Sermons by Jeff Souders
Senior Pastor
How Much You Mean to God: When Jesus Goes Out to Eat
4 BAD WAYS TO LOOK AT YOUR VALUE “Jesus was going through the city of Jericho. A man was there named Zacchaeus, who was the chief tax collector, and he was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but he was too short to see above the crowd. So he ran ahead to a place where Jesus would come, and he climbed a sycamore tree so he could see him. When Jesus came to that place, he looked up…
Worship Is Powerful: When Jesus Goes Out to Eat
“Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: Changing Thoughts About Pain
“22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? 23 All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.” Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 We know that IN all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 Ways To Use Your Pain For God: USE PAIN TO DRAW…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: Thoughts On Love & Heart
1. Love Centric: Love must be directed toward God and provides to others in forms that resemble God. “Jesus replied, ‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart,all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.Matthew 22:37-38 “We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: 3 Thoughts to Change Your View of God
“Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.” Psalm 145:3 (NLT) 1. ACCEPT HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— Ephesians 2:8 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace withGod through our Lord Jesus Christ” Romans 5:1 God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: Being Made New
“Be made new in the attitude of your minds.” Ephesians 4:23 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve whatGod’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 CONFORM: to fit into a mold; make or become the same; to behave in a conventional way by accepting without question the customs, traditions and prevailing opinions of others. TRANSFORM:…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: Thinking About Having the Mind of Christ
Who understands the mind of the Lord? Isaiah 40:13 Paul: Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16 “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:5 Trademarks Of Thinking Like Jesus (All quotes from Jesus) I KNOW EXACTLY WHO I AM I KNOW GOD’S PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE “…I know where I came from and where I am…
Rock Solid Faith: Faith That Heals
“Jesus went everywhere, teaching…preaching…and healing people who hadall kinds of disease and sickness.” Matthew 4:23 3 MISTAKEN VIEWS ABOUT DIVINE HEALING 1. I can buy my healing by giving. 2. It’s never God’s will for me to be sick “…those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to theirfaithful Creator and continue to do good.” 1 Peter 4:19 See also: John 16:33, Philippians 1:29, Colossians 1:24, 1 Thessalonians 3:3 3. Miracles ended with the completion of the Bible.…
Rock Solid Faith: Faith That Leaves Judging To God
“Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the onewho is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?” James 4:11-12 WHY WE JUMP TO JUDGING 1. Guilt (We want to excuse our own…