November 23, 2025 Matthew 6:19-24 “Treasure Test” Service Overview: Here, Jesus shifts the focus to our treasure; what we value, store, and serve. Earthly wealth fades, but heavenly investment endures. Our hearts inevitably follow what we prioritize. In this passage, Jesus challenges us to examine what lights our eyes, where we place our hope, and...
November 16, 2025 Matthew 6:16-18 “Craving God, Not Applause” Service Overview: Jesus assumes His followers will fast, but He warns against turning it into a performance. True fasting isn’t about looking spiritual, it’s about seeking God with focus and humility. This passage reminds us that kingdom discipline is between us and the Father, who rewards...
November 9, 2025 Matthew 6:5-15 “Pray This Way” Service Overview: Prayer is not about impressing others; it’s about connecting with our heavenly Father. Jesus critiques performative religion and gives a prayer that reshapes our priorities: God’s glory, daily needs, forgiveness, and deliverance. In this model prayer, Jesus teaches us that authentic, kingdom-rooted prayer flows from...
November 2, 2025 Matthew 6:1-4 “Good Deeds, Right Reasons” Service Overview: Jesus warns against using generosity as a stage for self-promotion. In God’s kingdom, the heart behind the gift matters more than the size of it. Real righteousness is done in secret for the Father, not in public for the spectacle. This passage challenges...
October 26, 2025 Matthew 5:38-48 “Retaliation Redefined” Overview: Jesus dismantles the cycle of retaliation and replaces it with a call to radical love. He teaches that true righteousness isn’t just refusing to hit back – it’s choosing to bless, serve, and pray for enemies. In this stunning command, Jesus redefines what it means to be...
October 19, 2025 Matthew 5:27-32 “Hard Words, Holy Love” Service Overview: Jesus moves past surface-level sexual ethics to expose the deeper battle within hearts. Lust, objectification, and broken promises aren’t just cultural issues, they’re soul issues. In this passage, Jesus calls His followers to radical holiness, heart-deep purity, and covenantal integrity that...
October 12, 2025 Matthew 5:33-37 “Honest to God” Service Overview: In a culture of spin, exaggeration, and half-truths, Jesus calls for something simple and stunning: let your “yes” mean yes, and your “no” mean no. This teaching challenges us to live with such integrity that oaths become unnecessary; our character confirms our words, and our...
September 28, 2025 Matthew 5:21-26 “The Heart Beneath the Hurt” Service Overview: Jesus intensifies the command “Do not murder” by tracing its roots back to the heart. Anger, insults, and bitterness all fall under His microscope. In God’s kingdom, reconciliation matters more than self-righteousness. This passage challenges us to take inner conflict seriously and pursue...
September 21, 2025 Matthew 5:17-20 “Jesus and the Fine Print” Service Overview: Jesus didn’t come to cancel the Law but to complete its purpose. In this pivotal passage, He calls His followers to a deeper, more authentic righteousness, one that surpasses external religion and flows from the heart. What does it mean to live...
September 7, 2025 Matthew 5:1–12 “Backward” Blessings Service Overview: Jesus opens the Sermon on the Mount with a radical list of blessings that flip the world’s values upside down. In these “beatitudes,” we discover who is truly blessed in God’s kingdom, and it’s not who we’d expect. These words challenge our assumptions and invite us...
