Sunday Sermons by Mission Church

June 18, 2023 Jesus describes God as our Father in Heaven that desires to give us good things when we ask Him. However, if our hearts are not aligned with God we can have a skewed perspective of who God is and how those prayers are answered. Praying in submission, faith, patience, and obedience will aid us in aligning our heart to God’s heart when we ask for the good things God wishes to give us....

June 11, 2023 How do your prayers start? I know my prayers typically start with, “God, please…God please give me, do for me, do for someone, God please show up, be there, intervene, make this happen, heal this person…” These are honest prayers, but it causes to relate to God for the purpose of telling Him our needs. This won’t help us grow in our relationship with God. Jesus shows us how to honor...

June 4, 2023 Speaking with God through prayer allows the believer to communicate with the Almighty Creator of the universe and by doing so, we acknowledge His presence with us and our dependence on Him for everything in our life. If we’re honest, speaking with God, is a difficult practice to develop in our faith. But the truth is , speaking with God is as simple as having a chat with your best fri...

May 28, 2023 Concluding our Series on The Power to Bless, Pastor Josh takes it home as he reminds us that God’s Love holds both Grace and Truth perfectly. When we accurately give away Blessings, as God has called us to, we grow more into the Me God designed us to be.  Scripture we dive into today: Genesis 32:22-31 , Matthew 16:13-18 ,  Luke 15:11-32 , Ephesians 4:14-16 Thanks for listening! Check...

May 21, 2023 Faith is demonstrated in the presence of our doubt. Faith is how we trust God above our feelings, it’s a belief in God’s ability above my own. Therefore, if I’m going to receive God’s blessing for my life, I need to exercise my faith. In my doubt, the devil wants me to feel like less of a believer, but it is my doubt that presents me with the opportunity to have faith. To put my trust...

May 14th, 2023 Scripture drastically shifts our understanding of what it means to be blessed and to bless someone. Inside you is the power to bless, do you truly understand what that means apart from blessing someone materially? Your words can either to tear someone down or build them up depending on how you use them. Think of the impact you could have on the people in your life if you chose to ve...

May 7, 2023 We have more opportunities to live out and share our faith at our jobs than we realize. I think what really stands in the way are the perceived barriers we have built around our jobs. God is looking for disciples that are willing to count the cost of following Him and willing live out the Great Commission anywhere. That means looking at our jobs as a mission field that we can go and ma...

April 30, 2023 Our calling to go make disciples and teach people to follow Jesus starts in the home. We can’t neglect bringing the gospel to our families as we pray, serve, and love them! It’s easy for us to forget that a healthy ministry to others should never be at the expense of our own family; rather, they should be the priority. Scripture we dive into today:  Matthew 28:18-20 , Luke 8:38-39 ,...

April 23, 2023 We’re starting a new series this morning called, Commissioned. In this series, we’re going to look at how to live out The Great Commission in our life, in our homes, and in our jobs. The Great Commission is not meant to be isolated to an invitation to church at Christmas and Easter, it’s meant to be a natural outpouring of how we live out our life. Each of us has been commissioned b...

April 16, 2023 We end our exploration of the gospel of John with the restoration of Peter in chapter 21. Jesus asks Peter three times "Do you love me?" as a response to Peter's three denials of Christ. In this interaction, He forgives and heals Peter thoroughly, preparing him for the kingdom work at hand. We look at how Jesus doesn't call us to be perfect or even well-qualified,...

Happy Easter! Thanks for joining us. We are the Mission Church. Continuing with our reading of John, we are taking a look at John's Gospel account of Jesus' Resurrection. How is it that one can come back from the dead? What does it mean that Jesus has "defeated death and sin?" Join us to find out. Thanks for listening! Check our website for to learn more about us, and upcoming ev...

April 2, 2023 “Like father, like son” is an old saying implying that a son’s thoughts, actions, and words will resemble those of his father. Many people assume they are saved because of their family, race, or being a “good person”. In John 8, Jesus challenges that assumption by emphasizing freedom comes from our Heavenly Father through Jesus the Son. Scripture we dive into today:  John 8:31-59 , E...

