Grace Baptist Church

We always need a challenge in our hearts and minds to be more thankful, and so, this sermon will focus our attention on the way God enables this gratitude. In the Sermon, we'll see that this gratitude is part of a New Nature. This week, we'll enjoy that together from a passage that is so important in understanding the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

When we die, we are absent from the body and present with the Lord. But life does not end that way. And, we are not destined to live eternally without bodies. There is a new future for us. We await a bodily resurrection. This will be life the way it was meant to be.

Independence is good to a certain extent. But we must all be careful to submit our own desires and wishes to the leading of our Lord. Thankfully, He humbles Himself to us and leads us along into His best ways.

God lives in us! What an amazing truth. The privilege of God's presence at all times, but not at a distance where we have to take a pilgrimage to Him. He is dwelling in us. Because of this, you and I are never alone, nor are you on your own during the struggles of life. God strengthens us and enables us from the inside out.

One of the repeated comforts of Scripture is the fact that God is faithful. Even in times when we are not as faithful as we would like to be to Him, He remains a steadfast Rock (2 Timothy 2:11-13). Sunday's worship service will revolve around this theme. Come praise God for His faithfulness! As we continue through Romans 8, we dig into what it means to walk in the Spirit and have a heavenly mindset.

Romans 8, which is one of the most comforting chapters in the Bible. The survey will give us eight great reasons to glorify God and rejoice in what He has done for us in the Gospel! We'll find that these eight blessings are applied to us through our relationship with the Holy Spirit

When we consider community growth, or individual Christian growth, we must come to the same conclusion. God the Spirit must work through us. And so our Romans 7 wake-up call to the ongoing struggle with our human flesh is combined with a wake-up call to the supernatural power of God's Spirit living in and through us.

As we progress through Romans 7 and discover the depth of our fallen nature in Adam, we might think there's no hope. But there's always great hope in the Gospel! This Sunday we find the hinge on which all this turns. There's no condemnation! And Christ has sent the Holy Spirit to help us control this fallen nature and glorify His name.

We all go through times in our week where we feel uneasy, restless, or distressed. The Lord welcomes us to His calm waters to find rest for our soul. Isaiah is a book of the Bible that calls us to find comfort in Christ.

There is a battle raging for our souls. It is spiritual but it plays out in very tangible ways as we live our daily lives. As we follow Christ, our Captain, we consistently win the war with the flesh and fulfil His purposes for our life and for our community.