When we were saved, God became our Father. We cry Abba Father. We are born as children of God. And as his children, God has desires for us, just like earthy fathers have desires for their children. Our Father desires fellowship – 1 Jn 1:3-7 – our Father loves to...
The God of Praise 1 Chr. 16:8-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO You praise the God of praise with: Thanksgiving – David said, “Give thanks unto the Lord.” This is the attitude of gratitude. 1 Thes 5:18 tells us that it is the will of God to give thanks to the...
Reaction to Trials Ps. 18:6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you go through trouble, your reaction to trials should follow a Biblical pattern. Otherwise, it is way too easy to get in the flesh and really mess up. So, pattern your reaction to trials after the following: Cry out to God...
Eph 5:20 Giving Thanks Always for All Things CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Eph 5:20 tells us that we should be giving thanks always for all things. There are so many things about which to be thankful, it is impossible to name them all here. And we should be thankful always...
Spiritual Sacrifices Hebrews 13:10-16 In the passage for our lesson we learn that even though we are in the Church Age and Levitical priesthood has been done away with, we are still said to offer sacrifices. These sacrifices are not atonements for sin or even animal sacrifices. But they are...
The Psalmist wrote it is a good thing to do four things because the Lord had made him glad through his work and had caused him to triumph in the works of his hands. Are you ever glad? Do you ever triumph? You should be glad all the time and...
The People Murmured Ex. 15:24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Moses had led Israel out of Egypt and through the Red Sea. Now they faced a little hardship; the water was too bitter to drink. Rather than cry out to God for help and direction on what to do about it,...
This is part four in a four-part series on Prayer and Supplication. For part three, see Prayer and Supplication with Crying. This sermon is on prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. The words prayer and supplication appear together several times in your Bible. And on a few occasions, we find them...
In Phil 4:1-13, the passage starts with stand fast in the Lord and ends with I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. You say I’ve tried, but I can’t seem to stand fast. And I don’t sense the strength in me to do ALL THINGS. The rest...
From Lk 17:11-19 we learn some important things about giving the Lord thanks. When the ten lepers were healed and only the Samaritan turned back to give him thanks, we see that thanks is more rare than it is common. In v.17 only one of the ten thanked him. Thanks...
