ARE YOU TIRED? Matthew 26:36-45 INTRODUCTION: Have you ever been tired in your service for the Lord? Not burned out but warn down for sure. When we get just so tired none of us feel like functioning. Even our Lord’s apostles got worn down: Matthew 26:36-45. We all feel like such failures when a time […]
GIVING OUR GOD THANKS! Romans 8:31-39 INTRODUCTION: When is Thanksgiving Day? This year we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day on November 27. Thanksgiving Day in the United States goes back to our first President, George Washington as he proclaimed November 26, 1789 as a day of Thanksgiving. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a White House […]
THINKING STRIGHT! 2 Timothy 1:7; 2 Corinthians 10:1-6 INTRODUCTION: So much of our life is affected by the way we think it is time we go a little deeper into God’s Word to learn how to control our thought life in a healthy way. We all struggle to some degree to control our thoughts: Proverbs […]
THINKING STRIGHT! 2 Timothy 1:7; 2 Corinthians 10:1-6 INTRODUCTION: So much of our life is affected by the way we think it is time we go a little deeper into God’s Word to learn how to control our thought life in a healthy way. We all struggle to some degree to control our thoughts: Proverbs […]
TIME, CONTROL, AND OBEDIENCE! Ephesians 5:15-33 INTRODUCTION: Have you ever wished you could know God’s will and be able to do God’s will. If we will be careful to use our time wisely we will study God’s Word so we can know God’s will for our lives. As we yield to the Holy Spirit’s leading […]
IT’S NOT MY JOB! Philippians 2:12-16 INTRODUCTION: Some people believe that their sanctification is all God’s work and none of their own effort. Other believers feel that their sanctification is all their own responsibility and that they must be committed to their own sanctification. However our Lord has made it very clear that our sanctification […]
BROKEN HEARTED BY GRIEF! Psalm 6:1-10 INTRODUCTION: What becomes of the broken hearted? That is a question that every person who has ever experienced loss, loneliness, rejection, shame and abandonment has asked themselves many times. Moses reminds us that God is our refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms: Deuteronomy 32:27. Psalm 6 is a […]
IS THERE REALLY A PLACE OF ETERNAL TORMENT? Revelation 20:11-15 INTRODUCTION: There are times in the Scriptures when our Lord choses to pull back the vail between this world and the world beyond this world. Our Lord allows us to look into that world that is beyond this world. There are really two worlds. The […]
WATCH OUT! BE ON YOUR GUARD! 2 Kings 5:1-13 INTRODUCTION: At times in each of our lives we have all made decisions that at the time seemed so logical. But after our decision had been made and we began to move on it, it led us toward disaster. Naaman the Aramean army commander almost made […]
GETTING AND KEEPING A GREAT CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY! James 1:22-27 INTRODUCTION: Our Christian testimony is not what we say about ourselves but what others who know us best would say about our character, our conduct, and our speech. If we talk to others about our love for the Lord but do not show God’s love to […]