Most of us are really good at noticing what’s wrong in other people…
and really bad at noticing what’s going on inside of us.

In Matthew 7:1–12, Jesus doesn’t just say, “Don’t judge.”
He invites us into a completely different way of living—one that leads to healing, wholeness, and real change.

In this message, we explore three simple but powerful steps:

Know what YOU need
Pursue what you NEED
GIVE what you need

Because the truth is—
we often chase things that numb our need instead of actually meeting it.

But Jesus invites us to ask, seek, and knock…
and to become people who receive grace—and then give that same grace to others.

Easter is the day we celebrate that Jesus did what He came to do.

At its core, the message is simple:
Everything is about one movement—
from death… to life.

Death isn’t just something that happens at the end.
It’s a force that divides, corrupts, and drains life even now.

But life looks different.
Life gives, restores, heals, and multiplies.

From the beginning, humanity has lived in that tension—choosing between life and death.

In this message, we explore how Scripture has always pointed to this reality, and how even the sacrificial system wasn’t mainly about punishment—but about life being applied where death had spread.

Then Jesus steps in.

He steps into our exile.
He steps into our death.
And He transforms it from the inside out.

The resurrection doesn’t create the victory—
it reveals it.

So the question is:

What are you participating in?
Life… or death?

What do you do when God doesn’t meet your expectations?

Palm Sunday is full of celebration—but underneath it is a tension we know all too well. The crowd expected one kind of Savior… and Jesus refused to be that.

They wanted victory.
He chose the cross.

And at the cross, everything looked like failure.

In this sermon, we wrestle with that moment—what it means to trust Jesus when your experience tells you something has gone wrong, and how the cross reveals a God who can still be trusted… even when it feels like He’s failed you.

Humility is often misunderstood.

Some think it means thinking less of yourself…

But what if humility isn’t about thinking less of yourself at all?

In this message, we explore the humility of Jesus in Philippians 2—and discover that true humility is not self-hatred or self-promotion… it’s self-giving love.

Jesus, fully equal with God, did not use His position for His own advantage.
But instead… He emptied Himself. He gave Himself. He loved.

And that “but instead…” didn’t lead to loss—
it led to glory.

In this sermon, we unpack:

Why humility is not about low self-esteem or denying your gifts
How pride and self-denigration are actually two sides of the same problem
What it means to live with the “but instead” mindset of Jesus
How humility opens us up to participate in the very life and love of God

And we close with two simple, practical ways to live this out this week:
👉 Pause and Let Go
👉 Own and Offer

This is not about becoming less.
It’s about becoming free—to love God, love others, and even receive God’s love for yourself.

Life is about relationships.
Relationships require skill.
That skill is wisdom.

In this message we explore the biblical idea of wisdom as the ability to choose shalom—the fullness of life God created us for—by applying our knowledge, skills, and resources in ways that build loving relationships with God, others, and ourselves.

Through everyday stories, reflections from 1 Corinthians, and the story of the boy who shared five loaves and two fish, we see that wisdom is not simply having the correct answers. Wisdom is learning to respond to life the way God does—with humility, love, and relational awareness.

As we enter the season of Lent, we are invited to step into the wilderness with Jesus—creating space from the noise of the world so we can learn God’s wisdom again.

This message invites us to reflect on two simple but powerful questions:

• What do I have?
What are the “loaves and fish” God has already placed in my life that can serve love and shalom?

• What do I fear?
What fears might be shaping my decisions more than trust in God?

When we bring both our gifts and our fears to Jesus, His love begins to transform them—and His perfect love drives out fear.

Why does it feel like the harder we try to move toward the life we want, the more the current of the world pulls us in the opposite direction?

In this message, we explore how modern culture disciples our hearts toward more—more possessions, more upgrades, more status—and how Jesus names this powerful force: mammon.

Mammon isn’t just money. It’s the system of trust, power, and devotion built around wealth that promises to give us security, identity, and peace. But like any idol, it asks for more and more while giving less and less.

Using the story of the rich young ruler in Mark 10, we consider Jesus’ warning about wealth, the subtle ways materialism shapes our hearts, and why following Christ often means swimming against the current of “muchness and moreness.”

This sermon also invites us into the practice of Lent as a time to step into the desert with Jesus—to simplify, to notice the idols that quietly shape our lives, and to resist the pull of mammon through the practice of gratitude.

Mammon trains our hearts to believe we don’t have enough.
Gratitude retrains our hearts to see that we already belong to God.

We close by coming to the communion table together, remembering the only Lord worth serving—the one who gave His life so that we might share in His eternal life.

Dr. Hud McWilliams invites us to slow down in the wilderness and to get to know ourselves. If we are in Christ, we can learn to know ourselves as saints, embracing God’s forgiveness of us and sharing that same mercy with others in our relationships.

We often think of sin in terms of right and wrong, but Scripture tells a deeper story — one about life and death.

On this first Sunday of Lent, we walk with Jesus into the wilderness and discover that His three temptations reveal the same questions we face every day:

What is feeding you?

What is defining your story?

What holds your allegiance?

From the Garden of Eden to the cross and resurrection, the Bible shows us that real life is found in trusting God, participating in His love, and refusing the shortcuts offered by the powers of this world.

This message is an invitation — not into shame or condemnation — but into freedom:
to recognize where death still tries to cling to us,
to receive the life that is already ours in Christ,
and to walk in deeper intimacy with Him.

Even if Lent hasn’t gone the way you hoped… resurrection still defines you.

You are loved.
You are free.
You are invited to choose life.

What if the wilderness isn’t a detour… but preparation for new life?

In this message we begin the season of Lent by looking at our instinct to avoid discomfort, fill our lives with noise, and rush past anything hard — and how the way of Jesus invites us into something deeper. Lent is not about earning God’s love. It’s about retraining our hearts, renewing our minds, and learning to live from the life we already have in Christ.

Before Jesus stepped into public ministry, He stepped into the wilderness.
Before resurrection, there was surrender.
Before spring, there is buried seed.

This season is an invitation to slow down, resist hurry, quiet the noise, and allow the Spirit to reshape our desires so that we can experience greater healing, wholeness, clarity, and joy.

At Grace Church we’re walking through Lent together in a simple, intentional way:
• Give something up
• Seek God in the space that creates
• Join us in the daily Lectio 365 devotionals

Because when we fast from the things of this world, we make room to feast on our relationship with God.

The days are lengthening.
New life is already pressing up through the ground.

In Matthew 6:25–34, Jesus tells us not to be anxious about our lives — not about food, clothing, or tomorrow. But what does that actually mean? Is Jesus telling us to ignore the future? Stop planning? Pretend stress doesn’t exist?

In this sermon, we explore:

Why anxiety is rising even in the most prepared society in history

The difference between planning for tomorrow and trying to control it

How media and modern life pull us out of the present moment

What Jesus really means when He says, “Seek first the Kingdom”

A simple, practical way to return to God’s presence when anxiety hits

Anxiety grows in the gap between what we want to guarantee about tomorrow and what we cannot control about tomorrow. Jesus doesn’t shame that gap. He meets us in it.

This message is an invitation to come back to the present.
To let God be King.
To practice trust.
To live in the freedom of the Kingdom — right here, right now.