St. Matthew Lutheran Church- Rocklin, California

What Now by St Matthew Rocklin

Be Amazed- Christmas Day 2021 by St Matthew Rocklin

No Fear- Christmas Eve 2021 by St Matthew Rocklin

Silent Night or the 7:00 News by St Matthew Rocklin

Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence by St Matthew Rocklin

Are You the One by St Matthew Rocklin

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus by St Matthew Rocklin

Ok. This is the story of Christmas. “For God so loved the world that He sent Jesus at Christmas…” How do we enter into this truth of God’s love for all revealed at Christmas? How do we live out Christmas for our great joy and for the good of many? It’s what we talk about today.

Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates by St Matthew Rocklin

“For God so loved the world that He gave…” Giving is the heart of Christmas. On Christmas, God emphasizes that He gives us Himself as the name of Jesus spoken by the angel is, “Immanuel – God with us!” What does it look like to live this out in our lives? What does it look like to “do” the REAL Christmas?

Christmas is about God entering our world and our lives personally. It is the gift of His personal presence with us together with all that this means! This is called the “Incarnation” which simply means that God became man and entered our world as one of us so that we might be His. This is the story of Christmas! But the question remains, how do we enter into this story and live it out in our live...

“Come and worship. Come and worship. Worship Christ the new-born king.” (From the well-known Christmas carol “Joy to the World.”) To have the Christmas and its gifts that we all seek – love, peace, joy, hope, and rest – one needs to worship Jesus, the One born on Christmas. What does it mean to worship something? Well, what is the most important thing in your life at any given moment? That is what...

Conclusion- Red Letter Challenge by St Matthew Rocklin

Going- Red Letter Challenge by St Matthew Rocklin

Giving- Red Letter Challenge by St Matthew Rocklin

“You have been made by God to serve and to live for something bigger than yourself.”

“One of the biggest problems we have in this world is that we listen to the lies and accusations of the enemy far more than we listen to the truth of the Gospel that says Jesus came to save us and justify us.”

“Before we do what Christ asks us to do, we need to be with Him. Our doing flows out of who we are and who we become when we spend time with Christ.”

Red Letter Challenge- A Live Changing 40 Day Adventure by St Matthew Rocklin

The Next Generation by St Matthew Rocklin

We all know it’s true. As the ancient Greeks said, “repetition is the mother of learning.” In order to grow in something, it must be repeated again and again and again. And all one has to do is to ask the piano student how ugly it can get until something beautiful comes. Small group community is a gift from God. Today, we talk about our commitment being one of a lifestyle repeated over and over ag...

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” Jesus spoke these words. In the Bible, love always seems to be an action word. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His One and Only Son…” Small group community is the place where we are meant to begin to give and receive love. It is what we talk about today.

Attend. It is a word that is used when a student goes through Clinical Pastoral Education. It means to fully focus and be present with the one you are talking to, trying to help. You listen first. You notice the facial expression and the body language. You ask questions. You listen…really listen. And you don’t condemn or give advice or try to fix them. You support them. You encourage them. You spe...

Someone once said, “if you don’t commit to getting where you want to go, you will never get there.” Today, we will focus on the examples of Jesus and the first Christians. They knew where they wanted to go when it came to Community. They made it priority number one. They committed to it and so they got there. But finally, this isn’t about them. It is about each of us. Will I commit to the blessing...

All My Fountains by St Matthew Rocklin