Why Can’t I Change?
You’re focusing on the poison of religion, and forgetting the power of grace. Religion is our attempt to earn God’s approval by following all the rules. For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. Titus 2:11 NIV charis: the unmerited goodwill and favor of God •The grace that saves you is also the grace that sustains you. For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12It teaches us to say…
Why Trust God?
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7 NIV How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Psalm 13:1-2 NIV How do you grow to trust in a God you can’t see? You…
Why Didn’t He Answer My Prayer?
“And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” John 14:13-14 NIV The purpose of prayer is to know God so we can do His will. Maybe you have a broken relationship. “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25And when you stand praying, if you…
Why? A Story from Hell
In this sermon, Pastor Jeff Souders walks through why Hell exists and what lessons we can learn from the New Testament.
Why? Why did God let it happen?
In this sermon, Pastor Jeff Souders continues to discuss being disappointed and why bad things and suffering happen in a fallen world.
The Greatest Disappointment
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law…
Let Down: When People Let You Down
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Isaiah 53:3 Results of Relational Letdowns: HARD HEART PRIDEFUL SPIRIT JUSTIFIED SIN REVENGEFUL ATTITUDE 1. God Help Me To live with thicker skin A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11 Thicker Thoughts: People will let you down, so stop…
Unwrapping Christmas: A King like no Other
When they [the wise men] saw the star, they were filled with joy! 11They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:10-11 NLT When they [the wise men] saw the star, they were filled with joy! 11They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and…
Unwrapping Christmas: The Gift of Myrrh
When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! 11They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:10-11 NLT Intro All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own … Isaiah 53:6 NL Sheep are weak. Sheep are witless. Sheep are wayward. All of…