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Sunday, November 29, 2015
Faith is Hopeful Waiting
Pastor Steve Brown
The center of what we are as Christ followers is having faith in what Jesus will do when he comes again. While our faith is based on what Jesus already did in his life, death, and resurrection, our faith now is our hopeful waiting for what Jesus will yet do to bring us into our eternal home.
After hearing this sermon, we hope that you will pray each day this week the “Hopeful Waiting Prayer” and be open to God growing your faith.
Lessons: Jeremiah 33:15-16, Hebrews 11:1 (NLT), John 14:1-6
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Faith is Believing What You See
Pastor Steve Brown
Just as God revealed to Simeon and Anna what they had been waiting for, so will God reveal to us clear answers for what we are waiting. Most often God’s answers are found in the ordinary events like it was for Simeon and Anna.
After you listen to this sermon, we hope that you will continue to pray the prayer that was given out on Sunday and trust what you see when God answers your prayers.
Lessons: Luke 2:21-38
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Faith is Believing You Are Enough
Jared Howard, Seminar Student
Wilderness experiences can tear us down and making us feel unworthy of the life in which we are called but God still called out to us, faults and fortunes together, to prepare Kingdom for all.
After hearing this sermon, we hope you will ask in prayer what God has for you and wait for God to reveal your calling to your neighbor and beyond.
Lessons: Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-6
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Faith is Being Changed
Pastor Steve Brown
Just as Joseph believed what God spoke to him in the dream and changed his mind, so also do we act in faith when we live out the changes that God is bringing into our lives.
After hearing this sermon, we hope you will identify one change God is bringing into what you think, say or do. In faith, take the first step in living out that change.
Lessons: Matthew 1:18-25
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Faith is Acting On Your Belief
Pastor Steve Brown
Our faith now is revealed in mind-blowing, active, death-defying, out-of-the-box, amazing actions that reflect our confidence in what Jesus has accomplish and will yet accomplish for us.
After hearing this sermon, we hope you will pray each day this week the “Acting On My Faith” prayer and be ready to act on your faith where God leads you.
Lessons: Micah 6:6-8, James 2:14-26, Luke 3:7-18
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Faith is Hard
David Drees
We will mostly look at how much was asked of Joseph, how scary it must have been, and how decisive and trusting Joseph was. Often times having faith is difficult. Believing that God’s best is your best can be hard. We will pray that God will help us have faith in the face of all things, good, bad, and ugly.
Lessons: Isaiah 7:10-14, Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23, Matthew 1:18-25