We stand week after week.

We have our call to worship.

We pray and ask God to let us take the message and apply it to our daily lives.

But here’s the honest truth:

We often get so busy that by Monday…

we forget what the message was even about.

And sometimes we say things like.

“Well, if the preacher was a little better, maybe I’d remember.”

But Proverbs doesn’t put the responsibility on the preacher.

It puts it on the heart.

And that’s where Jeremiah helps us understand why.

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Years have come and gone. Seasons have changed. Storms have risen and fallen. And through the years we’ve sung the words:

“It is well… it is well… with my soul.”

But let me remind you — that song was not written in comfort.

It was not written in abundance.

It was not written when everything was going right.

It was written in agony.

It was written in sorrow.

It was written after devastating loss.

And yet the writer could still declare, “It is well with my soul.”So today I have to ask you — not your neighbor, not your spouse, not the person across the aisle — but you: Is it truly well with your soul?

We live in a world that understands connection.

When the signal is strong, everything flows.

When the signal is weak, frustration rises.

Some of us treat our relationship with God like bad cell service — in and out.

One day strong.

Next day silent.

One Sunday lifted.

By Wednesday disconnected.

But hear me:

Our connection to Jesus is not a Sunday morning routine.

It is not a weekly recharge station.

It is not a religious habit.

It is life.

Deuteronomy 10:20 says, “You shall fear the Lord your God… serve Him… and to Him you shall hold fast.”

That phrase “hold fast” means to cling to, to stick to, to remain glued to.

Not visit Him.

Not occasionally acknowledge Him.

But cling to Him.

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John 15:4-5

Having an intimate relationship with Jesus is something we don’t talk about often,but it is the very foundation of our faith. Intimacy with Him means more than just knowing about Him—it means drawing so close to Him that distractions begin to fade. It means learning how to truly abide in Him.And the Word tells us that when we abide in Him, He abides in us.Abiding isn’t just about feeling close to Jesus. It means intentionally turning down the noise of the world so we can see and live from a spiritual perspective. 

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We talk a lot about falling in love.

We describe it like an accident—something that happens to us, something emotional, something we trip into.

But the truth is this:

The moment of falling in love isn’t about the falling—it’s about the knowing.

Real love isn’t proven by how strongly you feel.

It’s proven by what you know to be true, even when feelings waver.

And that’s exactly where Paul takes us in Romans 5.

Not to emotion—but to evidence.

Not to sentiment—but to certainty.

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Most of us don’t need a definition of a broken heart. We’ve lived it. A broken heart isn’t always dramatic or loud. Sometimes it’s quiet. Sometimes it keeps showing up to work, to church, to family dinners—but inside, something has cracked. Grief. Betrayal. Disappointment. Loss. A prayer that went unanswered. A future that never arrived. And when hearts break, one of the hardest questions we ask is:

“Where is God in this?”

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John is addressing a problem in the early church: false prophets and teachers who claimed to speak for God but denied essential truths about Jesus.

•Verse 1: John warns believers to “test the spirits” because not every spiritual message comes from God.

•Verses 2–3: The key test is what they believe about Jesus Christ—specifically, whether they confess that Jesus truly came in the flesh.

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The life we live isn’t meant to stir our hearts to chase our own dreams or ambitions; it’s meant to lead us to chase Jesus. In pursuing Him, we discover true strength, lasting purpose, and a peace the world can never give. When we follow Jesus, our lives are no longer shaped by our desires but by His will, and in Him, everything else finds its rightful place.

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In Acts 4:29, the early church doesn’t pray for safety or comfort, but for boldness. Facing opposition and uncertainty, they ask God to empower them to speak His word with courage. This sermon explores what true, Spirit-filled boldness looks like and how God still strengthens His people to live and speak faithfully today.

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Often in life, we feel abandoned.

We pray, we seek God’s direction, we ask for His plan yet silence seems to answer us back. In those moments, it’s easy to believe that God has walked away.

But the truth is not that God has abandoned us—

it’s that we often interfere with the very plans He is working out.

1.Interfering with God’s Plan Many times, we convince ourselves that what’s right in front of us must be God’s plan.

We rush ahead.

We make decisions out of fear, impatience, or pain.

And when things fall apart, we say, “God, where were You?” But nothing we create on our own can compare to God’s perfect plan.

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• “The church hasn’t fallen asleep overnight—we’ve been napping.”
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• A nap feels harmless:
   
  • Comfortable
  • Temporary
  • Unintentional 
  • But spiritually:
     
• Naps turn into missed moments
• Missed warnings
• Missed assignments  “You can love God and still be asleep.”

Paul isn’t talking to the world—he’s talking to believers. He isn’t talking to religious people he is talking to the people who the body.

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