Story Church Mayfield Heights

This week we look more closely at how Jesus wants us to love those around us - especially those who are different from us - and we see that this kind of radical love stands out in our community. We are reminded that the source of great love is God, and that we love because He first loved us.

Jesus commands us to have integrity - to live in such a way that our actions and deeds align with our thoughts and heart. Rather than acting like we are something or someone we aren't, we ought to be honest with who we are - and as a church we ought to be a place where people can come together and take off the masks we have been wearing. God knows our thoughts and our deeds, and yet still He l...

This week we look at how we can be unified in the body of Christ through the Holy Spirit, but also at the barriers in our lives that keep us from that unity.

Continuing in the sermon on the mount, this week, we look at the beauty of sex, the lies of lust, and the radical path to freedom that Jesus offers.

Building upon the message last week, we see hear that Jesus is teaching a new way to understand the commandment "do not murder" and that it is not enough to follow the letter of the law - we must also obey the heart of the law. Even though our anger towards others isn't judged in a court of law, we cannot hide our hearts from God, and in this passage, Jesus tells us how harboring ang...

In this passage, we see what Jesus has to say about the Old Testament - that although everything that the laws and prophets said was true, it was not enough. Jesus is introducing His radical message that it is indeed necessary to follow the law perfectly, but because we are unable to do so, Christ came to live a perfect life in our place, and His death on the cross allows us to receive His righteo...

In this passage, Paul refutes the common idea (both in his own time and in our own present day) that Jesus didn't actually raise from the dead. We look at the evidence that points to Jesus's resurrection and also why it is so important to our faith today.

In the final message in this series, we are reminded that God has set His people apart for His glory. Peter reminds us that we are the building blocks for the spiritual house in which God dwells. It is not because of anything that we have done, but only because God desired to show us mercy and because Jesus was willing to die for our sins that we have been pulled out of the darkness into God's...

No matter where we are in our walk with God, we need a daily reminder of the gospel - that is, a reminder that we can never earn our way into favor with God and that it is only by our faith that our sins are forgiven. We are often tempted to spend the day thinking about what we need to do and can forget that the work of salvation has already been completed on the cross for us. Resting in this trut...

This week we look at a message from Paul to the Thessalonians, emphasizing the importance of being in community with other believers by giving them instructions to encourage one another, respect the leaders of the church, remain in fellowship with one another, and worship together. 

This week we look at the Great Commission and learn that the church of Christ will grow as disciples of Jesus obey his commands and continue to make disciples who do the same. For some of us that may mean going to the unreached nations of the earth, and for others that may mean reaching out to our neighbors God has placed in our lives to share with them the love of Jesus. Although sharing the gosp...

This week we are challenged to go from doing nothing to doing something, to form habits of obedience so that spending time with Jesus becomes something we do without thinking about it. In what way this year will you grow closer to Jesus and live a life saturated with His Word? 

This week we look at the overarching theme of the Bible - God's work in redeeming/restoring a fallen creation - and ask what is God doing in the world, what is God doing in the church globally, and what is God doing in the church locally? What is our role in the story of God's redeeming work in the world, and how does knowing the end of the story encourage us and give us confidence today? 

The final group of people that Jesus says are blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake. While this blessing may seem out of place with the other blessings that precede it, Jesus is telling us that the persecution we face as Christians when we live as he has already instructed is a blessing because it reveals that we have genuine faith. If we are going to live as Jesus lived, we...

In the second half of the opening section of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus speaks toward our posture towards the rest of the world. He says that those who are merciful, those who are pure in heart, and those who are peacemakers will be blessed. We should keep in mind, however, that we do not strive to exhibit these qualities in order to earn our way into the Kingdom of God, but rather, because we...

As we continue our series through Matthew, we reach Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. This week we focus on three ways in which Jesus tells us we can have a blessed life: being poor in spirit, mourning our sinfulness, and in meekness toward God. This approach to the "blessed life" is as counter-cultural today as it was back then. Jesus does not instruct us to become self-reliant or to fix our own probl...

Capping off our series looking at Jesus as our great High Priest and our True Prophet, we look this week at Jesus the King - specifically why we need a king and what it means for Jesus to be the king in our lives today. 

God gave His people priests in order to mediate between the people and Himself through sacrifice. In Hebrews we see that Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of this as He makes atonement for us once and for all on the cross. We can rejoice, therefore, knowing that Jesus has purified us and reconciled us back to God. 

In this passage, Paul exemplifies praying for others by praying that the church would know God more deeply through experiencing Him, that the eyes of our hearts would be enlightened to the work God is doing through the Spirit, and that we would be comforted in knowing that no matter the circumstance, all things must work together for good. 

The writer of Hebrews reminds us that we can always go to Jesus in prayer. Having experienced the trials and temptations of life himself, Jesus is able to be our advocate when we pray. He knows what we are going through, and we ought to go to Him first in prayer. 

As Jesus calls His first disciples to join Him, we see the power Jesus has to make immediate, radical change in our lives. As soon as He calls Simon and Andrew and James and John, they leave their lives to join Jesus in His mission. We also see in this passage that Jesus's mission is to care for those who are in need, and that He builds His kingdom through lowly sinners like his disciples and like...

Coming off of the spiritual "high" of his baptism, Jesus is led into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. In this sermon, Pastor Jeremy shows us how the wilderness if always a place of testing, to expose where our hearts are at with the Lord. We learn how Satan's main attack is to tempt us to disbelieve the gospel, and how we can overcome those temptations by relying on the Spirit of God, an...

Continuing in our series in Matthew, we look at the responses of both King Herod and the three Wise Men to the birth of Jesus, the king of the Jews. Although we don't know much about the Wise Men, we know that they traveled a long distance to come and worship Jesus, and we can learn from their heart attitude in worshipping Him. 

This week we look at the miraculous story of Mary's conception and Joseph's response to the news. This story challenges us by reminding us that sometimes what God calls us to is greater than what we can handle on our own, but it also gives us encouragement when we face trials by reminding us that God has already provided the way through. 

This week we look at Zechariah 4 and are reminded that it is by God's power (not our own) that the church is built. Even in the small things that may seem insignificant to us, He is building His church. Not only that, but He will continue to sustain the church through His infinite supply of grace and mercy.