Category: <span>Sermons</span>

Matthew 6:22-23 Last week we talked about the relationship of treasure and worship: we worship what we treasure and we treasure what we worship. The Sermon on the Mount, as a whole, is about our hearts, their condition, their capability and God’s calling and provision of surpassing righteousness. We closed last week with verse 21,“For...

Matthew 6:19-21 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will...

Matthew 6:16-18  We talk about fasting pretty regularly here, I believe in fasting, I think it is an important part of our worship, I believe it’s pleasing to God and I believe that it creates joy, intimacy and dependence upon God. With all of that said, I want to talk about fasting in a bit...

Romans 6:1-11 Vs. 4 “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Today we gather to remember and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah. It is recorded...

Matthew 6:14-15 and Hosea 11 Two weeks ago we came to the conclusion, or the doxology of the Lord’s Prayer, “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”  Before Jesus began to teach on how and why we should fast He points back to the prayer and He emphasizes again the...

Yesterday morning our prayer pastor Geannine LeBude was our speaker, below is the introduction to her sermon: Today I want to discuss the way we approach our Father in prayer. I am referencing to how we see Him in relationship to how we see ourselves. And the way we approach our Father is determined by...

Matthew 6:13 Today we are going to finish our look at the Lord’s Prayer in the midst of our study of the Sermon on the Mount. Four months ago we began to study the Lord’s Prayer with a few specific thoughts: Prayer is worship; it must be and is initiated by God and it must...

Matthew 6:13 Two weeks ago we talked about temptation, what it is and how to overcome it. I believe the most important thing we learned about temptation is that it is powerless against us unless and until it finds a place of agreement in our hearts. The illustration I used, that makes the most sense...

Yesterday  morning our prayer pastor Geannine LeBude was our speaker. Below is the introduction to her sermon. Habakkuk 1-3 In January I shared about our gaze. And how our gaze on Jesus needed to be unobstructed and without prejudges. We looked at how our expectations and definitions of situations in our lives can interfere with...

Mark 6:13 This morning we will take a close look at temptation. Temptation is a fact of life; we have a sinful nature and live in a sinful world. This fact is something we have to come to grips with but I don’t believe it is something that is supposed to cause us fear or...