Hold Your Peace, Prov 11:12-13
Hold Your Peace According to Prov 11:12-13, when you hold your peace you demonstrate that you are a: Man of wisdom. He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. To despise is to look down on with disrespect. Since wisdom comes from fearing the Lord, we should fear God and consider the judgment seat […]
Your Epitaph, Ecc 7:1
Do you ever think about what people will say about you after you’re dead? I don’t mean what they’ll say about you at your funeral. At funerals, the deceased is the best dad, the best man, the best mother, the best woman, the best friend, the best soldier, and so forth. Funerals are an emotional […]
Shushan Was Perplexed, Est 3:8-15
Haman had convinced King Ahasuerus to let him write a decree to destroy all of the Jews, men, women, and children, in his provinces and to take the spoil of them into the king’s treasures. The decree was to be published throughout all the provinces. The day it was approved, it was published in Shushan, […]
Abolished, 2 Tim 1:10
Six times you find the word abolish or abolished in your Bible. Abolish in the Merriam Webster dictionary is defined as “to end the observance or the effect of (something, such as a law): to completely do away with (something); Annul. You will find, in the references that we study, that the word abolish is […]
Lessons from the Storm
Lessons from the Storm Mark 4:35-41 In this passage we see the miracle of Jesus calming the wind and the sea. In this sermon we will take some spiritual applications from the passage to help us with the storms that come into our lives. Lessons from the Storm: 1) Even Jesus goes through the storms […]
The Time of My Departure is at Hand
The Time of My Departure is at Hand (2 Timothy 4:6-8) In this sermon we are going to be looking at some of the words that Paul uses in verse 6. This is a great verse and it is used many times at funerals. But I often wonder just how many of the people that […]
The Anointing Oil, Ex 29:7-9
You find anointing oil used for several purposes in the Bible. The oil typifies the Holy Spirit. By studying anointing, we can see what the Holy Spirit does in our lives when he anoints us. For instance, Jesus was anointed to preach [Is 61:1; Lk 4:18], and his body was anointed before his burial [Mk […]
Disobeying the Will of God, Jonah 1-4
God gave Jonah explicit instructions to “… go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me,” [Jon1:2]. Jonah disobeyed the will of God when he took a ship to go to Tarshish, instead. Consequently, Jonah’s life from there on gets rough, to say the least. Disobeying […]
Wholeheartedly, Ps 119:2
Wholeheartedly Ps 119:2 says, “Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart”. We should be wholehearted about some things. Wholehearted is completely and sincerely devoted, determined, and enthusiastic; free from all reserve or hesitation. Seek God wholeheartedly, Ps 119:2. Deut 4:29, Acts 17:27. The Lord wants us to […]
Tree of Life Metaphors, Rev 22:2
The tree of life will be here during the millennial reign of Jesus Christ. It will be on either side of the river that flows out of the throne of God [Rev 22:1-2]. Every month these trees will yield new fruit and the manner of the fruit each month will be different. The fruit will […]