Faith

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1).

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Will Christ Find Faith on Earth?

Christ makes two statements about our end time. First He asks whether He will find faith on earth and secondly He makes the statement that love will wax cold. Our society takes its toll on these two very important spiritual…
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But if Not...

Is our faith high enough that we trust God no matter what the situation? Do we live in the, “but if not” moment? Would we give in if tested as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were in their faith in God?
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You are Divine - So What?

We've discussed the divinity of God and Christ and the awesome promise of a divine nature for those obey in spirit in truth. So the question arises, what do we do in the mean time? Join us as we examine…
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The Blessed Hope

Hope is one of the "big three" in the Bible: faith, hope, and love. Find out what hope truly means.
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How do you Practice Justice, Mercy and Faith?

Justice, mercy and faith are like a three-legged stool. You need all three to be in balance.
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Faith and Love

What can we learn about faith and love from the example of Rebekah and Isaac?
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Faith, Beyond Our Duty

Are we profitable servants? What do we have to do that is beyond just being a servant so that we can be profitable?
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Meeting with Our Maker

This sermon is about a fundamental subject of our Christian life - prayer. When we pray we should remember we are praying to the most powerful being in the universe, our creator. He loves us as His children, and is…
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Three Lessons from the Great Flood

Three lessons that Christians can learn by examining the account of the Great Flood
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Mercy for the Masses in 3D

Mercy for the Masses? Is such an ideal even plausible to contemplate? Billions have suffered and died in abject poverty, in unmitigated tragedy, in the clutches of disease. For them, death rather than life became a welcome destiny. Mercy for…
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Are We Living By Faith?

As we see the world around us falling apart, we see people losing faith in its institutions and sadly many are losing faith in God. In this sermon UCG Houston local elder Mark Sappington gives five points that show us…
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Overcoming Our Fears

Every person has fears that they struggle with, but God is asking us to place all our worries on Him. Are you willing to overcome your negative thoughts and trust that the Almighty God will never forsake you?
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A Fruit of the Spirit - Longsuffering

This world is short on patience - it affects our attitude and relationships with others. God's Fruits of the Spirit is an antidote for the works of the flesh. Patience is a tool God uses to shape our Christian character…
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The Marvelous Attitude to Which Christ Marveled

The Gospels shares two accounts in which Christ marveled at people. One was due to a lack of faith and the other due to the incredible faith of an unlikely individual exhibiting a positively astonishing attitude in a time of…
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Caleb Followed God Fully

How can we follow in the footsteps of Caleb? Caleb went down in history as a hero of Israel from the seminal beginning of the nation. His life is a pattern which we must learn to mimic. He followed God…
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Three Steps of Faith

Faith, without which it is "impossible to please God", is a very serious and important attribute. But, how do we grow it, how do we practice it, how do we refine it, how do we strengthen it?
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Weebles Wobble... But They Don't Fall Down

The world around us is filled with tragedy and suffering. We see it on the nightly news, we hear about it from people that we love. What about when it happens to us? When life punches us in the gut…
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No Excuses

We all have used excuses, but they can be our destruction. This message examines different types of excuses that mankind uses to justify what they want to do, which many times is used to excuse themselves from obeying God.
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The God Kind God made living things “after their kind” AND made man “in His Image” – OR, in context, after “The God Kind”.

We do not yet see this concept FULLY finished, yet. The being created in God’s Image process happens, or doesn’t happen for each person during physical life – as God Calls each one, SO, we must come to understand HOW…
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Food Fellowship and Faith

Satan is busy working to take our eye off the future goal we all look forward to. Satan wants to keep us from being there. We are told to go anyway and go with joy. We go each year to…