Sermons
God Provides when we are Lost
Ruth 2:1-7
We can each feel lost in different ways. Ruth is disoriented and trying to adjust to new life situations. Naomi is lost in grief and despair. What has you feeling lost? Do you ever wonder why God would allow you to go through the things you are experienced? Do you wonder if you’re outside his sight? May this message encourage you that even when we feel lost, God provides.
God Provides when we are Empty
Ruth 1:11-22
Noami has weathered some extremely difficult experiences. She’s lost her provider and her sons. She’s in a foreign land. She’s taken blow after blow and feeling so empty. And in her emptiness God provides for her. What has emptied you? Do you feel like you have nothing left? Do you feel forgotten or abandoned? As we work through this text, may we be encouraged by how God provides when we’re empty.
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
Daniel 3:16-30
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refuse to compromise to the vanity of their king. They refuse to worship anyone but God. How does their choices affect their relationship with those around them? How does it affect their own relationships with the living God? What can we learn, and how can we be encouraged by the story of these three men?
Jonah
Jonah 4
Jonah is sent to a people he didn’t want to have to deal with. He doesn’t want them to be saved. He is reluctant in the call that God has given him, and when he finally responds God works, and Jonah is mad. How are we doing with loving the neighbors that are hard? Do we want to pick and choose who will respond to what God is doing, and who God will save? Do we think that we deserve to be saved? What hope do we have in the endless love of God?
Hezekiah
2 Kings 18:19-37
Hezekiah is a follower of God in trouble. He is surrounded by the enemy. And the enemy taunts him. Sometimes living in an outpost doesn’t feel very safe. Sometimes we are in places that feel dangerous at the worst, antagonistic at the least. What happens with Hezekiah? What promises do we have from God? How do we respond when the enemy antagonizes, threatens us? How is God at work on our behalf?
Servant Girl
2 Kings 5:1-5
Naaman needed help, he had an uncurable disease. And he was pointed to his only place for hope by a young servant girl. Without her words, her master would have died. We don’t have to have a big name in order to be a raider for the kingdom. We are simply to proclaim the truth, and let the Lord work.
Joseph
2 Kings 5:1-5
Naaman needed help, he had an uncurable disease. And he was pointed to his only place for hope by a young servant girl. Without her words, her master would have died. We don’t have to have a big name in order to be a raider for the kingdom. We are simply to proclaim the truth, and let the Lord work.
Abram
Genesis 12:1-8
God called Abram to leave his country, and that God would bless all the world through him. Our message is the hope for our neighbors. Through the message of Christ our world is blessed. Do we believe that? Do we live like that? Do we realize what the hope given to Abram means for us?
Temptation of ReIngestion
Nehemiah 13:4-9
All of this work is done. The culture is being built. Things are going well. And then some start to backslide. Some start to forget the promises they had made. Some start to undo the good work that has taken place. And that is true for our churches today. We will not perfectly live into God’s plan for us. We will even work AGAINST what God has called the church to be. In what was is the Spirit convicting us of this? In what ways do we need to repent?
Recreating Community
Nehemiah 11:1-2
The walls are built. People are returning. Relationships are being set right with the Lord. But Nehemiah needed people to live in the city walls. Many had moved outside and gotten comfortable, but now it was time to bring people in. It wasn’t as nice in the city. Some things were hard. Some were forced into the city. Some entered voluntarily. All were needed to help build the community that Jerusalem would need if she was going to survive.