Sermons About God
Missional
God's promise to make Abraham great was not only for Abraham's sake, but for the sake of the world-that the world might be blessed through him. As the people of God, we have become part of God's promise. We must be looking for the ways that God might bless the world around us and through us.
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Tough Questions - Gods Will
In week two of the Tough Questions series, we discuss, "What is God's will for My Life?"
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The Question of Possessions: Are We To Value Them Enough to Seek Them
Jesus teaches that you cannot serve both God and Money
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Spirit
The Holy Spirit fills the place of Jesus in our world today – loving us, guiding us, and leading us and everything else (back) to God.
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The Glory of God in the calling of Motherhood
Mother's Day is a special day in our culture where we honor mother's of the past, present and future, and the impact they have had in our lives. We live in a culture where mothers are not valued in the way God intends them to be valued. We will see that the Scriptures have much to say about the significance that mothers have in the redemptive story of God.
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Shattered Glass
This new series "Picture Perfect?" will focus on family matters - with topics that affect us all. Every individual has a family album of memories, experiences, expectations, and dreams...good, bad, and everything in between. When it’s good it can be REALLY good! And when it’s bad ... well, you know! The most important relationship we’ll ever have is with Christ at the centre of our lives. Personal wholeness is the key to all relationships. We need to find healing in Christ in order for us to have healthy relationships with others.
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God is Calling us to make him our Total priority
God is calling us to step out and commit to him. God is calling us to a holy and pure life. He is calling us to make him our total priority. God is calling us into fellowship with his son Jesus Christ.
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A Generous Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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Voice Mail
Do you feel like God isn't listening? Have you ever considered that maybe there is a parallel between the amount of noise in your life and your ability to hear God? Maybe it's not that he isn't talking; maybe it's that we aren't listening.
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The King of Controversy
According to the bible, Jesus functions in three roles. He is the Prophet who makes God known through His person, teaching and work. He is our High Priest in that He alone stands before God as our mediator. Finally He is a King. Not just any king, but the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. He makes this clear as He is interrogated by a bias jury in the last hours before His divine appointment with the cross.
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2 Samuel 6:1-11 "The Danger of a Build-a-god Workshop; When the Holy is Treated as Common"
God is who He says He is, He cannot change, He cannot be made to be like the god that we might desire. Either we take Him as HE is or we risk creating idols.
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Who Is the Holy Spirit, and Why Does It Matter?
The Holy Spirit may be the most misunderstood in all of scripture! Is He an energy force? Is He a manifestation of power much like Kali is a manifestation of Shiva in Hinduism? Is the Holy Spirit God, and what does He do? God’s mysteries are amazing, and I think a reminder of His infinite being and our finite minds.
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A Healthy Fear
Far from being an Old Testament relic, the fear of God is an essential part of a disciple's life, since it helps us guard our steps as we come to God in worship.
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An Authentic Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a huge distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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Missed Call
What do you do when it seems God isn't listening to your prayers? When Heaven seems silent, what is your conclusion?
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Missed Call
What do you do when it seems that God isn't listening to your prayers? When heaven seems silent, what is your conclusion?
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An Invitation to Divine Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a huge distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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Hebrews 1:4-2:4 "Jesus is Greater than the Angels...What, Why are we Talking About the Angels???"
Have you ever wondered WHY the author of Hebrews speaks about the angels in a comparison to Jesus? Notice that he does not chop them down in any sense, but rather, he upholds all that is good about them and then shows that they are no close to Christ in a comparison (so much for the argument about this letter being written to a group of Essenes). He does so to...well, listen to find out.
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Leave Boldly
The Apostle Paul understood completely, Jesus' words, "My grace is sufficient for you." Paul's leadership in the church came from knowing his weakness was turned into strength because of the power of Jesus in him.
