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Our Great Need of Patience

This sermon, based on James 1, focuses on the importance of patience and endurance in the face of trials and temptations, emphasizing that God tests faith to produce patience, which believers must allow to complete its work in their lives. The speaker urges the congregation to rely on God’s strength, avoid blaming Him for temptations, and exhibit patience in relationships and circumstances, trusting in His purpose and timing.

Daniel Peede March 23, 2025

1 John Summary – Concluding Lesson

This sermon, based on 1 John, emphasizes the core themes of God’s love, the manifestation of Jesus as the Word of Life, and the importance of living in light and truth as believers. It highlights the necessity of loving the brethren, rejecting the world, and maintaining fellowship with God through obedience and confession of sin, ensuring joy and assurance in the Christian faith.

Daniel Peede March 23, 2025

The Way the Lord Prunes His Disciples

This sermon, based on John 15, focuses on the metaphor of Christ as the true vine, with believers as the branches, emphasizing the importance of spiritual fruitfulness through connection to Christ and the pruning work of the Father. The message explores how pruning, though sometimes painful, is necessary for growth, corrects sinful attitudes, and fosters humility and obedience in the Christian life.

Daniel Peede March 16, 2025

God Commends and Commands Diligence

This sermon, based on 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, emphasizes the importance of diligence and hard work as Christian virtues, contrasting them with laziness, which Paul describes as disorderly behavior. The preacher highlights that idleness leads to sin, such as gossip or fornication, and can foster a sense of entitlement, which is contrary to the Christian ethic of stewardship and service. Using examples like the Protestant work ethic, the preacher underscores that diligence, not laziness, brings blessings and benefits others. The sermon concludes with a call to identify and correct areas of laziness through God’s grace, prioritizing responsibilities and serving faithfully.

Daniel Peede March 9, 2025

Let Us Walk in the Spirit

Based on Galatians 5:14-18, this sermon focuses on the call to walk in the Spirit, to live a life pleasing to God, and avoid fulfilling the lusts of the flesh. It emphasizes that the Christian life is a journey requiring spiritual progress, not stagnation. Walking in the Spirit means living under the Holy Spirit’s guidance, trusting God’s Word rather than human understanding, and relying on His enabling power. The preacher warns that neglecting the Spirit’s leading results in unfruitful lives that negatively affect others, while yielding to the Spirit brings blessings and enables believers to love their neighbors, fulfilling the law (Galatians 5:14).

Daniel Peede March 2, 2025

A Hardened Heart and the House of Bread

This sermon, draws the hearer’s attention to on Ruth chapter 1, explores the story of Naomi, her family, and Ruth, emphasizing themes of faith, hardship, and God’s providence. The message encourages believers to trust God’s sovereignty in hardships, avoid bitterness, and seek His guidance through His Word and prayer. It emphasizes that trials are meant to draw people to God, not push them away. It concludes with a call to maintain tender hearts, turn to the “house of bread” (Bethlehem/God’s Word), and trust in God’s restorative grace, as exemplified by Ruth’s commitment and Naomi’s eventual renewal.

Daniel Peede February 23, 2025

Hearing God’s Voice

In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of hearing God’s voice through His Word, using Hebrews 3 as a foundation to discuss faith and obedience. Drawing from the example of the Israelites’ failure to trust Godâs promises, the preacher urges the congregation to avoid hardening their hearts and to seek Godâs guidance with humility and confession of sin. Practical steps like being still, meditating on Scripture, and trusting Godâs direction amidst worldly confusion are highlighted as essential for spiritual growth.

Daniel Peede November 16, 2025

Our Unchanging Savior

The preacher draws his message from Hebrews 1 on the unchanging nature of Christ. Drawing from various scriptures, the preacher emphasizes God’s eternal, immutable character amidst a world of constant change, urging believers to find hope and stability in Him. The sermon reflects on God’s consistent love, justice, and judgment of sin, encouraging the congregation to trust solely in the Lord rather than in fleeting human or worldly elements.

Daniel Peede November 9, 2025

Sins of the Spirit: Part 4 (Anger)

This sermon focuses on the sin of anger, exploring its different forms as described in the New Testament, and emphasizes the importance of being slow to wrath, quick to listen, and allowing God to shape and purify believers through life’s trials. The preacher urges Christians to manage anger by submitting to God’s will, trusting in His justice, and responding with meekness and patience rather than retaliation.

Daniel Peede September 14, 2025

Sins of the Spirit Series: Part 5 (Pride)

In this Sunday evening sermon, the preacher focuses on James 4:5-6, addressing the sin of pride and the spirit of envy that dwells within us, urging believers to seek God’s grace to overcome these tendencies. The preacher emphasizes the importance of humility before God, highlighting that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble, enabling victory over sinful desires. Through various scriptural references and personal reflections, the message encourages a life of submission to God to experience His abundant grace.

Daniel Peede September 21, 2025

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