Sunday Sermons

Chapter 4 in Hear Me Now shows how phrases, words, and even objects Pastor Jerry used when preaching and teaching greatly influenced and stuck with people.

This sermon “Omnipotent God” is part of a Christmas series on the “Names of God” and is about the unlimited power of God for all the demands of our lives: power to save us, power to strengthen us, and power to expel fear. Jerry illustrated how we appropriate this power by using a magnifying glass. He asked, “What do I magnify? Is the magnifying glass on my fear or on Jesus in his wonder and bigness. Is it on the mountain or the Mountain Mover?”

In chapter 2 of Hear Me Now, author Karen Sytsma documented how Pastor Jerry led a very ordered life. There was never any question about his priorities: they were God, family, and church.

Every spring between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, Pastor Jerry preached a series on the family. This very practical sermon—from the series “Fortify the Family”—describes how to build your marriage by receiving and prioritizing your spouse when it is easy and when it is hard.

Honoring God is the first principle in a sermon series entitled “Thriving on Chaos” and correlates to Chapter 10 in Hear Me Now on the mark of praise.

“We are called as Samuel was to a life given over wholly to the Lord,” Pastor Jerry said. He emphasized that no matter what, we can have confidence that as we honor God and do the right thing, God will honor us and, more importantly, he will honor himself. The key is God’s glory!

Fernando, someone whose story was shared during this sermon, was not casual in any way about praising God. He illustrates how the joy of honoring and glorifying God far outweighs any cost.