Giving what God has Given (2 Cor 8-9, 1 Cor 16)
You can fool a spouse, your family, other Christians, but you can’t fool the Holy Spirit as He gets right to the heart of the matter on a topic which is one of the truest indicators of your genuine spiritual condition.
Read MoreYour IDENTITY in Christ: Your Purpose on the Planet (1 Pet 2:9-10)
Opening up 1 Peter 2:9-10, we find out just how privileged we really are and what that privilege is for… Does God save us just to bring us home to heaven, or is there another purpose?
Read MoreYour IDENTITY in Christ: The Turning Point for Every Person (1 Pet 2:6-8)
As we exposit what 1 Peter 2:6-8 says, we will embrace a God who cannot be fully understood, worship a God who cannot be contained in our mental box, and adore a God who is bigger than we can imagine…
Read MoreRobert
In bondage to the approval of men, Robert tells how Jesus saved him and changed his concerns away from man’s opinions to what God thought of him.
Read MoreYour IDENTITY in Christ and in the Church (1 Pet 2:4-5)
1 Peter 2:4-8 will ask each of us and all of us together some very pointed questions as to where and what we truly find our identity in – it is powerful, life changing and eye opening.
Read MoreBuilding Strong Relationships (1 Pet 2:1-3)
1 Peter 2:1-3 is a familiar section of Scripture but one that is more often than not misunderstood, misused and misinterpreted. Peter gives pointed and helpful instructions on how to be done with actions that ruin relationships, and cultivate new spiritual actions that build relationships.
Read MoreBiblical Romantic Love in Marriage
What does the Creator of all men & women say about romance? On Valentine’s Day, we looked at the Song of Solomon for the answers. [This sermon is safe for kids.]
Read MoreTransformed to Love (1 Pet 1:23-25)
Peter says, fervently love one another from the heart, which is a command to engage your will to sacrifice for others with an intense care that must come from the indwelling Holy Spirit. Now why should you love other Christians with this kind of intensity? Right now do you even care? You might be thinking, this doesn’t relate to me. If you never had a child, don’t have a parent or spouse, never developed a friend, don’t have to deal with a rival, or even meet a stranger, then this isn’t speaking to you.
Read MoreThe Passionate Choice To Love the Church (1 Pet 1:22)
If brought to trial, is there enough evidence to convict you of love? Peter is not talking about your biological family, or merely the two Christian friends you have in this church or your clique. Do you love the people of this church? Really love them? Not merely the ones who “never get enough attention all about them,” but do you love the ones who never ask for anything?
Read MoreHow to Get on Fire for God
Ray draws from Ephesians 6:20, Acts 20:20 and Revelation 20:1 as he preaches on God’s calling for Christians to evangelize and share their faith
Read MoreYou Have Been Redeemed! (1 Pet 1:18-21)
Jesus says to all genuine Christians, “I made you, I lost you, but I bought you back.” Buying you back is called redemption by paying a ransom. And Peter now celebrates redemption in 1 Peter 1:18-21
Read MoreA Lifestyle of Healthy FEAR (1 Pet 1:17)
Peter is going to expose a kind of fear–one that is misunderstood and misused. It is called the fear of God.
Read MoreLiving a Life of Faith, part 2 (Heb 12:1-3)
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Read MoreJesus Christ, our Shepherd
A look at what it means for Christ to be our Shepherd and us to be His sheep.
Read MoreRod
Rod shares how God can step into a family and guide them all to new life & new passions.
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