StoneBridge Church // Sermon of the Week

In the Old Testament God filled the temple with His glory and presence. Now, He calls us living temples and He fills us with His Spirit. Wherever we go, He is with us and we have the ability to be an agent of change and bring His presence.

God provides for His faithful people, even in the midst of terrible circumstances. When Jesus left, He promised to send the Holy Spirit, who lives in Believers and is the Source of everything we need.

God desires us to have obedient and repentant hearts. The more we understand of His grace, mercy, and forgiveness towards us, the more we will love and obey Him.

God uses our circumstances to show us what is in our hearts and to strengthen our faith in Him.

Jesus heals us and makes us whole so we can live the abundant life and bring glory to His name.

God had established boundaries where we have an inheritance. We can be tempted to move them in or out, but when we live within the ones God has established we will be the most fulfilled and effective.

The question Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do you say I am" is the most important question we can ask ourselves. It determines our eternal future and how we live our lives here and now. There are many different things we can believe about Him and the resurrection, but there is only one Truth, and that Truth sets us free.

We glorify God by bearing fruit. Bearing fruit doesn't save us, God's grace does. But the fruit in our lives is evidence of our connectedness to God.

We are a highly individualistic society that tends to see a person's life as a direct result of the choices that individual made. Our individual choices are important, but we are all connected, and our choices will impact those around us.

There are two postures that we can take when "doing something", faith or unbelief. A posture of faith is one of confidence and trust. It opens our arms to receive God's grace. A posture of doubt is often expressed in confidence in ourselves, and keeps us from receiving God's grace.