Cross Pointe Church Sermons

It appears as if Daniel is out of options. It appears that Daniel had not only just drawn a line in the dirt, but had perhaps written his own obituary. Yet here we learn a lesson about lines we find in the dirt of our own lives. As you go through life...

A follower of Jesus is someone who has responded to the gospel. The gospel is that Jesus died for our sin and was physically raised from the dead. If we repent of our sins and place our faith in him, we will be saved, forgiven, receive eternal life...

You may be living with guilt today, but you don’t have to live with guilt tomorrow. Let me say upfront there is no human cure for the problem of guilt, because the cause of all guilt is sin and only God can deal with sin. Sin is the wound. Guilt is...

The crisis of loneliness is as grave a threat to public health as obesity or substance abuse. Research tells us that lonely people are more likely to become ill, experience cognitive decline, and died early. If you battle loneliness, you are in...

Today, we are dealing with one of the most destructive of emotions which is jealousy. Jealousy does kill. It kills marriages, friendships, and families. It is said that jealousy is the ace up Satan’s sleeve. This green-eyed monster is a giant, but God...

I love the very first word Luke writes which is the word “but.” In spite of all that rulers, soldiers, religious leaders, the greatest military on earth and even the devil himself thought they had accomplished, the cross was not the end. God was not...

Did you ever realize that even though he was not present, God Himself gave the Apostle Paul an account of the Lord's Supper, which we can read in Scripture? Pastor Merritt does a deep dive into each phrase in Scripture in 1 Corinthians 11 as we...

Bitterness is harbored hurt hidden in the heart. Of all the emotions I will cover, I believe this one may be the most dangerous. I fear bitterness in my life more than anything else. Do you know why? Because bitterness is an acid that destroys its own...

God’s word has a lot to say about anger. In a book called Ephesians, a man by the name of Paul gives a prescription for those of us who are temper challenged to practice divine anger management. There are things that should make us angry and there are...

Anxiety is the most common mental disorder in the United States. According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that 264 million people around the world suffer from anxiety. In a book called Philippians, the Apostle Paul gives us a...

If God had a Hall of Fame, Elijah would easily be elected on the first ballot. He had so much of the power and presence of God in his life, he is the first person in the Bible to raise a person from the dead. As we are about to see, he was so...

Stress is taking an incredible toll on us. We live in a world of speed, stuff and stress that makes our days one of juggling time and multi-tasking. We are all rats in the rat race. Basically, stress is the gap between what we face and what we think...

Being thankful is so important to God that he actually commands us to be thankful. You may not feel very thankful right now because of where you are in your life. Even though you may not feel thankful you can be thankful. The Apostle Paul tells us...

It is amazing how much God’s word has to say about our feelings and how we can control our feelings rather than have our feelings control us. When your feelings are controlling you and they rachet up to earthquake level, it is almost impossible not to...

Too many churches are looking for decisions and Jesus is looking for disciples. One of the greatest problems we have in our church like most churches is we have too many people who have made decisions, but too few people who have become disciples...

How we see God will determine how we relate to God and how we see God relating to us. The truth is the only right way to see God is the way God sees himself. It is only when you see God for who he really is that you will see you for who you really are...

You will maximize your fulfillment in life, your enjoyment of life, and your impact with life when you find the sweet spot of serving other people. A disciple called Peter wrote in a book called 1 Peter several reasons why we should not look at...

Do you realize the first three commands of the Ten Commandments that God has given to the world all deal with worship? We are to recognize him alone as God. We are to revere him as the only God and we are to respect his name. That is the heart of...

In Philippians chapter 3, Paul gives us three simple things that if we do them on a daily basis every day can bring a happy new you. They are doable, all achievable and all possible.  What is really great is if you will do these things, they will not...

In Revelation we read of a church with a disease, in the sense that they were spiritually stagnant. This church had become self-reliant on their wealth, manufacturing plants, and knowledge that they had forgotten God. John writes this letter to the...