All I Want Is for God to Show Up

December 1 2019

Isaiah 63:15-64:12 — Where is God? God’s people are no longer experiencing God’s presence. God seems to be missing in today’s world. All I want is for God to show up. We must repent and God will show up. God shows up all the time.

This is part of our Advent 2019 series, All I Want for Christmas, based on selected passages from the book of Isaiah. The idea for the series title, All I Want for Christmas, is borrowed from the article by Matt Erickson, “Recovering the Wonder of Christmas: Four pathways for preaching during Advent,” in Preachingtoday.com, https://www.preachingtoday.com/skills/2019/november/recovering-wonder-of-christmas.html. The sermons, however, are original.

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We Serve God Alone

November 24 2019

Matthew 6:19-24 — Where is your heart? What is your treasure? Whom do you serve? We cannot serve two lords. We serve God alone. We serve God by keeping our hearts focused on God’s kingdom. We focus our hearts on the kingdom by keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

This is part of our series, Living the Kingdom Life, based on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.

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Amazing Grace

November 17 2019

Matthew 6:7-15 — This sermon looks at the second half of the Lord’s Prayer. We continue to glorify God. Even though our needs are now in focus, it is ultimately still about God’s glory because God gives, God forgives, God protects and delivers us. All because of his amazing grace and all for his glory.

This is part of our series, Living the Kingdom Life, based on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.

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Praying for our Father’s Glory

October 13 2019

Matthew 6:7-15 — We pray in faith with hope and love. We pray to worship, honor and glorify our Father in heaven. His glory, his holy Name, his kingdom, his will, must be the focus and priority in our prayers. Even when in supplication and intercession we pray for ourselves and others, those prayers ultimately serve our Father’s glory. This sermon deals with the first part of the Lord’s Prayer.

This is part of our series, Living the Kingdom Life, based on the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7.

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