want and need a king. Our kingdoms however are fatally flawed. In Jesus, we are promised a perfect king & hope for eternity in Jesus Kingdom has implications for following Him today.

How do we navigate being citizens of a country and also citizens of an heavenly Kingdom? How do we handle voting, when it comes to voting for the lesser of two evils? In this series, Pastor Chris Rich leads us through a 3 week Sermon series on looking to King Jesus as our only hope while still taking our responsibility to influence culture & vote seriously, as citizens of the country we inhabit. P...

Godly wisdom is useless for fools and prideful scoffers. Humble hearts are necessary to know you need wisdom, desire wisdom, and apply wisdom. Before Proverbs moves into more specific instructions laid out in later chapters, we get a call back to the “why” and “who” of wisdom for life. Humility and Honor (8:1-21) – Godly wisdom is ever present especially at key decision points on our journeys call...

Created for Good Work. From the beginning humanity was created by God and placed in His creation for a purpose. We were to be fruitful and multiply (our sexuality) and we were to keep and cultivate the world into a beautiful, flourishing, and God glorifying society (our work). While sin can make our work into toil, our good purpose remains to be diligent. Deep in Debt (6:1-5) – Both our words and...

Solomon begins to move from general admonishments about foolishness and encouragement towards wisdom to specific warnings and instruction. The first practical topic he addresses (and returns to often) is our sexuality. While the world makes unfettered sexuality an idol and the foundation of our identity, God has given it to us as a powerful gift to steward with wisdom. How we understand and practi...