Orchard Community Church Sermon Audio
501 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOrchard Community Church is in Rochester, New York. Pastor Dave Daye emphasizes going deep in our understanding and application of God's Word to our lives. Sermons are biblically based and relevant to life.
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God Directs: Lessons from Paul
August 11, 2019 22:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBThis sermon is called "God Directs: Lessons from Paul", as we continue in part 11 of the sermon series "One Choice, One Step." Paul is a fascinating person in Scripture. He wrote about a quarter of all the New Testament Scriptures. He traveled the Roman Empire spreading the gospel and starting churches. He wrote to those churches and his letters show us the essentials of what it means to be a church. We look at his life and how God directed Paul's step all along the way.
Jesus Forgives: Lessons from Peter
August 04, 2019 21:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBEver think that someone is hardheaded? Maybe you've even been accused of being hardheaded: stubborn, immovable, fixed on your own ideas. Sure these traits can look wonderful in certain circumstances where the hard headed person acts courageous, bold and unwavering. But in other situations hardheadedness shows itself as being unwilling to change, even when we are wrong. In a sermon called "Jesus Forgives: Lessons from Peter" we look at this hardheaded man in Scripture, Peter, who is steadily ...
God is Greater than Our Hopes and Dreams: Lessons from Mary
July 28, 2019 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBWhen things don't go according to our plans we can start to lose hope. Sometimes we question God about why things are not going the way we think they should. This sermon is called "God is Greater than Our Hopes and Dreams: Lessons from Mary". We look at the amazing woman who gave birth to Jesus. Who trusted in God's plan, yet struggled throughout Jesus' life to truly accept that Jesus was different than her expectations and that his life was not going to go the way she had planned. Through ...
Kingdoms in Collision
July 22, 2019 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this sermon called "Kingdoms in Collision", we take a look at Daniel who lived during a messed up time. He was pressured to give in to the ways of the culture and he was persecuted for not conforming. Daniel understood that there were always two kingdoms in constant collision - the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world. He chose to trust in God's kingdom and it could have cost him his life. We also examine how we too must make the choice to trust God as we also live in a time of ki...
The Choice of Worship: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendego
July 14, 2019 18:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBThis sermon is called "The Choice of Worship: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendego." We look at Daniel chapter 3 where these three men faced a very difficult choice. They could give in to powerful pressure or they could stay true to what they believed. For them it was not a choice of survival, but rather a choice of worship. They had to decide who they would worship - the one true God or a powerful man who was threatening them. Their choice led to a fiery trial and a powerful demonstration of the...
God is Powerful: Lessons from Elijah
July 07, 2019 17:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBThere are so many passages in Scripture where God's power is on display in incredible ways. It is easy to miss how the people in those passages still struggle with doubt, bitterness and depression even while God is putting his power on display. In a sermon called "God is Powerful: Lessons from Elijah" we look at the amazing account of God's incredible work through the prophet Elijah. Elijah was powerfully used by God but Elijah also struggled greatly with doubt and bitterness. Yet God's powe...
God is King: A Look at Saul and David
June 30, 2019 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB"Who's in charge here?" This classic line from just about every law enforcement movie or TV show is also a crucial question for our lives. Are we in charge of our own life or is God? This question and the corresponding struggle for control is seen so clearly by comparing the first two Kings of ancient Israel: Saul and David. In a sermon called "God is King: A Look at Saul and David" we see how Scripture shows the stark contrast between these two men. One sought power and authority for his ow...
God's Faithfulness in the Book of Ruth
June 24, 2019 00:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBThis sermon is titled "God's Faithfulness in the Book of Ruth". As we continue our "One Choice, One Step" sermon series, we look at this amazing and beautiful account of three people, Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz, who showed great faithfulness to each other. Their faithfulness is an example of and was dependent on God's faithfulness. Through their story we learn about the great faithfulness of God even in what seem to be insignificant moments in our lives.
Lovingly Sovereign
June 17, 2019 01:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBIn a sermon called "Lovingly Sovereign" we look at the important relationship between God and the people of Israel throughout the Old Testament. As we consider "famous" people in Scripture, it is easy to overlook the Israelites as a whole, but God's relationship with these people throughout the Old Testament is important for understanding who God is and why we should trust Him. Through this relationship we see that God lovingly and sovereignly deals with his people and that these two importa...
