Grace Clarksville

Paul’s words in Ephesians help us realize who and what, as children of God, we are and are called to be. All in the Family of God are called to love each other, pray for each other, and grow together in wisdom.   Scriptures: Ephesians 1:1-23   Keywords: family, community, Father, Ephesians  

Through his teachings, Jesus is trying to lead his followers to joy. In this sermon, we look at the Beatitudes can help us find true and lasting happiness. Scriptures: Matthew 5:1-12   Keywords: joy, happiness, rejoicing, heaven

Jesus makes the startling claim that those who suffer persecution are near to God. In this sermon, we see how we can find God in the midst of being treated unfairly, and how to endure for the sake of the Kingdom. Scriptures: Matthew 5:1-12   Keywords: persecution, suffering, pain, injustice, kingdom of heaven

God gives us his peace through Jesus so that we might become “peacemakers” to those around us. In this sermon, we see what God’s peace fully means and how it can move our hearts to pursue peace in our world. Scriptures: Matthew 5:1-12   Keywords: peace, reconciliation, forgiveness, adoption 

Jesus proclaims that the flourishing life of His kingdom is for those with pure hearts. The good news of the Gospel is that he offers his purity in place of our own impure motives and actions. Scriptures: Matthew 5:1-12   Keywords: beatitudes, purity, heart, obedience, sincerity

Jesus tells us that life with God centers around mercy. In this sermon, we look at what mercy is and how God’s mercy towards us leads us to show mercy towards others. Scriptures: Matthew 5:1-12   Keywords: mercy, grace, love, compassion, forgiveness, beatitudes

What will give us a happy life? In this sermon, we see that true happiness only comes when we seek after God and his righteousness.   Scriptures: Matthew 5:1-12   Keywords: righteousness, holiness, beatitudes, happiness

The meek are those that do not assert themselves to further their own agendas in their own strength, but who will nonetheless inherit the earth because they trust in God to direct the outcome of events. Scriptures: Matthew 5:1-12   Keywords: beatitudes, meek, tender, gentle, humble, 

Too often, life either gives us what we don’t want or does not give us what we most want. In this sermon, we see how mourning our reality can lead us to a deeper relationship with Jesus.    Scriptures: Matthew 5:1-12   Keywords: grief, sadness, despair, mourning, comfort, hope

This summer, we will walk through some of Jesus’ most famous sayings — the Beatitudes. In this sermon, we see how having a poor spirit helps us receive God’s power and mercy. Scriptures: Matthew 5:1-12   Keywords: beatitudes, sermon on the mount, discipleship, trust, poor in spirit, mercy, poverty

In the book of Revelation, John gives us a hope-filled vision of where our world is headed. In this sermon, we look at how this vision can help us endure through our current times and situations.   Scriptures: Revelation 1:4-8 Keywords: revelation, end of the world, end times, new heavens and new earth, hope

Too often we picture God as a divine authority who is cold and removed from our lives, and is most concerned with correcting us. In this sermon, we see that God has something that lies underneath his authority and motivates all of his actions towards us: tenderness. Scriptures: Luke 15:1-2, 11-24   Keywords: father, love of God, tenderness, Luke 15, prodigal son, mercy, grace

Paul’s prayer for the church at Colossae is a prayer for those Christians to grow in their knowledge of God’s Will, to walk in a manner that pleases God, and to begin to reflect the character of God as they begin to know him better.    Scriptures: Colossians 1:9-14   Keywords: prayer, knowledge, obedience, character, heart

The events of the last two weeks have brought many of us to places of sadness, anger, confusion, and reflection. In this sermon, we will look at the reality of racism in our country and explore some possible steps we can take to confront this injustice.   Scriptures: Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-10   Keywords: racism, injustice, the Good Samaritan, forgiveness, grace

While Jesus lived on this earth, he constantly pointed his followers to eternity. In this sermon, we see the importance of remembering that we were created for a life beyond this one and the comfort that this truth can bring. Scriptures: John 17:1-5 Keywords: hope, life, eternity, heaven, hell, judgment, grace  

Right now we are all experiencing something, not only physically, but spiritually. We’re all experiencing trials. Trials are test to our lives and faith and when trials come so do heavy emotions, emotions like sorrow. In the midst of our sorrow we lose sight of God and the joy He brings. So how do we see and respond to God as we go through the sorrow that comes from our trials? How do we turn sorrow to joy? Scriptures: John 16:16-24 Keywords: Joy, Sorrow, Trials, John  

Jesus gives us a great invitation — that, through him, we can be friends with God. In this sermon, we look at why friendship with God is important and how we can experience it in our lives today. Scriptures: John 15:12-17 Keywords: friendship, peace, security, assurance, obedience, love  

Jesus tells us that pain can be a sign of God’s pruning work in our lives. In this sermon, we learn how to endure through our pain — by putting our lives under and in the love of God. Scriptures: John 15:1-11 Keywords: pain, pruning, abiding, love, joy, hope  

Jesus offers us a gift of peace, even in the midst of troubled times. In this sermon, we look at what the peace of God actually means and how we can see it grow in our hearts today. Scriptures: John 14:27-31 Keywords: peace, calm, serenity, trouble, anxiety, fear, worry, 

The gift promised to us by the Father, at the special request of Jesus, is to receive the comforting nature of Jesus in the person of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is promised to be with us forever and will never leave us alone in the world.  Scriptures: John 14:15-26 Keywords: comforter, peace, truth, spirit, trinity, Holy Spirit, helper