Sermons by Pastor Gawel

God Loved Us First

Sermon Text: God Loved Us First God is love. God loves us. We love because God loved us first. God’s love for you is Jesus suffering and dying in your place. Isaiah wrote, “Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer and though the LORD makes his life an…

For the Life of You, Follow God

Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9Theme: For the life of you, follow God “Why? Why? But, why? Whhyyy??!!” Have you ever had a conversation like this? With whom do you usually have such a conversation? Yes, that’s right, a 3 year-old. Very soon, you find that you run out of good answers and reasonable explanations because far faster…

Praise the King of Peace

Life Guide If you had to choose one word to sum up Palm Sunday, “hosanna” would be a solid choice. The crowds shouted, “Hosanna! Save us!” to Jesus. There’s no one better than Jesus to direct such a request. Jesus is the savior. In accordance with God’s will and in answer to humanity’s desperate pleading,…

Worship the LORD your God

Life Guide If we could keep the first commandment, we’d keep the rest automatically. How? If we really did believe, love, and trust in God above all else, every other instruction from God would fall into place. What is a “god” anyway? A god is that upon which we rely for all needs, that which…

Ours in Christ

Life Guide If only we could more fully realize the degree to which these verses are true for us. We’d walk around without a care in the world and people would think we’re bonkers. Let’s pray for a little earthly off-our-rocker-ness, then. Let’s pray for an otherworldly knowledge of just how true the things this…