Grace Clarksville

This week, we begin our journey through the Gospel of Mark as we look at the important themes in his book - repentance, belief, and the call to follow Jesus wherever he leads us. Scriptures: Mark 1:1-11   Keywords: Mark, Jesus, discipleship, repentance, faith

Negativity is an area of emotional unhealthiness that we all struggle with, and it's an area that God truly cares about. Negativity is something that impacts how we view the world, our relationships, and ourselves. God offers us something that can combat this area of emotional unhealthiness, which gives us the opportunity to be defined by joy.   Scriptures: Philippians 4:4-8   Keywords: negativity, joy, the Gospel, forgiveness, peace

Part of becoming wise is learning to value the right things.  In this last sermon in our series about emotional maturity, we look at the kind of values that lead to wisdom and maturity.   Scriptures: Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 13:19, Proverbs 14:16, Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 17:16, Proverbs 17:24, Proverbs 29:9   Keywords: Emotional maturity, spiritual growth, Proverbs, values, wisdom

  Using the book of Proverbs as our guide, we are going to look at how God wants to transform our destructive tendencies to be defensive when receiving correction or instruction. God's desire is for our relationships with others to be life giving; grounded in trust, community, confession, and humility.    Scriptures: Proverbs 20:5, 18:2, 24:29, 18:6   Keywords: Wisdom, Defensiveness, Criticism, Anger, Proverbs, Trust, Acceptance

Another mark of a foolish person is the presence of pride and stubbornness.  This week we lookout how pride limits our emotional growth and how we can overcome it. Scriptures: Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 14:9, Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 26:3, Proverbs 28:26   Keywords: Emotional maturity, spiritual growth, Proverbs, pride, humility

One of the marks of a foolish person is a lack of self-control.  This week we look at the importance of self-control and how we can see it grow in our lives. Scriptures: Proverbs 10:8, Proverbs 12:23, Proverbs 14:16, Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 26:11, Proverbs 29:9, Proverbs 29:11   Keywords: Emotional maturity, spiritual growth, Proverbs, self control

As we close this series on prayer, we look at how using prayer to remember who God is helps us have hope for what we face in our lives. Scriptures: Psalm 77:11-20   Keywords: Prayer, Psalms, Psalm 77, Remembrance, Hope

Description: The prayers and songs found in Psalms help to direct our wills both by giving us examples of wisdom and by commanding us to trust fully in him. Yet, our view of God will determine our response to this call.     Key Verses: Psalms 37:1-7a, Psalms 119:97-98   Key Words: Prayer, Wisdom, Trust, Delight in Him, Worry Not

Confession is the beginning of all relational healing with God and others. Confession is key in our communication with God. Scriptures: Psalm 51, 2 Samuel 12: 1-14, 1 John 1:9   Keywords: Confess, Transgressions, Mercy, Purge, Clean heart, Renew, Forgiveness

Words of thanksgiving often escape us when we most need to talk to God. How can we express our gratitude to a heavenly father when gratitude is oftentimes the furthest from our hearts? Leaning on the words of Psalms 34 we can let god shape heart into one of gratitude. Scriptures: Psalms 34:1-10, Psalms 136:1-16,23-26   Keywords: Gratitude, Thanksgiving, Magnify, Contentment, Emotions

As we look at how we talk to God there's an area where we lack communication with God, and it's one of the most important, how we feel. God desires to hear our honest feelings, and hearts, but how do we begin to look to God, pour out our hearts to Him, and admit, "God, I'm in trouble." Scriptures: Psalm 62:1-8   Keywords: Lament, heart, pain, suffering, sadness, Psalm, talking, pouring out

As we try to follow God, we can often feel discouraged. In this sermon we look at the importance of not giving up, even as we feel discouraged. Scriptures: 1 Timothy 1:1-5   Keywords: Calling, God's call, discouragement, hope, faith, 1 Timothy, Paul

Every human being carries the image of God.  This great truth transforms how we view others, as well as ourselves. Scriptures: Genesis 1:26-27   Keywords: Image of God, Genesis 1, Creation, Humility, Kindness, Justice

In this sermon we look at how God speaks to us, and how we can better hear him when he does. Scriptures: 1 Kings 19:9-18   Keywords: Elijah, 1 Kings, God's voice, stillness, quietness, spiritual disciplines

In Jesus, we have a promise of real, deep freedom - a freedom that comes from God's deep love. Scriptures: Philippians 1:21-26; Galatians 2:20   Keywords: Freedom, God's love, Paul, Philippians, Galatians, Desires, Hope

As we end our series on 1 Peter, we see what Peter wants for us remember, above everything else: grace and peace.   Scriptures: 1 Peter 5:12-14   Keywords: 1 Peter, grace, peace, suffering, perseverance, joy

At the end of this letter Peter reminds us that followers of Jesus have a real enemy we face named Satan. Join us as we unpack what spiritual warfare looks like for followers of Jesus.    Scriptures: 1 Peter 5:6-9   Keywords: satan, enemy, spiritual warfare, Jesus, battle, opposition

Scriptures: 1 Peter 5:6-7   Keywords: Worry, anxiety, fear, depression, control, 1 Peter, humility, hope

One of the marks of true change in our character is humility.  Peter describes what this can look like in our lives.   Scriptures: 1 Peter 5:1-5   Keywords: Humility, character, elders, church, 1 Peter

God wants to change our character.  This week, we see how a changed character leads to a differently, godly perspective on suffering. Scriptures: 1 Peter 4:12-19 Keywords: Suffering, pain, trials, character, hope, Peter, 1 Peter