Sunday Sermons by Mission Church

June 16, 2024  Compromising our character negatively impacts our relationship with God. As we will see in the life of King Saul, he trades his character on the open market and it greatly impacts his relationship with God. A failed king shows us the importance of valuing our character! Scriptures we dive into today:  1 Samuel 13:14-18, 1 Samuel 14:24-30, 1 Samuel 15:22-28 Thanks for listening! Chec...

June 9, 2024  As the Israelites faced another transition in leadership they came up with a practical and rational solution. However a heart check revealed they were turning away from God in their search for a king. Transitions in our life are often upsetting times. Changes in government, students going off to college or moving out, job changes or retirement can leave us facing problems in need of...

June 2, 2024  We’re starting a brand-new series called In Search of the King. We will be digging into the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel to explore Israel’s desire for an earthly king while also trying to better understand what we can learn about our own faith. Scriptures we dive into today:  John 18:36-37, Judges 21:25, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 2:35, 1 Samuel 3:9, Psalms 51:16-17, 1 Samuel 4:1-11, 1...

May 26, 2024  “Work out your salvation…for it is God who works in you…” This is the great paradox of God producing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives: It’s done miraculously by his grace and yet we also have a part in the labor. As we tap into the resources He’s given us, we see growth, however small. As we participate in His work in the world, we see amazing results. We can’t do it on our own,...

May 19, 2024  We’ve all experienced great fruit, the kind of fruit that tastes better than candy – and it’s good for you. We all had that piece of fruit that has your mouth begging for another bite. The perfect watermelon at the peak of summer. Berries right off the bush that are so perfectly ripe, the juice runs down your arm. The banana that is the perfect yellow, not too green and no brown spot...

May 12, 2024  Just like a flower produces a sweet fragrance, our acts of sacrifice produce a sweet aroma; that smells a lot like Jesus. The fruit of the Spirit produces the sweet aroma of Christ through our sacrificial service for the good of others. What gets in the way is our flesh. When our flesh gets involved. because we act selfishly, because we want to get something in return, because we’re...

May 5, 2024 May 5, 2024 Hobby gardens have grown over the last several years. It’s amazing what kind of yield people are able to get from these little suburban farms. Nobody plants a garden without expecting some kind of return, to yield something from their work. Scripture draws on a lot of images from agriculture, like producing spiritual fruit in our life. If we expect to yield fruit from a gar...

April 28, 2024  If we want to surrender our will, our control, and our life, then we will need to surrender our pride. Our pride works against us, causing us to believe we’re not really in need. That we’re really doing much better than we are. A huge barrier to surrendering to God is our pride – because we think we know better. We have trouble yielding as we believe the lie, “did God really say?”...

April 21, 2024  Following Jesus requires Christians to give up our right to own our life.“Denying yourself” is a key part to being a disciple of Jesus, to Follow Jesus. It requires us to obey Jesus as our King, not simply saying Jesus is the Christ, Jesus is Lord. But actually living it. Denying yourself requires submitting ourselves, our goals, our desires, and our plans to Christ. Scriptures we...

April 14, 2024  Our struggle for control over every area of our life causes us to be controlling about our walk with God. Instead of allowing God to guide our steps, we’re prone to set boundaries around God in our effort to control Him. Do you realize how feeble that truly sounds, that we could somehow control and subdue God! That we could limit God access and keep Him away from certain parts of o...

April 7, 2024 We don’t like the idea of surrender. Surrender means that we give up, we quit, we’re throwing in the towel. Surrender is always associated with loss! We don’t like the idea of surrender because it means that we’re yielding, it means that bowing to someone else! In order for our faith to grow stronger, we actually need to learn that there is power through surrender. A big part of grow...

Easter Sunday, 2024!  The question I want you to consider this morning is this: Has Jesus won your heart? I don’t mean this in a casual sense, I mean, has Jesus truly won your affection, have you given yourself fully to Him or have you ever felt stuck in your faith, wondering if you’re made for more! Whether believer or unbeliever, what has been holding you back from fully giving your heart to Jes...

March 24, 2024  We’ve all had the thought, “that’s not how I would do things”; even in our faith. It’s not unusual to bring into question what God is doing, as we assume we have a better understanding of our situation than God. We believe that we have a clear idea of how God should respond in our situation, in our world, and in the lives of others. All of us have had moments in our faith journey w...