God is Able to Carry Out His Plan
June 09, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBFather Abraham...had many sons...many sons had Father Abraham... Come on, you know the song! Sing along! It's a very catchy children's song about the way in which God worked out his plan through Abraham. Have you ever really stopped to think about what it meant for Abraham to go from being childless to being the father of many nations and used by God to carry out God's eternal plan? He had to leave everything that gave him security and comfort and trust in God's promise. He went through dang...
In The Beginning
June 03, 2019 00:00 - 40 minutes - 18.4 MBThis sermon starts a new series called "One Choice, One Step". When we read the stories in Scripture of people like Abraham, David, or Ruth, it is easy to think that there is no way we can be like them. God doesn't call us to be like them, though! God calls us to trust in Him! These true stories in Scripture are simply stories of people who made a choice to trust God and then to take a step of faith based on that choice. This is what it means to follow God's will for our life. It isn't compl...
The Rescuer
May 26, 2019 19:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MBWe love superheroes. We want the Avengers to be real. We are looking for the perfect politician to solve our country’s woes. Why? Because we see problems all around us that we know will take a superhuman effort to fix. The Galatian church had the same unsolvable problem we do today. The needed to be rescued from their sin. They made the same mistake we often do in looking to man’s ways and man’s wisdom to save themselves, instead of looking to the world’s only savior. In this sermon, titled ...
Rescued through the Cross
May 20, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes - 15.4 MBIn this sermon, we look at Galatians 6:11-18 and conclude our series called "The Rescue: The Gospel of Grace in Galatians". I'm calling this last sermon "Rescued through the Cross." In this final passage at the end of the letter to the Galatians, Paul summarizes and highlights some important things he has said throughout this letter. Mostly, as always, he focuses on the cross of Jesus Christ because nothing else can rescue us.
Keep in Step
May 12, 2019 22:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MBIt is a beautiful and freeing truth to know that when we receive Christ our sins are put on him and his righteousness is counted to us. But we still face the nagging question, now what? What does it mean to live knowing we are saved by Christ? Paul says in Galatians 5:25 that we are to "keep in step with the Spirit." In this sermon we see what he means by that in Galatians 6:1-10 in sermon called "Keep in Step."
Live Free
May 05, 2019 19:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBWe all want to be free, but free to do what? It's easy to talk about what we want to be free from, but trying to decide how we should use that freedom is a difficult thing. We all want different things. Who gets to decide what's right and what's wrong? In a sermon called "Live Free", we look at Galatians 5:13-26, where we see what it means to live in the freedom that Christ gives us by saving us from our sins. We are not to use that freedom to do whatever we want, we are to use that freedom...
Stand Firm
April 28, 2019 20:00 - 39 minutes - 18 MBMost people do not like to be told they are doing something wrong. We tend to justify ourselves and come up with excuses why we are right. In this sermon, called "Stand Firm", we look at Galatians 5:1-12 where the apostle Paul again challenges the Galatians that they are veering off course in their faith by trusting in what they can do rather than in the gospel. He has strong words for the Galatians and we need to listen carefully because we struggle with the same things today.
The Hope of Easter
April 22, 2019 01:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBOur world seems like a leaky tire, except instead of leaking air we are leaking hope. We try to ignore the leak of hope with distractions, but still we feel the loss. We try to replace hope with lesser substitutes, but they fail us under difficult circumstances. We need a real and lasting hope. In this sermon we look at "The Hope of Easter". The hope accomplished and assured through the cross and the resurrection by our Lord, Jesus Christ, is the only answer to our greatest need.
Our Way and God's Way
April 14, 2019 19:00 - 37 minutes - 17 MBIn this sermon called "Our Way and God's Way", we look at Galatians 4:21-31. Here we see Paul dig into the Old Testament to show that God has always accepted people based on his promise, not based on our actions. This is so comforting because our actions are feeble and inconsistent, but God's promises never fail.
Getting in Shape
April 07, 2019 04:00 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MBSometimes if we talk about getting healthy we often use the phrase "getting in shape." It's an interesting idea - as if we are literally wanting to change the shape of our bodies (and maybe we do!). The Bible talks about the importance of us getting in shape as Christians. In Galatians 4:12-20, Paul makes it clear that the "shape" that is the goal for all Christians is that we become more and more like Christ. He pleads with the Galatians to stop listening to those that are trying to get the...
