Cactus Drive Church of Christ Sermons
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3.18.2020 The Rich Ruler
March 16, 2020 16:23 - 22 minutes - 14.9 MB3.15.2020 The Rich Ruler Luke 18:18-30 Examine and lookin the mirror. What do we value more than God? Is it safety, security, financial well-being, etc? Maybe family ? Jesus read us, knows us. We need to be able and willing to make commitments to more than what is right in front of us. What keeps you from fully trusting God? We all have idols because we all have sin. Jesus points out that we need to realize who God is and what He is willing to do bring us to His kingdom.
3.8.2020 The God Who Sees
March 09, 2020 19:57 - 21 minutes - 14.1 MB3.8.2020 The God Who Sees. Luke 18:1-8 We normally think of righteousness as what we do, but it is more like Justice to God. When yo have no one else on your side you don't have to beg God to see and hear your struggles and help. He sees our needs and troubles, and He enters in to help us . Take time to see and be a part of the injustices around us. God works through us to send His justice on earth. Prayer helps us to know we are not alone.
3.1.2020 The Found Sons
March 02, 2020 20:43 - 38 minutes - 24.9 MB3.1.2020 The Found Sons. Luke 15 God didn't send Jesus to appease His anger against us, but to show us that sin is defeated and He has made u the gap that divided us. God will provide, protect and bring back His Sheep. there are 2 types of sins, 1 is the sin of the lawbreaker and the other is the sin of the law keeper. You can do everything right and still be in sin. We must choose to accept the Father , the Great Shepherd, coming to find us and bringing us back to Him.
2.23.2020 Woah! Really!
February 24, 2020 17:33 - 34 minutes - 21.6 MB2.23.2020 Woah! Really! Luke 14: 15-35 Things that we need most.. God, family, minds. Life can fell empowering nd at the same time overwhelming. How busy are we really? Worldwide, people feel compelled to lie about their levels of busyness. we tend to equivalate busy with significance. We don't allow ourselves to be available. The goal of human life is not just to get to Heaven but to be more like Jesus. What are we willing to do or no do to follow Jesus?
2.16.20 Who's In
February 18, 2020 22:13 - 38 minutes - 24 MB2.16.20 Who's In? Luke 13:18-30 Who is in on the family relationship of Jesus? Without a relationship that happens by intentionally working towards being with Him and a part of His family, you are not part of grace. Grace does not happen without judgment or a faithful following of Jesus. It is opposed to merit, or thinking you have done something to deserve it.
2.9.20 Wilderness Wanderings
February 10, 2020 21:16 - 29 minutes - 18.7 MB2.9.20 Wilderness wanderings. Luke 9:57-62 What is to really follow Jesus? We don't know how to wait , we don't trust that the Lord is leading us to where to go and to what. There is no going back, following Him is a commitment to not knowing what is ahead and we are to lose our identity as it is and find a new one in God. He promises to be with us in the valleys and the peaks, the mundane moments and the mountaintops.
2.2.20 A Tale Of Two Cities
February 03, 2020 21:00 - 26 minutes - 16.7 MB2.2.2020 A Tale of Two Cities. Luke 6:12-26 When we build objects and create our investments out of what we have, rather than who we are, we miss our whole purpose. We limit God to how we see the world and miss how He operates within others. Consider whether we draw our values and identities from the One or from our what we have.
1.26.20 A New Way Forward
January 27, 2020 18:03 - 34 minutes - 21.6 MB1.26.20 A New Way Forward- Luke 5:27-39. Does where we live and how we have always done things suggest more about how we see the world instead of who we should follow? When you focus on things beside how we live our lives and how God is at work in our world and in our neighbors we miss our mission. Be God's hands and feet to help establish His Kingdom on earth. Learn to trust each other, serve together, invest in people not the packaging.
1.19.20 The Whole Gospel
January 21, 2020 21:50 - 32 minutes - 20 MB1.19.20 The Whole Gospel. Luke 4:31-37 The Reign of God, the Coming Authority, the Power over Heaven and Earth. Jesus comes proclaiming He is bringing the unification process. He has the authority. The Good News is the proclamation of Jesus is the Messiah. God wants to be fully present in our lives, with our identity fully in Him an of Him and understanding the very nature of God.
