Union Chapel Sermon Library

Psalm 23:1-6 NIV 1. God’s nature is to lead us along the right path. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Psalm 23:3b Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter...

Psalm 23 He makes me lie down in green pastures "To give God my best requires rest." Rick Warren 1. You need physical rest Practical tips to help you sleep: Go to bed on time Eat healthy Exercise Sinking Box Breathing “What kind of sheep lies down in a green pasture? A sheep that has eaten its fill. If a sheep is in a green pasture and she’s not full, she’ll be eating, not lying down.” Dallas Will...

Psalm 23 Over the next 4 weeks we are going to be doing a deep dive on living a life without lack. I would encourage you every morning to pray the 23rd Psalm over your life or whomever the Lord brings to your mind. This morning we will be answering two questions, What does it mean that we make the Lord our shepherd and what does it mean to lack nothing: What does it mean that the Lord is my Shephe...

Mark 12:41-44 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:21 I. Jesus Watches Intimately II. Jesus Watches Critically God measures your gift, not by the amount but rather by the motive. III. Jesus Watches Spiritually Friends, it could very well be that the greatest measure, the greatest indicator of the motivations of your own heart is how you steward the resources of God.

Genesis 28:10-22 1. Ask the Lord to increase our awareness of his presence. (Why Not God) When we encounter God it will always elicit a response. When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.” Genesis 28:16-17 Everyt...

John 12:1-8 I. Selfishness A person with a “consumer” mentality arrives at church looking for “what’s in it for me?” instead of being focused on what they can do for Him. ”Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your own?” (Luke 16:11-12)....

II Corinthians 9:6-11 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. I Timothy 6:10 1. Live on a Written Budget “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? For if you lay the foundation and are not...

Luke 2:5-20 After Mary and Joseph experience this mountain top experience life begins to feel normal. I believe we all have seasons where angels are attending to us where God feels closer to us. However God is always with us and close. So how do we apply this into the new year? There is a lot about life, leadership, parenting, work, relationships, and even our own spirituality that feels natural m...

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went the...

Matthew 6:25-34 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 Don’t worry about your past Don’t worry about the opinion of others. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troub...

Luke 1:26-38 There is so much that we can learn from Mary in her response to trouble and pain. Mary knew very well that there was going to be pain associated with this announcement. The first thing that we can learn from Mary is to: 1. Be honest in our pain. We must first acknowledge pain in order to receive healing. Pain reveals Where you put your trust & where you find your peace. Mary was g...

Psalm 103:1-2 1. Thanksgiving: The Holy Spirit is Always at Work in Everyone Everywhere Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. Psalm 103:1-2 NLT The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does no...

John 18:37 NKJV 37 Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” MATTHEW 28:18-21 NIV 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me...

II Corinthians 8:1-7 A “faith promise” offering is simply FAITH in God to provide an amount of money followed by a PROMISE to give it. Paul called this the “grace of giving” (2 Corinthians 8:7). Grace is always a provision of something we don’t have. A “faith promise” offering is a commitment to give what we will trust God to provide. I. An offering supplied by God’s grace. “And now, brothers, we...

Acts 3:1-10 I. HEALING IN THE BIBLE In the Old Testament. The Ministry of Jesus. The teaching of Jesus “The time has come,” he said. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!” Mark 1:15 All who believe will be totally healed on that day! The Kingdom of God is both “now” and “not yet" The ministry of Jesus “Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the...

Matthew 28:16-20 1. The Command of Jesus (Great Commission) 2. Needs of Others. 3. The Gospel is Good News. I. PRESENCE “…if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.” I Peter 3:1-2 II. PERSUASION (not pressure) III. PROCLAMATION Invitational Relational Telling our own story IV. POWE...

Ecclesiastes 4:7-12 A life without connection brings: a. Isolation “Rising from the debris of our lost values is the new value on the individual. The ‘me’ generation has given way to a ‘me’ world. The question is, how will the church, the ultimate ‘WE’ organization, adjust?” – Church Consultant, Lyle Schaller in The Connecting Church by Randy Frazee Loneliness is a warning light on the dashboard o...

Matthew 19:1-9 The culture does not need from the Church anger and judgment nor accommodation and compromise. The Church’s best posture is to joyfully teach and model God’s original design and intent while loving, accepting and forgiving ourselves and one another when we fall short. I. Isn’t this much ado about nothing? II. Why is the Church so focused on these issues? III. Can’t we agree to disag...

Acts 6:5; 7:54-60 I. Commanded to forgive More people will be emotionally, relationally, spiritually and physically healed by the power of forgiveness than by any other power. II. Unforgiveness is destructive Unforgiveness makes you weak because it makes you subject to the weakness of another. The great paradox of Christian forgiveness is that as long as I stay in a forgiving mode, I am stronger t...

Exodus 33:1-23 1. What do you Desire? a. Why wouldn’t I want to desire God? i. A relationship with God is disruptive, it will cost you something. ii. Are you willing to be inconvenienced by Jesus? b. What you do – determines what you want. c. Moses had to work this out. d. Moses was still receiving the blessing of God without the presence of God. 2. God is accessible to anyone. a. God wants to be...

Psalm 1:1-3 Introduction to the Bible: *The most popular/preeminent book 7 billion total, 44 million copies per year *The most powerful/influential book The Bible is preeminent in influence. Why? Because it has the power to change lives! *The most precious book (Matthew 4:4) I. A manual for life — God has spoken Christianity is a revealed faith. We cannot find out about God unless God reveals Hims...

I John 5: 1-5, 11-13 “When someone becomes a Christian he becomes a brand new person inside. He is not the same any more. A new life has begun.” II Corinthians 5:17 “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” I John 5:13 I. The natural order 1. Cosmological argument 2. Evidential Evidence. 3. Moral Argument. II. The Word...

Acts 2:1-21 I. Love II. Power God wants to unleash on the world a passionate, focused, disciplined, humble, Spirit-filled church... Authentic in our expression of the love of God, purity of God and power of God. III. Purity The unresolved gap between our confession as a Spirit-filled Christian and the conflicted internal condition of our own lives is the crevice into which the post-modern, emergen...

Matthew 28:19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 (ESV) Peter replied, ‘Each of you must turn from your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gif of the Holy Spirit.’ Acts 2:38 (NLT) I have a baptism to...

2 Corinthians 5:14-21 1. You have a new kind of love. God wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:4 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. John 6:44 2. You are a new creation. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 O...