Timberline Windsor | Discerning the Will of God | Donny Abbott

Timberline Windsor | Discerning the Will of God | Donny Abbott

The sermon “Discerning the Will of God” explains that understanding God’s will is less about discovering a hidden plan and more about growing in wisdom, trust, and relationship with God. Pastor Donny Abbott teaches that believers can discern God’s guidance through five key sources: God’s Word, wise counsel from other believers, life circumstances, the Holy Spirit, and prayer. Scripture provides clear principles that shape decisions, while trusted mentors and friends offer valuable perspective. Circumstances can sometimes point to God’s direction, but they should never be relied on alone because open and closed doors can be misleading. The Holy Spirit guides, comforts, and convicts believers as they walk closely with God, and prayer helps cultivate trust, wisdom, and dependence on Him. Ultimately, the sermon emphasizes that God is not hiding His will from His people; rather, He desires to lead them through a relationship with Him, and confidence grows when His Word, wise counsel, circumstances, the Holy Spirit, and prayer all begin to align.

Timberline Windsor | Fully Human: Who Am I? | Brent Cunningham

This sermon is about how people often build their identity on unstable things like achievements, relationships, feelings, or other people’s opinions, which can leave them lost or insecure. Using ideas from sociologists and philosophers like Charles Horton Cooley and Charles Taylor, the message explains modern “expressive individualism,” where people try to define themselves completely on their own. The sermon warns against four “identity traps”: defining yourself by what you do, who accepts you, what you feel, or what others say about you. Through Bible passages like Book of Isaiah 43:1–7, Gospel of John 1:12, and First Epistle to the Corinthians 6:9–11, the sermon teaches that true identity comes from God, not from human approval or personal success. It emphasizes humility, referencing C. S. Lewis, and encourages people to see themselves as fully known, loved, and transformed by God rather than by the world’s standards.

Timberline Windsor | Fully Human: Where Am I Going? | Felix Arellano

This sermon, “Walking with Longing,” is about how God meets people in their deepest disappointments, desires, and struggles rather than simply removing their problems. Using the metaphor of taking “three laps” around the question “Where am I going?”, the speaker explains that many human frustrations and unanswered prayers reveal deeper spiritual longings — especially the longing for eternity and restoration. Drawing from personal stories, Romans 8, and the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, the sermon teaches that humans were created for more than this broken world, which is why suffering, grief, and disappointment feel so painful. Instead of seeing longing as weakness, the message encourages believers to view it as evidence that they were made for eternal life with God. Ultimately, the sermon emphasizes hope, reminding listeners that God’s grace is present even in grief, that Jesus walks beside people even when they cannot recognize Him, and that eternity and resurrection give meaning and comfort in the middle of life’s pain.

Timberline Windsor | Mother's Day: Seeds of Faith | Donny Abbott

This Mother’s Day service centers on the theme “Seeds of Faith,” using Jesus’ parables of the growing seed and the mustard seed in Mark 4 to illustrate how faith is planted, nurtured, and grown over time. The message acknowledges that Mother’s Day brings a mix of emotions—joy, grief, longing, regret, and gratitude—while encouraging everyone to honor the women and mother figures who have impacted their lives. Through Scripture and personal stories from three women in the church, the service highlights how small, ordinary acts of faithfulness—prayers, conversations, sacrifices, and daily love—can produce lasting spiritual growth, even when the results aren’t immediately visible. Ultimately, the message reminds the congregation that while people plant seeds of faith, God is the one who faithfully brings growth and harvest in His timing.

Timberline Windsor | Fully Human: How Should I Live? | Donny Abbott

This message explores the question “How should I live?” by pointing to a life shaped not by culture or personal preference, but by God’s design. Drawing from Micah 6:8, it emphasizes three core actions: doing justice (living with fairness and integrity toward others), loving kindness (showing genuine, truth-filled compassion), and walking humbly with God (recognizing our dependence on Him rather than ourselves). It explains that outward religious actions mean little without inward transformation, which comes through surrendering our lives to God and allowing Him to renew our minds, as described in Romans 12:1–2. Ultimately, the message teaches that a meaningful, purposeful life is one transformed from the inside out, reflecting God’s character in everyday actions.