Eagle Ridge Church of God Sermons

6/21/26 Journey Back from Exile

Route 66 Summer Road Trip Week 3: The Journey Back from Exile Ezra 1:1-3 NLT Exile: * Forced removal from one’s home or country. * The condition or period of self-imposed absence from one’s country or home. Jeremiah 25:11 & 29:10 NLT Ezra 1:1-5 , 7:6-7 NLT; 7:25 NLT Nehemiah 2:1-6 NLT Returning from exile includes: o Returning to worship. o Returning to the Word. o Returning to community. If you are not currently in exile… How can you guide others on their journey back? How to Come Back from Exile o Return to worship. o Return to the Word. o Return to community. Luke 15:22-24 NLT This week, I will reach out to ______________ with a kind word of encouragement and support.

6/14/26 Naaman: On the Road to Humility

Route 66 Summer Road Trip Week 2: Naaman: On the Road to Humility   For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 14:11 NLT You can choose “to be humbled” or choose “to humble yourself”. Jesus repeatedly told us and showed us why and how to demonstrate humility. John 13:14-15 NLT; 2 Kings 5:2-3 NLT She demonstrated humility through her character. 2 Kings 5:1 NLT He learns humility through faith and obedience. 2 Kings 5:4-6, 7, 8 NLT He illustrates humility through his actions of self-depreciation. 2 Kings 5:9-10, 11-12 NLT …“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5 NLT 2 Kings 5:13-14, 15-16 NLT Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up in honor. James 4:10 NLT Philippians 4:3-8 NLT Steps of Obedience: 1.    Who has been an example of humility to you through their Godlycharacter and self-depreciation; thinking of others before themselves andgiving God the glory?   * Contact them this week and let them know their humble spirit hasencouraged or inspired you.   2.    The James 4:10 Key for opening your Humility Door  * A reminder to humble yourself before God. And ask Him, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to help you practice an attitude of humility especially in the ________________ area of your life.

6/7/26 A Step of Faith

Route 66 Summer Road Trips Week 1: A Step of Faith "Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you." Acts 7:3 NLT The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan, Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites. Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord, who had appeared to him. Genesis 12:1-7 NLT Travel Checklist: 1. Know that God is with you. 2. Take the first step of faith! 3. Document/Journal the "Crazy".

5/31/26 Where Commitment is Visible

Jesus is Superior, Period. Week 8: Where Commitment is Visible Hebrews 13:1-6 ESV Our commitment to Jesus as superior, period becomes visible in the day-to-day. Verses one through 6 demonstrate that true Christian commitment involves living out commitment to Christ in the nitty gritty of daily living beds and bankrolls cannot be separated from theology. This is where the reality of our relationship with God is manifested. The dusty and crowded sidewalks, the kitchen tables, the lunchrooms and lounges, are the places where we must “confess his name” and “do good and…share with others” (13:15-16) if we are to live authentically as believers. We must work out these principles in daily practice. George H. Guthrie, The NIV Application Commentary, Hebrews, pg. 446 The everyday is where we die to a self-focused, self-directed way of living. Luke 9:23-24 Our commitment to Jesus as superior, period becomes visible in the everyday when…We care for people who need care. Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Our commitment to Jesus as superior, period becomes visible when…We express our sexuality as God designed. “The moral Guidelines found in Hebrews 1-3 are grounded not in a person's existential sense of morality but in a covenant relationship with Jesus Christ, who is quotation marks the same yesterday and today and forever.” George H. Guthrie, The NIV Application Commentary, Hebrews, pg. 445 Our commitment to Jesus as superior, period becomes visible when…We put our trust in God not money. Hebrews 13:20-21 Steps of Obedience: 1. Confess isolating Jesus from the way you live. 2. Take the step God is calling you to make that brings your commitment into your daily life?

5/24/26 Faithful Endurance

Jesus is Superior, Period. Week 7: Faithful Endurance Hebrews 12:1-4 * looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith… * Faithful endurance can only be achieved by focusing on Jesus * looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him… 1. Focusing on Jesus begins by anticipating Joy Romans 8:18-23 * looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross… 2. Focusing on Jesus means through not around struggle and suffering * looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame… 3. Focusing on Jesus disregards shame messages * looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 4. Focusing on Jesus returns to Joy experienced in God’s presence Hebrews 12:28 “Let us” practice focusing that leads to enduring. 1. Commit Hebrews 12:2-3 to memory 2. Feed on it for 30 days