Sunday Sermons

Main Point: "Never confuse God’s silence with God’s absence."

Key Verse: "When the set time had fully come, God had sent his son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption to sonship.” – Galatians 4:4-5

Challenge Question: "What would it look like to trust God’s presence in this season of silence?"

Main Point: "Prayer is where the enemy is identified and defeated."

Key Verse: "Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus." – Revelation 12:17 (NIV)

Challenge Question: "Where do you need to start praying against the real enemy with authority?"

Series Description: We pray because we want to believe that God will answer, but sometimes it doesn’t seem like He does. We often become frustrated with God and give up because our prayers don’t seem to “work”. Or perhaps we believe in the power of prayer, but not to the extent that God can work miraculously through it. Whatever your experience is with prayer, this series will equip you to pray with power as we look at how Jesus teaches us to pray in the Bible.

Main Point: "If you want Prayer that Works, you must receive Christ’s forgiveness AND give forgiveness to others"

Key Verse: "For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." – Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV)

Challenge Question: "God, what do I need to confess? God, who do I need to forgive?"

Series Description: We pray because we want to believe that God will answer, but sometimes it doesn’t seem like He does. We often become frustrated with God and give up because our prayers don’t seem to “work”. Or perhaps we believe in the power of prayer, but not to the extent that God can work miraculously through it. Whatever your experience is with prayer, this series will equip you to pray with power as we look at how Jesus teaches us to pray in the Bible.

Main Point: "When we ask persistently, God does something inevitably."

Key Verse: "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." – Luke 11:9-10 (NIV)

Challenge Question: "What do you need so badly, that you won’t stop asking until God does something?"

Series Description: We pray because we want to believe that God will answer, but sometimes it doesn’t seem like He does. We often become frustrated with God and give up because our prayers don’t seem to “work”. Or perhaps we believe in the power of prayer, but not to the extent that God can work miraculously through it. Whatever your experience is with prayer, this series will equip you to pray with power as we look at how Jesus teaches us to pray in the Bible.

Main Point: "Prayer works when we learn to pray in line with what God wants."

Key Verse: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is heaven." – Matthew 6:9-10

Challenge Question: "How often do you pray, 'God, what do YOU want here?' vs. “God, here’s what I want, please make it happen'?"

Series Description: We pray because we want to believe that God will answer, but sometimes it doesn’t seem like He does. We often become frustrated with God and give up because our prayers don’t seem to “work”. Or perhaps we believe in the power of prayer, but not to the extent that God can work miraculously through it. Whatever your experience is with prayer, this series will equip you to pray with power as we look at how Jesus teaches us to pray in the Bible.

Main Point: "We must learn how to pray, so we don’t go our whole lives participating in it without experiencing the power of it."

Key Verse: "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." – Matthew 6:6 (NIV)

Challenge Question: "Do you spend consistent time by yourself with God in prayer?"

Series Description: We pray because we want to believe that God will answer, but sometimes it doesn’t seem like He does. We often become frustrated with God and give up because our prayers don’t seem to “work”. Or perhaps we believe in the power of prayer, but not to the extent that God can work miraculously through it. Whatever your experience is with prayer, this series will equip you to pray with power as we look at how Jesus teaches us to pray in the Bible.

Main Point: "What we commit to has our hearts."

Key Verse: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." – Matthew 6:21 (NIV)

Challenge Question: "Will you turn up the heat of your financial generosity by committing to what God would have you do?"

Series Description: We’re at a defining moment in the life of Relevant, and a defining moment for each one of us as individuals. God is presenting us with an opportunity to see transformation—in our own lives, in our church, in our community, and in our world—like we’ve never seen before. We are about to take the largest step of faith we’ve ever taken as a church body, and we want to take it together.

Main Point: "We are surrendered financially, when our generosity governs the rest of our financial lives."

Key Verse: "...your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." – Matthew 6:10 (NIV)

Challenge Question: "Does you life govern your generosity, or does your generosity govern your life?"

Series Description: We’re at a defining moment in the life of Relevant, and a defining moment for each one of us as individuals. God is presenting us with an opportunity to see transformation—in our own lives, in our church, in our community, and in our world—like we’ve never seen before. We are about to take the largest step of faith we’ve ever taken as a church body, and we want to take it together.

Main Point: "Generosity is love in action, and love is measured in sacrifice."

Key Verse: "Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.'" – Mark 12:43-44 (NIV)

Challenge Question: "Is my level of generosity costing me anything?"

Series Description: We’re at a defining moment in the life of Relevant, and a defining moment for each one of us as individuals. God is presenting us with an opportunity to see transformation—in our own lives, in our church, in our community, and in our world—like we’ve never seen before. We are about to take the largest step of faith we’ve ever taken as a church body, and we want to take it together.

Main Point: "Generosity proves and generates trust in God. Trust in God produces life-transforming encounters with God."

Key Verse: "Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life." – 1 Timothy 6:17-19 (NIV)

Challenge Question: "Does fear of not having enough hinder your willingness to be financially generous?"

Series Description: We’re at a defining moment in the life of Relevant, and a defining moment for each one of us as individuals. God is presenting us with an opportunity to see transformation—in our own lives, in our church, in our community, and in our world—like we’ve never seen before. We are about to take the largest step of faith we’ve ever taken as a church body, and we want to take it together.