Sermons on Spiritual Growth (Page 7)
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…
Life in the Son Part 4 – Strengthened
When you are feeling like you are … Alone Abandoned Concerned God looks after his own, looks to his mission, his greatest joy, deliverance is always at hand. 2 Timothy 4:16-17 16 At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might [a]be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth. Hebrews 13:5 5 Make sure…
Same three moves
Three same moves Satan’s Schemes Lust of the FleshLust of the EyesPride of Life 1 John 2:16 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
Life in the Son Part 2 – This is Eternal Life
Psalm 139:1-4 God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience. For the choir director. A Psalm of David. 139 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.2 You know [a]when I sit down and [b]when I rise up;You understand my thought from afar.3 You [c]scrutinize my [d]path and my lying down,And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.4 [e]Even before there is a word on my tongue,Behold, O Lord, You know it all.
Walk with the Wise
Proverbs 13:20 20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,But the companion of fools will suffer harm. Proverbs 7:4 4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”And call understanding your intimate friend;
Life in the Son Part 1 Abundant by Design
Psalm 23 The Lord, the Psalmist’s Shepherd. A Psalm of David. 23 The Lord is my shepherd,I [a]shall not want.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;He leads me beside [b]quiet waters.3 He restores my soul;He guides me in the [c]paths of righteousnessFor His name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the [d]valley of the shadow of death,I fear no [e]evil, for You are with me;Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;You [f]have anointed my head with oil;My cup overflows.6 [g]Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,And I…
Call Me Too
False Calls:⦁ On average, only 34% of calls to 111 are real emergencies.Spark introduced a penalty fee in 2002⦁ Thus, misuse of the 111 service after the first false call made in a month is a…?$6 FeeBut One Line is: ⦁ Always Available.⦁ No # block.⦁ Never engaged.⦁ No Fees ever. Jeremiah 3:3 3 “Therefore the showers have been withheld,And there has been no spring rain.Yet you had a harlot’s forehead;You refused to be ashamed. Jeremiah 29:4-10 4 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God…
Words to Live By Part 7 – Be Holy
Isaiah 6:3 3 And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts,The [a]whole earth is full of His glory.” 1 Peter 1:16 16 because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” Revelation 4:8 8 And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night [a]they do not cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who [b]is to come.”