HPUMC - Cornerstone Sermons (Contemporary Worship)

Cultivate Love: How to Forgive 15.09.2024 34:32 ↓

Click  here  to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. Forgiveness is foundational to the Christian life and yet, it is often misunderstood. This misunderstanding creates one of the greatest obstacles to cultivating love in our lives. Originally used as a financial term, to forgive means to cancel a debt, choosing not to collect it now or in the future. With the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant ( Mat...

Cultivate Love: 3 Steps 09.09.2024 32:24 ↓

Click  here  to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. What is love? It’s a word we often use, but do we really know what it means? Although the ancient Greeks had several words for love, “agape” is the term that appears 259 times in the New Testament. This word refers to an unconditional, sacrificial kind of love that combines feeling and action.  A classic definition of agape love is to will the good...

Cultivate: Growth Inhibitors 02.09.2024 35:44 ↓

Click  here to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. When teaching about the Kingdom of God, Jesus often spoke in parables in order to cause people to reflect and think about his words. In this week’s sermon, we focus on Jesus’ explanation of the Parable of the Sower in which he uses the imagery of soil to describe the receptivity of the heart. In his desire to yield good things in us and around us (F...

Cultivate: How to Grow 26.08.2024 34:18 ↓

Click  here  to view the Sermon Reflection Guide. As followers of Christ, we choose a life marked by the Fruit of the Spirit ( love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control ). However, there is an ongoing battle within all of us between the flesh and the Spirit. When we are living by the flesh, we are being controlled by our most basic and selfish desir...

Cultivate: The Life We Choose 19.08.2024 33:27 ↓

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control … Who doesn’t need more of these blessings in their lives? While we recognize that only God can grow us in these areas, it does require our participation. By keeping in step with the Spirit we cultivate a life that is conducive to producing and growing in the fruit of the Spirit. Although there are some thin...