The Way

One thing we can be certain of is uncertainty in this world. We react to this uncertainty in many different ways. While we should be concerned about things and prepare for the future, we should never allow worry to disable us. Jesus understands our tendency to worry and equips us to avoid sinful worry by giving us three characteristics of sinful worry.

Followers of Christ face a constant battle—a battle of completeness. We are tempted to sin by giving some of our time, energy, and devotion to things other than God. In our next section of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus challenges us to have integrity in three specific areas of our lives, and as we become wholly His, we find rewards that we can never lose.

Society doesn't care much about the word “religion” today. Even Christians shy away from religion. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shows us that salvation produces a genuine religion that cannot be counterfeited—a practical religion that has shoes instead of an intellectual religion. This morning our focus is on verses 16-18, but we will be summarizing religion in shoes by the numbers as we overview verses 1-18.

In our next section of Matthew 6, Jesus turns His attention to prayer. How should our prayer time look and sound? Is there a secret formula to effective prayer? Sadly, there is no secret formula, but we can learn to pattern our prayers after Jesus. In verses 5-8, Jesuseliminates many of our misconceptions about prayer by teaching us fourattributes that should not describe Christian prayer.

Guest Preacher - Dr. Mark Devine

Guest Preacher - Don Barger

Guest Preacher - Jared Cook

God clearly communicates His expectations to us so that we can truly flourish and enjoy life as He intended for us to enjoy it. However, Satan and sin seek to destroy all the good gifts God has given us. This week, Jesus takes us to the heart of lust as he talks about intimacy and relationships. He gives us three hard facts about sin that challenge us to fully commit to God’s plan for our relationships.

After telling His disciples that He had come to fulfill the law, Jesus spent some time teaching them that God was more concerned with our hearts than with our outward compliance. In His first example, Jesus addresses something that we all struggle with—anger. In our text today, we find three hard truths about anger that challenge us to examine our lives and look to Christ for forgiveness and strength.

Matthew 5:9-12 Upside Down Kingdom (Part 3)

Matthew 5:17-20 - Grace Revealed

Matthew 5:13-16 - Defining Our Why

Matthew 5:1-5 - Upside Down Kingdom (Part 1)

John 11:11-27 - The Resurrection and the Life

John 10:11-18 - I Am the Good Shepherd