The Sunday Sessions

Sibling rivalry is a theme throughout Genesis. Ishmael persecuted Isaac, Jacob left home so Esau couldn't kill him, Joseph's brothers intended to kill him but decided to sell him as a slave, and Cain murdered his brother Abel. When sin entered the human race, it gave us dysfunctional and fractured families. Only God can put dysfunctional families back together.

Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Genesis 1 and 2 act as the reference point; the beginning point for all things. It is the beginning point for God to reveal Himself, His power, His plan, and His purpose for us throughout the rest of the Old and New Testaments.

Every person is responsible for their own spiritual growth.

Psalm 95 is part of a collection of hymns that include Psalms 90-100. This Psalm is an invitation to worship for God's people. The invitation is to sing, shout, kneel, and to be changed from the inside out.

Psalm 92 is a great psalm to begin the day with. Here we're reminded about God's love and faithfulness, the greatness of His works, and the depths of His thoughts. This is a starting point for our worship as we seek to be the people God has called us to be.

The future is your friend if Jesus is your Savior and Lord.

Our guest speaker Leland Sawyer asks us if we are doing our part. To help us see what our part is, he breaks down the story about the healing of the paralytic man.

We are called to forgive others in response to how we have been forgiven in Christ. Forgiveness kills the root of bitterness in our own lives.

God is our true source of joy, and our hope is ultimately found in Him.

If faith is caught more than taught, then we should first focus on our own personal relationship with Christ.

The data is in, and the average American has fewer and fewer true friends. We've grown increasingly lonelier over time. Have we forgotten about friendship? There are important lessons about friendship that we can learn from recent studies, church history, and most importantly God's Word.

God wants us to be intentional about strengthening our marriages by fighting for them.

Our guest speaker David Upchurch brought to us a message from the Old Testament when Elisha watched Elijah taken up in to heaven and he asked us to ponder this question: "What are you doing to replace yourself?"

In Haggai 1, God's people are asked to consider their ways. They had been building and handling their house while neglecting God's house. Are you doing the same in your Christian walk?

The Holy Spirit promises to give us the PUSH we need to live the life God has called us to live.

Because of the Resurrection, we can live free in Christ.

Our guest speaker, Gary Black, calls us into the lifelong journey of following Jesus by teaching us about the stages of faith we face. What stage of faith are you in?

Don't lose sight of what we've been called to do, and the freedom and responsibility that we've been given in Christ.

Human tragedies are not always divine punishments. There are consequences for every action, but God is not singling sinners out to punish them today. We are all guilty before God and will face judgment one day. We will parish unless we repent of our sins and turn to God. In Christ, we can live the kind of lives that produce good fruit for God.

While following Jesus causes division within our biological families, we're adopted into God's forever family. As we live for Jesus, we learn how to recognize and be ready for God's judgement.

The themes in Luke 12 all go together. One of the best ways to over come hypocrisy, greed, and worry is to wait and watch for the Lord's return. We do this by working faithfully for Him today!

There is a relationship between wealth and worry. People who are satisfied only with the things money can buy are in great danger of losing the things that money cannot buy. A dependency on wealth and material possessions quickly leads to worry because our trust is in the world, not God.

We need to have pure hearts to rid ourselves of any hypocrisy because the day will come when the real condition of our hearts will be revealed. God is looking for zealous hearts who desire to live for Him.

Our world and our generation aren't all hat different from theirs in the first century. Everyone today wants a sign also. Everyone wants to have a special experience. People are looking for a feeling. But Jesus has already given us everything we need to believe in and follow Him.