Benefits of Patience
The longer you live and the more stuff through which you go, the more you learn about the Christian life. According to Rom 5:3-5, as you go through things, you’re going to need some patience. Patience helps you acquire spiritual experience. However, patience is not something for which you want to pray. The Lord can […]
The Need for Patience Ps 40:1
The Need For Patience Ps. 40:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Patience is not something with which we come naturally equipped. But it something that we all need. You need: Patience in your prayers – Ps 40:1 – sometimes the Lord answers our prayers quickly. We get spoiled by his care and concern for us. I was […]
Aged Men and Women Titus 2:2-3
Aged Men and Women Titus 2: 2-3 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Titus 2:1-3, Paul addresses the desirable characteristics of aged men and women. These are qualities that lend credibility to the things they teach younger women and men [Titus 2:4-6]. Aged men are to be: Sober – they are not to get drunk. Lemuel’s […]
Growth Requires Nourishment and Exercise 1 Pet 2:2
Growth Requires Nourishment and Exercise 1 Peter 2 2 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Normal growth requires proper nourishment and exercise. Physical growth is the result of proper nourishment and exercise – physical growth doesn’t happen automatically. When a child is born, it is normal to expect that child to grow, as long as he is eating, drinking […]
The Right Response to Afflictions 1 Pet 5:5-10
The Right Response to Afflictions 1 Peter 5:9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Many of us are going through or have gone through afflictions. Notice in 1 Pet 5:9 the mention of the afflictions that are accomplished in your brethren. In 1 Pet 5:5-10 we find the right response to afflictions. Humble yourself – 1 Pet 5:6 […]
The Remedy for Being Heady II Tim. 3:1-5
The Remedy for Being Heady II Tim. 3:1-5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We studied 2 Tim 3:1-5 in Sunday school this morning. One of the characteristics of the perilous times in the last days is that men are heady [2 Tim 3:4]. Heady means rash, willful, impetuous. Impetuous means controlled by emotion rather than thought. Today, […]
A study in the Book of Esther : Lesson #5 A lesson in patience and trust in the Lord.
A Study in the Book of Esther : Lesson #5 A Lesson in Patience and Trust in the Lord In this study from the book of Esther we will see a good lesson on having patience and trusting in the Lord. In the book of Esther and especially in chapters 6 and 7 we see […]
The Fruit of Your Faith II Thess. 1
The Fruit of Your Faith II Thess. 1 Intro: Paul is writing to a church, now more mature than his first letter. They have had time to produce the fruit of their faith We will see that this is a progression, three orderly steps of a process He mentions three types of faith, how are […]
A Cloud of Witnesses
A Cloud of Witnesses Heb.12:1 Paul makes reference in chapter 12 to a cloud of witnesses that are in chapter 11. Those witnesses are the heroes of the faith. They all have one thing in common, they believed God and obeyed Him. Rom. 16:26 calls that, “The obedience of faith”. This verse says that we […]
What Hope Does For You Ps. 43:5
What Hope Does For You Ps. 43:5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This sermon is about what hope does for you. You hope in God [Ps 43:5] because he can provide you with his power, peace, comfort, health, provision, protection, deliverance, grace, wisdom, goodness and so forth. You hope in Jesus Christ [1 Cor 15:19] because of […]