Sermons by Dave Overholt

Spiritual Practices: Part III

Spiritual Practices Hunger for food is natural Is anything worth more than your soul? God initiates then waits The God you are waiting for is waiting for you – Craig Groeschel Ps. 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. God makes us hungry for Him until He is number One May God give us a desire for God that supersedes all other desires – A.W. Tozer Wandering with God Pay attention…

Spiritual Practices: Part II

Spiritual Practices – Sept. 17, 2023 “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” – C.S. Lewi Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart I have a soul Everyone has spiritual hunger God initiates then waits Hosea 7:14, 16 They do not cry to Me from their heart When they…

Spiritual Practices: Part I

Spiritual Practices Let pain be a sign Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. I have a soul “Secularism is a cultural framework that works against belief and undermines anything supernatural. Secularism is built on doubting. Secularism is set up to make you doubt.” (Mark Sayers).  Mark 8:36-37 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but…

Summer Vacation in Colossae: Sharing Faith

Who would be in your list of friends? Col. 4:7-8 Tychicus, our much-loved brother, will tell you how I am getting along. He is a hard worker and serves the Lord with me. I have sent him on this special trip just to see how you are and to comfort and encourage you. Col. 4:11 And what a comfort they have been to me! Col. 4:12 Epaphras, a member of your own fellowship and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you…

Summer Vacation in Colossae: New Relationships

Col. 3:12-17 Aug. 13, 23 This passage is describing transformed relationships within the church Robert Wall Reconciled relationships within the faith community bear witness to God’s triumph over society’s corrupting influence. In this sense, changes within us and between us serve an evangelistic purpose: people become convinced that the gospel is true when they see its fruit in the lives of believers. Robert Wall Col. 3:12-14 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness…

Summer Vacation in Colossae: Living in New Life

Colossians Aug. 6th Col. 3:1-11 Help ____ know you better Everything was made for Jesus’ pleasure and praise Ps. 65:8 The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. Don’t stop believing Your past can not disqualify you from a future with God Rooted to overflowing  Col. 3:1-4 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where…

Summer Vacation in Colossae: Reconciliation in Christ

July 16, 2023 Colossians 1:21-23 Col. 1:10 We always pray for you… that you will grow as you learn to know God better and better Col. 1:18-20 Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace…

Summer Vacation in Colossae: Christ is Supreme

Colossians 1:15-20 – July 9, 2023 Col. 1:10 you will grow as you learn to know God better and better “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Jesus: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus…

Summer Vacation in Colossae: The Good News About Christ

The Good News about Christ 2 Peter 1:20-21 No prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God. Colossians Col 1:1 This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy. Col. 1:3-5 We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our…