Eddie Dee's Sermons

The trials of Hagar remind us that God's promises to His people have been and will be fulfilled, even when it seems like it's impossible.

We must commit the Word of God to our memory and our hearts; otherwise, we're just reciting Scripture and not harnessing the power of the Bread of Life and Living Water within us.

Hearing the Gospel one time is not enough to SUSTAIN the believer. We must feed on the Bread of Life and Living Water again and again so that we never forget to be more like Jesus.

All of Scripture points to Jesus. So we read the Bible to know Him, be examined by Him, be transformed by Him, and walk like Him, empowered by Him.

The Spiritual Disciplines are meant to make us more like Jesus. Any other motive divorces the disciplines from the power they're meant to connect us to.

This entire series has been about love. While Jesus died out of obligation for the glory of God, He also did it out of LOVE, for God IS love.

We are all ministers of the Gospel because God has equipped us all to do the work of the Ministry. If God cares about all our gifts equally, why don't we?

The proverbial thorns in our sides are God's blessings in disguise that are meant to keep us humble and connected to the Source of our power. We are strong only when we can admit our weakness and tap into the strength of the Lord.

Being blessed is not just about possessing things. It's about being happy, joyful in the Lord. That despite our circumstances, good or bad, we are blessed because we have Jesus and every spiritual blessing He has secured for us.

Forgiveness and reconciliation are two totally different things. And forgiveness does not require reconciliation. We need the Holy Spirit to help us do our part to restore relationships with one another as Christ restored our relationship with Him.

Our sin debt can never be paid on our own. Thank God for Jesus who canceled out the debt for us so that we may be called His and be set free to live AND forgive others.

Being a friend of God makes us privy to the mind of God, so that not only fo we have access to what we're supposed to do, but also WHY, in the blessed hope of knowing that He died for us knowing we'd be His friends BEFORE we ever thought to submit to Him.

To reclaim our God-given identifier as a slave of righteousness, we must understand how God defined slave labor and held Israelites accountable to setting them free, just as Jesus has set us free from sin and death.

What does it mean to be saved? What am I saved from? What am I saved to? What am I saved FOR?

If God created us, why would we not consult Him to discover who we are and how we fit in His will? Our identity series begins with us learning what it means to be hidden in Christ.

If the chief end of man is to glorify God and delight in Him forever, and God's name is of first importance to Him, then one way or another, God WILL get glory out of us, His image-bearers.

As we celebrate Jesus's birth this season, Jesus reminds us that just as he was born, died, and rose again, so we must die in order to live again.

A relationship with God includes God having LORDSHIP over us. Every day, we should ask the question, "How can I glorify You today?"

When the distractions come (and they will), do we have enough Jesus in us to combat them? Or will those distractions distract us to the point of creating a reprobated mind?

You can't pay preachers enough to preach the Gospel. Jesus paid every single preacher IN FULL for the preaching of the Gospel. Paul reminds us to check the motives of leaders who emphasize payment of their service ABOVE the blessing of the soul of a man to receive The Kingdom.

Paul reminds us that while life is indeed life-ing, we should rejoice because we not only have peace with God, but also the peace OF God.

Paul's random instruction to three members of the Philippian church reminds us that we will inevitably have conflict, but it doesn't mean our relationships are unhealthy because of it.

We revisit Philippians 3 to highlight what following Jesus looks like and how being more like Him should motivate us to press toward Him given that He first pressed toward God by coming to get us.

Paul reminds us that our access to the Kingdom is not granted by anything we do or are, but all on what Christ has done and our absolute allegiance to Him.

The Spirit reveals to us that there is much we can glean from Paul's commendation of Timothy and Epaphroditus as we discern what constitutes biblical leadership.

We revisit One Band, One Sound as the Spirit reveals that if Jesus is the Head of the Church, we must love what He loves so that we can complete His mission and not deviate from His ultimate goal.

We all have our part to play in God's mission field. We must stay focused on glorifying Him, for we never know who God is trying to reach through us as we each work out our own salvation.

Opposition is inevitable. Paul reminds us that we must stand flat-footed on and stay anchored to the Rock, knowing that trials will come, and their arrival is a sign of progress in advancing the Gospel, not of failure.

Why are we doing all this? Why do we worship, attend church, read our Bibles, tell others of the Good News, let our lights shine, and conform our lives to model Christ? Paul reminds the Philippian church (and us) that we should be active participants in glorifying God in all we do.

As we begin a study of Philippians, Paul begins by telling us how grateful he is for the church at Philippi and prays that they continue to glorify God in all they do, setting the foundation for us to be mindful of what motivates us to worship Jesus.

Jesus knows us so well, He knows exactly what we need to hear AND how we need to hear it to move us toward Him and not away from Him. The Prodigal Son narrative reveals to us the love of a Good Father uniquely dispensed on His children for the purpose of godliness and deeper love for Him.

The Spirit shows us that the love of a mother for her demon-possessed daughter pushed her to overcome being labeled a curse, just as Jesus became a curse so that we may be blessed with redemption.

We may call Him Savior, but is He truly our Lord? We are challenged to assess ourselves and determine who truly sits on the throne of our hearts.

The Spirit reminds us that if we are not careful, our complacency in Jesus may cause us to compromise on the faith.

Why should anyone feel bad for Satan? Jesus reminds us that we should not celebrate someone being condemned to Hell, not even our greatest adversary.

The story of Cain is a story of us: whenever someone gets what we wanted from the Lord, what kind of spirit do we carry about us?

One situation can cause us to hate an entire people group, casting judgment upon a host of individuals who had nothing to do with the one person's pain cast upon us. This week, the Spirit reveals how unchecked pain can have devastating consequences.

The "Jezebel Spirit" is a myth. In reality, all of us have the ability, given the right motivation, to ruthlessly decimate anything standing in our way of what we want. And we need a Savior to turn that reckless abandon in the right direction.

Judas's betrayal of Jesus highlights the madness of our hearts and our willingness to betray a Jesus who doesn't fit the box we place Him in. We need a Savior to save us from our watered-down version of Him.

We are like Pilate who, when the pressure is on, have to decide what we are willing to give up to do the right thing. We need a Savior to give us hearts so deeply satisfied with Him that we are willing to sacrifice whatever it takes to do what is right.

Manipulation only requires the right motivation. This week, Delilah's betrayal of Samson reveals to us that at any time, our desires can lead us to do things out of character and out of step with God. We need a Savior not just to save us, but to rewire our desires in a way that glorifies Him above all else.

Pharaoh's God-hardened heart challenges us to look within ourselves and ask the Spirit whether we have become the villain in His story through pride, arrogance, abuse, worldly sorrow, and fear.

A study of 1 Corinthians

Paul's letter to the Romans is considered the Gospel according to Paul. He reminds us of what the Gospel is AND what the Gospel does.