Sunday Sermons

Thanksgiving weekend 2022 From Trouble to The Table Psalm 23:5-6 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Psalm 23:5 At God’s table there is: 1. Unconditional love 2. Amazing Grace Grace is for what you did 15 years ago, and Grace is for what we did 15 hours ago 3. Acceptance 4.  Peace 5. Joy Three Categories of enemies that take o...

11/20/22 Let the Light In 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep […] Genesis 1:1-2 […] and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Genesis 1:2 God has Always Been & will Always Be Separated from Darkness 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in h...

11/13/22 “But God” Ephesians 2:1-10 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins ~Ephesians 2:1 (ESV) 1. We need a Savior because of our corruption in sin.   in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— ~Ephesians 2:2 2. We need a Savior because of our captivity to Satan.  amo...

Empowered Week #5 What are you Holding? Judges:13, 14, 15 “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.” Luke 24:49 The Holy Spirit lives inside of you from the moment of salvation And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he lived in Mahaneh-dan, which is located between the to...

Empowered Week #4 Grabbing My Attention Isaiah 38:1-6 How is God grabbing your attention? Sometime God speaks through people, sometimes God speaks through circumstances About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the Lord says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recov...

Empowered Week #3 Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!  Galatians 5:22-23 1. Love God is not in love with some future version of you. God loves you right now, today, just the way you are.   God, teach me...

Empowered Week #2 We are Empowered Acts 3:1-12 Peter and John went to the Temple one afternoon to take part in the three o’clock prayer service. 2 As they approached the Temple, a man lame from birth was being carried in. Each day he was put beside the Temple gate, the one called the Beautiful Gate, so he could beg from the people going into the Temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to enter,...

Empowered Week #1 Empowered by The Spirit Acts 2:1-4 1. Because of the Holy Spirit we have unity On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Acts 2:1 The devil does not fear a big church, but he does fear a unified church Five things we have to be unified on: a. Jesus is fully God and fully Man b. Jesus was born of a virgin c. Salvation is by faith alone in Christ...

Misinformed week #4 Mistaken Identity Matthew 16:13-17 Social media is a tool that we should use rather than a tool that controls us The misinformation is--- you need to find your identity in the ideas that other people have about you When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is? Matthew 16:13 “Well,” they replied, “some say...

Misinformation week #3 Tipping the Golden Calf Exodus 32:1-6 Three points of Misinformation: 1. The better you are, the more God loves you 2. When I mess up I lose my salvation 3. I’ve got to work my way back When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happe...

Misinformed Week #1 Don’t Be Afraid, Just Have Faith Mark 5:21-42 What do I intentionally do on a daily basis to put my focus on Jesus? Nobody accidently follows Jesus Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd gathered around him on the shore. 22 Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at...

Unexpected Week #4 What Are You Waiting For? Genesis 45:3-8, 50:14-21 When it comes to connecting with others, one of the biggest obstacles in regards to our walk with Jesus is our unwillingness to forgive “I am Joseph!” he said to his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” But his brothers were speechless! They were stunned to realize that Joseph was standing there in front of them. 4 “Please, com...

Unexpected Week #3 Lost and Recovered Genesis 41-42 Joseph got it all back, and then some 3 Things Joseph lost and recovered: 1. Joseph lost his position. But he got it back, and then some! When we lose our position, we put ourselves in the prison of self-pity Self-pity always leads to self-doubt, and self-doubt always leads to negative self-talk “Therefore, Pharaoh should find an intelligent and...

Unexpected Week #2 Preparing for the Palace Genesis 39 and 41 What would you be willing to do if you absolutely knew God was with you? God is with you and He’s greater than anything that you're going through . Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt.”   Genesis 41:41 “ My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond an...

Unexpected Week #1 Promoted not Punished Genesis 37:2-28 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt.” Genesis 41:41 This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father’s flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the...

7/31/22 - I’m A Work In Progress - Week 8 The Perils of Pride Proverbs 16:18 “‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created, they were...

Peacemakers 101 James 1:19-21 The Maker knows how it works “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.” James 1:19   “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9 “If it is possible, as long as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Romans 12:18 Living at peace with ot...

I’m a Work in Progress - Week #6 I Can Cast My Cares 1 Peter 5:7 “ That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Matthew 6:25 “ So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 32 These things dominate the tho...

I’m a Work in Progress - Week #5 Morning Mercies Lamentations 3:22-23 For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. Psalm 86:13 So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for t...

“A Work in Progress” - Week 4 A REALITY CHECK Revelations 3:14-22 (NIV) Christ Is faithful even when we are faithless! 14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. ~Revelation 3:14 Christ is not interested in those who fake it. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were e...

I’m a Work in Progress Week #3 Trust Issues Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your path straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 Even when we’re out of control, God is still in control Often times, God puts things in our life not to restrict us, but to protect us The area of our life that is most out of c...

I’m a Work in Progress Week #2 Fear is Contagious 2 Kings 6:8-18 Fear is forgetting that God is in control When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place.”  -2 Kings 6:8 The enemy's got a plan for us and his main weapon is fear But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, “Do n...

Work in Progress - Week #1 Not If, but When James 1:2-4 Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy.  James 1:1-2 Isolation is only one step away from destruction We cannot be healed until we get real For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.  James 1:3 The more we walk with Jesus , the more ou...

Lean In 1 Corinthians 13:12, John 11:1-45 12 We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! ~1 Corinthians 13:12 (MSG) We must Learn how to be Comfortable being Uncomfortable The Bible is...

5/29/22 Busting the Door Wide Open Acts 16:16-33 1. Persecution is not new. Jesus taught us in John 15:18, “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.” “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” ~ 1 Peter 5:8 2. Persecution can come from multiple angles When her owners realized that their hope of m...