Sermon Archives

Finishing the 2-part sermon on Joy — we head back to Nehemiah to understand what is meant by the famous verse: “The Joy of the Lord is your Strength.” BIBLE REFERENCES: Galatians 5:22-23; Nehemiah 8:1-19; Mark 10:46-52; Romans 4:18-22; Luke 1:37; Numbers 23:19.

Have you heard that everyone has the God given right to pursue Happiness? That’s true, isn’t it? Everybody knows that: God wants us to pursue happiness. Well, it turns out everybody is wrong. God never said that, and he doesn’t want that. And if we believe He does, we have been deceived… What God wants […]

We want to see God’s Fruit in our lives. In fact, Jesus tells us that this is the best way to honor Him and bring Glory to God. But what if some of the things we believe are actually keeping the fruit from growing in our lives. Is it possible the enemy has deceived us […]

Of all of the Fruits of the Spirit, Love is the most important… and the most misunderstood. We look at what Jesus said about Love, and what we are doing in our lives that is keeping this all important fruit from growing in our lives. BIBLE REFERENCES: Galatians 5:22-25; John 15:17; Matthew 7:15; Matthew 5:43-47; […]

We start our new series about fruit by examining some of the ways Jesus used fruit to teach His disciples (and us) about the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven. One story, in particular, is rather odd… it is a story of a time Jesus cursed a tree, and the tree died. If the scene […]

We finalize our series with the main area in our lives that we are letting the enemy have easy access: Holding onto hurts and grudges instead of letting them go, and allow God to heal us. Jesus teaching on this matter is so clear, it gets scary reading what he tells us happens to us […]

You have all heard “Pride goes before a fall.” That’s in the Bible, right? Well… Sort of. Actually the scripture has a nuance to it that gets lost here. And it is an important distinction. Because if we don’t get this right, it will destroy us. [NOTE: The original sermon had a bad audio track, […]

Many people confess to having problems with their temper. And yet, no one seems to be able to do much about it. We are driven by rage, letting our anger control us, and then apologize later to those we hurt. Except, Jesus tells us, we are supposed to be different. It is by our fruit […]

Getting further in our series on ways we allow Satan easy access into our lives, we tackle something that runs rampant in America — but is rarely thought about it: Coveting. Are you allowing this opening in your life? Why is it so evil? And how can we stop it? BIBLE REFERENCES: Exodus 20:17; Matthew […]