Oct 16, 2022
Wrestling with God
An account about Jacob physically wrestling with God might seem like one of those Bible stories that doesn't really apply to us. However, what we learn from Jacob physically wrestling with God is incredibly important and applicable for us to know as we wrestle with God...in prayer! Learn how, when God appears to be our opponent, he's actually working to bless us! 
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  • Oct 16, 2022Wrestling with God
    Oct 16, 2022
    Wrestling with God
    An account about Jacob physically wrestling with God might seem like one of those Bible stories that doesn't really apply to us. However, what we learn from Jacob physically wrestling with God is incredibly important and applicable for us to know as we wrestle with God...in prayer! Learn how, when God appears to be our opponent, he's actually working to bless us! 
  • Oct 9, 2022Gratitude from the Generosity of the Giver
    Oct 9, 2022
    Gratitude from the Generosity of the Giver
    How can we have more gratitude in our lives? If you Google it, you'll get 225 million results, everything from scholarly reports, business articles, and self-help blogs. We obviously understand it's important to be grateful. But we also must not have discovered the silver bullet if people keep writing these articles! However, in God's Word, we find the way we can truly have unwavering gratitude in our lives--it comes from focusing on the Giver, rather than the gift. As we examine the gratitude of a Samaritan Leper, it gives us the opportunity to reflect on how grateful we are to God in our lives, and to see the one all-important reason for our gratitude! 
  • Oct 2, 2022Serving God with “Get To” Joy
    Oct 2, 2022
    Serving God with “Get To” Joy
    Is serving God with your life a "get to" joyful opportunity? Or a "have to" burdensome chore? In this sermon, we'll look at the example of King David to see his motivation and joy in serving the Lord with his life, so that we can have the same motivation that will allow us to joyfully "get to" serve God!
  • Sep 25, 2022What Life Do You Live For?
    Sep 25, 2022
    What Life Do You Live For?
    Series: Hard Truth
    If you were writing your own eulogy, what would you want it to say? Would you want it highlight your success in your career? Meaningful relationships in your life? Ways that you impacted the lives of people around you? Or would you want the main focus of your life to be on something else? As we look at the Parable of the Rich Man and Poor Lazarus, we're reminded about the most important thing that should take precedence over everything else in our lives--living for the next life! 
  • Sep 18, 2022Godliness, Dollars, and Sense
    Sep 18, 2022
    Godliness, Dollars, and Sense
    Series: Hard Truth
    Obviously, money plays a pretty big role in our lives. But as Christians, how should we think about money? Is it the most important thing? Or is it a terrible evil that we need to avoid at all costs? God's Word steers us so that we can find the middle of the road at the intersection of Godliness, Dollars, and Sense, with guidance and encouragement for those who have a lot of earthly wealth, and those who don't. 
  • Sep 11, 2022More Lost Than You Realize, More Loved Than You Can Imagine
    Sep 11, 2022
    More Lost Than You Realize, More Loved Than You Can Imagine
    Series: Hard Truth
    In Luke 15, Jesus tells three straight parables about things that were lost, and then found. With these parables, Jesus reminds us of two all-important truths: We're more lost than we realize. But we're more loved than we can imagine! 
  • Sep 4, 2022The Discipleship Self-Assessment
    Sep 4, 2022
    The Discipleship Self-Assessment
    Series: Hard Truth
    We might expect that being a follower of Jesus would make our lives free from pain, suffering, or difficulty. But today, Jesus reminds us that we need to count the cost of being his disciple, and then gives us the chance to assess how we're doing in our life of discipleship. And most importantly, he reminds us why it's worth it to follow him in faith, no matter what the cost might be! 
  • Aug 28, 2022Self-Promotion? Or Self-Awareness?
    Aug 28, 2022
    Self-Promotion? Or Self-Awareness?
    Series: Hard Truth
    Pride is a sneaky sin. It's very easy for us to identify it in others, but not as easy for us to identify it in ourselves. So what we often find is that self-promotion plays a much bigger part in our lives than we even realize! But through a parable about a wedding banquet, Jesus shows us why prideful self-promotion is spiritually dangerous, and why we need self-awareness instead!
  • Aug 21, 2022How Do We Get In?
    Aug 21, 2022
    How Do We Get In?
    Series: Hard Truth
    There are lots of different ideas about what heaven is like, and just as many different beliefs about how we get in through the doors! Today, Jesus tells us that the door to Heaven is narrow, and that not everyone will be able to get in. That means, it's all-important to understand how we'll get through that narrow door! Thankfully, Jesus shows us how to get in! 
  • Aug 14, 2022What the World Needs
    Aug 14, 2022
    What the World Needs
    Series: Hard Truth
    In John Lennon's classic song, Imagine, he invites his listeners to imagine a world at total peace, and then suggests how we bring that about--by removing everything that causes divisions among people. Things like possessions, countries, and...religion. It might seem like he's on to something when we hear Jesus say in the Gospel, "I have not come to bring peace on earth, but division." But as we look at the example of the Prophet Jeremiah, we see that maybe division is exactly what this world needs!