What does it mean to truly love like Jesus? This sermon explores how authentic, self-giving love is not simply a matter of willpower or imitation, but is energized by living faith. Drawing on 1 John 3–4, Mark 9, and Psalm 23, the message challenges us to root our identity in God as adopted children and to step out in vulnerable, faith-fueled love—even toward those who hurt us.
What would you do if you were God? This sermon explores why God doesn’t always pull us out of suffering — and why that’s actually an act of love. Drawing from Matthew 16 and the lives of Job, Joseph, David, and Jesus, we discover that faith is forged in the furnace of pain, and that confessing Jesus as Lord means trusting him even when it hurts.
What does it mean to truly see and empathize with others the way Jesus did? Drawing from Hebrews, John 11, and Galatians 6, this message explores how compassion has no formula — and how we, like Kintsugi pottery, are broken people beautifully mended by God’s grace.
Seeing and Savouring Jesus invites us to encounter Christ not as a distant name or shadowy idea, but as the living radiance of God’s glory. Through Scripture, we are called to truly see, hear, touch, and treasure Jesus—the one who gives rest to the weary and light to hearts longing for God.
We all admire devotion because it shows commitment, passion, consistency, and faithfulness. A devoted person doesn’t walk away when things get hard. God has shown that same wholehearted devotion to us. He demonstrated it fully by sending His Son, so that through His sacrifice, we could have a relationship with Him. In response to God’s great love and devotion, we are called to love Him with all our heart and to go all in.
When life leaves us saying, “We had hoped,” the good news of Luke 24 is that Jesus still comes near, even when pain has made us too discouraged to recognize Him. He does not merely offer religion or quick fixes; He opens the Scriptures, reveals Himself in relationship, and uses community to help us see clearly again. And because He is risen, our disappointment is not the end of the story—our hearts can burn again, our hope can live again, and we can get up and walk forward in faith.
Rituals are meant to shape us over time. And honestly—because they’re repeated—rituals can also go stale. Not because they’re bad, but because we get overfamiliar, distracted, or simply tired. Big spiritual moments are amazing, but it’s the steady “daily bread” that sustains faith. In this sermon, we’ll do something healthy and biblical: we’ll examine the ritual.
Walk through Luke 19–20 as we reflect on Jesus weeping over Jerusalem and asking what truly brings peace. Explore what it means to recognize Him as Lord, steward what He has entrusted to us, and live with humility instead of regret. Jesus is still knocking — the question is whether we will open the door and respond.
It’s easy—even in a room full of people—to feel invisible, isolated, and “lost in the crowd,” but Jesus doesn’t miss the hurting person on the edge. In Jericho, he stops for Bartimaeus and calls down Zacchaeus, restoring dignity to the outcast and extending grace before change is even visible. God’s vision for the church is a family that notices, slows down, and helps people move from dirt to dignity—so no one stays lost.
The question isn’t just “Who is my neighbor?”—it’s “Am I being a neighbor?” In Jesus’ story, the most unexpected person stops, pays the cost, and shows that real love doesn’t just notice need—it moves toward it.
