Edenton Street Umc Sermons

-Spirits, forces, and the enemy tries to disrupt the peace we have with God and each other. -How to we test the Spirits and discern the voice of God? -How do we resist the lies and live in the promises of God's peace?

The Practice of Forgiveness You don't want to be the kind of person who dies with a life full of grudges What really stops us from pursuing peace with others? Pride and Pain Pride: Of wanting to be in the right Pain: Of willingly...

-With all the light/dark imagery, "Here I am to Worship" would truly be great. I know its an oldie but the lyrics are good. -Bible leads us to this terrifying revelation: your life could actually be a lie. -1 John tells us the one true life is...

1) Making peace with God 2) Making peace with others 3) Making peace with the Church

Acts 27:27-28:5 -What happens when you royally screw up? -When for all intents and purposes, your life is shipwrecked. -Grace makes us new, but grit is what is required to live into this newness of life. You have to hear the hard truths,...

Message from Will McLeane on February 4, 2018

The toughest kind of grit is the grit that binds us to people. Its the commitment to be with and for people. The people you love and adore, the people who rip your heart out and stomp on it, the grit that demands the most courage and perseverance...

-The only way you grow is with grit. No pain, no gain....weve heard them all. -But how do you grow as a virtuous culture in a world that loves everything quick, easy, and efficient. Is there a shortcut to growth in virtue and Christ? -Virtue does...

We do not Hope in the midst of suffering, we suffer in the midst of Hope.

Philippians 3:7-17 Psalm 40:1-5, 16, 17

God's patience leads us to repentance. God's timing is not our own.

-The coming of Jesus initiates a great exchange. -Invitation into receiving the gifts of God that are inexchangable. -All of God's promises are activated in Jesus, they are alive and available to you. -a garland instead of ashes -the oil of...

-Why is the return of Christ and God's impending judgement Good News? -"Summer is near," not "winter is coming." -Story about a mediocre ending to a long movie not being worth the wait. -God will make right what we have made wrong. -Folks...

Luke 1:11-19

-Imagine Immeasurably More For Your Family/The Holidays -Growing up in Christ within your own Family -Growing Up=Holiness -Holiness...all the negative connotations we have about it....how we think it might actually hurt our family relationships...

-Kingdom does not break out beyond or around us, but within and through us. -Its time to get in the game, what are you staking your life on...that God has a purpose and power within your waiting to be unleashed -Because Jesus dwells in our hearts. ...

-What it means to be a "Sending Church? -It means we exist for those not already here. We are willing to sacrifice for the "one." -Reaching the whole world with the whole gospel is more important than anything else we could ever do. It is as...

Living a life of sacrificial generosity

We Think scarcity, God works abundance. Story about my economics professor: "I bet for a certain amount of money, I could get you to kill your mom...." We are called to abundant generosity. Miracle doesn't happen without our gift. even...

Ephesians 3:14-21 -Our imaginations are pained, fractured, ruptured by the pains of life and the world. -Prayer and the healing power of the Holy Spirit in us heals our imagination. -Ultimately, prayer allows us to see people, ourselves, and the...