VG Placerville Sermons

Jesus Calls Matthew God doesn’t ask us to get it together before following Him. He invites us as we are—meeting us in our mess, calling us by name, and making us new by His mercy. Jesus moves toward sinners, not away from them. 

The King Over Sin and Sickness Jesus heals the body to reveal His authority and delight in healing the soul. Each act of healing is a glimpse of the joy and wholeness found in knowing God, who restores what sin has broken for His glory and our happiness.

Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons Jesus has authority over all spiritual forces. He steps into the unclean and uncontrollable, confronts evil without effort, and reveals our hearts in how we respond. 

Jesus Calms a Storm Jesus is powerful, compassionate, and desires to transform us. We are spiritually weak, needy, and have hearts plagued by sin.

The Cost of the Call Jesus shows us that He is the King of all authority. Now, that King is invites us to follow Him by completely relying upon Him.

Jesus Heals Many Jesus reveals his power over sickness, spirits, and fulfillment for us to trust Him. See His power and trust in Him!

Jesus Marvels At the Centurion's Faith Faith is a desperate and dependent reliance upon Jesus. His authority and compassion produce in us a faith worth marveling.

Jesus Heals a Leper We should trust and follow Jesus because he has FULL AUTHORITY and a heart FULL OF COMPASSION. He has the power to rescue, redeem and renew our lives.

Build On the Rock Jesus invites us to build our house on Him. When we don’t, we are on the path to destruction. When we do, we withstand anything because our joy is in Him. So build your house on Him!

Jesus tells us to enter through Him, who is the narrow gate that brings LIFE. This genuine faith is a heart that has been changed. It is changed by asking "Help me to hallow your name" and inevitably produces joy-filled, authentic fruit.

An Invitation to the Way of Life We naturally take the wide gate that leads to destruction, but Jesus invites us to experience life. This life of joy looks crazy to those that don’t trust or treasure Him, but there is nothing better for those of us who experience it.

Our Generous God God delights in answering our prayers!

Hypocrisy Jesus calls us to abandon our condemning attitudes so that we can mirror God’s mercy to the world.

Easter Easter is about Jesus! The most important event in the history of the world has the power to change your life. The Resurrection can reframe everything.

Anxiety Trusting God in how He lovingly provides for us frees us from the anxiety that comes with worrying. Being anxious robs us of the peace and joy He intends for us to experience in Him!

What Do You Treasure? It is all about the heart! God cares about our hearts, and what we pursue. Either we pursue earthly things and get earthly treasure or we pursue heavenly things and get more JOY! But we cannot pursue both. 

Fasting It's all about the heart!

Help! I Need Somebody Jesus shows us how to pray. Prayer is a call to God saying HELP ME!

Prayer Is the Work The gift of God-honoring prayer is about a sincere heart-felt connection to God.

Reward and Righteousness Rewards are good! Rewards from the Father are far better than rewards from earth. Seek the right reward, which is God’s glory and our good! 

On Retaliation Jesus instructs his listeners in an upside-down approach to conflict resolution. Love your enemies. Loving your enemies is how God plans to Glorify himself & perfect you. May we look, love, & lead like our Father!

The Law As A Mirror God cares about the HEART! Not just behaviors. We get it wrong when we make it about performance, not the affections.

Is All Anger Sinful? How does living in God's kingdom change how we handle anger? How can we relate to anger differently so we can be LIGHT to the world?

The Point of the Old Testament The point of the law and prophets is to point to Jesus.

Salt and Light Because of your relationship with the King, you are now a carrier of the upside down kingdom. The blessed life is an invitation to experience Jesus, and therefore impact and invite others into this blessed life.