Woodbury Church of Christ Sermons

(Watch Online) It's true and Easter Sunday reminds us...God deeply loves you. How do we know? Jesus died and then he wasn't dead. And because of that reality, we'll be with God forever, which is exactly what He wants, because He deeply loves us.

(Watch Online) Scripture consistently makes a strange claim - somehow sin introduces destruction, decay and death in our lives. But Scripture also provides the solution...by the Spirit we can put sin to death and live!

(Watch Online) Most of us don't expect to hear from God...so we don't. What if we were open to the life God is trying to produce in us comes when we listen to the voice of God?

(Watch Online) Too often we get stuck thinking about the Holy Spirit as an idea or a theology. Instead, the Holy Spirit is a person of God and a relationship we need to pursue. How do we do that? By creating space for the Spirit.

(Watch Online) Do we realize the New Covenant was NOT a written code? It is a changed heart by the power of the Spirit. What characteristics is a church known for if it is living a life filled with the Spirit?

If you have desired to experience more of the Spirit you've likely asked the question, "How?" How do we hear the Spirit more clearly? How do we experience the Spirit more powerful? The answer might be a little surprising.

It's easy to think of the Holy Spirit as incredibly important but we're less clear what his job description actually us. What if the power you're looking for is exactly what the Spirit was given to us to do? 

When you read the stories of the Spirit in the New Testament, they're amazing and inspirational. We're told that the Spirit "talked" or "led" people to do and say specific things. Is that still something we can expect? Is that still something we should look for? 

We all have experienced strange moments in our lives that we didn't know how to categorize. Was it the supernatural, was it coincidence? How we interpret these types of events often speaks to the ways we think the Spirit can or can't work today. What should we expect from the Spirit when it comes to the the miraculous gifts of the Spirit?