Today, in our time to hear and respond to a message from God’s word, we will reflect on Lent through Psalm 102, highlighting God’s presence in the “eremos,“ the wildness. Lent once again is a wilderness season of reflection, repentance, and reconciliation, inviting us to confront our sin, mortality, and suffering as we journey with…
This sermon concludes a long series on Spiritual Disciplines, Holy Habits, and Practices of Faith, finishing the discipline of confession. It emphasizes that faith is not transactional but relational, meant to draw believers into deeper intimacy with God and into the transformation of life. Drawing on David’s confessions in 2 Samuel 12 and Psalm 51,…
This sermon begins our conclusion of a two-year journey through the Spiritual Disciplines, Holy Habits, and Practices of the Faith by focusing on the often-neglected practice of confession. Using Genesis 3, it explores how sin introduced shame into human experience, fracturing relationships with God, others, and ourselves. Like Adam and Eve hiding in the garden,…
This sermon centers on Epiphany, which is the celebration of Christ revealed not only to Israel but to the Gentiles. Drawing from Ephesians 2:11-22, reminding us that Gentiles, we, were once separated from Christ, alienated from God’s promises, and without hope. Yet in Jesus, everything changes. Through His life, death, and resurrection, Christ breaks down…
This fourth Sunday of Advent centers on the gift of peace revealed in Luke 2:8–20. The sermon contrasts the fragile, circumstance-based peace offered by the world with the lasting, divine peace proclaimed by the angels at Jesus’ birth. This peace—fulfilled in Christ and foretold in Isaiah’s prophecy of the Prince of Peace—is not the absence…
Today, we emphasize that Christmas is a season that lasts for 12 days, calling believers to continue celebrations and reflect on the wonder of Christ’s birth and using Mary’s example from the Gospel of Luke, highlighting her practice of treasuring and pondering significant events in her heart, encouraging us to do the same with our…
Today, we explore the theme of surrender and submission to God further and ask how we do this by following the example of Jesus. We will turn to the passage from Mark 14:32-42, where Jesus prays in Gethsemane. Highlighting that true submission involves, at times, doing what we would rather not do, emphasizing the importance…
Today’s message will encourage us to actively explore the spiritual disciplines that foster a deeper relationship with God, emphasizing the importance of what we invest in our faith journey. Today, we will be introduced to the practices of silence and solitude as vital means of renewal, as they allow believers to detach from worldly distractions…
Today, we move to the R. in our acrostic on how to pray P.R.A.Y. P. was to pause, and R. is to rejoice. We will emphasize the importance of rejoicing in prayer, highlighting Psalm 103 as a hymn of praise. We will be encouraged to seek instruction from God and to maintain focus on rejoicing…
In this sermon, “Jesus Enters In,” we delve into the importance of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We will emphasize Jesus’ deliberate actions, fulfilling prophecy and offering peace. Despite cheers, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem’s failure to understand His message of salvation. We will be urged to reflect on our response to Jesus’ invitation…