Words From The Upper Room Your connection with Jesus Christ determines the entire course of your life as a Christian, living in this world for the glory of God! From time to time, someone will say, “I just seem to be drifting. I don’t feel as close to Jesus as I used to.” The “disconnect” is obvious! You can often tell just…
Words From The Upper Room Feeling alone, powerless and vulnerable is never a pleasant experience, but it is a common one for most people! One of the great blessings of being a disciple of Jesus is the fellowship within the Body of Christ. God designed it that way. It is said that “no man is an island.” We all need each other.…
Words From The Upper Room When someone tells you to “believe” them, it often indicates that you may have some reason to doubt that what they are saying is true. In our world today it often seems appropriate to have what some call a “healthy skepticism” about almost anything you are told. Social media has “fact checkers,” but who is checking them?…
Words From The Upper Room Everyone knows that life in this world has joys and sorrows, good times and hard times. While many people today seem to want a “happy Christianity,” where “positive thinking” turns troubles into triumphs and scars into stars, true disciples of Jesus know that picture is like a mirage in the desert … it doesn’t exist! Some may…
Words From The Upper Room It may seem easy for you and others to “believe in Jesus,” but what does that even mean?!! John began his gospel by saying, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God!” (John 1:1). But who is this “Word,” and what does any of this have to do…
Stand Alone Sermon The greatest blessing in this life is submitting our life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We should all desire to know Jesus and for others to know Him as well. Oftentimes, for better or worse, our evangelism efforts can look a lot like a Joel Osteen book, “Come to know Christ and live your best life now!” Which…
Stand Alone Sermon There is something about turning the calendar to a new year that makes it seem that almost anything is possible, which is why many people begin the year by making resolutions. The problem, however, with the resolutions most people make, is that they rely on merely human “will-power” to accomplish them, and so they eventually end up where Paul…
Stand Alone Sermon “Keep your eyes on the prize!” People who want to encourage people to focus, to keep on working, to persevere through trials and to do whatever it takes to reach their goal often use these words. In fact, the Apostle Paul said something very similar in Philippians 3:14: “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the…
Advent Series While many people talk about “loving others,” few understand that true LOVE can be received and expressed only by those who know the love of GOD, our Creator, through His Son Jesus Christ. It is only when the very Spirit of Christ dwells within you that selfless love becomes your desire, and you become willing and able to love God…
Advent Series “Joy to the world!” We sing the song and the words flow off our tongues as we raise our thoughts toward heaven … yet the joy we sing of seems at times, perhaps even often, to be beyond our reach. We live in a world deeply affected by sin, our own and that of others. Joy comes from a heart…