Date: December 22, 2025

Sermon Summary

This week we continue our close look at the character and nature of God. The prophet Isaiah had a life-changing, dangerous encounter–behind the veil of the temple–with the profoundly holy God of angelic warriors. In this encounter, he came undone, believing himself to be doomed simply by being a sinful man in the presence of the King. Then, at an atoning touch, he was radically transformed and joined the mission of God. As we explore the implications of this encounter, we see that a Great High Priest came much later who–in the most extraordinary way–ripped apart the veil, forever changing the way we encounter the very same King. How will you respond?

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The Holiness of God, by RC Sproul: https://a.co/d/596VMR0

Fill the city with Jesus. This is the vision not just for our church, but for our people. The city is not just a physical location, but a collection of our family members, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances. How can you bring Jesus to your city?

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12.15.2025

Sermon Summary

Our tendency is to read the Bible as if we are the main character. We read it to affirm what we already know, infer our own presence as the hero of the story, and get our ego stroked by false affirmations. Instead, the Word offers another function in reading: it trains, it equips, and it shapes like fire and a hammer. The story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15 may be better titled if the focus is not on us, but on God. It’s a story about a father who recklessly loves his two sons. He showers the one with unrestrained celebration and offers all he has to the other as an excessive act of mercy. Our hearts are prone to connect with the younger or the older son, but the real connection is to keep our hearts dwelling on the central character of the story, the prodigal's father.

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Books Referenced in the Podcast

The Knowledge of the Holy, by A.W. Tozer

Forgotten God - Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, by Francis Chan

The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World, by Rosaria Butterfield

Saturate: Being Disciples of Jesus in the Everyday Stuff of Life, by Jeff Vanderstelt

Fill the city with Jesus. This is the vision not just for our church, but for our people. The city is not just a physical location, but a collection of our family members, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances. How can you bring Jesus to your city?

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December 8, 2025

Sermon Summary

In this message, we explore what God is doing in our generation and how He is calling His people to step into His purposes with clarity, boldness, and surrender. We are called to recognize that God is raising up a new movement marked by holiness, prayer, flexibility, and a readiness for the next outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Building on the past, God forms new wineskins to carry new wine.

Before He calls us to do something, He calls us to be with Him. We are created for salvation, sanctification, and service. Throughout Scripture we see that God shapes ordinary people into vessels for extraordinary assignments. And each calling demands a response: surrender, and the courage to say, “Here am I—send me.”

As we respond to His voice with humility and obedience, we position ourselves to be part of what God is doing now—in our generation and in His expanding Kingdom.

You can find this week's sermon notes and Sermon Guide here: https://gracechurchsp.org/resources/sermon-guides/

Fill the city with Jesus. This is the vision not just for our church, but for our people. The city is not just a physical location, but a collection of our family members, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances. How can you bring Jesus to your city?

——

Stay Connected

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