Lead Pastor
Sermons by Wade Allen (Page 19)
There is nothing quite like the anticipation of going home after being gone for several years. As overseas missionaries, the Allen family had a lot of experience with this. There were many things that they anticipated upon arrival in the US each time they journeyed home, but in this message Pastor Wade encourages us to think about a different type of journey—a journey to our heavenly home—and the unfortunate fact that many people are not anticipating this journey but are rather dreading it.
This sermon is the introductory sermon for the “Homesick” series focused on Psalm 84. Over the next several weeks, we will be examining the text of Psalm 84 especially in light of our future heavenly home when we will be in the presence of God. This introductory sermon will focus more on the ones who originally performed this psalm. We want to take some time to find out a little bit more about these men—their origin, their story, and even their redemption story—and try to apply some of these things to our own lives as we prepare for our long journey home.
For the past six weeks, we have been studying through sections of the Book of Ephesians in the sermon series, “One-Sixty-Seven: Living for Christ beyond Sunday.” So today, we’re going to finish this series by asking the question, “Why should I live On Mission?”
In a similar way to how a city builds its infrastructure to accommodate growth and development, God has provided an infrastructure of sorts in the church as well. In this study, we take time to examine the infrastructure of the church and what God hopes will happen through it.
“In this passage, Paul shares that he has been praying for the believers in Ephesus. So what is it that Paul has been praying? He prayed that they would be 1) strengthened in the inner man, 2) comprehend the measure of God’s love, 3) know God, not just know about Him, and 4)to dream big dreams for God. These are essential steps for becoming one of Christ’s disciples.”