Wayside Communities Church Sermons and stories from Austin, TX. A Church Who's values are Biblical | Relational | Purposeful Living out God's Word Living as God's People Living on God's Mission
We honor God by giving the first and best of all we have.
In Christ we are righteous, and by the Spirit we can live righteously.
We were created for and called to a reverential relationship with God!
We must live wisely to avoid burnout, so we need wise counselors.
Our enemies are God's enemies, so they will ultimately be defeated.
Jesus is our Provider, and we can trust that He will provide us with whatever we need along the way in which He is leading us.
Christ conquered death, so in Him we have nothing to fear!
The Lord is victorious, so we sing songs of victory!
The Lord is directing us toward a deepening faith.
Jesus is our passover, so we are covered by His blood.
To know God is to acknowledge His sovereignty!
God is clear-sighted, so we can trust His supervision!
God is trustworthy, despite our unmet expectations.
God is calling us to trust and obey, which is the only way to fully experience His blessings.
Our God is personal and Holy, so He invites us into a reverential relationships with Himself.
It is encouraging to know that God never stops working when it comes to accomplishing His plans for us and fulfilling His promises to us.
God is always faithful in keeping His promises.
Who we are determines how we walk.
We are not saved BY good works, but we are saved FOR good works.
In Christ, God has blessed us and called us to count our blessings.
God wants us to be blessed in EVERY way, so He sent His Son!
Loving Jesus means loving His family!
As Christians, we have a job to do, and there is joy in a job well done!
The kingdom of peace is for people of faith.
Christ is coming back, so we should be hopefully prepared.
God invites everyone into His kingdom, and He graciously calls us to the privilege of handling the invitations.
God's kingdom is about grace, not fairness, so we need to forget about fairness and embrace grace.
In this life, we each have an opportunity to trade earthly treasures we cannot keep for heavenly treasures we cannot lose.
The kingdom continues to increase, so we can be continually encouraged!
Life leads either to the kingdom or to condemnation.
Fertile hearts produce spiritually fruitful lives.
The parables of Jesus invite us to learn more by leaning in.
If we want more people to meet Jesus, let's throw more parties!
Our Christianity must be defined by Christ!
Self-sacrifice is at the very heart of Christianity.
Our future hope should motivate our present action.
The hope of resurrection is crucial for our Christian faith, so we must constantly consider our current life in light of our life to come.
The Gospel is always of first importance!
God established goals for church gatherings, and we must establish guidelines to reach those goals.
In this passage, Paul explains how speaking truth clearly benefits others and builds up the Church.
As followers of Christ, everything we do should be motivated by love.
As followers of Christ in the local church, we need to see ourselves as fully interdependent members of ONE body.
When we view spiritual gifts in a selfish, individualistic way, we compare and covet, and the church is divided. In today's passage, Paul stresses that the gifts of the Spirit are distributed out to each person according to God's will for the purpose of building up the church rather than building up ourselves.
Participating in Communion proclaims the Gospel, so we must do so in unity and righteousness.
We cannot truly exalt God as men and women until we embrace God's truth about men and women.
We are called to live Christianly in a culture of idolatry.
Temptation is inevitable in this life, but sin is now!
We have the right to waive our rights for the sake of the gospel.
The Christian life is about knowing and loving God ad others.
God has prepared a feast for every Christian, including singles!
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