Misty Creek Community Church Sermons

What’s Next Part 2? Our Purpose, Vision, Mission, and Values Acts 2:42:47 This Sunday there will be a presentation from our renovations team. God is truly on the move at Misty Creek as we seek His plan for His church. Last Sunday I began a two-part series called “What’s Next.” We have copies of our PVMV for you to have and follow along today. As a body of believers, we have made a commitment to be...

What’s Next?  Matthew 28:18-20 & Mark 12:30-31 The Spirit of God was with us over three years ago as we first gathered in a living room for Home Church.  The Spirit is with us now in the stone chapel, where hundreds of lives have been saved since it was dedicated over 100 years ago. After standing empty, void of worshippers for the last few years, God had a plan to fill a once v...

What is Your Legacy? Luke 16:1-13 The question at the heart of today’s scripture lesson is one that I hope you’ll take seriously. Jesus is talking to his disciples in this passage. He knows he’s not going to be with them much longer. And he wants them to think seriously about the direction of their lives. Even though his ministry is popular now, he knows it won’t last. After his death, his discipl...

Remembering 9/11 (21st anniversary) Where were you on September 11th, 2001: The Day the World Shrank? How did you feel? Not only do we recall the fear we felt and the grief we shared, but also our resolve as a country. More than twenty years later, we pay tribute to our God being a God of unity. He gives hope, heals, and restores the broken. May we never forget the compassion that grew in us all b...

The Best Meal Ever!  Mark 14:22-25; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 This is the Labor Day Weekend. Labor Day is a strange holiday. While we call it "Labor Day,” we try to do as little labor as possible and most working people have the day off. Nobody has wished me a "Happy Labor Day". We didn’t get any Labor Day cards. We don’t decorate the house or give Labor Day gifts. The florists and greeting card...

Will Our Children Have Faith ?  I Samuel 3:1-10 Most of us never imagined we would be living in such a divided world. My grandfather fought and lived through the second world war, and he was convinced that our world would be drawn together in harmony, peace, and plenty. He was convinced that the sacrifices were so enormous that he seemed certain that we would never again permit our world to b...

MORE THAN A POPULARITY CONTEST Luke 12:49-56 We have been spending some time in Luke’s Gospel the last few weeks. We have learned that popularity is not a measure of success in God’s eyes; obedience is. How do you measure popularity? These days most people measure popularity by social media followers and likes. But that’s not always an authentic measure. There are companies that will sell lar...

"Wake Up! Get Ready!" Luke 12:32-40 8/14/22 Sermon Misty Creek Community Church Senior Pastor: Stephen Streett

Post-Traumatic Church Disorders Galatians 1:6-9 8/7/22 Sermon from Misty Creek Community Church Stephen Streett, Senior Pastor

If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat Matthew 14:22-33 God has called His children to a life of significance, a life of adventure, and He’s created good works for each of us to do. Jesus came to save us yes, but that’s just the beginning. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, God wants to use us to accomplish the greater things that Jesus spoke of in John 14:12. But these gr...

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS Luke 12:13-21 Have you ever stopped to notice the things that you worry about? If you were to make a list of the last three things you worried about, what would be on it? I ask this question because most of us live insulated lives. We have a place to live. We have enough food to eat. We are not in danger of starvation or homelessness or dying from a simple infection because we...

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING Luke 10:38-42  If you’ve ever hosted an event at your house—a Bible study, a Super Bowl party, a holiday meal, a book club meeting—you know that there are a hundred little details that need to be taken care of before the guests arrive. And one or two details could make the difference between a great event and a hosting nightmare. So it takes a certain spiritual gift a...

A Plan to Restore the World Ephesians 3:16-21 This Sunday, we will hear a personal testimony from Eli Allen. I will offer a reflective message from Ephesians 3:16-20. “I pray that out of his glorious riches that God may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,...

