"obedience" Tagged Sermons
Paul’s GENERAL Calling and Suffering: “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me…
“Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13) HCSB] “Dear friends, let us love one another because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know god, because God…
“God comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. So, when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your benefit … so that we can be an encouragement to you.” (2…
“God comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. So, when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your benefit … so that we can be an encouragement to you.” (2…
“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?…
History Nehemiah prayed and fasted Nehemiah 1:4-6a 4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. 5 Then I said: “Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him…
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…
Lukewarm ChristiansRevelation 3:15-18 NKJV15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. 17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’— and do not know that you…
“… give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18) [ESV] “The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me …” (Psalm 50:23a) It is my duty to thank God … “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised and his greatness…