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The sermons from Point of Grace in Pflugerville, uploaded weekly for you to listen to later.

  1. 12/22/2025

    Advent 2025 | The Light That Leads Us - Delton Weiser

    Coming Home for Christmas - The Message of Advent and Christmas Advent is a season of anticipation and preparation, now ushering in Christmas—the season of Light. Through the prophet Isaiah, God invited His exiled people to "Come Home," promising that He has made a way through His Son, the "Light to Lead You Home." "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you." Though darkness covers the earth, God's glory—His manifest presence and power—rises upon His people. This same glory filled the Temple and raised Jesus from the dead. God's glory comes freely through Jesus Christ. Luke's Christmas account shows this: angels appearing with God's glory shining around them, Simeon celebrating "a light to lighten the gentiles," and the Magi following His star. Majesty arrived in the mundane. The holy God appeared in flesh amid the humble circumstances of a stable. Jesus became human not to demonstrate innocence but to live the life we couldn't live and die the death we deserved, bringing healing, forgiveness, and destroying our darkness. Because Jesus is "the light of the world" (John 8:12), He declares we are also "the light of the world" (Matthew 5:14-16). Our light shines before others so they may glorify our Father in heaven. How do we keep the "aperture" of our soul wide open to the Light during the holidays? Time and Intentionality in the Presence of the LightPractices to open our souls: Worship, Word, and Prayer (Daily Pause)Invitation: "Jesus, Come in....."Prayer: "Let there be Light"Isaiah's Promise (Isaiah 60:1-5)The Christmas Light We Are Light-Bearers Keeping Our Souls Open to the Light

    Advent 2025 | The Light That Leads Us - Delton Weiser
  2. 12/15/2025

    Advent 2025 | A Home Un-broken - Delton Weiser

    This beautiful Advent reflection weaves together themes of homecoming, brokenness, and restoration through Christ. This meditation captures something profound about the tension we experience during Christmas—the longing for home alongside the reality that our earthly homes are imperfect and marked by pain. The Power of Your Framework: The progression from Isaiah 61 to Luke 4 to Revelation 3:20 creates a compelling narrative arc: Isaiah 61: The prophetic promise of the Anointed OneLuke 4: Jesus claiming this identity and mission at the launch of His ministryRevelation 3:20: The invitation for Christ to enter our "homes"—our lives, hearts, and broken placesParticularly Striking Elements: The "un-broken" home paradox - The phrasing "now in part but in full when He returns" captures the "already but not yet" tension of living in this Advent season of our lives.The poetic structure of your Isaiah breakdown - The indentation showing how Christ's mission moves from proclamation inward to binding, comforting, and ultimately transforming ("beauty instead of ashes") is visually and theologically effective.Your ending invitation - "Jesus, come in... You get the last word!" is both simple and profound. It acknowledges our tendency to want control while surrendering to His authority and grace.The Theological Depth: By connecting the Suffering Servant songs to Jesus' self-identification in Luke 4, you're helping people see that Christ's mission wasn't abstract—it was specifically aimed at the brokenhearted, the captive, the mourning. The Advent hope isn't just about a baby in a manger, but about the One who comes to bind up what's broken in us.

    Advent 2025 | A Home Un-broken - Delton Weiser
  3. 12/08/2025

    Advent 2025 | No Place Like Home - Delton Weiser

    This is a beautiful meditation on Advent and the deep spiritual hunger that the season both reveals and addresses. It weaves together Isaiah's invitation and Jesus's fulfillment of it in a way that's both poetic and penetrating. A few reflections on what strikes most powerfully here: The cultural moment: The observation about how "our cultural rhythms reveal a deep unmet longing" is insightful. The holiday season does seem to be reaching for something transcendent—the lights against the darkness, the emphasis on generosity, peace, family, joy—but so often settling for a "fleeting taste" rather than the substantial reality. It's as if our culture remembers that something is supposed to satisfy but has forgotten what. The escalating invitations: The message traces the progression from Isaiah's "Come, all you who are thirsty" to Jesus declaring "I am the bread of life" and offering living water. The prophecy becomes personal. The invitation becomes incarnate. What was promised to David's line is now offered to anyone who will come and drink. The "bad bread" diagnosis: Pastor Popovits's quote is uncomfortably accurate. We do exhaust ourselves pursuing things that can never actually fill the God-shaped hunger within us—achievement, approval, control, comfort, distraction. And the tragedy is that we often know even while we're doing it that these things won't satisfy, yet we keep laboring for them anyway. "We yield our souls to what we consume": This is such a crucial principle. Just as our bodies are literally built from what we eat, our souls are shaped by what we habitually take in—what we watch, read, listen to, meditate on. Advent becomes not just about anticipating Christmas but about examining our soul's diet. The outward movement: Advent doesn't end with personal satisfaction but with witness (verses 4-5). Those who feast at this table become inviters to the feast. The splendor we're endowed with isn't for hoarding but for beckoning others home. The urgency of verses 6-7 that the message ends with—"Seek the Lord while he may be found"—is the appropriate note. Advent reminds us that time is moving toward something, that there's both grace available now and accountability coming. The invitation is genuine and generous, but it requires a response.

