Westside Sermons

God's peace is the ultimate peace. Haggai 2 shows us why we can be confident in the Lord's work, not shaken up.

Don't let fear and discouragement steal your blessings and effectiveness to the Kingdom of God. 

Are you confident in the Lord's power and presence? Or are you allowing yourself to be shaken but not stirred? 

Delayed obedience is disobedience. Haggai 1 calls out our procrastination and how we put our own priorities before the Lord's.

Procrastination and preoccupation will lead you away from your priorities to the Lord. But, by taking a step back and looking at how we can be used for the kingdom of God we give ourselves a chance to overcome procrastination and preoccupation. 

As we begin a new year, consider your ways and how you may use your time. Are you focused on your own house, or are you focused on building up the house of the Lord?

We are all broken people. John 21 shows us that there is grace in our brokenness and still a chance at a full life with Christ.

Ego and pride can be the biggest obstacles to living in the glory of God. It’s in our brokenness that God rids us of our ego and pride and allows us to submit to our savior fully.

Where in your life do you feel brokenness? How might the Lord be using that brokenness to bring you closer to him?

The King's Cry is the ultimate declaration of freedom. Matthew 1 sets the stage for why and how we have faith over our fears.

It can be easy to let our fears consume us, and it's even easier to let our enemies take control of our lives. 

However, Christ's birth frees us from our fears and the power of our enemies. Are you firm in your faith and believe the Lord will deliver on his promises, just as he's done for centuries?

The King's Cradle is the beginning of the greatest story ever told. Matthew 1 gives us the prelude to the birth of our savior and the importance of where and how he was born. 

But it raises two important questions, Who is this child? Why lies he in this mean estate?

Do you respond to those questions with the apathy of the people or the pride of the priests? Or do you respond with the obedience of Joseph or the worship of the Magi?

The Great Commission is a central teaching in the ministry of Jesus Christ. In Matthew 28, Jesus calls each of his followers to go and make disciples of all nations. 

Every day, you have the opportunity to make disciples and join people on their journey to life's greatest potential in Christ. 

Are you answering the call of Jesus in your life to proclaim the gospel through everything you do? 

The Kings Cross offers us the best news we can ever hear. In Matthew 27, Jesus' death on the cross gifts us a forgiven and redeemed life, where we have the chance to be fruitful and offer that same life to those around us.

Life without the cross of Jesus is like the artificial trees we use for decorations and gifts, which often look better on the outside than real ones, but on the inside, they're fake and won't last.

Are you an artificial tree unable to bear fruit and is easily thrown away? Or are you a real tree flowing with the life of Jesus?

As we find our way back to Bethlehem, we look at the King's Coronation and Second Coming. Jesus will bring everything to completion.

We hear the importance of pursuing joy all the time. However, when we are struggling, pursuing joy can sometimes feel impossible. Pastor David teaches Psalm 51 to help us learn to pursue joy with a broken spirit.

Hypocrisy is the gap between what we portray ourselves to be on the outside and our private character. It’s putting on the church face, but personally choosing to do evil while no one is looking. It’s choosing not to practice what you profess with your lips.

Hypocrisy has no place in your life. If you are a Christian, you have a responsibility to put hypocrisy to death. 

Pastor Mike Taylor uses the scripture of Jesus cursing the fig tree in this sermon.