Sermons

How’s your prayer life lately? Do you love to pray? Is growing your prayer life one of your New Year’s resolutions? For the next two weeks we will be looking at Christ’s teaching to see how his example might give us a foundation for a year full of prayer.

In Matthew 2 we are introduced to the villain of the Christmas story. Jesus has only been born and just his presence on earth is a threat to the kingdoms of man. But, the tension between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of man only adds to the magnificence and miraculous nature of the manger scene. 

Throughout the book of Matthew we find people discovering who Jesus is. Who you believe Jesus is will greatly effect what you expect him to do. John the Baptist in Matthew 11 found himself in this situation. We too will be faced with this question and find that our expectations of Jesus are not too high, but too low. 

We all love the Christmas season to varying degrees. Everyone has their favorite Christmas traditions and maybe even their favorite Christmas story in the Bible. One that gets overlooked many times is the genealogical record found in Matthew 1. Here we see that to be all in for Christmas is to be all in for the gospel. How we respond to the Christmas story is a direct reflection of how much weight we place on the gospel in our life. So, let’s go all in. 

We accomplish our mission to “Glorify God” by fulfilling the Great Commission. So, let’s be really clear on what that means. Pastor Jeff gives us to imperatives from Matthew 28 on how we can help Harvest accomplish this mission. Are you with us? 

When you’ve got a job to do you’ve got to roll up your sleeves and get to work! We’ve got a job to do. Our mission at Harvest is to glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment. This mission is not just some statement to hang on the wall that nobody really cares about. It reminds us: We’ve got a job to do! Work for Christ means you’re actively serving in His Church. So, let’s get to work! 

Colossians 1:10 tells us to, “walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.” Your “walk” is how you live and how you live matters. So how’s your walk? To help us answer this question Pastor Jeff gives us three affirmations that you’re walking in a manner worthy of Christ.

At Harvest we believe a growing disciple of Jesus Christ worships Christ, walks with Christ, and works for Christ. Over the next three weeks we are going to unpack these three W’s. This Sunday we are looking in John 4 where Jesus himself tells us that God wants you to be a True Worshipper. 

October 31, 1517, is the day that Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door at Wittenburg in Germany. This started, what we know today as, the Reformation. The history of the Reformation reminds us of the urgency in making sure we understand with clarity the power of the gospel. When we get the gospel right, that changes everything.