Sherman First Baptist Church Messages

Send us a Text Message.A life well-lived is marked by steadfast love and faithfulness. (Text: Proverbs 3.1-4)

Send us a Text Message.Wisdom will help you choose the right paths in life. With wisdom, you’ll discern, desire, and choose good paths. (Text: Proverbs 2.1-22)

Send us a Text Message.If you’re going to get wisdom, you must take responsibility and you must take action. (Text: Proverbs 2.1-22)

Send us a Text Message.A father encourages and warns his son about the rewards of listening to the right counsel and the dangers of listening to the wrong counsel. Wisdom isn’t just about listening but about who/what you’re listening to. (Text: Proverbs 1.8-19)

Send us a Text Message.When their father died, Joseph’s brothers didn’t understand Joseph’s forgiveness or God’s providence in all their lives. From this text, we are cautioned not to go through life without knowing and believing God’s forgiveness and providence. (Text: Genesis 50.1-26)

Send us a Text Message.Guest Preacher Josh Mencer - 2 Peter 3.15-18

Send us a Text Message.Before Jacob dies, he gives final blessings to each of his sons. From these blessings we learn that God’s plan is to bring blessing and redemption through the Lion of Judah to people everywhere. (Text: Genesis 49.1-28)

Send us a Text Message.As Jacob matured in faith, what he learned about God’s grace affected him. God blesses His people with unrestricted, unpredictable, surprising grace, and they must learn to respond by faith.  (Text: Genesis 48)

Genesis 47 is concerned with getting the family of Israel settled in their new home in Egypt. Here we learn that we must make the most of the life God has provided but remember it’s not forever. (Text: Genesis 47)

The coming of the Spirit at Pentecost signaled that God is still with His people and calling them to Himself. (Text: Acts 2.1-47)

The Ascension of Jesus reveals that He is the High King of Heaven and our Merciful High Priest. (Text: Hebrews 1.1-4; 4.14-16)

Even the “detours” of life are part of God’s plan, so you can act by faith.  (Text: Genesis 46)

When Joseph saw the change in his brothers and God’s sovereign hand in his own life, he forgave and reconciled with his brothers and family. God sovereignly changes His people so they can forgive & reconcile with others. (Text: Genesis 45)  

Joseph’s test revealed that his brothers, especially Judah, had changed. God doesn’t just save His people; He also changes them.  (Text: Genesis 44)

Because of Jesus we can count on God’s grace, mercy, and peace in all of life’s situations.  (Text: Genesis 43.1-34)

Guest Speaker Josh Bridges (Hebrews 10.19-25)

The Good News of Jesus’ resurrection means that through him salvation, eternal life, and freedom are granted to all who believe. (Text: Acts 13.13-52)

God graciously accomplishes His plan despite our inability to see it and our guilt.  (Text: Genesis 42.1-38)

God sovereignly exercises power over all things to accomplish His plan while also showing kindness and mercy to people who don't understand or deserve it. (Text: Genesis 41)

Though God revealed part of His plan through dreams, Joseph still didn’t know all that God was doing.  We must follow God’s plan and trust Him even when we don’t fully understand. (Text: Genesis 40)