New Mercy Community Church Podcasts

The power to relate well, to be humble, and to forgive in our relationships is rooted in our destiny as children of God. | Genesis 37:2-13, 26-28

What goes around, comes around. Sometimes, this is true and we do find satisfaction in those who get what they deserve. Thank God, He doesn’t treat us this way. | Genesis 29:15-28

Sometimes we feel like we are just a sideshow. God uses the story of Hagar to show us that He sees us and we are important to Him. | Genesis 21:14-21

From the beginning, sin disrupted all of humanity's relationships (e.g., with God, people, creation). Sin begins with our distrust of God. By forfeiting the goodness and grace available to us through God, we settle for counterfeits that bring dysfunction and profound limitations. But within this distorted world, God injects a redemptive grace that will impinge on our currently reality and culminate in an eschataological renewal of all things. | Genesis 3:1-24

In today's passage, we see a conflicting response between Jesus and His disciples when the people brought their children to receive prayer. Jesus graciously invites the children to Him and welcomes them with open arms. The way Jesus thought of children and treated them teaches us about the kingdom of God. | Matthew 19:13-15

In Jesus's conversation with the woman at the well, Jesus shows us that when relating with us, he sees, understands, engages, and empowers us at profound levels. He relates with people to restore them to a place where they would realize the fullness of what they were meant to be as children of God. | John 4:4-30; 39-41

At the core of the Gospel is God's Mercy. | John 8:1-11

Jesus transforms lives through building relationships. Even in a short encounter, Jesus dramatically changes lives. In today's story, Jesus offers His amazing compassion to one of the most hated men in his community, Zacchaeus. Through this relationship, Jesus challenges us to stop withholding love, even from those who hurt us. | Luke 19:1-10

The resurrection reveals uncomfortable realities for anybody who sits down and thinks about its implications. First, it shows us a God that explodes our expectations. Because God is real and not something our hearts manufactured, he will not always be what we want. Second, because the resurrection is historical fact, it refuses to go away. The reality of God will always impinge on our reality and at times make us uncomfortable (for our own good). Lastly, Saul's encounter shows us a God who is in union with us at such a profound level that it results in our receiving what he is and his receiving what we are. | Acts 26:9-18

Honor is a kingdom principle that values relationships and people. Honor is treating another person with worth, whether they've earned it or not, because whatever we do to honor a person, we do unto Jesus himself. | John 13:1-5, 12-15 (ESV)

Jesus had a special passion for all people. | Matthew 9:35-38

Testimonial sermon from our Intern Pastor, Bobae Lee. What we think is the biggest Jesus encounter is not the only source of gas to run this journey on. We have to work on taking up our mats, walking towards what lies before us, knowing that God is not done with us yet. | John 5:1-17

An important aspect of marriage is cultivating your friendship. This in turn is a reflection of our friendship with God. | Eph 5:25-33; John 15:12-15

Marriages are a profound mystery. | Matthew 19:4-6

Dating can be understood as an intentional, quality time spent between two people with a certain purpose. For singles, dating can help them discern their potential future in marriage. For married, dating can help them rediscover intimacy in their relationship. Therefore, it is necessary that we examine the purpose and the goal of dating in God's perspective. | Mark 12:28-34

For a large portion -- if not all -- of our lives, we will be single. It is a mistake to see this season as merely a prelude to marriage. Bibilcally, both singles and married couples are fully and authentically human, and each is called to inhabit their situation as such. Each situation has unique advantages, disadvantes, and opportunities that God calls us to steward. The gospel empowers us to live in singleness (in all its messiness and fulness) to his glory and to our joy. It is a season of profound intimacy with God, ourselves, and others. | 1 Corinthians 7:7-9; 25-35

Our relationships reflect our Gospel transformation. | Colossians 3:12-14

The reconciliation that Jesus brings to our relationship with him and others is paradoxical in nature. Those who strive for the reconciliation that Jesus desires for us (a deep reconciliation that centers on God), they will find their inner selves and personal relationships initially and profoundly destabilized; often conflict ensues. However, as we let the gospel teach us the nature of true reconciliation, we will eventually find ourselves working toward a reconciliation with God and with others that is far more real, far more freeing, and far more healing than any reconciliation we could have mustered on our own. | Matthew 10:34-39

Be careful what you pray for! When we ask Jesus to restore our relationships, He invites us to uncomfortable places and ask challenging questions that reveal our brokenness. But in the end, Jesus redeems and ecnourages us through His unending love. | John 21:1-19

The most significant fallout from sin is this: broken relationships. Jesus places us on a journey of restoration where reconciliation in all human relationships is the centerpiece. | Genesis 3:6-13