Child of God
March 31, 2019 04:00 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this sermon we look at the amazing truth that in Christ we are a Child of God. In Galatians 4:1-11 Paul talks about what it means to be a "Child of God" (which is the title for this week's sermon!). We see that before we know Christ as our savior we are enslaved to the ways of this world, but then we are saved and adopted into God's family. Why, Paul asks, would we ever want to go back?
Our Identity in Christ
March 24, 2019 04:00 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MBWho am I? This is a question that has probably run through your mind more than once. We all wonder who we are? why we are here? what is the purpose of life? In a sermon called "Our Identity in Christ" we look at Galatians 3:23-29 where Paul leads us through several stages of understanding who we are. All these stages lead to us seeing that we have a new identity in Jesus Christ.
The Promise
March 17, 2019 04:00 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MBWhen my brother and I were little, my mom would sometimes tell us as we were out running errands with her that we would stop for ice cream on the way home. Then, on the way home we would ask about stopping for ice cream and she would say that there wasn't time. In my mind my mom had made a promise and I would get so mad because it seemed liked she had lied to us! Why would you lie about something as important as ice cream? (I have since forgiven my mother and I love her very much!) In part ...
A Fork in the Road
March 10, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBIn this sermon, called “A Fork in the Road”, we look at Galatians 3:9-14. Robert Frost wrote in his poem “The Road Not Taken”, "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." We face diverging roads often in our lives. Some choices make a big difference while others seem insignificant. We look at the choice we must make to trust our own efforts, or to trust in Jesus and what a big difference this makes.
Faith from Start to Finish
March 03, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MBImagine driving from Los Angeles to New York City. You drive for several days, putting a lot of mileage on your car, going through several tanks of gas. Then, as you approach the city limits of New York City, you pull over to the side of the road, get out of your car, and start jogging. You cross into New York City and declare, "I have run from Los Angeles to New York City!" That's not exactly accurate, is it? In a sermon called "Faith from Start to Finish", we look at Galatians 3:1-9. In ...
Rescued by Christ
February 24, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBImagine falling into a hole and needing to be rescued. For hours you wait until finally someone finds you and is able to get you out. Would you then, after being rescued, climb right back into the hole? This is the situation so many people face when we are saved by Jesus. We know he sets us free. We know he has done everything necessary for our salvation. Yet so often we return to old ways of thinking. We try to fix our own lives. We try to make ourselves righteous when only Christ can do th...
In Line with the Gospel
February 17, 2019 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBWe are doing a lot of measuring during the renovations. Everything has to be measured to be sure that what we do is in line with the plans. Here we look at Galatians 2:11-14 in a sermon called "In Line with the Gospel" as we continue our look at "The Rescue: The Gospel of Grace in Galatians"
Avoid Artificial Preservatives
February 10, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBEating natural foods with no artificial preservatives seems to be a growing concern. People want to be sure that what they are putting into their bodies is real, authentic, and healthy. In this sermon, we see that we should have the same attitude toward the gospel. In a sermon called, "Avoid Artificial Preservatives" we look at Galatians 2:1-10 where Paul talks about the danger of other people teaching that there were things other than trusting in Jesus that people needed to do in order to t...
Questioning the Gospel
February 03, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBWhy do we believe what we believe? Did someone just make this up? Do we just believe in Jesus because of how we were raised? Is being a Christian just about working hard to change ourselves? Who decides what real Christianity is all about? We all have questions about the gospel. In Galatians 1:11-24 we see that Paul faced many of the same questions we still have today. In this passage he looks at how he came to know and trust the good news about Jesus and shows that the gospel was not made...
Accept No Substitutes
January 27, 2019 05:00 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MBHave you ever been baking and missing one ingredient? Sometimes you can just substitute another ingredient. For instance, if you are baking a cake and you don't have sugar, you can just use salt instead, right? They look and feel about the same so what's the big deal? If you know even a little bit about baking you should be shocked that I would even suggest this because the taste is definitely not the same! You can't substitute salt for sugar this will change everything about the cake. In th...
Rescue: The Gospel of Grace in Galatians
January 13, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBWe start our new sermon series called "Rescue: The Gospel of Grace in Galatians." In the book of Galatians, Paul writes to a group of people who were being pressured to change what they believed. He writes this letter to warn them that changing the gospel to give in to these pressures is a much greater issue than the people realize. By doing what they are doing they are actually getting rid of the gospel completely! We still face pressure today to change the gospel in order to accommodate wh...
