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Drawing from Malachi 2:17 through 3:5, this sermon addresses the spiritual danger of drift and its consequences in the life of the believer and the community of faith. When people drift away from God, they lose sight of their own sin, begin to question the goodness and justice of God, and adopt a victim mentality that places blame everywhere except inward. The pastor challenges the congregation to recognize that confusion about what God is doing must be anchored in trust in who God is. He calls the church to renewal through intentional worship, warning that God's patience must never be mistaken for permission. The sermon concludes with the hope of the gospel, affirming that God used the greatest injustice in history, the death of his Son, to bring justice to the world, and that no pain or injustice goes unseen by the Father.
11 Oct 2026
When our Drift Hurts The People We Love
Drawing from Malachi 2:10-16, this sermon explores how spiritual drift is never contained to one area of life. The pastor traces a progression seen in the people of Israel: their love for God faded, their worship became hollow, and ultimately their treatment of others suffered. Using the covenant of marriage as a central illustration, the sermon demonstrates that how we treat people is a direct reflection of how we treat God. When God becomes secondary, compromise feels normal, and the people we are called to protect can become the people we hurt most. The sermon closes with a deeply personal story about the pastor's father coming to faith on his deathbed, offering a powerful reminder that God never stops pursuing those he loves, even when they have spent a lifetime drifting from him.
4 Oct 2026
When Worship Feels Like Work
Drawing from the book of Malachi, this sermon examines how the people of Israel — and believers today — can drift from genuine love for God into hollow, burdensome ritual. The pastor emphasizes that God desires relationship over religious performance, and that what we bring to God reveals what we truly believe about him. Just as the priests of Israel had allowed their worship to become contemptuous and their offerings to become defiled, believers today risk reducing their devotion to empty routine. The sermon calls listeners to examine whether their worship, marriages, parenting, and friendships are driven by genuine love or mere obligation, and challenges them to return to heartfelt devotion by standing on truth rather than waiting for feelings to lead the way.
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