Sermons

God calls us not only for His joy and our benefit, but also as a biproduct of His unrelenting desire to care for and reach out to even more of His children. We are His words to share His Good News with others.

God calls us to constantly grow, to advance, to mature. If I am not progressing, day by day, year by year, in my relationship with God and in each of the areas discussed in previous weeks, I have to a significant degree missed the call.

Everyone gets a case of the blahs every now and then, but when we suffer from chronic apathy, especially in our spiritual life, it doesn’t take long before things start to crumble. God desires something so much better for us: Engagement

Perhaps the most seductive message our culture constantly tries to sell us is that “It’s all able ME”. And although taking good care of myself is important, when what I want becomes more important than anything else, serious problems quickly arise. God desires something so much better for us: Usness

A healthy sense of fear can warn us of danger and keep us safe, but many people like in a perpetual state of worry, constantly stressed by thoughts of “What if ….” The resulting anxiety, if left unchecked, can leave us virtually paralyzed in life. God desires something so much better for us: Peace

You want it. You need it. You’ve got to have it. The object of our desire takes on 1001 different forms. The destructive impact it can have on our lives, if left unchecked, is always the same – and it’s not good. God desires something so much better for us: Contentment

It burns. It seethes. It rages. It erupts. Anger is more than a bad habit or just getting a little carried away sometimes. Anger is a poison in your soul that will become terminally toxic if it is not purged. God desires something so much better for us: Compassion

We’ve all done things we should regret. Much like fear, guilt is a built in warning siren attempting to draw our attention to the fact that we’re off course and headed for danger. However, guilt was never intended to be a long term stat of existence. Shame is not something you should have to carry […]