"encouragement" Tagged Sermons

"encouragement" Tagged Sermons

When Burdens Are Too Heavy

All of us have or will have some heavy burdens. Living in Christian community means we help others with their burdens and we receive help with ours.

The Glue of Community

Human nature uses people to our own selfish advantages. Jesus flips our natural tendencies upside down and leads by example to show us how community should really function.

Game Changer

When our physical hearts are showing alarming symptoms, we take action. Why shouldn’t our spiritual heart be any different?

The Prayers of the Ordinary

Many of us don’t feel qualified for God hear and answer our prayers. But God uses prayers of ordinary people to change the world.

The King Above All Kings

The Christmas story includes an insecure king who wanted his name to be great. In the end he becomes a largely forgotten ruler in the shadow of a baby whom we still celebrate as the King above all kings.

The God Who Knows Me

Being known is both wonderful and frightening. Will others still love me if they knew what was on the inside? Psalm 139 celebrates a God who knows us and still loves us.

I Need Some Help!

Our lives are filled with seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Where will we find help to make it? Psalm 121 reminds us we have a God who is our helper.

Facing Death, Singing of Life

With only hours to live, Jesus and his disciples sang a song together. What was that song? How is it possible to sing of life while facing death? Psalm 118 has an answer.

A Big Kind Of Love

How big is big? David uses everything he can think of to describe to us how big is God’s love. Psalm 103 invites us to consider this massive gift and how it benefits us.

Don’t Learn The Hard Way

We gather regularly for the praise of God on Sunday. But it’s easy to let life rob us of that joy. Can we still have that same spirit of praise on Wednesday? Psalm 95 is an invitation to worship, but also a warning not to learn the hard way.

One Day

If you could spend one day anywhere, where would it be? For the writer of Psalm 84 the answer is clear: anywhere God is.