North Wake Church Sermons

Focus: to align ourselves with Jesus' prayer and cross work to make us one. Here is a helpful article on our passage: The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus These resources can help address the question of what is worth dividing over. Essentials and Non-Essentials How to Choose Your Battles Carefully In Essentials Unity, In Non-Essentials Liberty, In All Things Charity

Focus:  on praying for the Spirit's needful enabling us to love one another.

Focus: calling the church to love our enemies, as God Himself has loved us. Here is a helpful article on our passage by John Piper: But I Say to You Love Your Enemies

To encourage us to serve one another in humility and to grow in our love for each other and for the Lord.

Focus : On loving one another as Christ loved us, so unity is preserved, Satan gains no foothold and the Spirit is not grieved

Focus : to warn the church against pridefully dividing the church, which is God's temple. Resources: Click this LINK  for a helpful article on the church as a temple.

Focus: on loving one another as members of Christ's body, protecting unity and cherishing diversity. Resources:  Below are the videos that were shown in the service. Piano Video Unlikley Aminal Pairs

Focus : to call the church to “be the bride” by submitting to Christ’s headship and embracing His love for us. Resource:  Here is a link to a helpful short Bible study by R.C. Sproul, Jr. on the meaning of the church as the bride of Christ: High Fidelity

Focus: on loving God back by loving the church/one another.

Focus : On exalting God rather than insulting Him by calling on His name in times of trouble and giving Him thanks for His deliverance.

Focus: on embracing the eternal life Christ offers through His own death and resurrection.

Focus : to encourage us to love God back by loving His Word – delighting in it and committing ourselves to it. Resources: Here are a few links to helpful short articles on this passage: Dear Rules I Love You Sweeter Than Honey to My Mouth

Focus : on loving God back by our glad obedience to His commands.

Focus : on embracing the love of God even though we are wholly undeserving. "A portion of these videos were used as part of the message on Hosea 1-3.  Video #1 was used prior to the message and video #6 was used to follow it and lead to the Lord's table.  Special thanks to Irving Bible Church for their excellent work portraying this powerful story of God's love." The Hosea Love Stor...

Focus:  on loving God more in response to His sacrificial love for us. Resources: Here is a short helpful article on the meaning and significance of propitiation: Pagan Propitiation vs. Biblical Propitiation

Focus : on delighting to love God as our good and loving and powerful Father. RESOURCES: Three Things We Should Know About God Here is a helpful article in defense of using father language concerning God: Why We Call God Father NOTE: There is no recording of the sermon.

Focus : on growing large our love for God who is our Redeemer.

Focus : Calling us to love God as the Maker of everything, including us, and to use creation as a prompt to love and worship God throughout our days. RESOURCES: Here are some creation videos to use at the close of your time to prompt worship of God as our Creator: "In Wonder" The Best of Planet Earth Creation Calls

Focus: on making our devotion to these 3 great loves our priority in the coming year.

Focus : on embracing the work of the incarnation that allows to know God as Father.