Download Closer Look >Sermon Text: Psalm 84:1-4 “How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place, Lord Almighty”I. Where God comes to us with his graceII. Where God gathers as his family How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty!2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord;my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.3 Even the sparrow has found…
Download Life Guides/Closer Look >Sermon Text: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Pastor, God Has Put You HereI. God Knows YouII. God Is With YouIII. God Has Put His Words in Your Mouth 4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,before you were born I set you…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 God’s Grace OverflowsIn Paul’s LifeIn Our Lives 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: 1 Peter 4:12-17; 5:6-11 When Your Christian Faith is Under Attack…I. Recognize who you are up againstII. Realize who you are connected toIII. Anticipate what God will do for you (1 Peter 4:12-17; 5:6-11)12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you,…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: 1 Peter 2:19-25 When Life is Not FairI. Look to ChristII. Follow in his StepsIII. Entrust Yourself to God’s Care 19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Mark 16:1-8 “Who Will Roll the Stone Away?”I. A Question Asked by HumansII. A Question Answered by God 1When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week,…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 3:1-17 “You Must Be Born Again”Why?How?What for? 1Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you…
Sermon Text: Zechariah 11:7-13 7 So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock. 8 In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them 9 and said, “I will…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 1:29-41 Christian, You are Blessed!In TimeFor EternityMost importantly, in Christ 5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.He said:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.4 Blessed are those…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: Matthew 2:13-23 Life After Christmasis marked by:Opposition from God’s EnemiesPreservation by God’s GraceFulfillment of God’s Promises (Matthew 2:13-23)13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you,…