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...
Your lips are the gate keepers of your mouth. They can either let bad and untoward things come forth from your mouth or they can be used to bring forth good and beneficial things. Therefore, you need to watch your lips. There are many different kinds of lips that we...
What is a pastor’s greatest joy? The pastor’s joy is found in: Preaching Christ – Phil 1:12-18. The opportunity to preach Christ is a great joy regardless of the response or the reaction. It is a privilege to be used of God to preach to others about his Son. Seeing...
Baby Steps Acts 3:1-10 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The scene is afternoon prayer outside the Temple in Jerusalem. Laying there at the Beautiful gate is a lame man. He’s been lame from his mother’s womb. He reminds me of a lost man [lost because of his natural birth] hanging around church....
In several places in your Bible, you will find that something specific from the Lord is your strength. The salvation of the Lord is your strength – Ps 27:1-4. First and foremost, the Lord gives you his strength when you trust him to save you. The devil will fight...
In Ps 16:11, David wrote, “Thou wilt shew me the path of life”. Today, we are going to discuss this path. The Lord Will Shew You the Path of Life When You: Follow His Counsel, Ps 16:7. David wrote, “I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel”. David...
VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON In Ps 5:11, David wrote, “But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.” This Psalm...
As with some of his other epistles, Paul told the Colossians, in Col 1:9-12, what he had been praying for them. See Eph 1:16-19, for example. Paul’s prayer for the Colossians was that they might: Be filled with the knowledge of his will – Col 1:9 – several verses in...
