Trinity Church of Lake Nona

In this passage Paul tells us that the risen Christ has given gifts to his church. This is how Christ is building His church, expanding His kingdom, and implementing His rule. In this sermon I highlight 5 different church models. The Doctrine driven model The Worship driven model The Community driven model The Evangelism driven…

In this passage Paul lays out 7 key convictions that the church in Ephesus must hold in order to be become spiritually mature. Each convictions is preceded by the word “one.” Follow along with the sermon outline below: Convictions we share about the Spirit One Spirit One body One hope Convictions we share about the…

In Ephesians 1-3 Paul takes us up into the heavenly realms and gives us one of the most majestic pictures of who the church is, what she is meant to be, and how she came into existence. Paul has celebrated God’s eternal plan: to gather all things in heaven and on earth together under Christ…

Ephesians 3:16-19 Being Fully Alive in Christ

Ephesians 3:14-21

In this sermon we join Paul in marveling at God’s glorious plan of redemption. God is the promise maker. (The story of the Old Testament) Jesus is the promise keeper. (The story of the New Testament) We are the promise receivers. (The story of your life.)   6 major promises In His presence is life….and…

1 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—2 assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3 how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. 4 When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5 which was not…

In today’s sermon we explore Trinity Church of Lake Nona’s new Church Covenant. Called into New Life We thank God for the light we have received and for the revelation of Jesus Christ we now enjoy, Now, having been brought by God’s sovereign grace to repent and believe in the finished work of Jesus for…

Psalm 77–Doing Battle with Disillusionment 1. Struggling in the dark shadows of disillusionment Ps 77:1-9 The psalmist, like many of us, experienced a prolonged time of distress where he desperately sought the Lord for help …with no response from heaven.  Vss. 1-3  The unresponsiveness of God– in spite of prolonged, desperate prayer– resulted in confusion, frustration, depr...

Sometimes ignorance is not bliss. In this message we look at Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians. His ultimate prayer and primary desire for them is that they will know the Lord. In this message we look at what this knowledge involves. It is holistic knowledge that involves all of us: our lives, our minds, and our…

On July 8th we celebrated our first baptism service! We had 7 people baptized! For the worship service we intermingled songs of praise and celebration with each person’s testimony. That was followed by a short devotion where I explained the basic symbolism behind baptism. We looked at: Why water? Why under the water? Why “in…

So often we, as individuals and as the church, forget the true power source of our life. Or worse, we try to supply the power ourselves. Not so with Paul. His life and ministry were saturated with prayer. In fact, all of Ephesians 1 is prayer. Paul is praising God for his grand work of…

The Gifts of the Spirit. The gift of Revelation; The gift of Participation The gift of Possession Ephesians 1:8-14

1. to be a family 2. that is holy 3. for His glory