Sunday Sermons

Our appetites pose a constant threat to our integrity.

You don’t know if integrity guides you until maintaining it costs you.

We all have a sense of things we “ought to do” that come from inside us. The feeling of “ought to” points to someone outside of you, who is working in you, to lead you. You take the next steps to follow Jesus by doing the ought to that the Holy Spirit prompts you to even though it may cost you

Jesus died on the cross and rose from the grave to set us free, but experiencing that freedom is a choice.

 We are not self-defined, but God defined. One of the ways that God defines us is as “redeemed”. Jesus came and paid the ultimate price to enable your adoption into His kingdom. There is nothing you can do to outspend the redeeming power of Jesus.

We are not self-defined, but God defined. One of the ways that God defines us is as adopted as a child of God. As a Child of God, we have a Father that wants intimacy with you and to give you the power that He provides.   

We are not self-defined, but God defined. One of the ways that God defines us is as a New Creation. Becoming a New Creation is not that you become a better version of who you already are, but you become who you were created to be. Part of becoming a new creation is we get a new heart, soul, and mind. When we become a new creation through faith in Jesus, we are described as ministers of reconciliation and Christ Ambassadors.  

We are not self-defined, but God defined. One of the ways that God defines us is “justified”. Justified means that when God looks at us, he sees us as blameless, righteous, and holy. You cannot be justified by your heritage, and you can’t earn your justification. Justification is a gift from God and nothing more.

Identity goes far deeper than what can be created by us and observed from the outside. Identity is something bestowed upon us by our Creator. You were never meant to form your own identity; you are not self-defined you are God Defined.

One perception that people about followers of Christ is that they are AGAINST people. This should never be perceived about Followers of Christ because God is FOR people. The only way people will know God is FOR them is if followers of Christ are know for that too.