Sermons About Sacrifice
A God Worth Waiting For
Was it worth it? Were the radical sacrifices made by God's people throughout Scripture worth it? When we glimpse the glory of God, we see that all of our suffering, as great as it might be, is not worthy to be compared to the beauty of the glory of God revealed in the face of our Savior Jesus Christ.
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A Call to Discipleship (Matthew 4:18-22)
In the midst of this present darkness, Jesus Christ came as the “Light of the world” to reveal truth to a sin entranced, sin darkened, sin enslaved humanity. His mission was to reveal God and rescue sinners from His own wrath. He came with a message of hope, a message of judgement, and a message of repentance. And it is a message that He would entrust to His people. A people He would call out for Himself. A people who would follow Him and be His heralds; to be His lights in the world. But it is being light in a dark world, that means it is not an easy call, though it is an extraordinary one. It is a call that comes with a price, but following the example of One who has gone before and paid that price. It is a call count the things eternal more precious the passing treasures of this world. That is to say ... The call to discipleship is a call to forsake all to follow Christ. In our passage this morning, Matthew 4:18-22, I want you to notice: 3 Aspects of the Call to Discipleship. (1) Call to Common People (2) Call to an Extraordinary Task (3) Call that comes with a cost.
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Change Your Life
If you want to change your life, you've got to be wiling to follow God's direction which might include giving up some of your everyday rituals/habits in exchange for time seeking Him.
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Honest Grace
To understand the transforming power of relationships when they are vehicles for truth and grace.
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Partying that Provokes
The reason we struggle so mightily with joy and celebration is because we have forgotten. We have forgotten what God is like. We have forgotten how good He is. We have forgotten how merciful He is. We have forgotten how He’s rescued us. We have forgotten that He is a God of great joy. We have forgotten that He loves to be with us. We have forgotten that we are grafted into this family: we are children of Abraham because we believe in Christ and we are to pick up His same heart of celebration and rejoicing.
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Getting Away With Sin
Sin is serious (Leviticus 16:1-4); Yom Kippur - "The Day of Atonement" (Leviticus 16:11-14); Two goats (Leviticus 16:7-10, 20-22)
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Sacrificial Love - #6
Pastor Stan continues week 6 of our "40 Days of Love" series by talking about Sacrificial Love. He teaches through Proverbs that in order to have good relationships, we must be willing to sacrifice our time, superficiality, agenda, and pride.
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GRACE
What is grace? It is more than undeserved merit or favor. If understood correctly, it should produce joy that is "off the charts!" How do we experience this grace? WORSHIP JESUS!
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All In?
Something inside of Nehemiah made him willingly give everything he had to be a part of what God was doing. What made him do this? How can we model this in our own lives?
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Identity
Who are you? I am not autonomous. I am a person-in-community. I cannot be who I am without regard to other people. Into our radically individualistic culture, we speak a Gospel of reconciliation, unity and identity as the people of God.
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