The Bread of Life | Samuel Husband

Scripture Reference: John 6:1-14, 25-51

What is our natural response when we don’t have enough patience, kindness, faith, resources, wisdom, or humility? How might our response change if we follow Jesus’ pattern?

Henri Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved: “To identify the movements of the Spirit in our lives, I have found it helpful to use four words: “taken,” “blessed,” “broken,” and “given…” These words also summarize my life as a Christian because, as a Christian, I am called to become bread for the world: bread that is taken, blessed, broken, and given… these four words have become the most important words of my life… they speak about the most divine as well as the most human behavior. They reach high as well as low, embrace God as well as all people.”

Sermon Points:

  • Bread & the Bible
  • Living Bread
  • Leftovers

Feasting & Fasting | Brian Sorgenfrei

Scripture Reference: Matthew 6:11, Leviticus 23:37-43, Matthew 6:16-18
The New Year typically brings renewed goals!  The Scriptures give us numerous practices that help form us individually and communally into the likeness of Jesus.  What would it look like for our practices around food this year to point us to what God is doing and shape us into the likeness of Jesus.  Scripture points us to the practices of feasting and fasting.

Sermon Points:

  • Consider Food (Matt. 6:11)
  • Consider Feasting (Lev. 23:37-43, John 2:1-10, Rev. 19:9)
  • Consider Fasting (Matt. 6:16-18)
  • Consider the Bread of Life (John 6:35)

The Holy Spirit | Les Newsom

Scripture Reference: John 14:15-26

Some mystery surrounds the person and work of the Holy Spirit, for sure, but that doesn’t mean that He is due any less adoration and worship from God’s people than any other member of the Trinity. Today, we look at the doctrine of the Holy Spirit as THE active agent, the “mover shaker” of the Godhead.

Sermon Points:

  • The Importance of the Spirit
  • The Action of the Spirit
  • The Focus of the Spirit

Failure, a New Year & Jesus | Brian Sorgenfrei

Scripture Reference: John 21:1-19
As we look into the new year, it tends to to be a time of reflection and planning. What do you do with your failures? After Jesus resurrection, He finds Peter on a beach. In this interaction, an amazing truth is revealed. Our failures don’t keep Jesus away from us, actually they are the very reason He came and He works through them.

Sermon Points:

  • Jesus Response To Our Failure
  • Jesus Work Through our Failure