Living Faith Christian Church Sermons

Living a "balanced" life seems like a good idea, but it also assumes that things in life have equal weight. In fact, Scripture tells us that there are some things more important than others and that require our attention and devotion. A look at what helps us discern which things are most important.

This message was preached by Pastor Victor Gluckin at Living Faith Christian Church in Warwick, Rhode Island.

What we give our attention to gets our heart. What we are in awe of gets our attention. We have been born to be in awe and there is no thing that compares to the awesomeness of our God.

The world is after our attention, for what we give our attention to, we give our hearts to. Intentional attention is a critical discipline of disciples of Jesus.

God doesn't want us living to the max, He wants us to live with margin. Rather than filling every moment with things to do, we can give our time towards our relationship with God. When we intentionally live slow, unhurried and not on the edge, we can be the people God is calling us to be - people of peace, love and joy.

Sometimes the path towards spiritual change and transformation is a lot simpler than we think. We often think that God works in big and obviously miraculous ways, and He does. But he also and often works in unexpected and more personal ways. We'll look at the Old Testament story of Naaman & Elisha to learn how God works and what can impede our journey towards change.

Salvation and forgiveness are free gifts from God to all who turn to him in faith - there are no works we can do to earn these gifts! However, the Christian life does require work. We don't work for salvation, but we must work from salvation. Discover what this means and what might challenge us along the way.

When we forget that God is good and that God loves us, we're in trouble. Remembering how God has redeemed us, how He is working in our lives today and what He will do in the end is key to living the Christian life today and not destroying our lives and His church.

It's been said that Christianity is not a religion or list of “dos and don’ts”. It’s a relationship centered in love. But relationships centered in love, do have "do’s" and "don’ts" associated with them. The devil's tactic is to make God's boundaries look bad when these boundaries are evidences of God's love.

We live in a world bent on criticism and judgment. If we're not intentional, these mindsets can creep into the church. If we are intentional we can strengthen each other. Scripture tells us that words our powerful - to either heal or hurt. The words we speak to each other can edify or fracture the church.

Love is the most important thing. The Church has important work to do and truths to expound, but without Christ-like love, we are missing the mark. At times we get off track and the example of Christ's love helps us get back to the heart of Christianity.

The conclusion to our series on Church.