Vienna Assembly Of God Sermons

Even when face to face with a resurrection miracle, there are those who doubt. Jesus prayed a specific prayer before calling Lazarus out, and it was for those struggling to believe.

Prayers of blessing are much more than just hoping to get something good for yourself. The blessing of God opens channels of favor and paths of right-living within our hearts, and flows out into our families, our church, our community. We need to seek the Lord's blessing.

Prayer is about talking with God about what you need. And he knows what you need. And he's a loving God who is intensely interested in receiving your sincere prayers and answering. It's not a formula, it's not a guarantee of everything going your way, but it is an invitation to relationship with God.

As we prepare to enter the season of Lent, a vital practice of prayer is listening.

Give something back. Give something forward.

In our consumer culture, saturated by advertising and manipulation, we are accustomed to being baited and targeted. Was this what Jesus had in mind when he said he would teach his followers how to fish for people?

God sees you. And he is not content with that - he also wants you to see him.

On this Epiphany Sunday, we take a quick look back at Pastor Brenda's six-year anniversary, and then see the work of the Holy Spirit through today's readings.

We apologize for the audio quality, but wanted to share this special conversation with you. We can trust the goodness of God even through long-term illness and chronic health challenges.

The story we tell as Christians is dependent on this mystery - Jesus Christ, Son of God, Creator of the world come to dwell in the world he created as a creature, fully man, fully God.

We must understand that even though our story is constantly being written and there will be good days and there will be bad days, we are called to keep telling the SAME story. The love of God, the salvation of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit poured out on all people, the hope of the resurrection - this story doesn't change no matter what happens to us!

Blane shares up-to-the-minute stories of God at work in students' lives, and a fresh take on a familiar story from the Book of Acts.

I have become concerned about Christian nationalism, and its impact on our society and on the Church. But that does not mean we should not be patriotic, or love our country. So today I just want to give a pastoral talk to encourage us in navigating the differences between proper love of country and patriotism, as opposed to idolatry and Christian nationalism.

Pastor Brenda shares from her recent travels and inspires us to "Be Strong in the Lord!"

Guest speaker and missionary Rev. Becky Pucher challenges us: What is your mission?

In my early planning for this series, three promises stood out to me to cover. And I expected that each one would be the focus of an entire sermon. But for today, I'm going to talk about them together: 1) God has promised his presence. 2) Jesus has promised he will return. 3) There will be a new heaven and new earth!

Hebrews 8:6. But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.

We live in the new covenant promises of God, fulfilled in Jesus Christ. This is the arc of the biblical narrative, that God has made a way for us to be right with him. Initiated by love, God established the new covenant, and we can be assured that what God says will come to pass.

What can we believe? Who can we trust? It is within God's character to initiate covenant. It is an exchange of life - "I am yours, and you are mine." This has been God's way with humans always. Understanding the background of covenant in the Old Testament is crucial to grasping Jesus' words as he shared the cup of wine with his disciples on the night he was betrayed: This is the New Covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.

The truth of God's blessing is real. And the fact that the Scripture gives us some specific wisdom regarding God's blessing is an amazing gift. We are not left to wander around looking for some secret portal into the blessings of God. We are given very clear understanding of what God blesses, and who God blesses.