1.05.2020 A 2010 Vision
January 07, 2020 17:49 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB1.05.2020 Luke 4:1-13 2010 Vision. Try having 2010 vision by taking a step back. What did Jesus do to have better than perfect vision? We need to have a personal intimate connection with God. Find a way to recognize and grow your trust in God. Mae a commitment to practice some discipline that will help you focus on Him. Trust how He can help you with your burdens.
12.29.19 Sunday Service
December 30, 2019 18:07 - 38 minutes - 24 MB12.29.19 Practicing the Presence. Luke 2:33-40 The Redemption practice of the Firstborn was meant to remind us of the redemption that God had provided to Israel through His Presence in their lives. We all have certain rituals or celebrations, ex. birthdays. Anna the Prophet stayed in prayer, she recognized Jesus as the Redemption of Israel. Practice the Presence of God in our lives, choosing a discipline of abstinence. Maybe fasting or giving up cell phone time. Choose to be encouraging ins...
12.22.19 Jesus Is Here!
December 23, 2019 19:51 - 21 minutes - 13.6 MBReturn of the King: Jesus is Here! Luke 1:39-56 If Jesus the Son in the Flesh became a real person to come to you, don't you think that the Holy Spirit will do everything in His power to make Jesus a real person in your heart and life? Christmas, that time when we celebrate that God entered this world for our benefit to redeem us and draw us nearer to Him.
12.15.19 Scorched Earth
December 16, 2019 19:50 - 35 minutes - 22 MB12.15.19 Scorched Earth. John 4:7-12 Return of the King Do you remember how you felt when you discovered that the world was not perfect? Did it affect you in a adverse way? Sin holds us captive and wants to keep our minds there. We want to be set free. We think Jesus will free us, but we get caught up again and gain. He crosses all boundaries to get to us. When He does, everything changes, including the power sin has to hold us. The Light breaks through the darkness.
12.8.19 Get Some Rest
December 09, 2019 21:30 - 28 minutes - 17.4 MB12.8.19 Get Some Rest Guest Speaker Randal Carr . Genesis 2,Pslm 62:5 When we neglect rest we start to suffer in energy, contentment, we lose discernment in recognizing God's presence in our lives. Resting and sleeping are not the same. This resting is the quiet undisturbed, state of simple peace. God rested after He created the Earth and He speaks of keeping the Sabbath as a day of rest. Take time to rest, be still, and contemplate all that He is at work in You and around you.
12.1.19 The Lion King
December 03, 2019 20:40 - 23 minutes - 15 MB12.1.19 Return of the King: The Lion King. Isaiah 32:9-17 It is easy to become complacent a take everything for granted when times are good. We stop looking for the Hope that is found in the coming King. Everything is brought down by complacency. We are not in control. God's restoring of justice comes through the King and His Spirit is poured out on His people. When He returns things will be made right. It is something to Hope for.
11.25.19 The Art Of Thankfulness
November 25, 2019 21:23 - 26 minutes - 16.5 MB11.25.19 The At of Thankfulness. When you greet people, how do you take inventory of your life? Busyness keeps us from being able to see God in the world around us and captivates our vision. We stay focused on anxieties and fears. Slow down and practice the Art of Thankfulness. Repetitive complaining will attract things for you to complain about. Repeated gratitude will attract things for you to be thankful for. Practicing the Art of Thankfulness grows the Heart.
11.17.19 Why We Serve
November 18, 2019 21:56 - 35 minutes - 22.6 MB11.17.19 Why We Serve. Guest Speaker Shawn Tyler. Why are you here? Is it habit, choice, want, or going through the motions? "Every man is worth just so much as the things are worth that he busies himself with. " Take inventory of what is really valuable in your life, and be about the Father's business.
11.10.19 Why We Preach
November 12, 2019 20:40 - 27 minutes - 17.3 MB11.10.19 Do What? Why We Preach. 2 Timothy 4:1-8 Preaching has been a way for the people of God to encounter God for a very long time. It is useful to Teach, Reproof, Correct, and Exhort. Preaching is meant to challenge and think about the way we live. It should shape our doctrine rightly, it should remind us of who we are in Christ.
11.3.19 DoWhat.Why We Sing
November 04, 2019 21:57 - 44 minutes - 28.4 MB11.3.19 Do What?: Why We Sing. Ephesians 5:17-21, Romans 12:1-2 Music is a powerful tool to connect & express in ways our experiences that we cannot explain. We sing for each other. Singing is a whole expression of our Love. We sing because we are filled with the Spirit. Singing demonstrates & expresses our unity in Christ. Singing puts the focus on Christ.
