Sunday Sermons

Fully Alive in 2025 Under His Umbrella John 2:1-10 If we would just get under what God has put over us, then we could get over what God has put under us. 1. The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our need for Jesus The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. 3 The wine supply...

Fully Alive in 2025 Week #1 Jesus, Help Me Feel Alive Isaiah 55:8-9 Our thinking compared to God's thinking is incredibly limited “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the  Lord . “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. 9  For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 Jes...

Unwrapping Christmas Week #4 Unwrapping the Savior 3 types of people Jesus came for: 1. The messy At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. 2 (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census. 4 And because Joseph was a descendant of King...

Unwrapping Christmas - Week 3 - December 15, 2024 Unwrapping the Message In the course of time, Judah arranged for his firstborn son, Er, to marry a young woman named Tamar. 7But Er was a wicked man in the LORD's sight, so the LORD took his life. 8Then Judah said to Er’s brother Onan, “Go and marry Tamar, as our law requires of the brother of a man who has died. You must produce an heir for your b...

Unwrapping Christmas Week #2 Unwrapping the Gift Romans 5:1-11 8 Gifts Unwrapped Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. –1 Peter 2:24 • Faith is the key to victory because faith is the way we experience being born of God. For a child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. And the...

Unwrapping Christmas Week #1 Unwrapping Restoration Matthew 1:19-24; 2:13-21 Listen to the voice of Jesus and do what He says Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. 20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afrai...

Thanksgiving 2024 An Attitude of Gratitude Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 1. Don’t freak out Do not be anxious about anything When we get captivated...

Unpopular Week #7 Not a Skin Issue, a Sin Issue Luke 10:25-37 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love...

Unpopular – Week #6 Theory or Truth? 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 2:20; Romans 12:2; Isaiah 55:8-9; Romans 8:37 Critical Theory = my identity is based on my gender, my race or my sexual orientation Biblical Faith = my identity is based on who I am in Christ • First Identity • Primary Identity • Jesus didn’t die to be a part of our life, He came and died to be our life This means that anyone who b...

Unpopular Week #5 - November 3, 2024 Politics in the Church? Daniel 2:1-19; 24-30; 46-4 Christianity is a personal issue, but it’s not a private issue We are called to be the salt of the earth There is a man in your kingdom who has within him the spirit of the holy gods. During Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, this man was found to have insight, understanding, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your predece...

Unpopular - Week 4 - October 20, 2024 Dealing with Feelings 2 Corinthians 10:5 Emotional Health- The ability to manage feelings, think, and cope with life events. When conflict arises, we can have effective confrontations! Inward-focused tools- Self-Awareness, Self-Belief, and Self-Regulation Outward-focused tools- Social Awareness, Belief About Others, and Relationship Skills. 1. Think Before Act...

Unpopular - Week 3 - October 13, 2024 The Blueprint of Truth Matthew 16:18 1. The Foundation “On this rock I will build My church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” – Matthew 16:18 Jesus gave us the blueprints for us to live sacrificially and lay down our lives for the glory of God. God’s Truth is not a suggestion but rather it’s why He created it to protect those He loved. 2. Re...

Unpopular Week #2 A Helper Uniquely Designed by God to be a Blessing Genesis 2:21-22; 3:1-21 According to the Scriptures, a Woman is: 1. A Helper a. Encouragement b. Trust It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home. Proverbs 21:9 It’s better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife. Proverbs 21:19 A quarrelsome wif...

Unpopular week #1 A Godly Man John 2:13-17 Four Qualities of a Godly Man: 1. A Godly man will pursue the Lord It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. John 2:13 It is a spiritual impossibility to pursue Jesus and to pursue sin at the same time The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22 In the same way, y...

It’s All in Your Head - Week #4 - September 22, 2024 Breaking Strongholds Exodus 8:1-10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go back to Pharaoh and announce to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.  Exodus 8:1 God is fighting for you If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land. 3 The Nile River will swarm with frogs. They will...

It’s All in Your Head – Week #3 The Fear Within Isaiah 41:10 “Don’t be afraid for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.” – Isaiah 41:10 What we see and what we hear has a lot to do with what we fear Jesus is always with us Peace begins with a recognition of who God is We all need the help of God...

It’s all In Your Head - week #2 - September 8, 2024 Perfect Peace Isaiah 26:3 Peace is a state of mind that allows us to stand firm in any situation You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Peace begins with a recognition of who God is Peace is a pr...

It's All In Your Head - Week 1 - September 1, 2024 Who's Voice Is It? 1 Kings 19:1-18 LIE- A true Christian will never struggle with mental health issues Spiritual Pressure Financial Pressure Relational Pressure Physical Safety Pressure  = conflict Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say,...

Holy Shift - Week 4 - August 25, 2024 Opportunity Takes Perspective 2 Corinthians 5:7 Perspective sees Obstacles as the greatest opportunities. for we walk by faith, not by sight. -2 Corinthians 5:7 (ESV) Opportunities Require Taking Risks “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” -Hebr...

Holy Shift - Week 3 - August 18, 2024 An Acquired Taste  John 8:31-59 Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need first hand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it. I hope the test won’t show that we have failed. But if...

Holy Shift Week #2 4 Steps to a Holy Shift Part 2 Esther 5:1-14 4 Steps to a Holy Shift: 1. Refuse to settle for your shadow mission Shadow Mission = a derailment of your true mission 2. Ask for the help of Jesus and others Just because you’ve stalled , doesn’t mean you’re stuck 3. Believe that God does His best work in His time On the third day of the fast, Esther put on her royal robes and enter...

Holy Shift - Week #1 4 Steps to a Holy Shift - Part 1 Esther 1:1-22 4 Steps to a Holy Shift: 1. Refuse to settle for your shadow mission Shadow Mission = a derailment of your true mission These events happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia. 2 At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa. 3 In the t...

I Love Central Week #7 Values Luke 5:33-39 They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.” Luke 5:33 Comparison is a dangerous trap to fall into It’s ok to have personal convictions Don’t force your convictions onto other people Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with...

I Love Central Week #6 Focused on His Holiness Isaiah 6:1-8 False Idea- I don’t need church to worship Jesus We all need church if we're going to maximize our relationship with Jesus It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. 2 Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they...

I Love Central Week #5 Free from the Words of Others John 7:12-44 The reason it often seems difficult to follow Jesus is because it's actually difficult to follow Jesus Three things to focus on that will set us free from living under the oppression of the words of other people: 1. Ignore their opinions There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some argued, “He’s a good man,” but oth...