Westport Road Baptist Church (WRBC) - Louisville, KY

Our Advent Sermon Series kicks off with a first sermon on hope. In this world, there is a lot of hopelessness, but in Advent we wait with hope knowing who God is. 

Pastor Chip shares a message that refocuses us on our call to follow Jesus.

Pastor Chip shares a Thanksgiving message about being grateful. 

Our new sermon series will share practical tips from God's word on how to control your mind. 

In the series finale, today's sermon from Matthew 16:21-27 examines how Jesus viewed his death and how we are called to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Jesus. 

Our Rethink Sermon Series continues with Chip's challenging message on marriage. Marriage isn't about being fulfilled from another person, but instead about being the helpmate to help fight and provide for our spouse. We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

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We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!I. God sees and cares about the _______ evil going on in the world. Obadiah 1-13II. God will _______ evil. Obadiah 14-16III. God will _______ and restore His people. Obadiah 17-21To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!Colossians 1:15-18 “15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”I. Everything is made by _______ for _______.John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”II. Living for Jesus means living life to the _______.Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”III. Life is not just about _______ you do, it's about _______ you do it.2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”IV. Living life to the fullest means living as a _______ in JesusTo view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!I. Giving is a _______ God allows you to do. II Corinthians 8:1-7II. Giving takes a continual check of the heart. II Corinthians 8:10-12III. The church is _______ when each person simply does their part. II Corinthians 8:13-15IV. You get out of it what you put into it. II Corinthians 9:6-7V. The _______ we receive from giving is more than we could ever imagine. II Corinthians 9:12-15To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!Five things we need to rethink about Church…I believe in God, but I don't need to go to church. Ephesians 2:19-22The church is there to meet my _______ and make me happy. Matthew 28:18-20The church is full of _______ people/hypocrites. Ephesians 4:12-13I'm really not needed at church anyway. I Corinthians 12:21, 26-27The church is not that big a _______. I Peter 2:9-10, Ephesians 5:25Ephesians 2:19-22 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God's people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.Matthew 28:18-20 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”Ephesians 4:12-13 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.Corinthians 12:21, 26-27 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don't need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don't need you!”26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.I Peter 2:9-10 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.Ephesians 5:25 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for herTo view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!Ephesians 2:1-10 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!I. We see God as a loving _______ who will take care of us. Exodus 33:17-18II. God is that, but he is so much more than we could ever imagine. Exodus 33:19-23III. Eight ways God identifies himself – He is… Exodus 34:5-7The Lord. - _______Full of grace - Slow to angerAbounding in love - Faithful_______ - JudgeIV. Our response should be worship, _______ and reflecting God's glory. Exodus 34:8, 10-11a, 29To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!We often _______ this commandment and do not take it seriously.The Sabbath is to mainly be a day of _______.Work is a good thing not a bad thing, but everyone and everything needs a day of rest.The Sabbath was given by God to help people and that is why God takes it seriously even if we don't.Exodus 20:8-11 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

Our first _______ when things happen in life should be _______ toward God. James 5:13-14When you are sick, it is okay to ask others to pray for your healing. James 5:14When we pray for others, we should pray in _______ knowing that _______ belongs to God. James 5:15-16aPrayer is _______ and _______. James 5:16bGod is _______ by _______ prayers for his glory. James 5:17-18James 5:13-20 13 Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. 19 My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!I. Being a friend of the world will make you ultimately make you an _______ of God. James 4:4-6II. Four dangers of _______ the world and living without God…It will cause you to be self-centered which will lead to fights and quarrels. James 4:1-3It will cause you to _______ others. James 4:11-12It will cause you to trust in things besides God. James 4:13-17It will lead to a destructive _______. James 5:1-6III. Four things we should do to come back to God… James 4:7-10, 5:7-12_______ yourself to God.Resist the devil.Come _______ to God.Be patient.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!James 3:13-18 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. 17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. 18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!James 3:1-12 1 Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2 We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check. 3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one's life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God's likeness. 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!James 2:14-26 14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. 18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. 20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God's friend. 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!I. Sometimes we are _______ to play favorites. James 2:1-7II. Instead of playing favorites we need to follow the _______ law – to love our neighbor. James 2:8-11III. Following the royal law will set us _______. James 2:12-13James 2:1-13 1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here's a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” 4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7 Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong? 8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. 9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11 For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. 12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!I. To live a good, Godly life, we need to be quick to _______, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. James 1:19-21II. To live a good, Godly life, we need to be _______ of what God says not just hearers. James 1:22-25III. A good, Godly life will be seen in our _______ not our words. James 1:26-27James 1:19-27 19 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. 26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

I. Unfortunately, we will face a lot of _______ and temptations in life. James 1:2-4II. When troubles come, we need to ask God for _______ in how to handle them. James 1:5-11III. God is our _______ when troubles come not the cause of our troubles. James 1:12-18James 1:1-18 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. 9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business. 12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. 13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. 16 Don't be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!Daniel 1:3-27 To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!Acts 4:12 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!I. A parent's job is to raise their children to live _______ lives without them. Deuteronomy 6:1-2II. A good life, family, and country comes from following God's ways. Deuteronomy 6:4-9A. We need to _______ God's ways. Deuteronomy 6:4-5B. We need to know God's ways. Deuteronomy 6:6C. We need to teach God's ways to our children. Deuteronomy 6:7-9III. Don't be deceived and led astray by the ways of the world. Deuteronomy 6:10-19A. Don't get distracted and forget God's ways. Deuteronomy 6:12B. Put God _______ above everything else. Deuteronomy 6:13C. Don't test God. Deuteronomy 6:16D. Do what is right regardless of what the world believes. Deuteronomy 6:18IV. Know and [teach] our children why our ways are different. Deuteronomy 6:20-25Deuteronomy 6:1-25 1 These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. 3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you. 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

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We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue. 2 All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD. 3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.Three Steps In Making a Big DecisionSeek God's will and _______ for His direction. Proverbs 16:1 “To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.”Make a _______ around the direction in which God has led you. Proverbs 16:2 “All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD.”Begin to _______ the plan. “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”PRAY – PLAN – DO (In that order)Proverbs 16:1-31 To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue. 2 All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord. 3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team! I. Just because your children take a _______ direction, it doesn't mean you were a bad parent. Luke 15:11-12II. At some point you have to be _______ to let them make mistakes. Luke 15:12-16III. Continue to _______ that they will come to their senses. Luke 15:17-20IV. Forgive and accept them _______ strings attached if they come back home. Luke 15:21-24Luke 15:11-24 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.' 20 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. 21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' 22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!I. God has a design for the _______. Joshua 24:14A. Respect God's authority.B. Follow it!II. When we leave God's design _______ will follow. Joshua 24:15aIII. When we _______ to God's design our families will prosper. Joshua 24:15bJoshua 24:14-15 14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!Psalm 137 1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. 7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!” 8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us. 9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!The three underlying emotions seen at the fall and in our brokennessare Shame, Fear, and Guilt.In shame, I look to Cover .In fear, I look to Hide .In guilt, I look to Blame .The curse can only be Reversed through Christ.In Christ, I am already a child of God who is Loved andAccepted.Genesis 3:6-13 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!John 20:19-29 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone's sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” 24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” 26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” 28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”John 21:15-17 15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” 16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.” 17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!John 4:7-26 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” 13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!Luke 19:1-10 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. 7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!

We would love to pray for you! Click here to contact our prayer team!Mark 5:1-20 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. 6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name don't torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!” 9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area. 11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. 14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region. 18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.To view our video archive of past sermons, click here!