10.27.19 Be And Do
October 28, 2019 19:38 - 25 minutes - 16.6 MB10.27.19 BE and Do James 5:13-20 We do certain things because of what we have been made into through Jesus. One of the most difficult things to is own that you messed up. But true wisdom is to live out your lives in community , the one you were made to be...the church. Be doers of the Word, because of who you are in Christ.
10.13.19 Wise Men Say
October 28, 2019 18:58 - 45 minutes - 45.2 MB10.13.19 The Message: Wise Men Say. James 3:13 - 4:3 Wisdom is knowing and learning something, then using it in our lives. Right knowledge doesn't lead to right living. Knowing the right things about God doesn't mean that you actually know God. We live in a world that puts Self in front of everything. We have to one who lives in the wisdom of God not the world's wisdom. Watch your thoughts, because they become your actions, which become your character. Knowledge puffs up, but Love builds up.
10.20.19 Whispering Hope
October 21, 2019 19:33 - 32 minutes - 20.3 MB10.20.19 Whispering Hope. James 5:7-10 There's something powerful about a hope that simply whispers. It doesn't preach, it doesn't grumble or seek its own way. It simply whispers its own hope and recognizes the struggle in a quiet hope for tomorrow that is a reminder of the presence of our King. He is coming, He is here. We are called to recognize that God is not uninvolved in the world but chooses to enter into it.
10.6.19 Where The Wild Things Are
October 07, 2019 20:23 - 32 minutes - 20.1 MB10.6.19 James 3:1-12 Where the Wild Things Are.
9.29.19 The Faith Compass
September 30, 2019 18:48 - 26 minutes - 17.1 MB9.29.19 The Faith Compass. James 2:14-26 Faith is what guides us and helps us to see the world as Christ Followers to see what to do. What we believe should affect our behavior and interactions. Living faith isn't just what we profess, but what changes us. It calls us to respond, if you're feeling lost in your walk, look around and see what God is calling you to do. Where is your faith guiding you?
9.22.19 The Message - Give Me Your Eyes
September 23, 2019 21:59 - 32 minutes - 31.9 MB9.22.19 The Message: Give Me Your Eyes. James 2:1-13 Just as a horse and rider can deepen an understanding of what each one wants through time spent together and learning what to expect of their companionship, we can learn to be lead into what God "Leans" us towards through time spent with Him. He calls us to Lean into to His way of seeing people and learning to reach past our comfort zone as we reach out to those in need.
9.15.19 Listen Well
September 16, 2019 19:27 - 35 minutes - 22.7 MB9.15.19 The Message: Listen Well. James 1:19-27 Being so quick to anger causes us to miss opportunities right I front of us. We love to be outraged but our words and actions do matter. Our words should line up with our actions to show that we are what we say we believe. We should Listen, truly listen and not just hear and walk away. We are to hear and by changed by what we hear.
9.8.19 Trials
September 09, 2019 20:15 - 30 minutes - 19.5 MB9.8.19 The Message: Trials. James 1:2-18 You will go through good and bad times in your life as a Believer. You'll find that you are tested and strengthened to withstand more. Faith is not a shelter against difficulties, but rather a belief in the face of the contradictions that we see in life. When you are rooted in Christ, you are established and able to withstand whatever comes your way.
9.1.19 Our Testimony
September 03, 2019 21:09 - 30 minutes - 19.6 MB9.1.19 The Message: Our Testimony. 1John 5:6-15 Our Lives are a Living testimony about who Christ is in us. Jesus' life points to the life that is intended for us to live. We tend to treat relationships as throwaways, but we cannot go through life alone. We cannot simply walk away. Eternal life is not just in Christ after we die. It is now. We need to find meaning and pleasure in our relationships through Him.
8.25.19 An Invitation
August 26, 2019 20:08 - 25 minutes - 16.4 MB8.25.19 The Message: An Invitation. 1 John 5:1-5 Love is an easy command but a difficult one to live out. Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God overcomes the world. One of the most difficult parts about love is that it has boundaries. Love God, Love Others. It is meant to be explored and expanded to further God's Love. Do you want to feel exactly how it is that Faith can overcome the World? Accept the Invitation.
