"Trust" Tagged Sermons
The Lord is my Shepherd
Are you okay with God Most High being your Shepherd? Are you ok with God in control of your life? Join us as we explore the 23rd Psalm, beginning with “The Lord is my shepherd.” Scripture: Psalm 23, Colossians 1:15-20, Psalm 139:13-16, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:2-5, Isaiah 53:6, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Luke 4:18-19, Matthew 10:29-31 “The Lord is my Shepherd” preached by Pastor Don Bryan on February 4th, 2023 at the Mount Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Vernon, Washington
Daisy-Petal Christianity
He Loves me, He Love me not. Ever feel like your walk with God is like pulling Daisy Petals from the flower hoping and praying that the last petal is… He Loves me? From the Bible we learn that we do not have to depend upon a flower to forecast out faith/love journey with Jesus. Scripture makes it clear, God is LOVE and therefore, responds in love to all His creation. Come check it out this coming Sabbath. Scripture: 1…
Approved by God
How do you think about your relationship with God? Do you think of it in terms of pleasing God or trusting God? Do you often think of God’s love for you as conditional; based on your behavior? We’ll explore these questions and reexamine the Gospel of Grace. Perhaps we will all find a way to truly rest in God’s love. Scripture: 1 Kings 8:33-34; Joel 2:13; Matthew 3:17; Luke 18:9-14; John 4:8; 15:9-11; Romans 1:17; 3:20-24; 5:8; 1 Corinthians 4:5;…
Me? A Friend of God?!
Question: Is God your friend? Question: Are you God’s friend? Two Questions, two answers, two realities, one outcome. Join us as we lean into this discussion. Scripture: John 15:15, Exodus 33:8-11, Numbers 12:7-8, James 2:23, Isaiah 41:8 “Me? A Friend of God?!” preached by Pastor Don Bryan on March 26th, 2022 at the Mount Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Vernon, Washington
Doing the Works of Jesus
Jesus has called us to LOVE like Him, WALK like Him and WORK like Him. If we truly receive this injunction and surrender to His plan and receive the Holy Spirit, then all the things we read about Jesus doing, are acts of mercy we will be doing. Not for our fame, but as a means to point others to Jesus and His Father. As John Piper states “Christians are defined by works or life which flow from faith in…
Walking Like Jesus
Scripture plainly tells to “Walk like Jesus.” In other words, are we loving God and loving others. What practical ways do I love God and love others?Join us for a discussion on this Biblical injunction Scripture: 1 John 2:3-6, Matthew 7:12, Luke 6:31,36, Romans 13:8,10, Galatians 5:14 “Walking Like Jesus” preached by Pastor Don Bryan on October 9th, 2021 at the Mount Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Vernon, Washington
HOPE!
An alarming new trend has developed as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve—mental health hotlines of all kinds are reporting a dramatic spike in calls. A recent article in The Washington Post reported a federal emergency hotline for people in emotional distress registered a more than 1,000 percent increase in April compared with the same time last year.Do you have HOPE?! The Bible declares that in the midst of a world gone crazy that we can have HOPE. Scripture calls Jesus our…
The Covenant – Father Abraham
This is 3rd in the series on the Covenant. In this session, we will see how the covenant, the plan of salvation, moves forward through a man named Abraham. The covenant gets additional clarification as Abraham is promised a land, a seed, a blessing and to be a blessing to all nations. Abraham is put to a test in order to see if he indeed has secured the faith necessary to move forward. Those who have faith in Jesus’s sacrifice…
Trust Trap
John 8: 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. According to Stephen Covey, author of the bestseller entitled “The Speed of Trust,” four kinds of trust exist: blind trust, smart trust, no trust, distrust. In today’s world of 5-star marketing based on establishing trust for a product, it is easy to fall into…
Which Way To The Promised Land
Experience an African midnight in a truck that barely runs on a road with no lights or signs, frantically driving to save a child’s life, knowing that if anything went wrong, the fierce baboons would surround you. It was a missionary’s worst nightmare . . . only it was happening in real time. Scripture: John 14:1-6 “Which Way To The Promised Land” preached by Jondelle McGhee on September 9th, 2017 at the Mount Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Vernon,…