StoneBridge Church // Sermon of the Week

Believing in Jesus goes beyond an academic knowledge of Him. It is relational and experiential and there will be fruit in our lives when we believe.

Our love for God should compel us to join Him in doing the things He is doing and care about the things He cares about.

God created us for good works that He prepared for us in advance. However, we often encounter trials in the process of completing what we were created for. But we are commended to face our trials with joy so they can produce in us perseverance.

Jesus didn't die just so we could be forgiven of our sins. He died to redeem our lives so we could do the good works He created us to do. We may be uncertain of what to do or face obstacles or opposition, but we must run the race set before us knowing we are never running alone.

In Mark 14 we read that Mary "did what she could" for Jesus. When God pours out His grace on our lives, He is looking to see if we are good stewards of what He has given to us.

God pours out the wine of His grace on our lives. We must have appropriate wineskins (lifestyles) in order to receive it and then give it to others.

We want to be people with generous hearts. How do we get them? We can ask for them, recognize how much we have been given, realize everything we have is a gift, and we can give.

Jesus said "freely you have received, freely give". We have all been given a place in this world and grace of God in some form. What's your world? What grace have you received to share with the people there?

Part of our identity as Christians is an Ambassador. As Ambassadors we need to know the sphere of influence we have been given and the message we are to announce there.

We are given a Jedidiah identity by the Lord- fully loved by Him. If we don't know who we are in the Lord, we can't live the abundant life God offers us.