Jesus Calls Us To Choose Whom We Trust | Matthew 18:3 | Pastor Joe Roach

January 4th, 2026

Sermon Title: "Jesus Calls Us To Choose Whom We Trust" (Matthew 18:3)

Sermon Outline:

1. What exactly does Jesus mean when He says in Matthew 18:3 "Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

2. With Christmas over, and January upon us, do you feel pressured to take control of your plans for the new year?

3. True or False: Christmas teaches dependence, but January demands independence.

4. How would you answer if Jesus asked you, "Did you celebrate Me at Christmas?"

5. How would you answer Him now if He asked you, "Will you depend on Me now?"

6. After the transition from the holiday of Christmas to the start of a new year, will you confess how quickly you move from trust to control?

When The Manger Empties: Carrying Christ After Christmas | Luke 2:22-40 | Pastor Joe Roach

December 28th, 2025

Sermon Title: "When The Manger Empties, Carrying Christ After Christmas" (Luke 2:22-40)

Sermon Outline:

1. Have you ever said to yourself the day after Christmas,

"I am glad that is over"?

2. Why do you think the Sunday after Christmas is one of the most spiritually dangerous Sundays of the entire year?

3. What happens when the manger empties and life resumes? Does your life resume as it was, or is it different?

4. How many believers love the feeling of Jesus but resist the following through of Jesus?

5. True or False: You don't recognize Christ in the world if you aren't already carrying Him inside.

6. True or False: The real test of Christmas faith is January obedience.

When God Interrupts The Dark Places We Never Planned To Live In | Matthew 2:1-12 | Pastor Joe Roach

December 21st, 2025

Sermon Title: "When God Interrupts The Dark Places We Never Planned To Live In" (Matthew 2:1-12)

Sermon Outline:

1. True or False: God does not wait for your life to stabilize before He shows up. He interrupts the very places you thought were permanent.

2. After participating in our Advent Devotional for a few weeks, do you believe God interrupts the darkest, longest, and most painful seasons of our lives, not by explaining them away - but by entering them, redeeming them, and reshaping us through them?

3. What loss have you been living with so long you've stopped expecting God to move?

4. True or False: God does not stop the danger. He moves His people through it?

5. Where has God already spoken - but you've delayed responding?

6. Has revelation led you to worship - or just information?

When God Breaks Through What Terrifies Us | Matthew 1:18-19 | Pastor Joe Roach

December 14th, 2025

Sermon Title: "When God Breaks Through What

Terrifies Us" (Matthew 1:18-19)

Sermon Outline:

1. Do you believe the story of Christmas in scripture is wrapped in both glory and in fear?

2. True or False: It is impossible to get to the miracle of Christ birth without walking through the fear.

3. Scripture tells us, "Joseph, being a just man ... resolved to divorce her quietly". The statement is loaded with fear. How many of us are still controlled by the fear of what people will think?

4. Have you ever had to grieve the death of a perfect plan that was interrupted by God? Did a new plan follow?

5. What fear has been interrupting your life?

What Do You Do When Heaven Goes Silent | Luke 1:5-25, 57-66 | Pastor Joe Roach

December 7th, 2025

Sermon Title: "What Do You Do When Heaven Goes Silent?" (Luke 1:5-25,57-66)

Sermon Outline:

1. What is your first reaction when heaven goes silent after you prayed, waited, served, believe, and nothing happened?

2. Have you ever said, "God... are You even listening?"

3. True or False: God often breaks silence in ordinary moments, not dramatic ones.

4. Where have you stopped expecting God because nothing feels special anymore?

5. True or False: Disappointment is not the same as disbelief - but disappointment, if not surrendered, can turn into unbelief.

6. Faithfulness is not proven by how you worship when God speaks - but how you worship when He doesn't. Do you agree?

Why God Interrupts Our Lives | Luke 1:26-38 | Pastor Joe Roach

November 30th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Why God Interrupts Our Lives" (Luke 1:26-38)

Sermon Outline:

1. How many of you feel like this year did not go according to your script?

2. True or False: We say things like, "God, have Your way in my life," ... but what we often mean is, "God, have

Your way around my schedule".

3. How do you react to God's interruptions in your life?

4. True or False: Sometimes God interrupts because if He doesn't, we will confidently march in the wrong direction.

5. Have you ever considered that God's interruptions are not just about stopping something. They're about inviting you into something better.

