Metro Community Church

Do you ever feel ordinary? Good! That means you’re the exact person God can use for God’s mission in the world.

Suffering is all around us. Do we even notice it anymore? God does and He responds in ways that offer fully healing and transformation.

We all struggle with shame. But what makes it so dangerous and effective?

If you want to get rid of the baggage of shame, tune into Pastor Steve’s sermon about how Jesus models for us how to overcome shame.

We face lies every day through the media, music, and people. Many times they go under the radar and we may not catch them as lies, but if we’re not careful and start listening to them subconsciously, they start infiltrating our lives and dictating our behaviors and become strongholds. In this sermon, we’ll answer 3 questions:

1. Why do we believe lies?

We all carry around some emotional baggage, but how much and how heavy it is is determined not by our past experiences but rather our willingness to deal with it. When we unpack our baggage before Jesus, He offers us healing and equips us to run the race of our lives in faith with endurance, ensuring our victory.

Our earthly fathers often shape our first picture of fatherhood, and those experiences can influence how we see God. Through the prodigal son, Jesus reveals a Father who is present, compassionate, pursuing, generous, and restorative. This sermon invites us to recognize the pictures we’ve projected onto God, allow Jesus to reframe them, and receive the love of the Father as He truly is—so we can stop striving for His affection and experience deeper intimacy with Him.