South Union Sermons

Bottom line: The harvest that is reaped is determined by the seeds that are sown.

What you do now as a family will affect your family's future either soon or eventually. We must think with the end in mind. Sow now for the harvest you want to reap in time.

Bottom line: Our children are set up for "true" success when we model love for and obedience to God in the context of our relationship with them.

Parents, what is your definition of success? Do you have a high standard, or low? Some parents just want their kids to not mess up in life. Or, just graduate high school and college and get a decent job. But isn’t there more for what is counted as true success?
When Moses stood before the nation of Israel to give his final speech before he died, he boldly defines success for them: You shall love the Lord your God with all you heart, mind, and strength.

Bottom line: God gives us tools to grow our faith.

Actions, people, service, tough times, and daily habits are tools that God can use to help us grow our faith.

Husband, bless your wife with your love, leadership, and leaning into her care and council.
Children, bless your mother with your respect for her authority, faith, wisdom, and love.
Mothers, hear and believe this message from your kids: Dear Mom, I cannot begin to thank you for the many things you have done for me over the years. I really do appreciate you, even though there are times when I forget to tell you. More than anything, Mom, I want you to know I am glad you are my mom, and I love you!

Bottom line: Think with the end in mind (your child becoming a spiritual leader) and apply godly principle in time (by being a spiritual leader to your child).

Mordecai raised Esther to be a spiritual leader. This message looks at seven principles we can learn from Mordecai to apply in our parenting to influence the next generation to be a generation of spiritual leaders.

Bottom line: Jesus is sufficient to meet our deepest needs.

In Colossians 1:15, Paul begins quoting a hymn of praise which that affirms how the Lord Jesus Christ can meet all of our deepest needs. Nowhere else in all of Paul’s writings do Paul’s thoughts about Christ soar to such heights. Why? Because this passage we will look at today shares how Jesus meets the deepest needs of our lives. Jesus meets our need to know God, to know we're loved, to be forgiven, to be secure, to live with assurance.

Bottom line: The cross will stand for all eternity as a symbol of either your humiliation or celebration.

Jesus is the victorious King, and His cross was victorious in every way. The cry of Heaven and every saved person is the cry of triumph. We celebrate Jesus' victory because it is our victory. In Christ we have been forgiven, raised from the dead, and made complete. The cry of Satan and every demonic foe is the cry of the defeated, capitulated, spoiled, crushed, and humiliated. Those who reject Jesus as savior will view the cross as a symbol of their own humiliation for all eternity just like Satan.

Solomon states that two are better than one, i.e. life is better together. We're to live in relation not isolation. Tuko pamoja is Swahili for "we are together." When we are together in fellowship, community, and unity, life is better. God has designed the Christian life to be lived in community. When we are together we're stronger, warmer, more sufficient, not easily broken and defeated. God wants us to live and do our lives of faith together because a together life is a better life.

Peter gives us a recipe (building plan) to follow that will allow for us to be fruitful. The fruit that is borne is not only spiritual fruit in our lives, as great as that it, but it is also spiritual fruit that comes by way of souls being saved. God wants our church to be fruitful spiritually (in terms of spiritual growth/maturity), and God wants our church to be fruitful numerically (in terms of lost souls being saved and then discipled). God wants it and so should we. Let's follow the recipe.

To defeat your enemy, you have to know him. You have to have knowledge of who he is and what he is like. You have to also know your weapons. In spiritual warfare our enemy is Satan and the demons of darkness. In spiritual warfare our weapons are not carnal but spiritual and mighty to the pulling down of strongholds. Our armor for warfare is none other than Jesus. And when we fight together as a band of brothers and sisters in the church, we fight in the victory of Jesus for victory over our enemy in the spiritual battles of everyday life.