Sermons on Spiritual Growth (Page 2)
What on Earth #2 – Is Being Perfect?
Some seek perfection in order. Some seek perfection in obedience. Being Perfect – Dictionary definition (a) being entirely without fault or defect (b) satisfying all requirements (c) corresponding to an ideal standard or abstract concept 1 Peter 5:10 10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
Should I Follow My Heart?
If you asked Hollywood… “What is right for me?“Where might my dreams take me?”“Which way should I go?” You will be told to “Follow Your Heart” John 14:1 Jesus Comforts His Disciples 14 “Do not let your heart be troubled; [a]believe in God, believe also in Me.
Pain and Suffering Part 2
Suffering is Real. Everyone Everywhere We are all affected•Personal. •Family. •Death. •Sickness. •Accident. •War. •Drought. •Theft. Genesis 6:5 5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Pain and Suffering Part 1
Warning: We might ignore a serious problem Intervention: Something is wrong Protection: Against foolish tasks How do we react? How do we grow? How can I grow? 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.” 10 Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from…
A Gospel Tough Enough, Too
A Gospel Tough Enough•the more horrible •the more fearful •the more uncertain •the more unstable •the more stomach-turning •the more relevant the gospel of Jesus Christ is! 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection 15 Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast [a]the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you [b]as of first importance…
Strengthened Again
Strength – Always starts in prayer– Quantity specified– Spiritual insights beyond facts– Practical out-workings– Ambition– Product and process– Growth– Might Colossians 1:9-11 9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the [a]knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, [b]to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and [c]increasing in the [d]knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with…