8.18.19 Love Not Fear
August 19, 2019 21:49 - 34 minutes - 21.8 MB8.18.19 Love Not Fear. 1 John 4:7-21 The opposite is Love could be said, is not Hate but Fear. Perfect Love drives out Fear. God is alive and real because we can see God in the way we love others. True Love is a love that is able to see clearly but is not passive. It seeks to grow not only itself but those it loves.
8.11.19 What is Love? Baby Don't Hurt Me
August 12, 2019 21:46 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBWhat is Love? Love Is...1John 3:1-3, Baby Don't Hurt Me 1 John 3:4-10. Love Is..1 John 3:16-24 A message thru scripture and singing as we look at the Reckless Love of God as He Loves us unconcerned about His well-Being and transforms us unrecognizably. His Love leads us to be with others. Remember the call of Jesus "Love God by Loving Others.
8.4.19 Don't Be Deceived
August 05, 2019 14:48 - 29 minutes - 18.9 MB8.4.19 Don't Be Deceived. 1 John 2:18-29 What's something god that you remember from your childhood that was repeated over and over? Joke, song, pledge, etc.? John wants us to remember Jesus Loves You, Jesus died for you, Jesus rose again. Find power in repetitiveness as you learn and teach about Jesus. Remember that everything that you have been called to do is because Jesus was real and that He is at work in His Church. Do Not Be Deceived, it is by the Power of Christ at work in you, that y...
7.28.19 Focus
July 29, 2019 19:25 - 38 minutes - 24.5 MB7.28.19 The Message: Focus. 1 John 2:12-17 If we together live out our identity in Christ knowing that all of us as who we are in Christ are forgiven, we can live out that knowledge and experience in growth together. Discipleship is about living life together and learning and allowing it to shape us. What defines You? Where do you draw your identity from? What if our relationships are based on our identity in Christ and not what we do , what we have, etc.?
7.21.19 Love Out Loud
July 22, 2019 22:00 - 36 minutes - 22.7 MB7.21.19 The Message: Love Out Loud. 1 John 2:3-11. Paul say s in Galatians 5 that for those who are in Christ, things change. But, simply knowing something is not enough to prove its value of worth. John lays out what it means to live out a life in Christ. Jesus said 1. Love God with all that you are 2. Love your neighbor as yourself. John says that some evidence should show what we believe . It is not enough to know about Jesus but the way one lives their life shows. 1.Obedience 2. Following...
7.7.19 What Has Been Made Known
July 08, 2019 20:09 - 36 minutes - 23.2 MB7.7.19 What Has Been Made Known. 1 John 1:1-4 What is the branding or reputation that we, and/or the Church are known for? We should be known by our relationship with God through Jesus. Sometimes we are so focused on getting everything right that we forget how to love people right. For many spirituality amounts to picking through artifacts of faith & ideology and we miss experiencing the Real God here with us. What is made known to us about Jesus isn't some fairy tale, but life, meant to be e...
6.30.19 Parable Of The Sower,Soil,Seed
July 01, 2019 16:02 - 49 minutes - 34.5 MB6.30.19 Parable of the Sower/Soil/Seed. Mark 4:1-20 Guest Speaker Chris Driver speaks on the importance of Jesus as the Seed. Dealing with the Soil, the hearts of People. and you as the Sower that God has entrusted to be a faithful and effective sower.
6.23.19 The Only Thing That Stays The Same
June 24, 2019 20:26 - 28 minutes - 18.4 MB6.23.19 The Only Thing that Stays the Same. Luke 8:26-39 People don't like Change. We have created the evil in the world by trying to be what we were not meant to be. Have we settled for tolerance instead of changing ourselves to willing to love those not like us? It is a lifelong process of letting Him point out the mess in our lives and learning how to engage and change it.
6.9.19 Saying Goodbye; Owning Your Mess
June 10, 2019 20:45 - 40 minutes - 27.3 MB6.9.19 shine our Way: Saying Goodbye; Owning Your Mess 2 Timothy 4:6-8. We all guard ourselves against past hurts. We don't really ever forgive what people have done. What if you own your own mistakes, being willing to talk about them, and build up others in the process? Vulnerability breeds relationships, misdirection breeds suspicions. Be the Best leader by being the best supporter and encourager.
