Joel 1-3 /// Tear Your Hearts
In a world of 24-hour bad news, it's easy to become numb. But the gospel calls us to feel the brokenness. The first step in healing isn't to rush to a solution, but to weep, to mourn, to lament. As we heard in our sermon on Joel, God doesn't just want performative grief—He wants the reality of our torn hearts, inviting our honest, raw emotions because He is "gracious and compassionate" (Joel 2:13). While we wait, work, and weep, we cling to the ultimate hope that God will restore what was lost, promising to help us through the hard times.
August 31, 2025
Luke 6:43-45 /// The Heart Monitor
You use a watch to check your physical heart, but how do you check your spiritual heart?<br><br>In this sermon, we talked about how our words are like a spiritual heart rate monitor. They give us a real-time reading of what's truly going on inside us. What we say under pressure, when we're tired, or in casual conversation reveals the true state of our heart.<br><br>The good news? When we listen to what our words are telling us, we can turn to God, repent, and allow the Holy Spirit to transform us from the inside out.<br><br>"For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." — Luke 6:45<br><br>What have your words revealed about your heart this week? Let's be people whose hearts are so full of God's goodness that it naturally spills out in our speech!
August 24, 2025