Sermons – Grace Evangelical Free Church // Wyoming, MN

The only real and lasting solution to the problems we face in this life (physical, relational, emotional, and spiritual) is the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. the only real and lasting solution to the problems we face in this life (physical, relational, emotional, and spiritual) is the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The author of Ecclesiastes, the Preacher, was inspired b...

Let us keep an eternal perspective, seeking to worship Jesus as He is, not how we want Him to be. Through the scriptures and power of the Spirit, you see Him as the Messiah King over your life and Savior of your soul.

Oppression is everywhere and it is one of the most grievous things known to God and man. Because God saved the world through the oppression of His Son, God’s people are liberated to liberate. We are freed from the oppression of sin to work toward freeing the oppressed, body and soul.

As the Preacher looked around, he saw injustice and vanity in that those on opposite ends of the moral spectrum (righteous and wicked) experienced the same outcome in their lives, even as those on opposite ends of the ontological spectrum (man and beast) experienced the same outcome in their deaths. From the Preacher we are charged, once again, to rejoice in our work. And from the rest of God’s Wo...

God’s Word calls God’s people to glorify God by calling all people everywhere to follow Jesus and we do that best by burning bright for Jesus. Let us do so.

Jesus, the Good Shepherd, faithfully leads believers through all of life's circumstances and into eternity. He knows His sheep, knows the path, and ensures His flock will reach "the House of the Lord." Trust and rest in the Good Shepherd.

The fact that God has made everything beautiful in its time is wrapped in mystery. Because of the beauty, we can trust God and find joy. Because of the mystery, our joy is limited under the sun. Let us enjoy that which God has given us and look to God’s Word to know more fully what God has given and how to enjoy it.

Every time and season of our lives belongs to God, for His glory and our good. Let us learn to conform our preferences to God’s purposes and to develop a better standard by which to judge the seasons than our convenience.

Work for its own sake can never provide the kind of meaning and significance we long and are made for. Let us look first to Jesus, and work as unto Him.

God moves in mysterious ways. Things simply don’t work in ways that are predictable, but that’s by God’s good design. We need more than our own reason or desires to live a life of meaning and significance. Therefore, we should trust God’s Word and promises rather than our interpretation of our circumstances.

True and lasting satisfaction is never found in the pleasures of this world when they are sought for their own sake. Seek fullness of joy in the one place that it is found, in the presence of God, through faith in Jesus Christ

All human wisdom has limits. Wisdom is better than folly, but it alone is not sufficient to predict life under the sun with 100% accuracy. And that is often really, really frustrating. Therefore, seek wisdom, reject folly, and live ultimately according to the promises of God that are ours in Jesus.

There is great mystery in understanding how life can have real meaning when there is nothing new under the sun and everything comes back around again. But God is making all things new and the rhythms of this world are profound means of grace. Let us enter into the rhythms of God’s design as the means of grace they are.

There are three main themes that we need to get our heads around in order to grasp the main message of the book: The vanity of this life, the sovereignty of God over all things, and the meaning of the phrase, “under the sun.”

At Grace Church, we would be unified on specific truths of God for our faith from His word to reach maturity in Christ.

We're spending the next two sermons laying out a some of what defines us as a church—both doctrinally and practically. Our main aim in doing so is to more firmly establish ourselves in the truths of God so that we might live out our faith with greater confidence, clarity, joy, and unity.

This Gospel, John’s aims, John’s structure, Jesus’ glory, Jesus’ signs, are all graciously given to us that we may graciously believe in Jesus and graciously follow Him to the cross and from there all the way to eternal life in heaven.

Just as God equipped Moses despite his reluctance and excuses, calling him to fulfill his duty, we too are called to embrace our God-given responsibilities without excuses, trusting that He will equip and empower us to obey His commands.

Following Jesus is the primary call on all of our lives. Let's learn what it means to follow Jesus and to do so in faith.

Following Jesus is the primary call on all of our lives. Follow Jesus!

This passage shows us Jesus’ loving and gracious restoration and recommissioning of Peter. Let us receive Jesus’ love, love Jesus above all, and follow Jesus in loving ministry to His people.

Jesus cares for His people as a true friend and King, with compassion, grace, and fellowship.

John explicitly states the reason he wrote his Gospel: To describe Jesus’ signs, in order to convince his readers of Jesus’ nature, in order that we might receive life by believing in Jesus. Let us consider Jesus’ signs, believe in Him and have life, and share all of that with others that they too might believe and have life.

The risen Lord is patient with His people and faith is His gift to us. Let us identify the promises of God and fight in the Spirit’s power to believe them because Jesus has risen from the dead.

Our charge from Jesus is great and costly, but our help and reward are greater still. Boldly share the good news of Jesus with the world in the power of the Holy Spirit.