God's Great Plan
January 06, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBDoes God have a plan or is he making it up as he goes? Is the Bible a collection of good stories or is it one story from beginning to end? This sermon looks at God's Great Plan throughout all of Scripture.
Lighten Up
December 30, 2018 17:00 - 36 minutes - 16.5 MBGod is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. In the beginning, He dispelled darkness in the universe by saying, “Let there be light.” In the end, there will be no more darkness as His glory will give light to all things. This time of year we hang lights on buildings, houses, and trees to commemorate the Light of the World that came to us in human form over 2000 years ago. This light, the true light that gives light to everyone, reveals God’s glory, brings peace, and compels worship. In th...
Significant-Insignificance
December 23, 2018 16:00 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBChristmas poses a yearly challenge to those of us who have heard the story since we were children. After you have attended 20 or 30 or 40 Christmas plays, and after you have listened to at least that many Christmas sermons, and heard, and sung every Christmas carol a few hundred times, what more is left to be said that hasn’t been said before? If you know about Christmas at all, you know about Mary and the angel Gabriel, about the dangerous journey to Bethlehem, about Caesar’s decree, about...
The Best News – Sent
December 17, 2018 00:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBTis the season of sending. We send Christmas cards. We send Christmas packages. We send Christmas emails, texts and tweets. All of them including our love and wishes of peace and joy at Christmas. These are all delivered to express the true and real meaning of Christmas. God sent His son into the world not to condemn the world but that the world, through Him, might be saved.
Realizing Contentment to The Glory of God
December 10, 2018 01:00 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MBWe are happy to have a missionary family visiting us at OCC. Mark B. shares with us a message about true contentment. The Mathematician Blaise Pascal said, “There once was in man, a true happiness of which now remain to him only the mark and empty trace, which he in vain tries to fill from all his surroundings, seeking from things absent, the help he does not obtain, in things present. But these are all inadequate, because the infinite abyss can only be filled by an infinite and immutable...
God with us
December 03, 2018 01:00 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MBSeveral years ago at Disney World my wife and daughter stood in line for two hours in the June heat of Florida to see one of the "Disney Princesses". I don't understand that kind of commitment and sacrifice to see someone dressed in a costume. You know what else I struggle to understand? God loves us so much and wants to be with us! Matthew 1:22-23 says that Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us. With this sermon we kick off the Christmas season by looking at the amazing truth that in Jesus, ...
The Purpose
November 25, 2018 22:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MBWe conclude our sermon series called "Guardrails: 9 Biblical Core Values" by looking at the final two core values: "Intentional Outreach" and "Authentic and Passionate Worship". I'm calling this sermon "The Purpose" because these two core values define the purpose in our journey in life. When we understand that we have a mission to provide the greatest help imaginable to this world by sharing the gospel with those lost in sin and we understand that this - and everything we do - is to be do...
Traveling Together
November 19, 2018 00:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MBAs we continue our sermon series called "Guardrails: 9 Biblical Core Values", we look at core values 6 and 7, "Committed to One Another" and "Actively Serving". There is such an emphasis on social networks yet so many people feel profoundly lonely. Having a relationship with Christ means so many wonderful things - one of which is that we are never alone. Not only do we have the promise of Jesus, that he is with us always (Matthew 28:20), but we also have relationships with others who are f...
The Journey
November 11, 2018 23:00 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBWe continue looking at 9 Biblical Core Values in our "Guardrails" sermon series. The two guardrails we look at in this sermon are "Grace-Driven Transformation" and "Becoming Fully Devoted Followers of Christ". I'm calling this sermon "The Journey". These two core values help us to understand the journey of our life. We sometimes realize that change must take place, but how? We also know we should have a goal, but what? Understanding Grace-Driven Transformation and what it means to be Becom...
Focus: Core Values 1-3
November 04, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MBWe begin a new sermon series called "Guardrails - 9 Biblical Core Values". Guardrails are put on the side of the road to keep you from driving off the edge. We need guardrails in our life to keep us from going astray. This four week sermon series looks at the 9 core values of Orchard Community Church and will also look at why these core values are important in our individual lives as well. This sermon is called "Focus: Core Values 1-3" and looks at the first three core values which are: Pas...
