SERMONS
Past sermons and series
Finding and Following Jesus #3: Learn from Jesus
Today we examine Jesus' invitation to learn from Him...to be His students, apprentices who learn how to live like Jesus lived
Scriptures: John 8:31b-32; Matthew 11:28-30; Luke 10:38-42
Finding and Following Jesus #2: Be with Jesus
Today we examine Jesus' invitation to abide in Him, to live so closely connected to Him that He can pour His life into us and help us become more like Him.
Scriptures: John 1:14; John 15:5
Finding and Following Jesus #1: Why Jesus?
As we being our study on Finding and Following Jesus, we begin by asking and answering the question, "Why Jesus?"
Scriptures: John 1:1-14; Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 1:1-4; Philippians 2:5-11
Praying Like Jesus Prayed. Mark 14:36
Wrapping up our 8 days of prayer, today we looked at Jesus' powerful prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, shortly before His trials and beatings and crucifixion...this powerful prayer gave Jesus the strength He needed to face the next 15 hours and complete His work on the cross.
Scriptures: Mark 14:36
Equipped to Stand Strong. Ephesians 6:10-20
To wrap up his letter to his friends in Ephesus, Paul encourages followers of Jesus that we are equipped to withstand attacks by evil forces led by the devil, given resources Jesus gives us as we follow Him...so we can live confidently and stand strong even in the most difficult of times to advance the Gospel.
Scriptures: Ephesians 6:10-20
Who we are in Christ When Jesus Shows Up in a Marriage. Ephesians 5:21-33
Marriage is a gift of God to His children, intended to be lived with Jesus at the center of the relationship, teaching husbands and wives how to reflect His love to one another, so their marriage can reflect Jesus’ love and the Gospel to the world around them
Scriptures: Ephesians 5:21-3
Who we are in Christ When Jesus Shows Up at Home and at Work. Ephesians 6:1-9
Ephesians 5:1-21 describe the kind of life that can be lived by people who are in Christ--deeply loved by God, and filled with the Holy Spirit. Last week we looked at what it looks like when a marriage is lived out by a husband and a wife who are in Christ. Today's passage shows what happens when children and parents, employees and bosses/managers are living out their blessings of being in Christ.
Scriptures: Ephesians 6:1-9
Who we are in Christ Equipped to Live a Full Life Ephesians 5:15-21
God’s people are powerfully gifted and equipped to live full, fruitful, and meaningful lives through their relationship with Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit
Scriptures: Ephesians 5:15-21
Ephesians: Who we are in Christ Walking in Love, Purity, and in the Light
God’s love for us transforms us into people who are able to imitate Him by walking in love, in purity, and in light
Scriptures: Ephesians 5:1-14
Ephesians: Who we are in Christ Loved and Empowered to Live a New Life
A powerful passage that challenges us to stop living by our old way of life and instead to live our new life in Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit to lives that will point people to Jesus
Scriptures: Ephesians 4:17-32
Ephesians: Who we are in Christ Equipped to Build a Healthy Church 4:1-16
A beautiful description of how God works through His peo.le to build a healthy church
Scriptures: Ephesians 4:1-16
Ephesians: Who we are in Christ Loved and Empowered: Eph. 3:14-21
Paul lays out a passionate prayer for the Ephesians…and for us…that we would be secure and confident in God’s astonishing love for us, and that we would be freed up to ask our Almighty God to do great things through us for His glory.
Scriptures: Ephesians 3:14-21
Ephesians: Who we are in Christ. Alienated, Reconciled, Included
Jesus’ death for our sins brings us reconciliation with God and one another, forming us into one team of people, the church!
Scriptures: Ephesians 2:11-22
Ephesians: Who we are in Christ. We are alive in Christ
Today’s passage teaaches us the core of the Christian message…we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus. God’s mercy and grace toward sinners like us is the driving force of the Gospel!
Scriptures: Ephesians 2:1-10
Ephesians: Who we are in Christ. Seeing Our Hope, Riches, and Power in Christ. Ephesians 1:15-23 (Copy)
Today’s passage is a powerful prayer in which we see God’s heart for His His people to truly experience the HOPE, RICHES, and POWER we have in Christ.
Scriptures: Ephesians 1:15-23
Ephesians: Who we are in Christ. We are Blessed. Ephesians 1:3-14
Today’s passage is a powerful flyover of how God has blessed His people in Christ with every spiritual blessing.
Scriptures: Ephesians 1:3-14
Ephesians: Who we are in Christ. Introduction: Ephesians 1:1-2
We begin our study of the book of Ephesians by looking at how God helps us find our ultimate identity in Jesus.
Sriptures: Ephesians 1:1-2
Break the Chains: Pride
Today we take a look at how Jesus helps set us free from the chain of
pride.
Scriptures: I Peter 5:5b-6; Philippians 2:5-8; John 13:3-5
Break the Chains: Comparison & Complaining
Today we take a look at how to break the chain of comparison, which the Bible exposes as envy. While envy appears to be such an small thing, it is destructive in our lives and exposes a breach in our relationship with God. Jesus, the least envious person to ever walk on our planet, is our hope to breaking this chain.
Scriptures: Psalm 73; Proverbs 23:17-18; Ephesians 3:20
Break the Chains: Greed and Lust Psalm 63:1-3; 1 Timothy 6:17-19; Ephesians 5:1-3
Today we continue our Break the Chains series, looking to Jesus to help break us free from Greed and Lust.
Scriptures: Psalm 63:1-3; I Timothy 6:17-19; Ephesians 5:1-3