Restoring Our Joy
Text: Mark 10:46-52 Whenever we recognize we’ve lost our way, we need to cry out to God. When we come to church just because we know we should and not because we can’t wait to praise our God, it’s time to cry out to God to help us! We must keep our faith, and trust God to restore our joy! God wants to hear us ask Him for what we need. If our earthly father helps us with our needs,…
Not Delayed But Mercy
Text: 2 Peter 3:1-9 It’s hard to pray and say, “Lord, come quickly” when we have unsaved loved ones. The Word of God needs to be active in our lives. We need to be “stirred up” by it. We need to live as if Jesus is coming back any second. . .because He could! When we stand up for the Truth, we’ll hear from scoffers. . .those who live for their own desires and lusts. They don’t want to hear…
The Longing For Christ’s Return
Text: Romans 8:18-26 The war is raging on! The battles are increasing! Deep inside every believer is the longing for Christ to come back and make things right. Even creation is crying out for Jesus to make things right! Creation has an understanding of Who God is. We are so tired of the way things are, that we are groaning, Maranatha! Jesus come quickly! We cry out even for ourselves. We’re tired of our sinful selves. We groan for our…
When God Gets Fed Up
Text: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8 God’s time is not as our time. God is long suffering. But, God can only take so much because He is a Holy God! There is no hurt as deep as when a child hurts and disrespects his parents. We are children of God. We can only hurt and disrespect our Father for so long before He gets fed up. What one generation tolerates, another will legislate. We must be careful of the things we allow…
The Resurrection Leads To New Life
Text: Romans 6:4-11 We have a triumphant Savior! Jesus Christ defeated death! The Gospel is REAL and is the TRUTH and our lives depend on it! The Resurrection brings to us a New Life. Because of the Resurrection, we can say good-bye to our old life. We have to die to our sinful life. We have the Power over sin. We cannot hold onto the things of the world and the things of Christ. They cannot co-exist! We can have…
Rejoice
Text:Philippians 4:4 We need to rejoice! We have things in life that burden us and distract us. They keep us from rejoicing in the Lord. Satan wants to rob us of our joy. We can’t focus on these things because that only burdens us more and distracts us more. The Bible tells us to rejoice in the Lord! We can rejoice in the midst of our trials because we have hope, we have the Answer, we know Someone who will…
No Cross-No Kingdom
Text: Matthew 16:21-28 Satan does everything he can to keep us from talking about the cross. It’s offensive to many people. But, without the cross, the shed blood of Jesus, there would be no Gospel. The devil offers the kingdom without the cross. He gets into leadership! Some preachers today are not preaching the full Gospel. They are preaching false doctrine and lies, and many people are being deceived because of this. We need to be careful what we’re going…
Prayer Works So Don’t Give Up
Text: Luke 18:1 Nothing can hinder God when we pray. All we need to do is cry out to Him! When bad things happen, we have a tendancy to play the blame game. We feel we need to blame someone. But, that’s when we need to encourage ourselves in the Lord. We don’t need to have someone intercede for us. We can go to our God ourselves! We need to believe the Word, pray the Word, and move on that…
How To Defeat The Flesh
What would you say is the greatest battle hindering your Christian growth? If you think about it, YOU are your greatest hindrance! We want things done our way and we want them done NOW! We walk in the flesh which is totally against Godly things. We need to crucify the flesh and we can’t do that on our own. We need Jesus! We must take up our cross daily. God has power over our weaknesses. Satan has no power over…
The War Within
Text: Romans 7:21-25 We all recognize that we’re in a battle, by the world around us. But, we are also in a battle within ourselves. There is a war against our flesh and our spirit. Our flesh wants to rebel against the things of God. It can be things as simple as praying or reading our Bibles. We may love God and His Word, but our flesh will fight against it. When we follow our own ways, nothing good will…