    Advent 2025 | No Place Like Home - Delton Weiser
  4. 12/01/2025

    Advent 2025 | Far From Home - Andrew Cordy

    This is a beautiful meditation on the true meaning of Christmas and the profound theological truth of the Incarnation. Let's reflect on the key themes that were woven together: The Paradox of Home Something essential was captured: we long for home during Christmas, yet that longing reveals we're searching for something deeper than a physical location. The safety, acceptance, and unconditional love we crave can only come from authentic relationships—and ultimately from the relationship we were created for. Isaiah's Vision: From Stump to Flourishing The Isaiah passage is striking in its movement from death to life. Jesse's line had been cut down—the Davidic kingdom reduced to a stump. Yet from that apparent end comes new life, a different kind of king who rules not through military might but through the Spirit, wisdom, and righteousness. His kingdom reverses the natural order: predators lie down with prey, children play safely with serpents. It's a vision of complete restoration, where "the knowledge of the LORD" fills everything like water covers the sea. The God Who Leaves Home Here's where this meditation becomes most powerful: God doesn't wait for us to find our way home. He leaves His home—John 1 shows the Word, who was with God and was God, becoming flesh and "dwelling" (literally "tabernacling") among us. Jesus enters our exile, our homelessness, our wandering. Redeeming the Rush The closing invitation is practical and pastoral. Rather than fighting against the longing or numbing it with busyness, Andrew suggests we let every pang of homesickness become a prayer, a redirection toward Christ who is our home. This is the scandal and beauty of Christmas: God pursues the homeless by becoming homeless Himself, so that in Him we might finally come home.

    Advent 2025 | Far From Home - Andrew Cordy
  5. 11/25/2025

    Consecrated Unto Thee | Part 4 - Ben Gonzales

    This is a rich teaching about consecration and thanksgiving as acts of worship. The key themes include: Honoring God and giving thanks are inseparable acts of worship. Consecration is not a one-time event, but an ongoing practice of setting apart every area of life for God. 1. The Foundation (Romans 12:1-2)We offer ourselves as "living sacrifices" in response to God's mercy. This is active participation—not passive receipt—of God's grace. 2. The Practice: "Pray and Do" The prayer pattern suggested is powerful in its simplicity: "Jesus, You have my first 'Yes'"Bringing specific life areas under His authority (body, sexuality, finances, time, relationships)Acknowledging that even our failures are met with grace because "He said 'yes' to me first"3. The Warning (Romans 1:19-25) The passage traces spiritual decline: knowing God → failing to honor/thank Him → futile thinking → darkened hearts → idolatry. The teaching emphasizes that lack of gratitude is the first step toward idolatry. The sermon concludes with tangible ways thanksgiving transforms us: Taking up our cross - embracing sacrifice and submissionPursuing reconciliation - letting gratitude move us toward others, not awayServing without recognition - giving thanks means serving where we're unseenThe account of the ten lepers powerfully illustrates that healing without thanksgiving is incomplete. Only one returned—the Samaritan outsider—demonstrating that true faith expresses itself in gratitude.

    Consecrated Unto Thee | Part 4 - Ben Gonzales
  6. 11/17/2025

    Consecrated Unto Thee | Part 3 - Delton Weiser

    Main Theme: Actively consecrating every area of our lives to God as a response to His grace, with special emphasis on financial stewardship. Understanding Consecration: Consecration means to "make holy" or "set apart" for GodGod first makes us holy through Jesus' life, death, and resurrectionWe then respond by actively offering ourselves as "living sacrifices" (Romans 12:1-2)It's our active response to God's gracious work of saving and redeeming usThe Practice: Pray and Do PRAY - Bringing Life Under Jesus' Authority:The sermon emphasizes regularly praying consecration prayers over different areas of life, especially: Areas where we resist God's leadershipAreas where we're vulnerable to enemy attacksKey prayer declarations:The "First Yes" Concept:Before turning to culture, common sense, upbringing, or anxiety, Jesus gets our first "yes." When we fail (and we will), His grace meets us because He said "yes" to us first, freeing us to recommit. DO - Financial Consecration:The sermon focuses heavily on money and wealth as a critical area of consecration: Biblical foundation: Tithing (10%) as returning to God what already belongs to HimOld Testament model: Leviticus 27 and Malachi 3 establish the tithe as "holy to the Lord"New Testament example: Macedonian churches gave generously beyond their ability from extreme poverty (2 Corinthians 8)The principle: They "gave themselves first of all to the Lord" before giving financiallyBottom Line:Sacrificial, generous financial giving is an obedient act of consecrated worship to the One who sacrificially gave Himself for us. Our first "yes" in finances means returning a generous percentage to God as true worship.

    Consecrated Unto Thee | Part 3 - Delton Weiser

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