Sermons by Bruce Wersen (Page 12)

We’re all heading wrong ways in ways we’re unaware of. So it’s a kindness when the Rock becomes a roadblock.

We love to sing about Jesus’ friendship toward us, but is there enough reason to sing about your friendship toward Him?

A key indicator of maturing, is finding ourselves less-and-less asking “Who can meet my needs?” and more-and-more asking, “Whose needs can I meet?”

When someone says, “You’re dead to me!” it means they want nothing to do with you anymore. Being dead to sin is like that.

Whatever you do, don’t lean on Jesus as an excuse to stay weak. We should be using our light afflictions to allow Jesus to strengthen us to handle the full weight of glory!

Everyone has become corrupt, like when your computer crashes. It hasn’t lost its value; it just can’t do you any good. Because its operating system has become corrupted.

Like a potter’s clay, we need to put ourselves in His hands every morning, to be kneaded and molded and slowly made holy.

Living, growing, fruit-producing faith requires what I’m calling “faithworks”. Like fireworks. Because without faithworks there’s nothing to see.

It’s our father Abraham’s faith that first reveals that our righteousness is not our own, it’s the Lord’s. And now our sins are not on us, they’re on the cross.