Sermons
The Words Of My Mouth
Words have power. And I think they have the most power when they are words of prayer. Powerful prayers don’t have to be long and filled with Christianese. A prayer can simply be speaking the name of Jesus.
Returning To Gilgal
How easy is it to forget the goodness and faithfulness of God? Where do you need to be reminded of God’s faithfulness? Come back to the camp and remember that God was faithful to deliver you before. He is still faithful today. And He is faithful to lead you through anything you come against in the future.
Live The Cross
Peter’s (and the disciples’) view of the Messiah was too limited.
The Kingdom of God is here now but is also yet to come.
Jesus taught the disciples “on the way.”
Rebuke comes as a challenge to understand and leads to repentance.
We see what we are trained to see more than what is there.
Social justice is important to the heart of God, and He wants the best for us, but there is more to being a disciple than that.
Getting Jesus’ title correct is only the first step of being a disciple. Disciples are called to deny self, take up their execution stake, and follow Christ.
When we deny ourselves, we say “no” to the “I” that would enslave us, and we say “yes” to God, and He leads us to life.
To take up our cross and follow Christ means to suffer and die. It’s the difference between a disciple and an admirer of Christ.
Jesus doesn’t need new PR or good marketing. He needs disciples who are dying to self and living the cross.
Praise* in every circumstance
There are lingering effects to spending so much time isolated from one another.
It’s ok to not be ok.
Saying “I’m fine” when we aren’t really fine is not healthy.
There is power in praise and worship.
Lament is meant to be a part of our worship.
Praising God is not for God’s benefit or our own. We praise God because of whoHe is and who we are.
Sometimes we just have to praise, even if we don’t feel like it. There is a longingfor God deeper than our feelings.
The more we spin our wheels when we are stuck in a rut, the deeper the rut gets.Jesus tells us to go to Him, and He will give us rest.
Wisdom Contends for the Faith
The 6 wise practices from Jude for contending for the faith:
– Keep watch for perversions of the true Gospel.
– Remember the teachings and predictions of the Apostles. o Build up your faith.
– Pray in the Spirit.
– Keep in the love of God.
Have mercy on those who doubt and share your faith.
There are no neutral relationships.