Living Hope Evangelical Free Church Sermons (Sioux Falls, SD)

God's Game Plan for Raising up Disciples

Deuteronomy 6: 4-9

Pastor Donn Hill

October 5, 2025

God gives you a game plan for family discipleship.

1) Family discipleship must be founded upon who God is .

Deut. 6:4

2) Family discipleship begins with you loving God with abandon.

Deut. 6:5

3) Family discipleship requires you to have God's words on your heart.

Deut. 6:6

4) Family discipleship demands saturating children with God's words.

Deut. 6: 7-9

" Redeeming and Restoring Repentant Rebels"

Isaiah 1: 21-31

Pastor Dan Montgomery

September 28, 2025

God redeems and restores his compromised and contaminated people.

1) Compromise & Contamination (21-23)

2) Good News! God's Refining Fire (24-26)

3) Warning! God's Refining Fire (27-31)

"Playskool Religion"

Isaiah 1: 10-20

Pastor Dan Montgomery

September 21, 2025

Because you cannot seek the Lord with a heart that loves sin, we need deep repentance, not shallow ritual.

1) Don't mistake the Lord's patience for permission. (10)

2) See the emptiness of our sin- stained offerings (11-15)

3) Embrace our God's solution (16-20)

"An Honest Assessment"

Isaiah 1: 2-9

Pastor Dan Montgomery

September 14, 2025

God gives His people an honest assessment so that we can know that our hope rests on Him and not ourselves.

1) We should know better.

2) We have wasted our privileges.

3) We cannot be reasoned with.

4) Our hope is in the Lord, not ourselves.

"A Word from the Outside"

Isaiah 1: 1-2a

Pastor Dan Montgomery

September 7, 2025

We need a word from outside of ourselves to understand ourselves and God. That's what this book of Isaiah is for us.

1) We need a word from outside of ourselves.

2) We need a word about reality.

3) We need a word that connects to our world.

"How the Saints Persevere"

Philemon 22-25

Pastor Dan Montgomery

August 31, 2025

These final verses of Paul's letter to Philemon highlight five things that we need to persevere in our life of faith.

1) Hospitality

2) Prayer

3) Friends

4) Sober-Minded Steadfastness

5) Present Grace

"Living in What Jesus Builds"

Philemon 8 -21

Pastor Dan Montgomery

August 24, 2025

Living in Jesus's Kingdom is very different than living according to the patterns of this world.

1) What is Paul's request for Philemon?

2) Paul's Request helps us see ... how foundational forgiveness is for our lives.

3) Paul's Request helps us see ... that Jesus unites even the most divided.

4) Paul's Request helps us see ... the importance of deep, heartfelt obedience.

" Every Good Thing That Is in Us"

Philemon 4-7

Pastor Dan Montgomery

August 17, 2025

When you see healthy Christians you should thank God, pray for effectiveness, and appreciate them

1) When you see healthy Christians ... Thank God.

(God gets the credit for our faith and love.)

2) When you see healthy Christians ... Pray for Effectiveness.

(We don't want the glories of Christ to remain a secret.)

3) When you see healthy Christians ... Appreciate Them.

(It's okay to say nice things about each other.)

“This Changes Everything!”

Philemon 1-3

Pastor Dan Montgomery

August 10, 2025

Even in just the opening verses of this letter, we can see that God’s grace changes everything about our relationships and purpose in life. 1.Because of God’s grace, we can have peace.2.God’s grace and peace redefines our relationships.3.God’sgrace and peace redirects our purpose.

"Lasting Change"

Colossians 3: 12-17

August 3, 2025

To have lasting change as a believer, it is helpful to ask 3 questions:

1) What are we to "put on/ clothe?" (v12)

2) When are we to "put on/ clothe?" (v13-14)

3) How are we to "put on / clothe?" (v15-17)