When Love Is the Test
Discerning God’s will isn’t about certainty. It’s about relationship. Drawing on 1 John 4, this sermon explores how discernment grows over time and how love for people, not fear, is the guide that helps us recognize God’s voice.
Discerning God’s will isn’t about certainty. It’s about relationship. Drawing on 1 John 4, this sermon explores how discernment grows over time and how love for people, not fear, is the guide that helps us recognize God’s voice.
Sermon Handout
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Listening for the Heart of God
What we believe about God shapes everything—how we listen, how we love, and whether others can hear good news through us. In this sermon on Acts 2:4–13, we explore how Pentecost is less about extraordinary gifts and more about transformed hearts. When God’s love becomes relationship rather than idea, it becomes audible to the world.
What we believe about God shapes everything—how we listen, how we love, and whether others can hear good news through us. In this sermon on Acts 2:4–13, we explore how Pentecost is less about extraordinary gifts and more about transformed hearts. When God’s love becomes relationship rather than idea, it becomes audible to the world.
Sermon Handout
Prayer Walk Handout
God Names and Claims Us
This sermon explores Jesus’ baptism and the gift of the Holy Spirit as signs of God’s deep desire to be with us. Pastor Cyndi reflects on baptism as God’s declaration of love—not something we earn—and on prayer as a turning toward God in trust. As part of a series on discerning God’s call, the message invites listeners to return to the water, remember who they are, and listen for God’s presence.
Matthew 3:13-17
Acts 2:1-4 CEB
This sermon explores Jesus’ baptism and the gift of the Holy Spirit as signs of God’s deep desire to be with us. Pastor Cyndi reflects on baptism as God’s declaration of love—not something we earn—and on prayer as a turning toward God in trust. As part of a series on discerning God’s call, the message invites listeners to return to the water, remember who they are, and listen for God’s presence.
Matthew 3:13-17
Acts 2:1-4 CEB
Sermon Handout
Prayer Walk Handout
Good News! God has a unique calling for you
In this introduction to the series, we begin with what scripture says (and doesn't say) about whether each person has a unique call.
Recommended reading:
In Search of God’s Will by Trevor Hudson
Handout for week 1: includes notes from the sermon, a summary of Chapter 1, and a listening exercise from Chapter 1.
Too often people wonder whether God has a unique and personal call for them. And if so, how do we discern God’s call? Over the coming weeks, we will use Scripture and Trevor Hudson’s book, In Search of God’s Will, to listen for God’s call—together, prayerfully, and with active participation.
We begin with what scripture says (and doesn't say) about whether each person has a unique call.
The handout for week 1 includes notes from the sermon, Chapter 1 of the book, and include a listening exercise from Chapter 1.