Seven Times, 1 Ki 18:43

This sermon is on some verses in the Bible where we find the phrase “seven times”.  These passages teach us to: Keep praying if at first you don’t get an answer.  Elijah prayed for rain while his servant went to look toward the sea seven times till the rain came,...

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Stumbling Blocks, Ezek 14:3

Stumbling blocks are obstacles to your progress in growing in the grace and the knowledge of Jesus Christ.  They will impede your walk with God and cause you to go astray.  There are four stumbling blocks of which you must be particularly aware. The stumbling block of your iniquity –...

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His Son Jesus Christ, Rom 1:3-4

When Paul wrote to the Romans he spoke of the gospel of God “concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord”, Rom 1:3.  Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh. His Son Jesus Christ is: The Son of God – Rom 1:4.  Our God is a consuming fire.  If it...

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How We Should Pray, Ps 86:1-3

In Psalm 86 David teaches us three very important things about how we should pray.  We should: Pray Humbly – Ps 86:1, “for I am poor and needy”. By comparison to other kings, David was a wealthy man.  He laid up great wealth for the construction of the temple, 1...

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Secretly, 2 Ki 17:9

I’ve been praying about how folks that we have ministered to can get so far off track after seeming to do so well in their early years.  Tonight we’re going to look at one area in your life that needs to be addressed, if you don’t want this to happen...

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Your Work of Faith, 1 Thes 1:3

This sermon is on your work of faith, 1 Thes 1:3.  To understand your work of faith, we must first understand what faith is and how it works. Faith is belief. You must have something to believe in.  Athletes believe in themselves.  Christians believe in Jesus Christ.  Agnostics and atheists...

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When It’s Hard to Pray, Lk 18:18

Lk 18:1-8 is, in part, about what to do when you find it really hard to pray.  Doctrinally we can find where Lk 18:1-8 fits, perfectly.  v.8 says, “when the Son of man cometh”.  So, we’re right before the Second Advent.  This is about God avenging his own elect.  We...

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A Perverse Generation, Lk 9:41

When Jesus and Peter, James, and John came down from the mount of transfiguration, a man with a possessed son cried out to Jesus because his disciples could not cast the spirit out of his son.  In Lk 9:41 Jesus said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I...

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Onesimus

In Phile 10-19 we see a great testimony of Onesimus’s salvation and Paul’s wonderful care for him.  Onesimus was the servant of Philemon, who evidently departed from him under adverse circumstances.  He left with a bad testimony as an unprofitable servant who was also indeted to his master. Onesimus didn’t...

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Turn You At My Reproof, Prov 1:23

Prov 1:23 says, “Turn you at my reproof”.  A reproof is criticism for a fault or blame expressed to the face.  Reproofs are intended to get you to turn for your own good. In the context, the Lord reproves the simple, scorners, and fools, Prov 1:22, in order to turn...

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