Christian Sermons from Calvary Chapel Greenmeadow, North Kingstown, RI

Spending time with people, communicating with them, and sharing experiences are keys to building friendships. Jesus says that He is a friend to those who do as He commands. There is no better friendship in which to invest your time and effort.

The joy we experience in this life is directly proportional to how closely we walk with Jesus. We should not seek joy, but we receive it as we seek God. Sing praise songs to Him, spend time in His word, and meditate on heaven, our future home.

Do we really know that Jesus loves us? Jesus loves us with the same love that God the Father has for His Son. That should be something to meditate upon. One way to remain in His love is to obey His command to love one another as He loves us.

Any good fruit comes from God. In order to bear good fruit requires pruning and it is His Word cleanses and cuts out the dead parts in us. Bearing good fruit is a sign that we are His disciples but to do so, we must make a choice to abide in Him daily.

Not only does the enemy have no charge against Jesus but also he has no charge against us! Our debt has been paid. Furthermore, God is infinitely more powerful than the enemy. But we need His Word in us to fight. We cannot fight from our own strength.

In life, there are many struggles and sins that rob us of our peace, but Jesus left us His peace as an inheritance. While peace starts at the cross, the world can only give trouble. Three practical ways to get peace: trust Him, pray, and follow His way.

The Lord has promised that he will be with us forever. This is true regardless of what you feel. He works within us and reminds us of His word. Since He lives with us and in us, we must honor Him with our bodies and not be at conflict with Him.

A sign that we love Jesus is that we obey His commands. We are commanded to walk in love, which implies living according to His word. If we do, He will dwell with us and in us. Joy awaits for our obedience.

God tells us to ask Him for what we want, but our prayer requests need to be in accordance with God's nature and should be focused on bringing Him glory. We must ask with a pure heart and believe that He wants to answer us because He loves us.

If we really know Jesus we know the Father, but to do so we need to pay attention to, and follow, His teachings. If we do not believe all of what God says about Himself, we create a different god. What we ask Him for shows what we think of His will.