Don't Miss This - Series Conclusion
October 28, 2018 04:00 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBWe conclude our sermon series called "Don't Miss This - The Gospel of John". After 38 weeks, we look at the last two verses and review this incredible book which is John's testimony about who Jesus is. He wrote this book so that people would not miss the incredible truth of about Jesus. As we finish the series we review the amazing truths in this gospel and look at how we are part of the ongoing mission to present the gospel to others and say to them, "Don't Miss This."
Restored
October 21, 2018 04:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBWhat do you do when someone betrays you and the relationship is broken? What do you do when you are the one who did the breaking? This is our situation in our relationship with God - the relationship is broken and it is our fault. We see a picture of this brokenness and how Jesus handles it in John 21:1-23 as Jesus interacts with Peter. We look at this passage in a sermon called "Restored" where we see Jesus lovingly restoring Peter.
From Doubt to Decision
October 14, 2018 04:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBDoubts are natural, but sometimes they can keep us from accepting something wonderful just because we aren't sure about it. In a sermon called "From Doubt to Decision", we look at John 20:24-31. In this passage we see Thomas struggle with doubt, but then make a bold declaration of faith. We see what made the difference for him and we are challenged to make a decision for ourselves.
Peace
October 07, 2018 04:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBPeace. We all want it. We all search for it. We struggle to get it. We grow anxious without it and often we blame others when we don't have it. But what is peace? Where does it really come from? In this sermon simply called "Peace", we will look at John 20:19-23 Here we will see that Jesus tells his followers "Peace be with you" and this peace is based on the unshakable truth that Jesus has risen from the dead and is with them.
Hold On
September 30, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MBWhat do you hold on to when everything falls apart? So often we hold on to the wrong things. We run after and grasp onto what we think will give us hope or what seemed to help us in the past. In this sermon, called "Hold On", we look at John 20:1-18. In this powerful passage we see three people struggling to come to terms with their despair over losing Jesus and some new information that things may not be quite what they seem.
Behold Your King
September 23, 2018 04:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBA king's throne and throne room will tell you a lot about the king. The lavishness of the decor will tell you of the king's wealth. The size of the throne and throne room will tell you about the king's power and greatness of his empire. The decorations on the throne and in the room might tell you something about things that are unique to that king's kingdom. In this sermon called "Behold Your King," we will look at John 19:16-42, where we see King Jesus displayed in his glory. But it is th...
Opposing Kingdoms
September 16, 2018 04:00 - 40 minutes - 18.3 MBImagine two kings claiming one land. Battle lines are drawn, armies assemble, and the fighting begins. In John 18:28 - 19:16 we see a similar conflict that results in a very different battle. Jesus, the Son of God and King of the World stands before earthly authorities who believe they have complete power over him, but they are deceived. In a sermon called "Opposing Kingdoms" we look at this dramatic passage and see how we need to decide which kingdom we are living for - ours, or God's.
Through Perilous Waters
September 09, 2018 04:00 - 37 minutes - 17.1 MBIn this sermon, called "Through Perilous Waters", we look at John 18:12-27. In this passage we see Peter and Jesus respond differently to a very difficult situation. We see our savior continue in his plan to go to the cross in our place, but he does so with integrity and conviction. We see Peter fear for his own protection and use any means necessary to avoid persecution. Not only do we learn about Jesus' character and commitment to our salvation, but we can learn from their example about how...
Bloom Where You’re Planted
September 02, 2018 04:00 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBDoes it seem like the world is constantly in crisis mode? Do you feel overwhelmed by all its evil and troubles? Have you ever questioned what God is doing, as confusion and discord seem to rule our politics, media, schools, workplaces, churches, and country? Are your personal struggles and fears beginning to overtake you? If so, you have a lot in common with Jesus’s first century disciples. Knowing their hearts and concerns, Jesus taught them the parable of the wheat and weeds as recorded in ...
In Control
August 26, 2018 04:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBAs I type this, the church is filled with the sound of a jack hammer, while the plumber prepares for our new, handicap accessible, bathroom. The walls are torn open and the ceiling is a mess of pipes and wires . There are tools, lumber and metal lying all over the work site. Everything is coated in dust. It appears as complete chaos. But through the chaos there is a plan. Work is being done and the chaos is being conquered. What appears like it is out of control is actually all part of the p...