Grace Church Waco Sermons

Luke 18:1-17 // Patiently receive God’s justice through persistent prayer; Humbly receive God’s mercy through passionate penitence; Joyfully receive God’s kingdom through phenomenal pleasure.

Luke 17:11-37 // Fill in the blank: I would follow Jesus wholeheartedly and readily if I knew ________________. When we find ourselves asking the "where" and "when" questions of the kingdom, Jesus calls us to trust him as king and follow him into the unknown.

Isaiah 2:1-5 // Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, is bringing a kingdom that not only disarms our hands, but our very hearts.

John 14:8-11 // Jesus is the image of the Father, Jesus speaks with the authority of the Father, Jesus does the works of the Father.

Ephesians 1:16-23 //

Psalm 16 // Christ is our wonderful counselor, and in him we have direction when we don't know the way, resurrection when we fear the worst, and satisfaction when we long for the best.

Luke 16:14-31 // Self-righteousness is not trivial thing. Similarly to idolatry and adultery, it hardens your heart towards God and leads to destruction. The way out of righteousness is to lay down our desire for self-justification and take up Christ as our help.

Luke 15:11-32 // Jesus tells this story of two brothers not to highlight the horror of the sin of the younger brother, but to highlight the sin of the older brother. In order to enjoy the joy of the feast of the Father, we must lay aside the anger of self-righteousness, embrace our prodigality, and follow our older brother Jesus home.

Luke 15:1-10 // Jesus demonstrates through two parable in Luke 15 that he is a relentless pursuer of the lost. Jesus is relentless in his pursuit of the lost because he loves lost people deeply, because he is diligent to find and reclaim what is already his because of his sacrifice on the cross to lay down his life for the lost, and because it brings his Father great joy when the lost come to repentance and find life in the Son.

Luke 14:25-35 // The way of Jesus comes at a great cost — the kingdom of God must not simply come first but a follower of Jesus must be willing to write a blank check with their life. The good news is that Jesus has gone before us in this cost, and invites us to preserve our life and all it’s flavor by following him.