Prayer and Supplication with Fasting

This is the second sermon in a four part series on Prayer and Supplication.  For part one, see Humble Prayer and Supplication. For part three, see Prayer and Supplication with Crying. This sermon is about the benefits of prayer and supplication with fasting.  Adding fasting to your prayer: Sharpens your...

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Man’s Response to Affliction

II Chronicles 33:9-13  Introduction: Vs 1, Manasseh was the king of Jerusalem at this time and did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. Because Manasseh did much evil, God brought affliction in his life.  To be afflicted is to be “affected with continued or often repeated pain, either of body...

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Why Would Anyone Risk Going to Hell

Why Would Anyone Risk Going to Hell Isaiah 28:14-18 In this sermon we will look at the question of why would anyone risk going to Hell when there is the option of going to heaven. The passage from Isaiah will help us to answer this question. Illustration of the sign....

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Tongues in the Bible

Tongues in the Bible (1 Corinthians 14:1-40) In this lesson we are going to look at the subject of tongues from the Bible. The word of God will show that tongues are a gift and a language. They are not essential to having the Holy Ghost as many teach today....

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Unequally Yoked, 2 Cor 6:14

2 Cor 6:14 is best illustrated in the life of Jehoshaphat and his association with Ahab.  Jehoshaphat typifies the believer, 2 Chr 17:1-6.  Ahab typifies the unbeliever.  When you are unequally yoked: You bring ungodly influences into your house.  Jehoshaphat joined affinity with Ahab, 2 Chr 18:1.  When he did...

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Follow After Righteousness, 1 Tim 6:11

According to 1 Tim 6:11 righteousness is something that you should follow.  Paul said, follow after righteousness. All over the world, righteousness is available to follow.  You find it in the law.  According to the righteousness of the law, Paul was blameless, Phil 3:6.  The law is our school master...

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Mount Seir, Ezek 35:1-15

Ezek 35:1-15 is the prophetic judgment of Mount Seir.  Mount Seir, Gen 36:8-9, is where Edom dwelled.  The Lord gave Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.  Esau hated his brother, Jacob.  Edom was confederate with Ammon and Moab in an attack against Jehoshaphat in 2 Chr 20:10.  In 2...

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Humble Prayer and Supplication, 1 Ki 8:54

Today we begin a short series on prayer and supplication.  These words occasionally appear together in your Bible.  And in the verses where they appear, we see an interesting truth unfold.  There are some things that you can do WITH prayer and supplication whereby you know that God has heard...

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Consider These Things, Too, Matt 6:28

In an earlier sermon we preached Consider the Lord is God. In addition, you should consider these things, too. Consider the lilies of the field, Matt 6:28.  The lilies of the field are more glorious than Solomon in all his glory.  God does that.  Therefore, seek ye first the kingdom...

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Consider The Lord Is God, Deut 4:39

Today we are going to see four things that you should consider.  To consider is to fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination.  You should: Consider the Lord is God.  Ps 8:3-9, consider the work of his hands.  He created us and everything in the heavens...

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