Posts with the category “sermons”

Home Away from Home, Part 7 – December 11, 2022Sermon Intro: Sanford Stadium1 Peter 5:8-9 (NIV2011)8  Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9  Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.Kingdom citizens remain vigilant...  Read More

2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV2011)20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.Example: US Ambassadors1 Peter 2:11-12 (NIV2011)11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deed...  Read More

Home Away from Home, Part 4Sermon Intro: Liar’s ClubKingdom Citizens are Defined by God1 Peter 2:4-10 (NIV2011)4  As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5  you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6  For in Scripture it s...  Read More

Home Away From Home, Part 3Have been given new birthHave a living hopeHave an eternal inheritanceHave joy regardless of their circumstancesIntro: US Football vs. Soccer1 Peter 1:13-21 (NIV2011)13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desir...  Read More

Type your new text here. Not a Fan Part 4 – October 23, 2022Luke 8:4-8 (NIV2011)4  While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5  “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.6  Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withe...  Read More

     There is one thing almost everybody in the world agrees on:  love, peace, patience, joy, kindness are all good things!  That is what the Holy Spirit brings to every believer.  His job is to produce this in our life.  But it’s our responsibility to bear this fruit of the Spirit.  The word fruit is singular, which means every believer gets every one mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23.  We must subm...  Read More

Type your new text here. #HolySpirit #GiftsOfTheSpirit #WhatIsMySpiritualGift P3 | HOLY SPIRIT | VALUE YOUR GIFT     Spiritual Gifts are abilities given to a Christian by Christ through the Holy Spirit and controlled by the Spirit for spiritual service and growth. God the Holy Spirit has given us all we ever need for the abundant Christian life and for ministry.  It’s important that you discover y...  Read More

Type your new text here.      We must remember that Jesus had everybody’s attention, but not everybody’s devotion. Not everybody liked it when God shined His light to reveal their ways.  The world doesn’t like the idea of an absolute moral code, and Christians are often bear the brunt of the world’s ire when they are exposed by that light.  It’s in that time that we remember that trouble is tempor...  Read More

Type your new text here.      Peacemaking is hard work.  It isn’t a passive thing.  So many today engage in the war for our rights and freedoms, but Jesus contrasted this by laying down His own freedoms and rights.  This is how He made peace with us.  Believers have peace with God through Jesus but have the peace of God because of the Holy Spirit.  You can’t give what you don’t have.  We must firs...  Read More

Type your new text here.      Satisfying hunger is a perpetual pursuit.  So, what do we do with internal hunger?  Not hunger for food, but the deep inner hunger in our souls for happiness, connection, satisfaction. If you look to the world to satisfy your deepest needs, the world will always come up short, but jesus is the bread of life.       When we pray, God wants more than just a transaction w...  Read More

     What does happiness look like?  And, who can really experience that?  What happens when life isn’t fair?  Jesus addresses this topic that is universally pursued, but often misunderstood.  True happiness is enduring and transcends our circumstances.  That’s what makes it so difficult to grasp.     The sermon on the mount is opened with the beatitudes where Jesus describes the kind of people wh...  Read More

      What is true spirituality?  How would Jesus describe it?  What does Jesus have to say about living a life that answers our deepest questions, and give us peace, joy, and hope?    The sermon on the mount is a sermon to and about Jesus' followers.  It's not a sermon that describes those who do not follow Jesus already.  It describes 'be'atitudes vs. 'do'atitudes.  The blessed life Jesus' descr...  Read More

Type your new text here. The Beatitudes, Part 1 - May 29, 2022Intro/Context for Sermon on the Mount:Matthew 4:23-25 (NIV2011)23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those...  Read More

Type your new text here. Graduate Recognition – Inside Out, May 15, 2022Intro: Ships & IcebergsDaniel 1:3-5 (NIV2011)3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility— 4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to und...  Read More

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Easter, April 17, 2022Intro: Why Easter is special: It affirms ChristianitySome time before His crucifixion, Jesus said:Mark 9:31 (NIV2011)31  “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.”1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (NIV2011)…what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the S...  Read More

