Sycamore Sermons

This week Dwight Steele comes and talks to us about the Holy Spirit's anointing power. He talks to us about how there are two different "fillings" of the Spirit. He takes examples from the book of Acts, and shares some insight into how the Holy Spirit wants to empower us for boldness and truth.

This evening Randy speaks on the significance of the power of God and the transformation that it brings to people's lives. We look at the early church and see how they did not rely on persuasive arguments, but on the authority and power of Christ to reach people's hearts.

This week Jeff Steward talks to us about Stewardship.

Anna Price talks this week about the greatness of having a relationship with God. She uses the examples of Moses and Elijah to explain how God wants to talk to His people as friends.

Special guest speakers Cal and Julie Tadema join us this week to explain the various ways we can hear what God is trying to tell us.

This week at Sycamore we discussed the time each of us had set aside to experience the Lord. Randy Steele and Anna Price talk us through hearing God's voice and what it would look like if we spent everyday walking with God.

Annie comes tonight to share her recent experiences and pray a prayer of blessing over Sycamore.. She shares her encounters with the Holy Spirit and encourages us with her testimony of what God is doing.

This week Jeff Steward continues our series, The God Connection: Reexamining the role of the Holy Spirit in every day life. Jeff shares his testimony of God working in him to bring about his desire to see God more clearly. He shares a lot about how and why that journey started. He answers the question from Randy, "What prevented you from stopping during this process? Why do you still seek to see God's power revealed?"

Randy Steele sets off a new series from Sycamore with the beginning of the book of the Acts of the Apostles. Randy describes how the Church is now, and then begins to take a look at what the Church was like in the beginning. He paints a picture of desire for something more. Something more meaningful, more fulfilling. Something worth giving up everything else for. He reminds us of the calling of Christianity and how we have so often forgotten what God has promised us. The leadership doesn't have a full title for this series yet, and we don't know where it will take us. Our goal is to simply ask questions and look to God for answers.

Randy Steele closes out the Sabbath and Rest series.

This evening Ty speaks from Psalm 131, about the struggle between the old man and the new creation. The old man wants to be big and strong, but the new is called to humility and submission to the Father. We are to rest in God and put our hope in Him, not in our own strength.

Randy Steele continues this mini series on rest with a look at taking a Sabbath. He focuses on a psalm of David, where the king describes himself as coming into gods presence without want, simply taking time to be with God. He speaks about why this is important and what it allows us to remember. That without us everything won't fall apart. We are not so important that we can never rest.

This week Randy Steele reminds us of the awesome power of God. He does not need rest. He does not need sleep. He does not need US. He created us with the need to rest, slow down, as a reminder that he is the ultimate one in control. We are not the ones who he can't live without. Randy reminds us that we too often spend our lives going, running, always pushing for the next moment. We stare at screens and cannot go to sleep, we leave ourselves restless waiting for the dawn. He reminds us that we ought to go to bed remembering that God is our Deliverer. He knows what tomorrow will bring, and we can rest in his grace.

This week Josh speaks on the subject of believing in God's promises. When we choose not to believe in what God has promised us, there are consequences. What promises has God offered to you, and how can you live as a recipient of those promises?

Randy Steele speaks tonight about the real story of Christmas. That is, he does away with the image and the charm that we are used to and tells us the story as it is really described. He portrays the message of Christmas by reminding us of the humility of Christ's origin.

To wrap up our series on families, Randy speaks on the subject of blessings and legacy. We look at how Joseph blessed his children and what direction he pointed their lives. In response to this, what blessings have you received, and what blessings would you like to pass on to your family?

This week Anna walks us through the story of Joseph after he is released from prison, specifically looking at how he interacts with his family. Instead of revealing himself right away, Joseph creates opportunity for his brothers to wrestle with their guilt, and can ultimately be brought to a place of redemption.

This week Dave talks about what it means to forgive someone who has hurt you, and the spiritual significance it can have. Announcements can be found at the end of the talk, around 1 hour in.

Randy Steele speaks tonight on an interesting topic. What do you do when God has given you much? How to you handle blessings? What can go wrong?

Tonight Randy asks the question, where do you get your truth from? In our lives, we glean much 'truth' about ourselves from the people around us and the circumstances we are in. When we believe lies they trap us and cause pain and harm our relationship with God and with others. What are some of the things you are being told in your life that are actually lies? The announcements are located at the end of the recording.