South Union Sermons

A message from Gods' Word to encourage us to remember what God has and will accomplish for us through the finished work of Jesus.

Following Jesus is not always easy, but it is always worth it. We follow Peter's development as a Jesus follower to show us what a growing relationship with Jesus looks like.

Bottom line: We reset for a new season of church life and ministry when we requisition the required presence of God.

As we enter into a new season to experience new things with a renewed passion and zeal, we need to understand that it is possible to substitute victory and fruit for God's presence. Moses was aware of his need for God's presence. He was desperate for God's presence, and so are we. We have to acknowledge our desperate situation and act in our desperation to request God's required presence in our lives.

Bottom line: Enjoying victories in the new season requires we fight, trust, and obey.

Israel's conflict with Jericho illustrates three principles of spiritual conflict and victory that can be applied in our new season of church life and ministry.

1) Fight from victory, not just for victory.
2) Overcome by faith.
3) Obeying God and giving Him glory is just as important after the victory as before.

Bottom line: How I live out my faith will impact negatively or positively my offspring's living by faith (i.e. eternally and practically).

How should God's people respond to God raising up a new leader? God moves leaders in, on, among and along. We have to accept what God does and trust Him. No matter who the leader may be, we must understand that the next generation hangs in the balance. If one generation forgets God, the next generation won't know God or His mighty works.

Roy's story of salvation and calling to ministry and mission.

Bottom line: In this new season, let us reset by refocusing our worship on the One who is worthy - God our creator and redeemer.

God is awesome! He created us. God is wonderful! He redeemed us. He is our Creator and Redeemer. If we refocus our worship, then answering the call, relinquishing the will, following Jesus, fishing for men, and feeding sheep will each be more readily fulfilled.

Bottom line: In this new season of ministry, let’s reset the vision to follow Jesus, fish for men, and feed the sheep.

In John 21, before Jesus ascends back to heaven, Jesus calls Peter (and his other disciples and us too) to a new season, one in which Jesus would not be with him physically, but one in which he would need to lean upon faith in Jesus, his commands, and his power. He asks Peter to reset and re-envision the work Jesus had called him to - the work of fishing for men and feeding the sheep. This is still Jesus' admonition to us today: Follow Me. Fish For Men. Feed My Sheep.

Bottom line: In a new season of ministry, the power (ability) of God flows through willing obedience (availability) rooted in faith.

It takes the surrendering our wills to answer the call of God on our lives as we enter into new season. Surrender is word that can conjure up images of waving white flags and laying down arms. It carries the idea of giving up and giving in. Defeat and humiliation go hand in hand with surrender. But when God calls us to surrender, He’s not calling us to wave a white flag or live with a sense of defeat and humiliation. A better metaphor for surrendering to God is a wedding in which we surrender our heart out of love and relationship. A white flag surrender indicates losing. In a wedding you surrender but you don’t lose, you gain. Surrender is about trusting God and His heart for you and entrusting your heart to Him. It’s like the surrender experienced at a wedding ceremony.