Prayer for Missionaries 1 Thess. 5: 25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul wrote to the Thessalonians in 1 Thes 5:25, “Brethren, pray for us.”  We must pray for our missionaries.  Most of the time, in their prayer letters, they let us know for what we should pray.  However, there are some...

For Such a Time As This Esther 4: 14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Esther 4:14 Esther had come to the kingdom for such a time as this.  The text doesn’t say “for this time.”  It says for “such a time” as this.  Many of us encounter times in our lives...

The Work of the Ministry Rom. 16:1-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The ministry takes a church not just an individual and yet every individual must do his part because we are ONE body of believers.  Notice how many people, by name, were involved with Paul in Rom 16:1-15.  No man can do...

The Uttermost Ps. 2:1-8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God the Father promised his Son, Jesus, “the heathen for (his) inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for (his) possession,” [Ps 2:8].  This passage is doctrinally fulfilled in the millennial reign of Jesus.  However, there is a practical application of this verse,...

Missions Preaching Acts 14:1-7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Missions preaching is a lesson about what men should do and what they can expect when they go to the mission field.  The text is about Paul and Barnabas in Iconium.  Notice: Their method. Both together, Acts 14:1.  This is the formula that...

Equality II Cor. 8:1-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul encouraged the Corinthians to give to the poor saints by equality.  He taught them how from the Old Testament rule concerning manna.  In Ex 16:16-18 the Jews would go out each morning [except on the Sabbath] and gather manna, some more and...

The Right Response to Preaching Is. 6:1,5, 8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We are getting ready for our missions conference and the question on your mind should be, “What is the right response to preaching?”  In other words, you know there is going to be continual emphasis on missions during the...

Sow Bountifully 2 Cor. 9:6-8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are two things that you can’t go wrong sowing bountifully.  You ought to sow bountifully the word of God and money.  God gives us all sufficiency in all things and he gives us grace to abound to every good work so...

Missions is of God CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We often think of missions as something that we do in our churches for God.  But missions is of God. It’s something he does through us.  Missions is a demonstration of: The grace of God – 2 Cor 8:1 – God bestowed his...

15-11-01 Bountiful Giving II Cor. 9 5-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this passage we find several similar words that Paul uses to describe how giving should be bountiful. Bounty – 2 Cor 9:5 – “makeup beforehand your bounty… as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness” – bounty...