Southwood Sermons

Today, we're studying Matthew 2 to better understand how we can respond to Jesus with worry or worship.

We are all waiting on something. While you wait, are you turning to the world or to Jesus for your hope.

Today, we're studying Isaiah 7 to better understand how to choose faith over fear.

Today, we're studying 1 Peter 5.1-14 to better understand how to follow Christ for a lifetime.

1 Peter 4:12-19

Life passes quickly, and our time here is a gift. Let’s use it well—turning from sin and, like Jesus, choosing to love and serve one another wholeheartedly.

Today, we're studying 1 Peter 3.13-22 to better understand how to follow Christ in conflict.

Today, we're studying 1 Peter 3:1-12 to better understand how God requires and rewards our submission.

Today, we're studying Matthew 9 in which Jesus lays out the perspective, prayer, and pursuit we need for Christ-like compassion. Matthew 9:35-38

Today, we're studying 1 Peter 2.11-25 to better understand how we proclaim God's virtues through our conduct, submission, and suffering.

Today, we're studying 1 Peter 2.4-10 to better understand how we are built on Christ to pursue God's values & proclaim God's virtues.

Believers in Christ have been transformed by the Word of God and given a new identity in Jesus. Our focus now is to put aside the sins that characterized our former way of life as we are freed to love one another with a pure heart. In order to do this well, we depend fully on the Word of God that sustains us and matures us.

You don’t have to wait for heaven to experience joy. Through a living hope in Jesus, believers can find joy now—not in spite of suffering, but through it, as God uses trials to purify and grow our faith.

Today, we're studying 1 Peter 1:1-5 to better understand how we have a living hope provided, proven, and protected by God. 1 Peter 1.1-5

Today, we're studying 1 Peter 1.13-21 to better understand how holy living is rooted in hope, reverence, and gratitude. 1 Peter 1:13-21 Related Topics | grace, gratitude, holiness, hope, redemption, salvation

Today, we're studying Hebrews 10:19-25 to better understand how to invest in Christian community. Hebrews 10:19-25

Today, we're studying Matthew 16.21-28 to better understand how to invest our lives for eternity. Matthew 16:21-28

The Lord desires to work in his people as well as through them. Through examining Jonah's story we can see both of these truths and begin to apply this in our own life.

This morning we're studying a moment in the life of Abigail, who sets an example of how to live with humility while pursuing God's wisdom.

This morning we're studying the life of Isaac to better understand how God keeps His promises because He alone is good.

Throughout the Bible, God commands his people to not fear. If we are honest, we frequently let fear be the primary factor in our decisions, especially when they involve stepping into the work that God is doing. In Exodus 3 and 4, God meets Moses' deepest fears with deeper truth: truth of his promises, power, and provision.

This morning we're studying a pivotal moment in the life of Elisha to better understand purpose and practice of making disciples.

In the story of Job, we find a man blessed by God, enriched both spiritually and materially. However, when he loses it all, he seeks after meaning and understanding for all his pain and suffering. The question put to us by the book is this: will we trust God and in his sovereignty even when we experience profound hurt? As believers, we understand that we live in a broken world filled with injustic...

We all desire to be used in significant ways for God's Kingdom. We want our lives to have influence and our prayers to have impact. However, for God to change the world through us, He has to make some changes within us.