We Find Joy in His Presence! Psalm 16 Psalm 16:11 You will make known to me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy, at your right hand are pleasures forever Presence: Face, before and behind, toward, in front of Fullness: Saturated, Abundance, All Satisfying Joy: Gladness, Happiness, contentment, delight. Pleasures: Everything […]
The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength: Nehemiah 8:8-12 When Your Joy Goes, so Does Your Strength! Joy: Gladness, Happiness, contentment, delight. Webster: The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good. Strength: Robust, powerful a Defense like a refuge, a fortress. Luke 21:19 By your endurance you will gain your […]
A Godly Response to A Horrible Report! Nehemiah 1 and 2 Story of the 1857 Global Revival by One Man’s Action: Jeremiah Lanphier God Uses Every One of His Children to Make a Difference In His Kingdom: Everyone in Christ Wants to Make A Difference in the Kingdom! 1st The Horrible Report of the Plight […]
2 Samuel 24:1-25 2 Samuel 24:25 The Lord was moved by prayer for the land and the plague was held back from Israel. What is the Number One need in your life/family that you are asking God to move in? ______________________. 1st Sin Has it’s Beginnings with Listening to Voices other than God’s: 1-9 1 […]
Proximity and Attention Determine Everything Act 17:22-27 The Greeks were far away from the only God that mattered… the unknown God. So close yet so far. • Paul’s Closeness to God Galatians 2:20 Philippians 1:21 All the Christians were begging Paul to not go to Jerusalem because of what awaited Him. Act 21:13 • Examples […]
Compassion Ignites the Work of God: Exodus 34:6-7 Intro: God’s Work Is Ignited by Compassion: Compassion Ignites the Work of God! Compassionate: the verb: to love deeply, have mercy, have tender affection, have compassion Gracious: The Verb: to stoop in kindness. To be inclined to in a very favorable way. Slow to Anger: Patient, slow […]
One Way or the Other: Matthew 7:13-29 1st One Way To Eternal Life: In Life: 13-14 • The Other Way: Broad Way – That Leads to Destruction: A John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have {it} abundantly. Galatians 6:7-8 – […]
What’s Your “This”? Matthew 9:27-30 1st Two Needful Men: 2nd Two Needful Men who Believe: • In Jesus: Son of David If you are in Christ You know Jesus: Who He is and what he comes to do: You know that He is: Psalm 86:15 But You, O Lord are a God merciful and gracious, […]
with Dr Joel Gregory Phil 1:12-21