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#JudgementSeatOfChrist #IsThisTheEndTime #GreatWhiteThroneJudgement WHAT ARE THE END TIME JUDGEMENTS? | PART 5 OF 5 What are the 2 end time judgements? The End Part 5, Two Judgments– Aug. 30,2020 1st Judgment: The Judgment Seat of Christ 2 Corinthians 5:10 (NIV2011) 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while...  Read More

#IsThisTheEndTime #2ndComing #EndTimes The End, Part 4 – Jesus’ Second Coming, Aug. 23, 2020 Matthew 24:27-31 (NIV2011) 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. 29 “Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not g...  Read More

#7YearTribulation #TheAntichrist #IsThisTheEndTime WHAT IS THE SEVEN YEAR TRIBULATION? | PART 3 OF 5 The End Part 3 – The Tribulation, 8-16-20 The Antichrist will rise and rule 2 Thessalonians 2:3-8 (NIV2011) 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and wi...  Read More

#isthistheendtime #rapture #endtimes WHEN IS THE RAPTURE? | PART 2 OF 5 When will the rapture occur?  Who will go in it?  What will happen to America after the rapture?  When will the world end? Is this the end time? The End, Part 2 – August 9, 2020 Matthew 10:22 (NIV2011) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me… Romans 8:18 (NIV2011) 18  I consider that our present sufferings are not worth...  Read More

2022 FIRST REDEEMER STATE OF THE CHURCH MESSAGE | WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR?...  Read More

P4 HOW DO WE RESPOND WHEN PEOPLE TREAT US BADLY? Greater Than One, Part 4 – March 13, 2022Matthew 24:7-9 (NIV2011) 
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 
8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.”J...  Read More

P3 THERE IS POWER IN UNITY WHICH MAKES US GREATER THAN ONE...  Read More

P2 MASTERING OUR WORDS IS KEY TO BEING GREATER THAN ONE Greater Than One, Part 2 – February 27, 2022Christians must not show favoritismChristians must not show favoritismChristians must master their wordsJames 3:1-2 (NIV2011)1 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2 We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is ne...  Read More

Greater Than One, Part 1 – February 20, 2022 Greater Than One, Part 1 – February 20, 2022Intro: Addition through subtractionJames 2:1 (NIV2011) 
1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 
Christians must not show favoritismImpartiality lends credibility to your witnessJames 2:3-4 (NIV2011)3  If you show special attention to the man wearing fin...  Read More

P4 THE RISE OF CHRIST | THE MESSAGE IS IN THE MIRACLE...  Read More

The Rise of Jesus Christ, Part 3 – February 6, 2022Intro: ChinatownJesus’ ministry began with a message of repentanceJesus’ ministry began with a message of repentanceJesus demonstrated how to triumph over temptationToday, we’re going to find that:Jesus’ ministry began with a message of repentanceJesus demonstrated how to triumph over temptationJesus calls us to follow Him John 1:35-39 (NIV2011)35...  Read More

The Rise of Jesus Christ, Part 2 – January 30, 2022Intro: Plan going downJesus’ ministry began with a message of repentanceLuke 4:1-2 (NIV2011)1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.Jesus’ ministry began with a message of repentanceJesus demonstrated how to triumph over temptationEveryone is...  Read More

The Rise of Jesus Christ, Part 1; January 16, 2022Intro: An alarming trendLuke 3:1-3 (NIV2011)1  In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene— 2  during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Ze...  Read More

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Do You See What I See? Part 3 – Wise Men, December 19, 2021Intro: Old notebookMatthew 2:1-12 (NIV2011) 
1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 
2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and al...  Read More

Type your new text here. Do You See What I See, Part 2 – December 12, 2021Before Sermon:Assisted Living ProjectChristmas Eve Lord’s Supper ServicesIntro: A dying man’s perspectiveLuke 2:8-20 (NIV2011)8  And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9  An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they w...  Read More

Type your new text here. Do You See What I See? Part 1 – December 5, 2021Intro: Different perspectives of ChristmasLuke 2:8-14 (NIV2011)8  And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9  An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10  But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid...  Read More

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P2 | FORGIVEN FOR MISSING THE MARK...  Read More