"hope" Tagged Sermons (Page 2)
“Now we live with a wonderful expectation because Jesus Christ rose again from the dead.” (1 Peter 1:3) [NLT] Because of Christ’s resurrection you can be encouraged knowing God has given you … • … eternal life! “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, made…
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the prisoners, to recover the sight of the blind, to release the oppressed and proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” (Luke…
“I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.” (Isaiah 48:10) [NLT] There are several possible reasons for Christian suffering that are distinct from the reasons for the general suffering experienced by everyone: “5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?…
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, (Proverbs 6:23) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Psalms 119:105) For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness. (2 Samuel 22:29)…
Walking with God is not a brisk 2 mile walk as we would think in today’s ways. Walking with the Lord is a lifetime walk. Where you go, he goes. Where he goes, you go. Colossians 2:6And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. So, this…
Genesis 3:1-24 [HCSB] The temptation and the fall of man Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from…
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” (Proverbs 13:12) The World’s “Common” Substitutes For Hope: Wishful thinkingBlind optimismAmbitious dreams For most people, hope is something they do, but the Bible talks about hope as something we can have. “I pray that God, who gives hope, will bless you…
“14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. 15 See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this…
The goal is for you to be able to say… “For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom, but by God’s grace.” (2 Corinthians 1:12) “8 For My thoughts are not…
“I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.” (Psalm 34:4) How does the fear of rejection become a trap? “The fear of man is a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected.” (Proverbs 29:25) It causes us to compromise our lifestyle and our values. It…