Divine Savior Church-Santa Rita Ranch Sermons
Sunday messages from Divine Savior Church-Santa Rita Ranch in Liberty Hill, TX.
Episodes
402 episodes since 2016
1. Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? | Job: Finding Peace on an Unpredictable Path
No matter who you are, young, old, rich, poor, sick, healthy, you face pressure in life. Parenting pressure, school pressure, work pressure, loneliness and grief pressure. We are often “surviving” one day at a time and don’t know what we will d...
September 15, 2024
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27:08
When You Need a Neighbor | Pastor Rob Sirilla
Guest preacher Pastor Rob Sirilla shares a message on the Good Samaritan.
September 08, 2024
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24:01
3. Live for Jesus | Joining Jesus in Changing Lives
Integrating faith into daily life is essential for becoming a contributing member of the body of Christ, supporting one another like family. Jesus asks, “Do you trust me with your life?” As our master and Disciple-Maker, He guides us to grow in...
September 01, 2024
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24:37
2. Listen to Jesus | Joining Jesus in Changing Lives
Starting the journey with the foundational teachings of Jesus’ truth is crucial. Jesus asks, “Do you listen to me?” highlighting the importance of His saving work as described in His Word. We thrive on joy rather than guilt by taking Jesus’ tru...
August 25, 2024
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25:06
1. Discover Jesus | Joining Jesus in Changing Lives
In this week's sermon, we discover the initial encounter of John’s disciples with Jesus, where they are invited to "come and see" (John 1:39). This invitation is not just to observe but to discover who Jesus is. As Jesus asks, “Who do you say I...
August 18, 2024
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27:00
10. God Won't Give Us More Than We Can Handle | Are You Sure That's What It Means?
"God will never give you more than you can handle." If that is true, God must really believe in your abilities to handle a difficult situation! But what happens when you fail to handle it? Is God disappointed in you? It seems like a comforting ...
August 11, 2024
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26:55
9. God Will Speak To You If You Just Listen | Are You Sure That's What It Means?
Elijah heard the voice of God in the form of a whisper. Many people today claim that God speaks to them in whispers when they pray, through dreams, intuitions, feelings and circumstances. Wouldn't it be great to know that God loves us so person...
August 04, 2024
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24:36
8. God's Plans to Prosper You | Are You Sure That's What It Means?
"I wish I could figure out what God's plan is for my life." Many Christians have mouthed these anguished words. They read Jeremiah 29:11 and conclude that God has a detailed, tailored plan for their life that they just need to discover. This pr...
July 28, 2024
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25:01
7. Jesus Exceeds Expectations | Are You Sure That's What It Means?
Seminary student and guest preacher Zach Neuman shares a message of peace based on Mark 4:35-41.
July 21, 2024
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18:11
6. Jesus Speaks with Authority for You | Are You Sure That's What it Means?
Guest Pastor Rob Sirilla shares a message of hope based on Mark 1:21-28.
July 14, 2024
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25:40
5. Don't Judge | Are You Sure That's What It Means?
"Don't judge me!" is not just a common saying, it is a philosophy of life for those controlled by the sinful nature. "Let me do whatever makes me feel good as long as it doesn't hurt other people, and don't criticize me for it." Even unbeliever...
July 07, 2024
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24:15
4. You Can Have Life Without Limits | Are You Sure That's What It Means?
Philippians 4:13 might easily be called the Christian version of, "Just do it." There's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it...and trust in Jesus. Jesus will make it possible to achieve what you thought was impossible: beat cancer, f...
June 30, 2024
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28:07
3. Dying Is Just a Part of Life | Are You Sure That's What It Means?
Dying seems so normal because it happens to everyone and so it is tempting to think that it is just a part of the life that God designed for us...but it isn't. Death is not our friend, nor is it something we should just "get used to" simply bec...
June 23, 2024
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25:04
2. God Loves You the Way You Are | Are You Sure That's What It Means?
"God is love" is one of the most beautiful and comforting truths of the Bible, but it is also one of the most abused. Some understand God's love as if it were like human love, mostly based in feelings that change according to the behavior of th...
June 16, 2024
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25:58
1. Faith Alone Isn't Enough | Are You Sure That's What It Means?
It just sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Those who trust in Jesus alone are completely forgiven and reconciled with God. This is what you have been taught, but this is such an important issue so it totally makes sense that there must be ...
June 09, 2024
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28:40
8. Follow Your Shepherds and Stand Firm | The Living Hope of Easter
As sheep, we are prone to wander. We need a Shepherd over us and we need to shepherd one another. Let’s follow our shepherds, pray for them, and encourage them. We are all serving The Shepherd who gave his life for us. So we humble ourselves, b...
June 02, 2024
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26:48
7. Don't Be Surprised Life Isn't Easy | The Living Hope of Easter
It’s not easy being a Christian today. It never has been. Jesus said that would be the case. We need a deeper joy, a deeper hope to live for to make it through. Easter gives us that living hope. But don’t be surprised by the suffering. Jesus ex...
May 26, 2024
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25:46
6. Living for God | The Living Hope of Easter
Jesus knows what it is like to be ridiculed, abandoned, and humiliated. He suffered for us and by doing that, gave us a reason to live for Him, even when that is hard or means suffering for us. The first enemy we have to fight is our own sinful...
May 19, 2024
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21:50
5. Better to Suffer for Doing Good | The Living Hope of Easter
It’s not easy to suffer. We want to fight back and get revenge. But as Jesus followers, we live a new way. We don’t repay evil with evil, but evil with good. We are called to actively bless people! Even hard-to-bless people! If we are afraid of...
May 05, 2024
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25:31
4. Follow in His Steps | The Living Hope of Easter
We live in two different kingdoms – the kingdom of the world, and God’s kingdom. As citizens of this kingdom, we are called to submit to the governing authorities. It is part of how we honor God. But we do this remembering there is one true Kin...
April 28, 2024
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25:46
3. The Greatest Building, The Greatest Story | The Living Hope of Easter
Jesus purified us and made us new - God's special possession! So it doesn’t make sense to keep living the way we used to. Let’s live new lives, imitating Him. Loving the hard-to-love. Let’s grow in our faith by continuing to be fed with his Wor...
April 21, 2024
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25:27
2. Joy in Suffering | The Living Hope of Easter
Grief. Suffering. Hardship. Loss. These experiences can cause hopelessness. We need a deeper joy, a deeper hope to live for to make it through. Easter gives that to us. So does the fact that God was thinking about us since before creation! The ...
April 14, 2024
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25:57
1. How Shall We Now Live? | The Living Hope of Easter
It’s not easy being a Christian in our world. The living hope of Easter makes it easier, it makes it possible. We learn how to think with hope and how to live with hope. The way we live shows what we are hoping in. God made us “strangers” in th...
April 07, 2024
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22:59