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  • Various Responses To The Generous God

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Sep 4, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,341 views

    God is extremely generous with His word and people respond in various ways.

    How do you respond to the Bible? How do you respond to God’s Word? Our attitudes and expectations affect how we hear and receive God’s Word. They also affect how we use God’s Word for our life. For many years, I saw God’s Word as something that had to be laboured through. As something that only ...read more

  • Being Equipped To Deal With Evil

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Sep 4, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,747 views

    God is not just protecting us from evil, He also makes it possible to shine His light among evil

    How do you cope with evil and the difficulties it causes? When problems arise in your life, what do you do, how do you respond? Jack Handey in his book Fuzzy Memories tells the story of a teenager who was being bullied everyday at school and was forced to hand over his lunch money. Eventually he ...read more

  • Why God Gives Us Gifts?

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Aug 2, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,224 views

    This sermon explores why God gives us gifts and how we should perceive them in our lives

    As a child I loved Christmas and I loved birthdays, and not just my own birthday because there were plenty of gifts around. Gifts are an important part of life. Birthdays and Christmas were times of us ripping off the paper to discover the gifts we had been given. Then we’d play with them, use ...read more

  • Handling Complaints In A Healthy Way

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 25, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,143 views

    The church consists of people, and at some stage in a growing church complaints and differences of opinion will occur. This sermon explores the biblical approach to handling complaints.

    As I read the New Testament one of things that becomes clear is that God knows that although He wants us to be living together in harmony, that we will struggle. So He gives us guidance, such as that found in Colossians 3:13-15 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have ...read more

  • Allowing God's Peace To Affect Our Lives

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 23, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,709 views

    This sermon explores on how we can have peace with God and what it means for us to be living and sharing that peace.

    Throughout history humanity have been in the habit of building walls. Of building walls to bring comfort, safety and peace. When a problem arises we often want to put walls up. In otherwords humanity has constantly looked at barriers as ways of making life better, of bringing peace. Probably two of ...read more

  • Discovering Our True Purposes As Planned By God

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 12, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,807 views

    This sermon helps us identify and consider what our purpose is first as a community of faith and secondly as individuals.

    One of the most helpful things for us in life is to have a clear understanding of our purpose in life. A purpose gives us clarity of why we do some things and not others. A purpose helps us understand who we are and where we are going. A purpose helps us prioritise and determine what is helpful ...read more

  • Our Weaknesses Are Opportunities For People To See God's Strength

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,863 views

    This sermon highlights how our weaknesses actually help others in seeing God’s strength

    As we move towards a year of evangelism, do you think we are ready? Probably a better questions to ask is, are you ready to be part of the year of evangelism? are you prepared to be involved in the year of evangelism? All of us are called to be part of the year of evangelism. All of us are called ...read more

  • The Importance Of Being Generous

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 11, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,159 views

    Generosity is an important aspect of Christianity. This sermon explores not only why we should be generous but also how we can be generous Christians.

    When it comes to generosity, who are the first people that come to mind? Does the church come to mind? Is the church the first thing you think of when you think of generosity? In other words, are we generous people? Well it’s a matter of perspective. Some of us have been richly blessed by ...read more

  • Perservering With God's Grace

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 11, 2009
     | 5,626 views

    God’s grace is not just something we receive but also something that affects our lives, how we relate to others. This sermon explores what it means to perservere with God’s grace.

    Our focus for this week is 2nd Corinthians chapter 6 verse 1 to 13. Please open your bibles to 2nd Corinthians chapter 6 verse 1, or if you don’t have a bible please refer to the sheet in your bulletin. This reading follows immediately after the reading we explored last week. Last week we were ...read more

  • What It Means To Be Walking With God....

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 11, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,928 views

    Walking with God means reflecting who God is..... This means forgiving as God has forgiven us.

    What does walking with God mean for you? Tim and Patricia had been married for 17 years. They were faithful members of the church. They went to church regularly, helped out where they could and were committed in helping their children learn about God. For most of the years they felt they walked ...read more

  • Holy Spirit's At Work Gathering Everyone

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 11, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,354 views

    This sermon explores what happens when the Holy Spirit is at work gathering people together and they respond.

    Whenever I go camping with a group of people there is one thing that brings us together, the camp fire. Everyone seems to gather around the camp fire. Likewise the Holy Spirit is active in bringing people together. God’s Spirit has been active since the creation of the world in bringing people ...read more

  • Ascension Day Sermon: Be A Witness Through Forgiving

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 11, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 17,927 views

    Every Christian is called to share their faith, and this explores how we can be active in sharing our faith by forgiving others.

    Today we celebrate Ascension Day, the day when Jesus physically left earth and ascended into heaven. Ascension Day officially is celebrated 40 days after Easter Sunday which was Thursday. For many Ascension Day ranks up there with Christmas, Easter and Pentecost. And it is something that is ...read more

  • Loving God Means Loving Others

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 11, 2009
     | 13,633 views

    This sermon explores how our relationship with God results in us developing relationships with others.

    The Christian life revolves around having two loves. One is God And the other is other people… People in our congregation and people in our wider community But Loving as God commands is not always easy…. Some people can be very difficult to love Is there someone you find difficult to ...read more

  • Appreciating Our Mums

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 11, 2009
     | 4,745 views

    Mums are a special gift from God to all of us. No mum is perfect, but God uses them to bless us in life.

    Good morning Could everyone who has or has had a mum please raise their hands? Good I have prepared the right sermon for Mother’s Day. We all have a mum. God has given us many blessings in life. Jesus is the greatest blessing of all, eternal life. And not far behind Jesus would have to be ...read more

  • Following The Good Shepherd

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jul 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,782 views

    This sermon looks at what it means to follow the Good Shepherd.

    Today is Good Shepherd Sunday. Are you following the Good Shepherd? Or are you following someone or something else? Who are you following?? Who influences you in your life? What or who is behind the decisions you make? This week as you make decisions As you respond to how others react As you live ...read more