Our greatest victories and worst defeats often go hand in hand.
Text: 1 Kings 19:1-9When one pastor leaves and another one comes, we learn again that God’s work depends on God, not on God’s messengers. Build your life on God’s Word, not on the man who delivers it.
Text: I Thessalonians 2:1When was the last time you played with modeling clay? It may have been a while unless you have a […]
Text: Acts 16:6-10No question is more central to the missionary enterprise than the state of those without Christ. Are they really lost? Are those who never hear also lost? And that raises an important question. How can God send people to hell for not believing in Jesus, if they never even heard of him in the first place?
Text: Romans 2:12Will we have the courage to believe an unpopular doctrine?
Text: John 14:6When God pours out his Spirit on his people, they are never the same again.
Text: Joel 2:28-32; Acts 2:14-21The best way not to lose the Holy Spirit in our midst is to watch and pray that it might not happen. Take nothing for granted.
Text: Psalms 51:11Let the cry ring out to heaven–”Lord, we are ready. Let the fire fall!”
Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:19It is so easy for us to be unkind and ungracious. Ephesians 4:29-32 shows us that we grieve the Holy Spirit first by rotten speech (v. 29) and second by rotten attitudes (v. 31). But these two things are not separate. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. We must stop making the Holy Spirit weep because of our unkind words and inner ugliness. Cry out to God for his help. Ask the Lord to open your eyes and see the uncleanness within. Pray for a fresh vision of Jesus dying for you.
Text: Ephesians 4:29-32We come this morning to the end of our series on I Peter. This is the 24th and final message. […]
Text: 1 Peter 5