Top 10 Sermons - #10

I've decided to start blogging about some of my past sermons. I think sometimes we preach or listen to a sermon every week without having the time to really process the information. Think about all of the sermons you have listened to in the past year. Do you actually remember any of them? Are there some that have stood out to you? Maybe there is a message that radically transformed your life and you will always remember what God spoke to you on that day.

So for a starting point into looking at my past sermons, I've decided to take the top 10 sermons steamed from our website. This isn't the top 10 downloaded sermons via the podcast, but the total number of hits from our media player via our website (includes sermon notes as well).

So let's kick it off with #10

"For God So Loved the World" (Part of our Hope series)

This was such a good series and I remember us putting together a pretty cool video intro for each sermon in the series. The Hope series was based completely on Max Lucado's book: "3:16: The Numbers of Hope." I decided to do this in December because I feel the meaning of Christmas is all about hope. We live in a world where hope is often talked about, but nobody really understands where to find true hope. Hope isn't in our government, economy, or in our jobs. Hope is simply found in Jesus Christ. And when I think of hope, I immediately think of John 3:16, maybe the most powerful verse in the entire Bible. There is so much depth to John 3:16, our Hope series took each section of the verse and looked at what that part really means.

Sometimes I can't fathom how big God's love is. Do I truly believe that God loves every person in this world? Yes. 100 times yes. It's amazing how God possess this unconditional love for you and for me. When I think about God's love, it's allows me to have hope for the world. It allows me to asking God to give me the strength to love the world. When it comes down to it, I'm a sinful man who simply can't love the world like God loves the world. My love will let people down, my love is not truly self-sacrificing. Jesus, who died on the cross is the ultimate example of love that is truly self-sacrificial.

So in the end, please hold onto the timeless truth that GOD LOVES YOU. If you're going through a time where you need to hear this, please embrace it with all of your heart, mind, and soul.

If you want to listen to the 10th most listened to sermon go to:
http://sermon.net/download.php?c=14008-count_audio_download-158041