Audio Messages & Sermon Series - Crosswinds, Plainfield, IL

How will you live your life in 2015? By word or by reason? Most people in this world live their lives by their own reason, but the Bible would encourage us to filter every decision through the word of God. If we do that, we will be prosperous and successful in the things we do because the Bible gives a true standard by which we can make our decisions.

In 2015 what will be your focus religion or faith? Only one can save you! It is important that we read God’s word consistently so that we remember to focus on God’s promises by faith and not our self-effort by religion. Our works can only lead to death, but trusting in Jesus' work on the cross leads to everlasting life.

In John Chapter 7 Jesus the man who claimed to be God tells the most religious people on the planet that they do not know God! They seek to kill him yet in His mercy Jesus invites even his enemies to drink of Him and know eternal life. Where are you quenching your thirst for God? In Jesus or in the functional saviors of your life. If in Jesus then according to His word out of your heart will flow rivers of living water to refresh thirsty souls around you.

Paul introduces Timothy and Epaphroditus in Philippians 2:19-30 as examples of ordinary people whose lives were shaped by the grace of Jesus into lives of genuine concern, faithful service, humility, and sacrifice. Rather than asking, "What can I get?" they lived by asking, "How can I serve Christ by serving others?" The message challenges us to allow God's grace to reshape our time, relationships, resources, gifts, and priorities so that our lives increasingly reflect Jesus.

Philippians 2:12–18 challenges believers to live out the salvation God has already given them—not to earn salvation, but as a response to God’s work within them. Paul teaches that because God is actively working in us, our lives should be marked by humble obedience, gratitude rather than grumbling, and a willingness to serve others even when nobody is watching.

In Philippians 2:1–11, Paul challenges believers to allow Christ to transform not only what they do, but how they think, especially in a culture that encourages self-promotion, comparison, status, and personal achievement.

This is part of our series titled: Inner Life, a journey through the book of Philippians. This message is based on Philippians 1:26-30

This is part of our series titled: Inner Life, a journey through the book of Philippians. This message is based on Philippians 1:18-26

This message is part of our series called: Inner Life, a journey through the book of Philippians. This sermon is based on Philippians 1:12-18. Pastor Ken Schultz teaches that like Paul, whose imprisonment advanced the gospel among Caesar's elite guards, our hardest circumstances become our greatest witness when Christ lives within us.

Based on Philippians 1:1-11 Paul wrote the letter to the Philippians while imprisoned, yet his life overflowed with joy because his confidence rested in Christ rather than his circumstances. This message reminds us that true victory begins in our inner life, where our identity is found in being servants of Jesus, partners in the gospel, and recipients of God's unfailing grace.