GraceOC Sermons

Christmas has come and gone. You've had your holiday gatherings, opened the gifts, and entered a new year. But what now? What should our focus be? Using the story of the shepherds from Luke 2, Jarrod challenges us to focus anew on Jesus Christ, and how that should play out in our lives in these days after Christmas.

Can you give an answer to this question: Why did Jesus come to earth? The Christmas season is a loud declaration on who we are as human beings, and if you can effectively answer why Jesus came to earth, then you may also be able to see what his arrival says about us as humanity. In "The Christmas Story, Uncut", Jarrod brings us a reality check about what Christmas profoundly declares to us.

For many, the Christmas season is anything but full of joy, peace, and goodwill. Reality for these people is that Christmas can be a time of misery, and a season of the year they'd rather avoid altogether. The Biblical Christmas story contains misery worse than most of us can even imagine. But why would God include this in the middle of the account of His son's birth? Jarrod tells us why in "Christmas Tears".

Imagine if the story of the Wise Men visiting the baby Jesus read something like this: "And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, sifting through their clothes, they were able to scrape together five dollars from the change they had in their pockets." What would you think of the Wise Men? What would you think of Jesus?

What gives us the power to live out a marriage that honors our spouse, even when they don't deserve it? How do we live out a marriage that has brought us anything but happiness? In this final message of the "7 Truths That Will Change Your Marriage Series", Jarrod turns the spotlight onto Jesus Christ as the model for our marriage.

What were you hoping for when you got married? Were you looking for the peaceful life with the one you love, together with the house, the dog, and the 2.6 kids? Or, were you looking just to be happy? But, what if you heard that your happiness may have never been God's goal for your marriage? What if there's something much greater and deeper? Find out what that is in Truth #6 - "Glorious Collision".

The issue of submission in marriage has, at times, been viewed as one of the Bible's most controversial subjects. However, God was clear in his message regarding this issue in Ephesians 5 when he spoke through the apostle Paul on what the economy of marriage was supposed to look like. In "You Complete Me", Part 2, Jarrod uses both God's word and the practical advice of real-life interviews to examine what Godly submission, love, and respect within marriage should be.

What's a man's role in marriage? How about a woman's? How should these roles interact within the framework of a Godly marriage? In Part 1 of "You Complete Me", Jarrod challenges us by examining the roles God provided within the marriage design, and he ably tackles some controversial verses from Ephesians 5.

Did you know that that way you handle money can make you more aware of God's presence and even bring Him pleasure? In this episode, we'll open the sermon vault and hear a past message from Jarrod that invites us to take a look at the tithe. We'll see how our obedience to God's word is really an outgrowth of our maturity in Christ and reflective of the gratitude for the lavish grace he has given us.

Is your marriage pulling together, or is it fracturing apart? Like our relationship to God, there is no in-between when it comes to whether we're progressing towards or regressing from our mate. In this episode, Jarrod will offer challenges to both to our views of marriage and the social paradigms that have attempted to wreck one of God's most precious creations.

Has something or someone come in-between you and your spouse? Are you even aware that there might be something there that is killing your marriage? In "The In-Between", Jarrod uses God's word to help us sort out those good, great, or even God-given things that can quickly lead a healthy marriage towards troubled waters.

God invented marriage. As its inventor, He has a certain design and function for it. In this episode, Jarrod not only looks at God's definition of marriage, he directly confronts many cultural paradigms about it.

This podcast begins a much-anticipated series from Pastor Jarrod on the subject of marriage. Whether you're married or single, you'll soon discover that this is a series you should pay attention to. In this episode, Jarrod opens the "7 Truths" series by not only providing a great overview of the series, but by also giving us Truth #1.

Have you ever looked at the landscape of your life and wondered if God had completely abandoned you? Did your situations and the storms in your life make you feel completely alone? In the conclusion of the series, "Prayers That Get You Through the Night", Jarrod reminds us of the unwavering truth of God, even when our world is altered by our trials.

Jesus promised us that in our lives we would have troubles. But, when those troubles come, where do you run? In this episode, Jarrod reminds us that it's Jesus that we run to, even before we look for comfort. In this second part of "The Dark Night of the Soul", we take a look at King David as we hear five realities that help us get through those troubling times.