6.2.19 Shine Your Way- I Have An Idea
June 04, 2019 19:33 - 28 minutes - 18.1 MB6.2.19 Shine Your Way-I Have An Idea. Jonah. How do we deal with things that aren't going the way we want and someone else steps in that has ideas that we aren't too sure about? Those moments of failure that we have are when we grow the most. They cause us to see the world and others in a new light. Sometimes the best leadership is not from the one who does it, but who recognizes those who can .
5.26.19 Shine Your Way- The Journey Is Hard
June 04, 2019 16:32 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB5.26.19 Shine Your Way: The Journey is Hard. Mark 8:31 - 9:1 The good news about Jesus is that He is faithful even when we are not. We've all been in places that we have had to make changes in our plans and directions. We guard our "kingdom" and think it is someone else's fault for things not working out. "Why can't we stay where we are?" or "We want to go back." The way that we've been heading may not be the way God wants us to go.
5.12.19 Shine Your Way- Light Changes Things
May 13, 2019 20:06 - 27 minutes - 29.9 MB5.12.19 Shine Your Way Series: Light Changes Thing. Luke 10:25-37 Anyone near us who is in need or someone who gives to you for your needs is a Neighbor. Jesus defines a neighbor as one who acted like a neighbor, the one who goes out of his way to help others. The test is to not prove ourselves by what we do for others, but also to recognize those who might be able to help us.
5.5.18shine Your Way The Family That Hunts Together
May 13, 2019 16:35 - 41 minutes - 39.3 MB5.5.18 Shine Your Way Series: The Family that Hunts Together. Joshua 1:12 - 2:7. God leads us through the wilderness times with Him. He is leading us to the place where He is on His Throne. We must be courageous and follow. When we fall down, we have one another to help us. He gives us the ability to do things together. Appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of those around us and how they help us.
The Fear of Darkness
May 13, 2019 16:01 - 25 minutes - 26.5 MB4.28.19 Shine our Way Series: The Darkness of Fear. Joshua 1:1-9 Fear keeps people in the dark and holds us to captive. We do not trust nor move forward. God calls us to Shine Your Way. Look ahead to your future with Him. The past is meant to orientate us for the future.
4.21.19 Rooted In Victory
April 22, 2019 21:50 - 26 minutes - 17.3 MB4.21.19 Rooted in Victory. Ephesians 6:10-20 Our Living Hope is found in Jesus and the Power of God revealed through the Resurrection.
3.24.19 Rooted In The Spirit
March 25, 2019 20:53 - 34 minutes - 22.4 MB3.24.19 Rooted Series. Rooted in the Spirit. Ephesians 5:6-20. We often do not live out our lives as we should in the new creation which we are in Christ, but no matter how far we stray, we are always in His Love and in His Grace as His creation. Paul tells us that we should give thanks to God always and for everything. We are to submit to one another and be united in Christ.
3.17.19 Rooted In Purity
March 18, 2019 19:06 - 41 minutes - 24.9 MB3.17.19 Rooted in Purity. Ephesians 5: 1-5. "Be imitators of God Who loved us by Giving Jesus" Grace is not just for "Me, Alone," but it is for "Us" Pursue Purity because we re in a relationship with God.
3.10.19 Rooted In Truth
March 12, 2019 15:29 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBRooted Series: Rooted in Truth. Ephesians 4:25 - 5:2 The Church is meant to be Family. We as the Church family, need to work towards building each other up and careful with what we say so as to not tear down what God has made us in Christ.
3.3.2019 Rooted In Righteousness
March 12, 2019 14:56 - 38 minutes - 9 MBIn this message, we look at Paul's message to be the church God created as one people.
2.17.19 Rooted As One
February 19, 2019 20:11 - 32 minutes - 19.7 MB2.17.19 Rooted Series: Rooted as One. Ephesians 4: 1 - 6. Walk or live your life worthy of your calling we think means proving ourselves in the world when it actually has connotations of balance. Jesus makes us worthy and brings balance to the world. Having the same mindedness of Christ and humility means living our lives for the good of others. Living as One body, One family, One church.
2.10.19 Rooted In Faith
February 12, 2019 20:48 - 38 minutes - 8.93 MB2.10.19 Rooted Series: Rooted in Faith. Ephesians 3: 14 - 21 Paul teaches that we are fellow citizens with the saints. Jesus is the Cornerstone for in Him you are being built together for a dwelling place for God's Holly Love. You are Rooted & established in Love. Spiritual formation happens by planting ourselves in relationships, establishing(experiencing) the Love of Christ. spiritual practices are meant to be good and grow us.