Orrville Christian Church Sermons
163 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHere, you'll find the weekly sermon from Orrville Christian Church, where we are committed to helping each person take their next step closer to Jesus.
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Proverbs in Pixar: Inside Out
May 16, 2021 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBINSIDE OUT: FIGHTING FOR JOY Joy has the power to heal wounds in a world full of hurt and pain. 3 Wise Ways to Fight for Joy 1. Avoid being SNARED by SIN. Sin is at the ROOT of all joylessness. “Evildoers are snared by their own sin, but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.” Proverbs 29:6 “Be killing sin or it will be killing you.” - John Owen 2. DISCIPLINE your children while they are YOUNG. “A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mo...
Proverbs in Pixar: Brave
May 09, 2021 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBBRAVE: MENDING THE BOND Proverbs is jam-packed with much-needed wisdom for living. What are you building your life on? Instead of relying on our own wisdom, we need to turn to the wisdom in God’s word. “Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.” Proverbs 17:1 “Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.” Proverbs 17:9 Forgiveness is a virtue of the BRAVE.
The Me I Want To Be: Deepening Your Relationships
May 02, 2021 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBDEEPENING MY RELATIONSHIPS “In the church, we have a sin problem. The problem is not just that we sin - everyone has that problem. Our problem is that we can’t talk about it. Our problem is that we pretend we don’t have a problem.” - John Ortberg It’s okay not to be okay. “Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil...
The Me I Want To Be: Redeeming Your Time
April 25, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBREDEEMING MY TIME “For a lot of us our problem following Jesus is we're trying to be a better version of us, rather than a more accurate reflection of Him.” - Bob Goff “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23 1. The first step to conquering this deadly struggle with sin is prayer. a. The reality is with God, we are never speaking in his absence. b. “The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness ...
The Me I Want To Be: Renewing Your Mind
April 18, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBRENEWING YOUR MIND “The way we live will inevitably be a reflection of the way we think. True change always begins in our mind…What makes people the way they are – what makes you you – is mainly the way they think.” - John Ortberg “Becoming the best version of yourself, then, rests on one simple directive: Think great thoughts!” - John Ortberg “Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to Go...
The Me I Want To Be: Learning To Be You
April 11, 2021 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBApril 11, 2021 LEARNING TO BE YOU Who does GOD want you to be? Who are you in God's eyes? “Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else…” Galatians 6:4 “I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.” Psalm 143:5 “Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the f...
Easter: Hope is Rising
April 04, 2021 16:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBWhy believe in the resurrection anyway? 1. EYEWITNESS Testimony. 2. EMBARRASSMENT. Mark 16:1-7 3. The FIRST eyewitnesses were WOMEN. He said: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.” John 11:25 We have HOPE!
Living Wisely
March 21, 2021 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBAn Open Door Living Wisely Colossians 4:2-6 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Relentless Prayer
March 14, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBAn Open Door Relentless Prayer Colossians 4:2-4 “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.” Col 4:2-4 Devote yourselves to prayer - be relentless about the way you pray. Relentless prayer opens doors. 4 CHARACTERISTICS OF PRAYER 1. Prayer was their Lifestyle “Prayer is all the ways i...
Trusting The Process
March 07, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBAn Open Door Trusting the Process Colossians 4:2-6 “God...wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:3, 4 Others First: We prioritize others, especially people far from God. Evangelism is a PROCESS. “What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe - as the Lord has assigned to each his task.” 1 Corinthians 3:5 “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it g...
It's Your Turn - Leaving a Legacy
February 28, 2021 17:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBIt's Your Turn Leave A Legacy 2 Corinthians 9:12-15 About 3 years ago, the OCC elders and staff began to ask, “What’s next?” Long story short, the bottom line was, “We need to go BEYOND!” -BEYOND in our outreach to the unchurched in our community. -BEYOND in the connectedness and spiritual growth of our church body. -BEYOND in the appeal and accessibility of our facility. GENEROSITY leaves a powerful LEGACY. 1. A Legacy of SERVICE. “This service that you perform is not only suppl...
It's Your Turn - Finish What You Started
February 21, 2021 17:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBGod is at work all around us; he always has been and always will be. But what about us? What is our role in God's redemptive story? Join us for this series as we look at the works of God and the works he's calling us to do. Are you ready? It's Your Turn.
It's Your Turn - Go All In
February 14, 2021 05:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBLife Transformation: We pursue and celebrate authentic life-change. By God’s GRACE, we’d like to FINISH what we STARTED. Have you ever experienced God doing something in your life that you can't really explain but was so real? LOOK. TO. JESUS. Talk about GIVING and GENEROSITY...Jesus embodied it! We should be willing to GIVE whatever it takes to see this happen – our TIME, TALENT, TREASURE – whatever! orrville.church/beyond Generosity is more than just MONEY; it’s about t...