God's Eternal Freedom John 8:31-47 Monday our nation celebrates Independence Day, which commemorates the day that the 13 original colonies joined together to declare their independence from Great Britain. In fact, the first time we were ever referred to as the “United States of America” was in the Declaration of Independence, which was accepted by the leadership of the 13 colonies on July 4, 1776....

Identity Theft, How to Avoid Being Ripped Off! 1 Peter 2:9-10 Satan never stops lying to the believers, trying to convince us that we are not who God declares that we are in Christ Jesus. The Bible says so much about our true identity. I'll be unpacking some of Satan's schemes to undermine us and walk through some practical tips to help us live a victorious life and experience the f...

WWJD Part I: The Good Samaritan Church Matthew 25:31-46 ; Luke 10:25-37 Why do we ask the question, what would Jesus do? Is it because when we become Christians, we become one with Christ? We commit our life to Him. If we're dedicated to our commitment, He will give us the strength we need to deal with whatever we face in life.  We depend on His strength, and as we do, we become more con...

From Powerless to Powerful John 14:16-18 There are three ingredients that are necessary to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ into the world. The first is power. Jesus, in his final instructions to his disciples, told them to wait in Jerusalem “until you are clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:49) That power would be the Holy Spirit at work in their lives. For example, on the Day of Pentecost...

A PREVIEW OF HEAVEN (PENTECOST) ACTS 2:1-21 Pentecost is meant to be a little preview of heaven. In Revelation 7, John is given a vision of what heaven will actually look like. In verse 9, he says he sees a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. And what is the great multitude doing? Singing praises fo...

Who is Listening to You?  Acts 16:16-34 This Sunday we’re going to talk about a prayer that moved both Heaven and earth. Imagine visiting a foreign city in which you are falsely accused of a crime, attacked by a violent mob, stripped naked and beaten, and thrown into a dark prison cell. Few of us will ever endure that kind of violence and injustice. But many of us know what it’s like to lose...

God has a purpose for you  Acts 16:9-15 I want to ask you a question: how do you respond when God—or life itself—changes your plans? This question is relevant for everyone because at some point in your life, God, or life, if you will, will suddenly and unexpectedly change your plans for your day, maybe even for your life. There is an old “Peanuts” cartoon strip that I suspect we all can relat...

Do you want to be in God’s way or in God’s will? Acts 11:1-18  I want us to focus today on Peter’s response in Acts 11:1-18 because it’s a powerful example of how to pivot our mindset from being God’s bouncer to being God’s ambassador. Peter ends his story by saying, “So if God gave them the same gift, He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in...

A Woman with a Sense of Purpose  Acts 9:36-43  We will honor Mother’s this Sunday with a few extra special surprises in the service.       I don’t think you can overestimate the influence of a parent on a child’s sense of compassion. Compassion is what being a follower of Jesus is all about. Compassion is concern for the suffering of others. It’s an active r...

WHAT DOES GOD EXPECTS OF US?  Acts 9:1-20 The first question we should ask ourselves from Sunday’s Scripture lesson would be this, “What kind of God do you believe God is?” Do you see how messed up Saul’s mission had become? His primary motivation for persecuting Christians wasn’t hatred and destruction. His primary motivation for hunting down and arresting the followers of Jesus was his desi...

Rumor Has it!  John 20:19-31 In our Gospel lesson for Sunday, the disciples were hiding behind closed doors. One reason the disciples were hiding may have been the proliferation of rumors in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. I’ve dealt with this before, but it is so important for our day and time, I want to emphasize it again. John says that the disciples were...

The Greatest of All Time I Corinthians 15:19-26; Luke 24: 1-12 Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Billy Graham, Tiger Woods, Esther, Joan of Arc, Michael, Jackson, Whitney Houston, Elvis, Lebron James, Sacajawea, George Washington, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Babe Ruth, Abraham Lincoln. You could add so many more to the list. But that’s not necessary because none would exist without the resurre...