Benefits of Thanksgiving 1 Thes .5: 18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We are commanded to be thankful by the will of God. One of the reasons is that thanksgiving is beneficial. The benefits of thanksgiving follow. Thanksgiving yields contentment – you find that you don’t miss the things that you...
Helping Others Gal.6:2 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Helping others to bear their burdens has many benefits. The benefits of helping others are: You lighten their burden – Gal 6:2. When you help someone with a job you lighten their load. Many hands make light work. By helping them you make their...
What God Enlarges For Israel Is 5: 14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the Bible we find several references to the word “enlarge.” A number of these references deal directly with Israel. So, today we are going to see what God enlarges for Israel. God enlarges: The judgment of Israel –...
Do Judgment Prov. 21:15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are three simple words in the first part of Prov 21:15 that all start with the letter “j.” Those three words are: “joy”, “just” and “judgment.” We want to examine these words individually and in relation to each other and show you...
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...
The verses in Ecc 9:1-10 read like thoughts that occurred through a long period of observation and meditation upon life down here under the sun and God’s involvement in these things. We call this lesson The Hand of God, Life, Joy, and Diligence. A declaration concerning three things (v.1-3): The...
Full Joy Jn. 16: 23-24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO At times, we experience full joy in our salvation. This lesson will discuss those times so that you can have full joy. On a recent Wednesday night, I preached on abundant joy which we get by being saved, being filled with the...
This sermon is about doing the will of God. As we follow Jesus, we use remember that he said, I come to do thy will, Heb 10:7, 9. The will of God was so important to Jesus Christ that he found it even before he was a teenager and went...
Paul’s specific instruction to Christians in 1 Thes 5:16 is that we “Rejoice evermore.” Now I, certainly, have not obeyed this command all the time and I’m pretty sure that you haven’t either. One reason is that we haven’t been doing the things that cause Christians to rejoice. There...
The fruit of the Spirit is a singular fruit. Its various qualities are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith meekness, temperance. All of these manifest themselves in you in the same proportion. All of these are qualities of God’s character. God is love, 1 Jn 4:8. Jesus said, “These...
