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King of Kings is a family of faith who support and nurture each other with the goal of building a stronger community. Our door is open to all—we believe that worshiping, serving, and learning together brings us closer together and closer to God. Enjoy our sermons here, and to find out more about who we are visit kingofkingswoodbury.org.

  1. Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Use People Instead of Loving Them // Pastor Jon Larson

    8H AGO

    Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Use People Instead of Loving Them // Pastor Jon Larson

    If you want a life that’s safe but shallow, start here:  Chase Comfort Over Calling –Pick What's Easy Instead of What God is Asking of You. Choose the easy path. Avoid challenges. Prioritize security, convenience, pleasure and ease over obedience and growth. Settle for convenience instead of stepping into the purpose God has for you. Ignore God’s promptings, tune out the nudges, convictions and the invitations that push you toward your calling. Rationalize why now isn’t the right time or why it’s easier to wait. Avoid risk and sacrifice. Tell yourself that following God’s calling is too hard, too risky or too uncertain. Let your decisions be guided by temporary satisfaction rather than eternal significance. Choose the path that requires the least resistance, even if it means ignoring your purpose. Expect life to be easy, resist the challenge to grow, serve or impact the world. Believe that if God is with you, everything should be smooth and that any resistance means you're on the wrong path. When trials come, feel entitled to escape them, not endure them.

    18 min
  2. Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Neglect Spiritual Life // Pastor Amelia Houdek

    4D AGO

    Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Neglect Spiritual Life // Pastor Amelia Houdek

    Intimacy with God doesn’t vanish overnight, it fades with every missed moment of connection. Spiritual drift may feel harmless, but it leads to disconnection, disillusionment and defeat. No one wakes up spiritually healthy by accident; abiding in Jesus requires intentionality. If you’re not being transformed by Christ, you’re being conformed by the world. God’s mercy is fresh every day and He is always ready to welcome you back, no shame, no delay. Return to God, stay connected and let your life be shaped by His presence.

    21 min
  3. Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Hide Grief and Stay Busy // Pastor Jon Larson

    MAR 3

    Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Hide Grief and Stay Busy // Pastor Jon Larson

    If your goal is to stay isolated, overwhelmed and spiritually stuck, start here: Hide Your Struggles – Pretend You’re Fine and Never Confess or Seek Help. Wear a mask. Keep everything polished on the outside while your heart quality breaks on the inside. Avoid vulnerability at all costs. Let pride or guilt keep you quiet. Tell yourself you don’t need help and believe the lie that admitting weakness is failure. Keep your prayers polished, distant and superficial. Build walls around your heart by refusing to be real with God and assume that He only wants the cleaned-up version of you. Let the fear of judgement, rejection and what others may think keep you from being honest. Hide behind smiles and surface-level conversations answering, “I’m fine” while silently falling apart. When life gets hard, withdraw, isolate yourself, avoid community, stop showing up and keep people at a distance. Tell yourself no one would understand and that you don’t need help. Stay busy enough that you don’t have to deal with what’s really going on. Hiding may feel safer for a moment, but it only deepens the hurt and postpones healing.

    16 min
  4. Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Believe That Nothing Really Matters // Pastor Jon Larson

    FEB 27

    Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Believe That Nothing Really Matters // Pastor Jon Larson

    If you want to ruin your life from the inside out, start here: Be Nihilistic - Believe That Nothing Really Matters. Tell yourself that life has no meaning, no purpose and that your choices are insignificant. Mock hope. Decide that right and wrong are just opinions, that morality is subjective and that nothing you do, good or bad, really matters in the end. So why try? Why care? Treat all beliefs as equally meaningless or irrelevant and stop seeking truth. Silence your conscience urging you toward goodness and love. Ignore it. Numb it. Laugh it off. Float through life without anchoring to anything solid; believing that life is meaningless and that there's no real purpose, value,or truth to anything.

    21 min
  5. Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Compromise in Private // Pastor Amelia Houdek

    FEB 27

    Self Sabotage: From Ruin to Redemption - Compromise in Private // Pastor Amelia Houdek

    "Compromise in Private" is an Ash Wednesday meditation on how spiritual drift rarely happens through dramatic failure, but through slow, quiet wearing. Tonight we name what has shifted, not to shame ourselves, but to be steadied. The soil of who we are has not changed its nature. We begin Lent by telling the truth about our mortality and trusting the faithfulness of God.

    15 min
  6. Why Journaling Still Matters // Pastor Amelia Houdek

    FEB 23

    Why Journaling Still Matters // Pastor Amelia Houdek

    Many of us feel scattered—pulled in too many directions, carrying more than we know how to name. Scripture reminds us that God’s people have always needed ways to slow down, to remember, and to pay attention to where God is at work. Drawing from Psalm 77, Lamentations 3, and Psalm 102, Why Journaling Still Matters explores remembering as an act of faith and hope. Through Scripture and song, we are invited to notice God’s faithfulness taking shape in our lives—like raising an Ebenezer—especially when memory and clarity feel thin.

    24 min
  7. Why Mentorship Still Matters // Pastor Jon Larson

    FEB 13

    Why Mentorship Still Matters // Pastor Jon Larson

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    21 min
  8. Why Repentance Still Matters // Pastor Jon Larson

    FEB 6

    Why Repentance Still Matters // Pastor Jon Larson

    Why does repentance still matter? Because something happens after confession.  This message reflects on repentance as a real change of direction: of leaving what was and stepping toward what will be. Repentance is more than feeling sorry or naming sin; it is turning back to God with the whole self. Through Scripture, story, and everyday images, we explore what we hold onto, what we are called to leave behind, and how God’s kindness keeps drawing us home.

    23 min
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King of Kings is a family of faith who support and nurture each other with the goal of building a stronger community. Our door is open to all—we believe that worshiping, serving, and learning together brings us closer together and closer to God. Enjoy our sermons here, and to find out more about who we are visit kingofkingswoodbury.org.

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    King of Kings Lutheran Church
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    176
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