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Genesis: 25 The Beginning of Hope in the Promises of God: A Life of Abraham
Why does God chose whom he choses? In this passage we see three incidents where God seems to choose one group/person over another. The answer may be as simple as the gospel is more about God and His glory than it is for our own glory. God blessed Isaac, because He had chose this line of Abraham to be the line that would one day produce the Messiah. God continually appears as the sovereign one here, which leads us back to the question why again? Romans 9 attempts to answer this question, but I would also say that the story we have unfolded in these past 12 chapters also helps us understand, why.
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Calling Plan
This morning we begin our three-part series on prayer, focusing in on why it is sometimes we can't hear God or why it seems He doesn't hear us. One reason could be that we don't know, or want to know, His perspective on things.
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God's Amazing Grace
The concept of grace is not a very welcome concept in America today. We learn and teach that in this world you must earn everything. That's why people have such a difficult time accepting God's grace.
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Learn Humbly
Start doing what God created you to do. Live within that "sweet spot" that God has given you. Learn about the four components of this sweet spot.
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Thirsting for the living God
Are you hungering for the living god and for his word? Is your focus on other things or on him? We are spiritually dry becasuse we continue to not seek him. We are to provide the answers that the world is looking for, by trusting in his spirit. The only place to find true hope is in God and in Christ.
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Thirsting for the living God
Are you hungering for the living god and for his word? Is your focus on other things or on him? We are spiritually dry becasuse we continue to not seek him. We are to provide the answers that the world is looking for, by trusting in his spirit. The only place to find true hope is in God and in Christ.
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Created for Community (some audio difficulties this week)
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a huge distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.
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Down Time
Everybody has the same amount of time in a day. To have margins in your life you need God to set priorities in it.
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The Gospel
Many people today know bits and pieces of the Bible but have no clear, concise understanding of what the Bible teaches. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the focal point of the plan of redemption and it can be summarized in the following four points: 1. GOD: WHO HE IS = There is a God who deserves to be glorified. • “The God who made the world and all things in it…is Lord of heaven and earth….He Himself gives life and breath to all things; and He made from one, every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth…that they should seek God” (Acts 17:24-27). • The Bible explains that God created us and sustains us and therefore has the right to absolute authority over our lives. He made us in His image so that we would seek to know Him and glorify Him with our lives (i.e. love Him, honor Him, obey Him, and serve Him). 2. MAN: OUR PROBLEM = Man refuses to glorify God and deserves to be punished. • “The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God….There is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God….the wages of sin is death” (Ps. 14:2; Rom. 3:11, 23; 6:23). • Instead of seeking to know and glorify God, we naturally rebel against His authority over us and choose to live our own way. The Bible says that failing to honor and obey God is sin. The just penalty for our sin is death; not just physical death, but eternal separation from God in hell. 3. JESUS: GOD’S SOLUTION = Jesus Christ died and rose from the dead so we can be saved. • “For while we were still helpless…God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God” (Rom. 5:6, 8-9). • Because of His great love, God has provided a way for us to be rescued from hell. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin. Jesus endured the punishment that we deserve and rose again to prove that God’s wrath had been satisfied and God’s justice had been served, making it possible for God to forgive us and offer us eternal life. 4. YOU: THE RESPONSE = The command to repent and believe in Jesus Christ must be obeyed. • “Seek the Lord while He may be found…Let the wicked forsake His way…and let him return to the Lord, and He will have compassion on him….He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him” (Isa. 55:6-7; Jn. 3:36).
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Releasing Our Regrets
Based on 1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." we can enjoy the freedom of clear-conscience-living. We can release our regrets by confess our sin, trusting God's character and accepting God's forgiveness.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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A Learning Community
These days, there is an appetite for spirituality and a huge distaste for "church." Is this really what God wanted? The church was intended to be a dynamic, life-giving movement of people who experience and extend the love of God together. In fact, Jesus said that you can't be spiritual on your own, that the spiritual life is something we do together. If you catch a glimpse of God's dream for doing life together, we are convinced you'll never want anything less.