March 17, 2024 Crisis causes us to take our eyes off God. We doubt His love for us, His plans for us, and His power. In our deepest moments of worry over our present situation, we lose sight of God, we forget His goodness, and we lack the vision to see what or how He is working in our situation. We’re going to read the story of a pappa bear named Jairus, a man who will go to great lengths for his...

March 10, 2024 I’m quick to think of Jesus as my savior; He paid the debt and penalty for my sin. Yet, I forget about the power and authority of Jesus! In our journey of faith, it’s important for us to have a picture of the nature and character of Christ that’s complete. The best picture of His authority is in the Resurrection. We’re starting a new series this morning called, Resurrected. Scriptur...

March 3, 2024  One of the great identity equalizers in life is the hospital gown. Whether you are rich or poor young or old, the hospital gown won’t discriminate, it seeks to make everyone uncomfortable. You can be sure of two things in a hospital gown – one you will always look ridiculous and two, no matter where you sit down, there will always be a cold spot. The hospital gown means there could...

February 25, 2024 Depression pulls us down, causing us to sink into the depths of our own despair. It feels like we just keep getting dragged deeper into our own hopelessness. Like a kid dragging a beach ball to the bottom of the pool and releasing it to breach the surface, your faith is meant to bring you back to the surface when depression tries to drag you under. Scriptures we dive into today:...

February 18, 2024 The second in our series “Joy in the Mourning” covers navigating anxiety and fear. We look at how the biblical greats, including Jesus himself, navigated the all-too-human emotion of fear. We’ll follow the journey of Moses from alienated anxiety to a confident faith through his strange and beautiful journey. Then we’ll look at how to navigate anxiety in our lives like these heroe...

February 12, 2024 We experience grief whenever we’re faced with loss, personal anxiety, depression, and physical illness. Over the next several weeks we’re going to unpack how our faith directs our heart when we’re faced with these trials and we’re going to learn how to walk alongside someone who is struggling. Scriptures we dive into today:  Luke 8:22-25; Isaiah 53:3-4; Revelation 21:4; Psalms 34...

February 4, 2024  Genesis 10-11 shows us the beginning of the nations after the flood and the dispersion of humanity throughout the earth. These bloodlines are not just tracing the lineage of the Messiah, they are tracing everyone’s lineage back to Noah and his family. You and I are more connected than we realize, your roots and mind can be traced back to the birth of the nations. Scriptures we di...

January 28, 2024 If we’re honest, most of us are building our own little kingdoms and we forget that God wants us to participate in His Kingdom work. In the life of Noah, we see someone that intent on being a Kingdom builder as he literally builds the Ark. What we will discover in Noah’s story is that man continues to fall into depravity and a God who is still working out his plan to redeem this b...

January 21, 2024 After the fall, the once-imperishable bodies are now beginning to slowly decay and die. Adam and Eve are thrust out of their “forever home” into an unknown future. Everything that was once good is now turned on its head. Everything we will read about after the fall is the result of Adam and Eve’s sin. In fact, the mess we experience today is the result of this original sin. After...

January 14, 2024 Imagine what the soul goes through when a believer fears that their sin will be found out by God. This cop image of God sees Him having mirrored sunglasses, handcuffs and a tazer gun; like a cosmic lawman looking to arrest any rule breakers. In Genesis 3 we read about the fall of man as sin enters God’s creation. It’s here that we first encounter an image of God that gets distorte...

January 7, 2024 From the Top of the Bible we are introduced to a good God that creates good things. As creation unfolds we see God deliberately forming creating and filling it. Special attention is given to the creation of God’s image bearers, humanity. As we open a new year consider how you can pursue the purpose you have been created for. Scriptures we dive into today:  Genesis 1:1-27 ;  Genesis...

December 31, 2023 Obedience is more than a matter of doubling-down on our efforts, it’s an act of trust that God will take care of us. Let’s look at how seeking first the kingdom and righteousness is not just a matter of exerting ourselves, but of living the best and most blessed life as we trust ourselves to God’s care. Scriptures we dive into today: Matthew 6:25-33; Psalms 46:10; Colossians 3:12...