Sermons About Relationship
Relentless Search
Psalm 139 is a great passage in that it not only tells us much about the nature of God (i.e. He is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent), but it also shows us that He is relentless in His search for people because He has a matchless love and care for His creation. Psalm 139 reminds us that long before we began our search for God, He was already searching for us. God's first words to man in the garden were not, "what did you do wrong" or "I'm gonna get you for that" - His first words were "Where are you?". God is on a relentless search because He desires relationship with His people. The fact that God knows every little detail about David's life doesn't terrify him but brings him great comfort and peace. You need to know that God's infinite knowledge, presence, and power is with you throughout the vicissitudes of life and no matter what life throws at you, He loves you, is concerned about you, and is always with you. Key Passage: Psalm 139
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Sharing Our Own Selves
Paul does not only share the Gospel with the Thessalonians, but his very own self...and he does it with unflinchingly bold speech and unshakably deep relationships.
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Prayer: Series Wrap-Up
Wrap-Up and review on Prayer: Opening our Heart to God: We have discussed a variety of prayer topics all focused on drawing us into a real and honest relationship with God. We chose a prayer study, to follow the pattern laid down by the emerging church in Jerusalem, like us they were a small group of believers who did not give up and just like them we have some very important decision ahead of us, decisions about our path forward, decisions regarding our search for a new lead pastor and these decisions need to be made as a unified body in prayer.
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Prayer: The Lords Prayer
Jesus provided us with a model prayer, known as the Lords Prayer. It was given as a guideline, but the mindless repetition of this prayer like any other is empty and without meaning. Pray openly and honestly before the Father.
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Friend of God - Part 4
It is a very powerful thing when someone chooses to call you, “friend”… especially when the one choosing to be your friend is the maker of everything in Heaven and on Earth. The scriptures say volumes about friendship. Pastor Robert takes us to just a few key friendship passages such as, Ecclesiastic 4:7-12, Proverbs 17:17, 18:29 and finally Jeremiah 9:23-24a which leads us to discover the one thing God says it’s ok to brag about.
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God's Love in Judgement
God's love is shown to us through the parameters He has set for us in His Word. Just as a parent keeps a or tries to keep a child safe within the yard to does God. It is in weighing and judging against the Word, that we know and He is able to guide us to a deeper relationship with Him.
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When Leaders Fall
From the greatest to the least of leaders, we are all tempted. When we fall, it will be because we have been led astray by our OWN lusts. We must OWN it. If the fallen leader happens to be you or I, we can each relate to the fact that "bouncing back" comes also with the responsibility of teaching those who may be struggling with sin or who have been overtaken by a fault what their personal responsibility is to those who have been following or watching them.
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Doing Church- Relationships are Everything
Being like Christ, being the church of Christ requires us to focus on relationships.
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Steel and Flesh
The Sword, God's Word is here to bring us closer to Him. Often we look at scripture as a band-aid something to just make us feel better, however what this is all about is to bring us into a closer relationship with our Creator! We often look at this as a bad thing, especially since a sword is given to us a the picture, but what we need to see is that just as a surgeon cuts away the bad, so does God so healing, and wholeness of relationship can be restored.
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Set in Stone: What Do We Do with the Ten Commandments? Part 6
The sixth commandment, "You shall not murder," seems simple at first. But Jesus puts a whole new spin on the commandment when he gets at the root of the sin.
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