HeyJaredFaith Lift
Weekly Sermons from Rev Craig Gommer. Just a guy trying to help people find God in their lives and be Christ in their community and the world
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Dressed for Discipleship (opens the original)
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Every morning, we make a decision before we even leave the house: what are we going to wear? In this episode, we dig into Romans 13:8-14, where the apostle Paul suggests we've been asking the wrong question. It's not "what am I going to wear today?" — it's "who am I going to wear today?" We explore Paul's striking call to "put on the Lord Jesus Christ," unpacking what it means to treat faith less like a belief we hold and more like a garment we choose, every single day. Along the way: the one de
From Rock to Stumbling Block (opens the original)
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Have you ever gotten the biggest answer of your life exactly right — and then, just moments later, gotten everything else completely wrong? That's exactly where Peter finds himself in this week's episode, going from naming Jesus as the Messiah to being called "Satan" just six verses later. Pastor Craig unpacks Matthew 16:21-28, the real cost of following Jesus, and a life lesson from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library along the way — recorded alongside Christ UMC's Healing Service. Wherever you
Who Do You Say? (opens the original)
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Peter didn't answer a trivia question at Caesarea Philippi — he spoke from something he'd witnessed and wrestled with. In this episode, we into Matthew 16:13-20, exploring what it means to move from recognizing who Jesus is to actually saying so out loud — to the people in our own lives.
"Lights" — Sent to Shine (opens the original)
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Six weeks ago, we set out with a question borrowed from an old rock song: what does it mean to never stop believing? We've walked through hope, welcome, perseverance, trust, and rest — and this week, the journey lands somewhere unexpected: not an ending, but a sending. Inspired by Journey's "Lights" — a song Steve Perry rewrote entirely once he found the place he actually belonged — We close out the series with Matthew 5:14–16 and a simple, world-changing truth: you are the light of the world. N
Be Good to Yourself — Grace, Rest, and Remembering You Are Loved (opens the original)
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Some of the most exhausted people you'll ever meet are the ones telling everyone else to rest. This week, Pastor Craig unpacks the surprising true story behind Journey's "Be Good to Yourself" — written by two men who couldn't practice what they were about to preach. Drawing from Matthew 11:28–30 and Psalm 103:13–14, we ask what it means to lay a burden down — not once you've earned it, but simply because you're weary and Jesus is asking you to come. If rest feels like something you have to earn,
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