Sunday Sermons

Main Point: "If the Holy Spirit lives in us ... people should see evidence of it in the way we live."

Memory Verse: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." – Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)

Series Description: If God is with us, if His Spirit is truly living in us, why do our lives feel so ordinary? What are we missing? Last series we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works. In this series we turn our attention to how we personally experience the fullness of God’s Spirit in our lives. What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? What is the fruit of God’s Spirit dwelling in us? How do we “walk in the Spirit” as individuals and as a church community?

Main Point: "Walking in the Spirit and being FILLED with the peace, power, guidance, and presence of the Holy Spirit requires FAITH in ACTION."

Memory Verse: "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'" – Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)

Series Description: If God is with us, if His Spirit is truly living in us, why do our lives feel so ordinary? What are we missing? Last series we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works. In this series we turn our attention to how we personally experience the fullness of God’s Spirit in our lives. What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? What is the fruit of God’s Spirit dwelling in us? How do we “walk in the Spirit” as individuals and as a church community?

Main Point: "Filling requires surrendering."

Memory Verse: "But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop." – Luke 8:15 (NIV)

Series Description: If God is with us, if His Spirit is truly living in us, why do our lives feel so ordinary? What are we missing? Last series we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works. In this series we turn our attention to how we personally experience the fullness of God’s Spirit in our lives. What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? What is the fruit of God’s Spirit dwelling in us? How do we “walk in the Spirit” as individuals and as a church community?

Main Point: "To hear the Holy Spirit speak clearly, we must intentionally decrease the volume of life."

Memory Verse: "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come." – John 16:13 (NIV)

Series Description: If God is with us, if His Spirit is truly living in us, why do our lives feel so ordinary? What are we missing? Last series we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works. In this series we turn our attention to how we personally experience the fullness of God’s Spirit in our lives. What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? What is the fruit of God’s Spirit dwelling in us? How do we “walk in the Spirit” as individuals and as a church community?

Main Point: "The individual believer plays a vital role in the health of his or her relationship to God through either willful acceptance or rejection of the leading of the Holy Spirit."

Memory Verse: "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." – Ephesians 4:30 (NIV)

Series Description: If God is with us, if His Spirit is truly living in us, why do our lives feel so ordinary? What are we missing? Last series we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works. In this series we turn our attention to how we personally experience the fullness of God’s Spirit in our lives. What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? What is the fruit of God’s Spirit dwelling in us? How do we “walk in the Spirit” as individuals and as a church community?

Main Point: "We don't kill sin by focusing on fighting against it, but by keeping in step with Holy Spirit."

Memory Verse: "Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit." – Galatians 5:25 (NIV)

Series Description: If God is with us, if His Spirit is truly living in us, why do our lives feel so ordinary? What are we missing? Last series we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works. In this series we turn our attention to how we personally experience the fullness of God’s Spirit in our lives. What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? What is the fruit of God’s Spirit dwelling in us? How do we “walk in the Spirit” as individuals and as a church community?

Main Point: "To continually be filled with the Holy Spirit, we must continually walk in the Holy Spirit."

Memory Verse: "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit..." – Ephesians 5:18 (NIV)

Series Description: If God is with us, if His Spirit is truly living in us, why do our lives feel so ordinary? What are we missing? Last series we talked about who the Holy Spirit is and how He works. In this series we turn our attention to how we personally experience the fullness of God’s Spirit in our lives. What does it mean to be “filled with the Holy Spirit”? What is the fruit of God’s Spirit dwelling in us? How do we “walk in the Spirit” as individuals and as a church community?

Main Point: "When we actively walk with the Holy Spirit, He will do the transforming work He wants to do IN us, and only then do we experience what He wants to do FOR us."

Memory Verse: "And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." – 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV)

Series Description: Many Christ-followers have a good understanding of God the Father and of Jesus, God’s Son. But when it comes to God’s Holy Spirit, we’re at a loss. We know He exists, but aren’t sure why He’s important. Before he ascended into heaven, Jesus told His disciples that it was better for Him to ascend into heaven so the Holy Spirit would come to us. Why is having the Holy Spirit in our midst so much better than having Jesus walk alongside us? Who is He? What does He do? And how do we encounter Him?

Main Point: "The moment we put our faith in Jesus Christ, we receive the transforming power of the Holy Spirit."

Memory Verse: "...he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior..." – Titus 3:5-6 (NIV)

Series Description: Many Christ-followers have a good understanding of God the Father and of Jesus, God’s Son. But when it comes to God’s Holy Spirit, we’re at a loss. We know He exists, but aren’t sure why He’s important. Before he ascended into heaven, Jesus told His disciples that it was better for Him to ascend into heaven so the Holy Spirit would come to us. Why is having the Holy Spirit in our midst so much better than having Jesus walk alongside us? Who is He? What does He do? And how do we encounter Him?

Main Point: "Apart from the Holy Spirit, we will not and cannot believe in Christ, His work or role in this world."

Memory Verse: "When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because people do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned." – John 16:8-11 (NIV)

Series Description: Many Christ-followers have a good understanding of God the Father and of Jesus, God’s Son. But when it comes to God’s Holy Spirit, we’re at a loss. We know He exists, but aren’t sure why He’s important. Before he ascended into heaven, Jesus told His disciples that it was better for Him to ascend into heaven so the Holy Spirit would come to us. Why is having the Holy Spirit in our midst so much better than having Jesus walk alongside us? Who is He? What does He do? And how do we encounter Him?