Rock Springs Church

All Sermons

Blessed To Be A Blessing: Pray Like Jesus, Part 1

May 2, 2016

if we are honest with ourselves, to ask God that His will be done, means that our will is done. It means that we want what He wants more than what we want. And let’s face it. We are willful people. We want what we want. We want life to revolve around us. We’d rather create the life we want and ask God to bless it, rather than seek the life God wants for us, and trust Him to deliver it.

Blessed to Be A Blessing: Who’s My Neighbor?

May 2, 2016

What is he saying here? Jesus is saying that relationships matter more than religion. And when we look at his relationship with us and this Samaritan’s relationship with this helpless man, we begin to see what matter most to Jesus: It’s mercy. It’s mercy that led him to come to us. It’s mercy that led Jesus to lay down his life for us. And it’s mercy what makes us a neighbor.

Blessed To Be A Blessing: Surprise Our World

April 24, 2016

We forget that people are looking for an alternative way of life. The way of life that our culture presents often leaves us weary and empty. So they are looking at those who follow Jesus. You may be the only real Christ follower your neighbor has ever met. So what are they seeing? Do they see patience in the face of adversity? Do they see goodness and generosity in your actions? Are they experiencing grace? The idea is that God doesn’t want us to live our faith in isolation, but in public. In this sense we get to be missionaries right where we live, in the everyday ordinary stuff of life.

Blessed to Be a Blessing: Blessed

April 24, 2016

As the Divine Craftsman, Jesus fits us into His household: Every one of us is precisely cut to fit snugly, strongly, and beautifully with every other part. Nothing is out of place, defective, misshapen or inappropriate. Because it is Christ’s building, the church is perfect, spotless, without defect of blemish. And what this means is incredible: There are no misfits in His family! Every misfit actually does fit in with Jesus!

Easter Sunday: Meeting The Risen Jesus

April 14, 2016

This is why everything changes when you meet the risen Jesus. Because when you meet Him and believe in Him, He changes you forever. He breathes His new life into you. He gives you His Spirit, the Holy Spirit. His Holy Spirit comes to indwell in you, to guide you, help you, and empower you to live as His sent one. And this changes everything. For when the Spirit of Christ lives in you, He will help you begin to live like Jesus.

The Story of God: God’s Do Over

April 13, 2016

Not once did Cain admit doing anything wrong. Not once did he confess. Not once did he honor God and do the right thing. He only thought of himself – and that’s what sin does. It hardens your heart against God. And yet, look at the beauty of God’s love in his interaction with Cain. God gave him chance after chance to confess and repent. God showed incredible patience and kindness, and even though Cain had murdered Abel, God gave Cain mercy, not judgment.

The Story of God: Paradise Lost

April 12, 2016

We live today with the consequences of the Fall. But God’s story is not over. This is what God would have us see today: That God reversed the consequences of our sin with Jesus! When Adam and Eve sinned paradise was lost, but with the sacrifice of Jesus God’s presence can be found. That’s the hope that remains for a world without peace, where life is hard and paradise is lost.