Centered and Balanced Life
Maintaining Your Balance in Life Prov. 11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This sermon on the centered and balanced life is going to be much easier to follow by listening to the audio than it is by reading the notes. The notes are more of an outline for the sermon than they are a transcript. The balanced […]
Effectual Prayer James 5:16b
Effectual Prayer James 5:16b CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Effectual prayer has adequate power or force to produce the intended effect. Ultimately God decides how and when prayers are answered. Our hearts desire is to make our petitions known and heard of God, [ 1Jn.5:11-15] and to be effectual as possible. Many things hinder effectual prayer, [Ps.66:16-20], […]
A Picture of a Laodicean Christian Song of Solomon 5:1-6 & Rev. 3:14-20
A Picture of the Laodicean Church CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Song of Solomon 5:1-6 with Revelation 3:14-20 This sermon will use a passage in Song of Solomon with the letter written to the Laodicean church from the book of Revelation. In Song of Solomon 5:1-6 we have the bridegroom who is a type of Jesus Christ […]
Our Relationship to God Jn. 1:12
Our Relationship to God Jn. 1:12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We must understand our relationship to God if we are ever going to fully appreciate what he’s done for us and what we can do for him. Our relationship to God is patterned after Jesus’ relationship to God while he was here on earth. In our […]
Children of Light in Darkness Eph. 5:8
Children of Light in Darkness Eph. 5:8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When the Lord saved us he made us children of light. He called out of darkness into his marvelous light [1 Pet 2:9]. Jesus said in Jn 12:46, “whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” See also Acts 26:18 and 2 Cor […]
Authorities In Your Life Gen 41:37-40
Authority Gen 41:37-40 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO All men and women are under authority and there are good consequences for yielding or bad consequences for disobeying the authorities in our lives. When Joseph was promoted to “rule” in Egypt, he was still under authority [Gen 41:40-41]. He was set over all the land of Egypt by […]
Spiritual Growth Col. 1:9
Spiritual Growth Col. 1:9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When Paul wrote to the Colossians he told them that he prayed for several things concerning their spiritual growth. The things for which he prayed are the same things that we need for our spiritual growth. Our spiritual growth involves: Knowing God’s will – Col 1:9 – while […]
Is Anything Too Hard For the Lord? Gen. 18:11
Is Anything Too Hard For The Lord? Gen. 18:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God asked Abraham this question, Is anything too hard for the Lord, after Sarah laughed about having a son. Abraham and Sarah were too old to have children [Gen 17:17; 21:5]. Obviously, it wasn’t too hard for the Lord to give them […]
Grow in the Knowledge of God II Pet. 3:17
Grow in the Knowledge of God II Pet. 3:17 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO I am convinced that the reason some Christians don’t grow much is that they don’t grow in the knowledge of God. They are content to know that they are saved but they make no effort to get to know God beyond that. The […]
What Can I Do? 1 Cor. 12:12-27
What Can I Do? 1 Cor. 12:12-27 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The body of Christ doesn’t have any vestigial organs. We all have something to do in the body. “… now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him,” [1 Cor 12:18]. What Can I do? Be […]