Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 21 March 18, 2025 A powerful exploration of Esther’s courage and commitment as a type of the Bride of Christ, challenging believers to recognize their divine appointment.
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 20 March 16, 2025 Examining the contrast between worldly adornment and godly character through Isaiah’s warning and Esther’s example of inner beauty that pleases God.
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 19 March 11, 2025 A biblical examination of pride as a root sin that produces other abominations, with practical guidance for cultivating genuine humility.
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 18 March 9, 2025 A powerful examination of pride’s partnership with offense and how God’s unchanging character continues to abhor pride in all its manifestations.
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 17 March 4, 2025 Pride’s subtle origins and manifestations, from Lucifer’s fall to our daily battle for the heart, with humility as the divine antidote.
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 16 March 2, 2025 Pride, haughtiness, and offense create a deadly spiritual partnership leading to bondage and deception when they join forces in a believer’s heart.
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 15 February 25, 2025 Pastor Shelley examines the spiritual progression in 2 Peter 1:5-8, emphasizing how believers must actively participate in adding virtues to their faith. The sermon focuses particularly on temperance (self-control) and managing anger as crucial steps …
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 14 February 23, 2025 This sermon explores the “spirit of offense” as a spiritual trap that partners with other negative influences like anger, bitterness, and division. Pastor Steven L. Shelley identifies three categories of partnering spirits: self-centeredness, …
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 13 February 18, 2025 This sermon explores the characteristics of the spirit of offense through three main categories: its self-centered nature, the stronghold of bitterness, and its divisive effects. Using James 1:19-20 as foundation, it reveals how offense often manifests as …
Sermon Above All Else, Guard Your Heart — Part 12 February 16, 2025 This message examines the nature and impact of offense in believers’ lives, revealing how it partners with spirits like anger to create compound spiritual problems. Through Hebrew word studies and practical examples, it demonstrates how offense …
