Rejoice in God I’m convinced that the reason some Christians, particularly young ones, don’t really grow in their relationship with the Lord is that don’t rejoice in that which God has given us as our greatest sources of joy. They find joys that are associated with Christ (like fellowship with...
Spiritual Prepping These days you hear more and more about people being encouraged to stock up on food and other necessities in advance of the anticipated “crash”. It is not uncommon, in a presidential election year, for people to “fear the worst” if the incumbent is not reelected. I’ve heard...
Diversity in the Body 1 Cor 12 is a great encouragement to me, because I often trouble myself about not doing the work of the ministry the way or to the same degree as others I admire in the Lord’s work. Particularly, I get concerned about leading more souls to...
Heart of Unbelief Heb 3:12 says, Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you and evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. It says an evil heart… Jeremiah said, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it”?, Jer 17:9. ...
What Weakens Faith When Jesus and the disciples were caught in a great storm of wind, and their boat filled with water from the waves, the disciples thought they were going to perish. Jesus, on the other hand, was asleep on a pillow. The disciples woke him up and said,...
Blessed by Forgiveness “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered”, Ps 32:1. David knew his sin was forgiven and covered. Therefore, he was blessed by foregiveness. Practically speaking, how did he get there? He acknowledged his sin to God, Ps 32:5. Sin is deceitful. People in...
The Bible gives us the best instruction on singing hymns. When we sing hymns, we should sing the right songs and we should sing them the right way. We should sing to the Lord – Eph 5:19 – “to the Lord”. Col 3:16 “to the Lord”. Ex 15:1, 21 –...
Doing Righteousness Notice all of these references in Prov 11 to righteousness, the righteous, and the upright. This sermon is about doing righteousness that’s in you by Jesus, so that the things you find in Prov 11 will be true in your life, too. Notice: 11:3 the integrity of the...
A Biblical Worldview Our texts are 2 Cor 4:18 and Jn 7:24. These texts show us to see things that are not seen and to judge by righteous judgment rather than by appearance. To do this you need a Biblical worldview. Instead of looking directly at the things around us,...
Prayer for the Sick Jas 5:14-15 is a very specific prayer of faith which God answers by healing the sick person and raising him up. The conditions are these, he calls for the elders of the church, they pray over him, and they anoint him with oil in the name...