God's Plan For You Is Always Better | 1 Corinthians 1:9 | Pastor Joe Roach

November 16th, 2025

Sermon Title: "God's Plan For You Is Always Better" (1 Corinthians 1:9)

Sermon Outline:

1. Have you ever noticed how everyone has a plan for their life?

2. Have you ever asked yourself "Whose plan am I actually living"?

3. How many of us have been begging God to bless our plan, while He's been waiting for us to surrender to His?

4. True or False: The problem is... most of us trust God until His plan conflicts with our preference. Then suddenly, we become "prayerfully stubborn". We call it waiting for confirmation", but what we really want is permission.

5. What's the Isaac you're refusing to put on the altar?

Obedience After Revelation | James 1:22-25 | Pastor Joe Roach

November 2nd, 2025

Sermon Title: "Obedience After Revelation" (James 1:22-25)

Sermon Outline:

1. Have you ever had one of those moments when God made something crystal clear to you - a word in prayer, a verse that leapt off the page, a conviction so strong you couldn't shake it - and then ... nothing?

2. How often do you consider the cost between knowing God's will and doing God's will?

3. True or False: Obedience isn't proven in the moment of revelation; it's proven in the moment after it.

4. True or False: Obedience sometimes looks foolish before it looks fruitful.

5. You can pray all day long, but if you're unwilling to move when He says, move, you'll never see the sea split. Have you ever considered how miracles don't happen at the point of inspiration; they happen at the point of execution?

How Do You Know What God's Will Is For You | Romans 12:1-2 | Pastor Joe Roach

October 26th, 2025

Sermon Title: "How Do You Know What God's Will Is For You? (Romans 12:1-2)

Sermon Outline:

1. True or False: It's not just fear of missing God's will - it's fear of what finding it might cost.

2. The real question isn't "What is God's will for my life?" It's "Am / willing to do whatever His will is?" Do you agree or disagree?

3. God has been so good to you - because He saved you, forgave you, and redeemed you - how can you not trust Him with your future?

4. Do you think it's true that many believers don't fear missing God's will as much as they fear finding it?

5. If you really searched your heart, would you say your North Star is what pleases you, or what pleases the LORD?

Do You Really Want To Hear From God | Deuteronomy 4:29 | Pastor Joe Roach

October 19th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Do You Really Want To Hear From God?" (Deuteronomy 4:29)

Sermon Outline:

1. Have you ever prayed "Lord, I just need to know what You want me to do?"

2. True or False: God is speaking. The question isn't His silence - it's our surrender.

3. Have you ever considered that the question isn't, "Can you hear God?" It's - Do you really want to?

4. True or False: When you really want to hear from God, you treat it like oxygen - not like a hobby.

5. If we're honest, most of us are afraid of hearing God's voice because deep down, we already know what He'll say. Can you relate to this?

l'd Rather You Snicker Than Snore | Luke 16:13-15 | Pastor Joe Roach

October 5th, 2025

Sermon Title: "l'd Rather You Snicker Than Snore"

(Luke 16:13-15)

Sermon Outline:

1. True or False: Every Pastor would prefer you laugh at the message rather than snore because if you laugh, at least you heard me. Something got through. Something stirred. Maybe it annoyed you. Maybe it touched a nerve. But it registered.

2. Do you think that snickering at a sermon reveals conviction?

3. Is it better to be moved than asleep in Church, even if the movement is anger and annoyance?

4. Is indifference worse or better than opposition?

5. Do you snicker when the Bible says, forgive your enemies? When the Bible says to tithe? When the Bible says to remain pure? Or when the Bible says, to serve others?

Why Weren't They The 1st? Lessons From Those Who Fell Short | Pastor Joe Roach

September 21st, 2025

Sermon Title: "Why Weren't They The 1st? Lessons From Those Who Fell Short"

Sermon Outline:

1. If Peter, James, and John were not the first saved Christians, where did they stumble?

2. True or False: Loving Jesus in the light is not the same as following Him into the dark.

3. True or False: We debate online more than we pray in secret - then wonder why we collapse in temptation.

4. One of the things we learned from Peter and the disciples who fled Jesus arrest is that if my discipleship is a ladder, I'll miss the cross. If it's a basin and towel, I'm getting closer. Do you agree?

5. True or False: God often chooses the humble, the grateful, and the broken to be the first witnesses of His work. Your position or privilege doesn't put you first; your posture of heart does.

