Synopsis
Grace Presbyterian Church | Hamptons sermons
Episodes
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Delighting in a Generous God (Audio)
10/03/2024The allure of amassing wealth is connected deeply with what money promises each of us. And yet, it doesn't always deliver. Alternatively, when we delight in the generosity of God, we can use money properly instead of money using us.
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Our God Reigns (Audio)
03/03/2024Often the people of God complain that God seems to be asleep on his throne. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is the people of God who need to be awakened, not God. We must awaken to the fact that our God reigns.
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The Third Servant Song: Obeying the Voice of Jesus (Audio)
25/02/2024Isaiah reminds what we already know - the world is dark. He wants us to listen for the voice of the Lord in the darkness and obey him. But we are prone to “light our own torches” instead of sitting in the dark, listening for the voice of the Lord.
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The Second Servant Song: Our Divine Liberator (Audio)
18/02/2024The spiritual condition of the people of God in Isaiah’s day was that of despondency: low spirits with a sense of hopelessness and despair. And they thought God was nowhere to be found. But nothing could be further from the truth. With great love and...
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Our Utmost Confidence in God's Love for Us (Audio)
11/02/2024How can we know God will not abandon his people, even if they struggle with sin and lack a zeal for God? How can we know God won’t kick us to the curb? Because our salvation is not rooted in our faithfulness, but it is rooted in the glory of God. God...
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Our Beautiful and Glorious Calling (Audio)
04/02/2024Christians have a beautiful and glorious calling from God to herald the good news. We live out this grand calling smack dab in the middle of the confluence of God’s sovereignty and mankind’s responsibility.
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Ambassadors for Christ (Audio)
28/01/2024Christians have a distinguished and difficult calling from God – Ambassadors for Christ. God is reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted this message of reconciliation to his ambassador people.
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Not Ashamed of the Gospel (Audio)
21/01/2024To most people on earth, the gospel is both foolish and offensive. And yet, Paul declares that he is not ashamed of the gospel, for the gospel is the power of God that brings salvation to all who believe.
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Living as Salt and Light (Audio)
14/01/2024The word ‘gospel’ literally means ‘good news’. In Christ Jesus we have received the greatest of news – salvation and new life in Christ. Here Jesus, the Light of the World, tells his followers that they too are the salt of the earth and light of the...
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Living Faithfully in a Fallen World (Audio)
07/01/2024Laying hold of an unseen God requires faith. And even when you do believe, you can find yourself questioning what you believe and doubting God’s goodness towards you. In Genesis chapter 15, Abram’s experience demonstrates that there is no greater good...
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Feeding on the Word of God (Audio)
31/12/2023Just as our bodies need nutritious, physical food every day, so too we need spiritual food from God. This passage from 2 Timothy helps us understand how God’s living scripture feeds God’s people.
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Christmas in Eden (Audio)
24/12/2023Christmas is seen by many as a short escape from the brokenness of this world, but God intends the promise of Christmas to be his remedy for all that is wrong with the world. And this promise comes to mankind in the very beginning, in the Garden of Eden.
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The Peace of God in Little Places (Audio)
17/12/2023The world promises we find peace I the big things like our work, marriage, bank accounts, etc. But Micah shows us that the peace of God is different. It comes forth in the little places, little people and little things.
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The Mind of Christ. (Audio)
10/12/2023Our own personal thought lives are often filled with cycles of self-absorption and negative self-critiques. Yet, in this passage, Paul reveals the content of the mature Christain mind by examining the joyfully others-focused mind of Christ.
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Christmas Spirit or Christmas Angel? (Audio)
03/12/2023Only when we place our trust in the substance of Christmas can we truly enjoy the true spirit of Christmas.
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Not Done with Idols Until Done with Idols (Audio)
26/11/2023When we take the good things of God and enjoy them apart from God, they end up hurting us and harming us, in this life and the age to come. Thankfully, God saves us from all our idols so that our happiness is found in him.
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Loving Missions (Audio)
19/11/2023In a world desperately in need of both truth and love, the church has a unique opportunity to manifest the truth of God in love. John commends a church which takes tangible steps to support the missionary work of sharing the gospel that flows from a...
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Trusting the Potter (Audio)
12/11/2023Perhaps the greatest truth one could press into their soul is that God is the potter, and we are but his clay. That he is sovereign over all the good and all the evil that has ever befallen this world. And God is working out all things for an eternal...
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Trusting God in Every Season (Audio)
05/11/2023There may be a season for everything but how do we know our lives have any purpose? It is easy to enjoy life when things are good but what about the times everything really does feel meaningless? How do we make sense of tragedy in our lives? The...