Sermons from 2026

The Promise of Living Water John 7:37-39 Water is necessary for our existence; our human life depends upon water. If you have ever really been thirsty nothing matters except getting your thirst quenched. You don’t care about anything else when you’re dying of thirst. John chapter 7 is not the first time that Jesus speaks of water as a spiritual metaphor. In John chapter 4, Jesus meets a woman by a well in Samaria. She’s drawing water out of the…

The Promise of Everlasting Joy John 10:10-11 Isaish 35:10 says: “Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.” Can you imagine a place of unending, everlasting joy? If there’s a country on this earth where people could be filled with joy, it should be the United States of America. God experiences joy. Isaiah 62:5 says:…

“God Gives You a Sound Mind – Guard It” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 “God has not given us the Spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). Last week I spoke about what God did not give us. God did not give us a Spirit of fear. This week I want to speak about what God has promised to give us and that is a Spirit of power, love and a sound…

God Will Deliver You from Fear Psalm 34:4-7 Everybody has a certain amount of caution or healthy fear. It keeps us alive. But some fear can become irrational. Unhealthy fear can paralyze us. Today we consider the most famous battle in the Old Testament. It began as a battle between two armies. It becomes a battle between two individuals. The people of Israel are being taunted by a giant and they are fearful (1 Samuel 17:11;24). Fear is intimidating. –…

The Influence of a Mother2 Timothy 1:1-5 Happy Mother’s Day! We are glad to honor our mothers, not because it is a commercially promoted holiday, but because it is fundamental to our faith!  “Honor your father and mother” is one of the Ten Commandments (Deuteronomy 5:16), and that debt of honor and responsibility to our parents was defended by Jesus in Matthew 15 and reaffirmed by Paul in Ephesians 6:2. Mothers mold and shape their children’s character and future. The…

God’s Covenant of LoveDeuteronomy 7:6-9 “But it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that He swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a…

The Lord Will Fight for YouExodus 14:13-14 Exodus 14, God delivers His people from slavery in Egypt. He leads them with a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night and He leads them to the edge of the Red Sea. The Egyptian army is regretting what they have done and are trying to overtake the Israelites. And God leads them to basically a dead end. They have this massive body of water in front of them. Behind them…

God Is Always FaithfulPsalm 119:89-90 God is faithful not just to our generation but to all generations. Faithfulness is the glue that holds our relationships, our culture and our world together. Without the faithfulness of God, there would be no stability in the universe. God’s faithfulness stands at the very center of His creation. Colossians 1:17, “He (Jesus) is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”  The faithfulness of God is the glue that holds this world…

“God Works All Things for Good”Romans 8:28 Sometimes, the things we think are bad are only bad to us. God has a different perspective. I mean, all of us know that bad things happen to people. Some bad things are the result of national or international crises. Some bad things are the result of bad decisions and bad conduct. Bad things happen. We know that. Today, you will discover that because of Romans 8:28, Christians have a unique way of…