Sonrise Ozark Sermon Podcast

A Mother's Day Message. God uses moms in ordinary ways to advance His work in people. God works through you when you have genuine faith and when you're sharing the scriptures.  Establish a relationship with Jesus, live your faith consistently (not perfectly) and share so that you might stir up the Spirit of God in others. 

Seek a relationship with the Lord with your whole heart.  Meditate on the ways of the Lord, keep thinking about the Word of God.  A blessed life depends upon your commitment to God and His Word as your guiding source for life.   

Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus and what you've received share it.  Be single-minded, live for the Lord and walk with integrity.   

When you have Jesus life is different.  How does your relationship with Jesus affect your parenting, grandparenting, your obedience to Christ? Children and Teens: Obey your parents from your heart. Obey because you want to live for Jesus.  Parents: Examine why you're asking your children to do something, don't exasperate or discourage your child. 

Jesus is alive and it has real world implications.  The testimony of Jesus' resurrection is important because it demonstrates that Jesus was the God-man who came to take away our sin.   

Reading from Luke 23 we hear of the cross, the sacrifice.  Notice how Luke establishes the innocence of Jesus, if He were not innocent He could not be our substitute.  Notice the exchange between the criminals and Jesus on the cross. The innocent man was willing to die for the guilty, so that the guilty can be treated like the righteous. Verses 44 - 46, the sacrifice has been made, the veil is tor...

As we prepare for the Resurrection we look at Luke 19 and the Triumphal Entry.  Jesus was going towards Jerusalem.  Jesus was paying it all to bring all to Heaven, but knew that many would reject Him.  Do you sit in a spirit of gratitude for Jesus' poise & determination?  Aren't you glad He walked with determination to the cross?

How do you live in this present world with your mind up above with Christ? We need to turn from loving earthly things to loving the things of the Spirit.  If you belong to Christ be spiritually minded, seek the things of the Spirit and contemplate Christ.   

What we know about Christ should impact our relationships.  As saved people in Christ when we walk in the Spirit our relationships are impacted.  A husband walking in the Spirit will treat his wife differently than a husband following the world. A wife walking in the Spirit will server her husband differently than a wife following the world.     

What rules you? As a saved person our relationship with Jesus should rule our everday life.  You have to be intentional, you can't have the Spirit without the Word. 

In this sermon we see how to live the life Christ calls us to. The more we know Him, through scripture and prayer, the more we're able to imitate Him in our daily lives.

Are you believing a lie? Are you discouraged because you believe you can't change? When you accepted Christ and His forgiveness you became a new creation. Because of what Christ has done for you change is possible. 

Special guest Dr. Jim Berg  "God is on a mission to redeem and restore fallen people to the likeness of His Son to the parise of His glory."  

In today's text Paul encourages believers to 'put to death' any behavior that is inconsistent with the resurrected life in Christ.  Keep your mind on Christ, set your attention on things above and it will show in your life. Live a life that reflects Christ and puts off sin that flows from our flesh.   

When you're in Christ, everything else in life is changed! Set your mind on Christ, not the things of this world. 

Quick snow day sermon.  Isaiah 1:18   Come now, let us reason together, says the  Lord : though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

You're complete in Christ, not complete in rules. Be careful of false practices and false spirituality. Do not judge others or let others judge you by their opinions.  

Paul is telling us to walk worthy of the Lord.  We are rooted and built up in Him.  Established in the faith.  Abounding in it with thanksgiving.  Receive Jesus and live in Christ, let Jesus guide your thinking and your conduct.    *Please note that the original recording of this sermon contained audio irregularities, resulting in some portions being omitted. Every effort has been made to preserve...

Brother Bill brings the message today from Philippians 3.  Your purpose in life is to know Him and honor Him.  Know you can trust Him even in the midst of difficult circumstances. 

The presence of the Lord provides hope.  How have you responded to your encounter with Jesus? Do you follow Jesus even when you don't understand? Do you follow with your hope anchored in Jesus Christ?

What was hidden has now been revealed to the saints, which is Paul and now he is revelaing it to us through God's Word. The beautiful mystery is Christ in you, the hope of glory.  When we accept Jesus as our Savior he lives in us, the power of Jesus in us transforms us and allows us to share the gospel, revealing the beautiful mystery to others and growing the church.   

Are you more passionate about Christ or the world? Where do you turn when looking for answers? Christ? or the world?   All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ. 

The service begins with Pastor Craig reading the Christmas Story from Luke 2 and Matthew 2.  Then from Colossians 1 we learn how Christmas is not just about the arrival of Glory, but the beginning of Glory's journey on Earth. 

Paul helps us see the reconciling Christ in today's passage.  Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself through His sacrifice.  If you're not living like a Christian but you say that you are a Christian, you need to look inward to figure out what's going on.  Faith produces change, if you're saved, you should seem different. 

He is the living, preeminent one who redeems.  Jesus is our Savior.