The 5th and 6th Christians: Rescued and Rooted | Luke 8:1-3 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sept 14th, 2025

Sermon Title: "The 5th & 6th Christians- Rescued & Rooted" (Luke 8:1-3)

Sermon Outline:

1. True or False: The story of Mary Magdalene shows us that the depth of our rescue determines the depth of our gratitude.

2. Do you believe that God often chooses the rescued to carry His message.

3. True or False: Gratitude and devotion don't end with rescue; they deepen with intimacy.

4. Are the rescued life and the rooted life both essential for Kingdom work?

5. Do you believe that we must meet face-to-face with Jesus before we can represent our faith with man face-to-face?

Coming Out Of The Shadows: The 3rd and 4th Christians | John 19:38-42 | Pastor Joe Roach

September 7th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Coming Out Of The Shadows: The 3rd & 4th Christians" (John 19:38-42)

Sermon Outline:

1. How much courage did it take for Joseph to ask pilot for the crucified body of Jesus?

2. Could you ever see yourself following through with such a career ending move like Nicodemus, when he showed up with 75 pounds of spices to give Jesus a proper burial?

3. Does it seem odd to you that Joseph and Nicodemus stepped forth, out of the shadows, after the crucifixion, when all perceived hope was gone?

4. Why would they do this when they didn't know Sunday was coming?

5. What do you think John's reaction was when they showed up to take the body of Jesus?

God's Kingdom Through Unlikely Places | Matthew 7:21-23 | Pastor Joe Roach

August 31st, 2025

Sermon Title: "God's Kingdom Through Unlikely People"

(Matthew 7:21-23)

Sermon Outline:

1. Do you think you could accurately guess who the first

6 early Christians were, who got into heaven?

2. What would the entrance criteria be, that you would use to decide?

3. True or False: Jesus' mother Mary was not the first Christian saved. Not even one of the first 6. Neither was Peter.

4. So, if they weren't the first believers to step into the Kingdom, who were? And why?

5. True or False: The first one into the Kingdom was a hardened murderous criminal, who never walked with Jesus, was never in a temple, never prayed, and lived his life completely unaware of the gospel message.

Could this be true?

5 Steps To Staying Fully Satisfied In The Lord | Luke 12:16-21 | Pastor Joe Roach

August 24th, 2025

Sermon Title: "5 Steps To Staying Fully Satisfied In The Lord" (Luke 12:16-21)

Sermon Outline:

1. Have you ever fallen for the lie of arrival - that deep-down belief that if I can just "get there"

, then I'll

finally have peace, joy, and satisfaction?

2. True or False: God planted in us a spiritual longing an appetite for communion with Him - that only He can truly satisfy.

3. What did the actor Jim Carey mean when he said,

"Nobody told me there was nothing at the top of the mountain but emptiness"?

4. Do you believe that even 10 minutes of scripture, 5 minutes of worship, 5 minutes of prayer each morning, can completely reframe your day?

5. Jesus said, freedom comes from truth, and truth comes from abiding in God's word. But you can't just know the truth, something else is required. What is it?

Where Are You Trying To Get To? | Luke 12:16-21 | Pastor Joe Roach

August 17th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Where Are You Trying To Get To?"

(Luke 12:16-21)

Sermon Outline

1. If life could be exactly the way you wished it to be - no limits, no restrictions, no boundaries ... what would you have it to be?

2. Do you think that your vision of that dream life has shaped your decisions for most of your life?

3. Where are you trying to get to in life?

4. How can you know what is going to be waiting for you once you arrive there someday?

5. True or False: Somewhere along the way, a lie got planted. "If you can just get there, everything will be good."

Remembering The King In The Rain | Matthew 18:21-35 | Pastor Joe Roach

August 10th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Remembering The King In The Rain"

(Matthew 18:21-35)

Sermon Outline

  1. Have you ever had a season where the rains of life just ... would ….. not ….. stop?

  2. How many of you would be honest enough to raise your hand and say, "Pastor, l've been more aware of the storm than the Savior lately"?

  3. True or False: We cannot live lives marked by love, forgiveness, kindness, and mercy unless we continually remember what the King has done for us.

  4. How quickly do we forget God's mercy once we walk out of His presence? How often do we sing "Amazing Grace" on Sunday and by Tuesday, we're holding someone's mistake over their head?

  5. If you focus on the rain instead of the King, you will begin to interpret God's character through the lens of your circumstances - instead of interpreting your circumstances through the unchanging character of God. Do you agree?