Living Faith Christian Church Sermons

Our society is growing more and more individualized and isolated - yet our hearts on their own are prone to lead us astray. Do we try and navigate this world in the echo chamber of our own thoughts and opinions? There is wisdom and safety in sharing our lives and decisions with each other - the family God has cultivated to love and support each other.

If we're to "watch our heart with all diligence (Proverbs 4:23)", what do we need to watch for? What threatens our heart and ultimately our relationship with God? Jesus teaches his disciples what to watch for.

Are you ever distracted when you try and pray? Does spending quiet time with God seem hard? If you struggle to pray, what does this mean and what should you do? Some helpful suggestions about how to connect with God and abide in Christ.

If the heart directs the course of our life, attending to them is a supremely worthwhile effort. How do we know and care for our hearts? The first step is coming close to God and getting quiet in prayer.

Jesus taught that internal change leads to external change and we know that to see good and godly fruit our change starts in the heart. But why does it often seem like we tend to do the very thing we don't want to do? The gospel provides the answer.

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:43, 45‬ ‭NLT
‭‭Luke‬ ‭3:9‬ ‭ESV
Romans‬ ‭8:3‬ ‭NLT‬‬
Romans‬ ‭8:12-13‬ ‭NLT‬‬
Romans 7:18
Romans 6:14

We spend a lot of time and effort making the "outside" of our lives look good. But Scripture teaches that that quality of the inner life is most important. What's going on in our hearts will determine what's going on in our lives.

It's time for us to get honest. Being honest with God and yourself about where you are in your relationship with Him is a key to change. And once we're honest, it's time to take action. But we can only start where we are to end up where we want to be.

Joe Testa shares with us some practical tools to set and achieve goals in our lives. However, the key to setting and keeping spiritual goals is find in walking by the Spirit. This message will help you discover how.

Ever try and put something together without reading the instructions first? It seems to go quicker but eventually we get jammed up and need to start again. What's true for electronics, building projects or legos is even truer for life. God has given us the Bible as the instruction manual for human life and flourishing.

To see change you need to start some things and stop others. We often overlook the need to do both and as a result do not see change. As disciples of Jesus, the call to follow him includes the same truth. There are things we must do, and things we must not do. There are things we must start and things we must stop.