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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The Cords Of Sins, Prov 5:22-23

This is not a sermon, primarily, on how to get victory over sin.  This is a message to convince you to not go down the road of sin.  It’s to show you what sin can do to you.  You will see how people get holden with the cords of sins. ...

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A Virtuous Woman, Prov 31:10-31

A virtuous woman is known by: Her excellent character – Prov 31:10, 29 – she is virtuous.  She is moral and chaste, and these give her power.  Jesus had the power to heal.  When he healed the woman in  Mk 5:30, he knew in himself that virtue had gone out...

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Guile, Ps 32:2

Guile is defined as craft, cunning, duplicity, and deceit.  It is found in the man and is manifested by what he says. Ps 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.  So, it is in you, in your...

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