March 26, 2023 Water is important for the body – water is critical for our cells, it helps our digestion, we need it for our survival. A person can live for several days, even weeks without food, but can last only about 3 days without water. The importance of water to our life, makes water the perfect analogy for understanding our faith. Water is used throughout Scripture to illuminate Scripture a...

March 19, 2023 In John 6, a crowd wanted to follow the “product” of Jesus, not the person. This kind of relationship is very transactional, not transformational. There was a gap in understanding how to relate to Jesus the person and not just viewing Jesus as a means to an end. People today sill have trouble following Jesus. We follow Jesus knowing we’ve got eternity covered, but are we truly exper...

March 12, 2023 John wrote this book so that people would believe that Jesus is the Son of God. In this chapter, John helps us better understand why it’s important that we fully understand and embrace that Jesus is equal with God. Equality with God helps us to give Jesus the proper place in our relationship with Jesus. Scripture we dive into today: Ephesians 1:20-21 , John 5:17-32 , John 5:44 Thank...

March 5, 2023 The famous rooftop conversation of Jesus and Nicodemus was the pivotal moment when his life changed forever. Jesus explained that despite his best efforts, Nicodemus and everyone else like him had to be “born again” – to have even their good deeds replaced with God’s Spirit. We watch Nicodemus journey from timidity to bold acceptance of the truth. Scripture we dive into today: John 1...

February 26, 2023 We’re starting a new series this morning called The Gospel of John. Over the next several weeks we’re going to walk through some key moments of Jesus’ ministry. The book of John does an amazing job of balancing the humanity of Jesus, with the deity of Jesus. This book was written so others could believe that Jesus is the Son of God! Scripture we dive into today: John 20:30-31 , J...

February 19, 2023 The doctrine we hold about the Holy Spirit is vital to our faith because it impacts how we relate to God and Jesus. God has revealed His nature to us, as we’ve been discussing, God exists three, in one, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Ignoring one aspect of God’s nature changes how we relate to God. We cannot form a relationship with God by focusing only on the Father and the Son,...

February 12, 2023 Many other systems of faith recognize Jesus as someone who lived – but what they believe about Jesus is distinctly different than what the Bible has told us. Jesus Christ is probably one of the most controversial figures in history. He’s recognized as being a great spiritual teacher, as a prophet, or someone who managed to live a really good life. But these views fail to give Jes...

What makes Christianity so unique is that we have, God, the Creator, pursuing His creation for the purpose of being in a relationship with His creation. Our doctrine of, what we understand about God, about His divine nature, what we understand about His character will ultimately affect how we relate to Him. God has revealed Himself so that we could have a relationship with Him and so we could know...

January 29, 2023 A common misconception for believers is that “I don’t need church to have a relationship with God.” That is true, only in part. Church is not a requirement for us to have a relationship with God. But we will never fully experience all that a relationship with God offers, without the church. The church is the place that we learn how to practice our faith, the place we glorify God,...

January 22, 2023 The story of the fall, salvation and sanctification is the story of God restoring his image in us. We were made perfect in the garden, but chose sin and therefore defaced – but never destroyed – God’s image in us. Jesus untwisted the story on the cross and covered our sin with his perfection. The work of sanctification, God making us holy, is the painstaking restoration of the ima...

January 15, 2023 Two practices that Jesus gave to the church is baptism and communion. God’s Word directs the believer to observe communion and baptism in order to grow our relationship with God. The ordinances given by Jesus to the church, anchor our faith. Scripture we dive into today: 1 Timothy 4:6-8 , Luke 22:18-20 , Matthew 28:18-20 , Romans 6:3-4

January 8, 2023 None of us would like someone determining who we are and how we should act based on a few sound bites and another person’s personal feelings. Yet, this is exactly how we treat God. We determine God’s character and nature based on a few images we’ve gleaned from church and our personal feelings of how God should act. We build an image of God that looks a lot like us, but looks very...

January 1, 2023 A boat missing an anchor will suffer greatly when winds and waves threaten to overpower it. In the same way the life of a Christian lacking doctrine will at the mercy hands of error and persecution blown and tossed about. Biblical doctrine anchors our life to God. Scripture we dive into today: 1 John 4:7-8 , Romans 5:8 , Exodus 20:2-3 , Matthew 28:18-20 Glad you could join us! Chec...