Sermons About Belief
My faith
If we are honest, sometimes we experience a lot of stress in areas concerning our faith. Join us as we look at three possible areas of stress in our faith and consider how to move to rest in those areas.
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Friendships That Make A Difference
Into the midst of the growing danger and chaos of David’s life, God provides Jonathan an incredible friend. Jonathan call us to real friendship and shows us an amazing picture of how Jesus—the friend of sinners.
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Trust With Our All
Trusting with our ALL is leaving behind the old self and relying on God in obediance.
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We believe in the Bible
As a church we have a statement of faith that encapsulates what we believe. That's all very well, but so what? What are the consequences of our belief - how does it affect the way we live our lives? In this world we live surrounded by words, which can often be deceptive - media, politicians, advertising - all can spin meaning to have us believe someting other than the truth. But the Bible, God's word, is consistent and reliable. God speaks in two ways - 1. to all people with a wordless voice - through His creation. However, wordless communication is often ambiguous or at best easily misunderstood. And 2. to His people through His word. God's word has three main effects - it bring life, wisdom and joy - an inner connection with God. Verse 7: God's word is trustworthy, making wise the simple - Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Compare the time you spend feeding on the Word of God with the time that the world is bombarding you with its untrustworthy words... Is this ok? Do you need to correct the balance? How joyful do you feel when your love talks to you? How much greater when your God talks to you? But in delight, let His word affect our lives - how we behave, the choices we make. It is this delightful response that glorifies God, and in our confession that we declare Him worthy of Lordship over us.
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Jesus
It's about Jesus, it's always been about Jesus, it will always be about Jesus... in the closing chapter of the letter of 1 John, the apostle John is driving home what it means to know, love and obey Jesus. There should be no mistake that Jesus is not like other religious leaders. He is totally exclusive by his claims to be the "only" way -John 14:6. He is also totally inclusive in providing the forgiveness for sins for everyone. When one understands who Jesus is, he/she should respond to his call to "come and follow me".
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They Believed
As we see the women come to the tomb in John 20 it begins a flow of events that encompass a week as Jesus reveals Himself to His disciples. In the course of this time they realize that God had spoken of these events before hand through the Scriptures and through Jesus' own words to the disciples. It was when their experience was corroborated by the Word of God that faith became real. It is so important to realize this even for us as 21st century believers. Our faith must be what God says it must be. Faith in our faith is worthless, faith in God's Word is what saves.
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Trust
Until we learn to place all of our trust in the Lord, we cannot or will not experiance him with our all. God asks for our all, even to the smallest thing the we feel is not important, it is important to Him. Just as in Matthew chapter 6 Jesus tells us he knows when the sparrow falls from the sky, how much more important are we.
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Words in Red - Faith is God's Power Through Us - Part VII
Faith is the linen that binds the plaster of Christ's reconciliation to the sore of our sin...repentance heals - Spurgeon
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What's your view?
What we see in life depends many times at where we are looking. At times we can miss the view, we can become focused and moving towards the wrong things. Looking at the wrong things will also change our view of God. If we miss the view we miss the beauty of God and life gets covered in one big dark shady cloud. The challenge is to look again and see even in the pain, struggle and suffering of life the amazing beauty God has painted for us. Key Passage: Psalm 73
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