Confessing Sins Publicly Jas. 5:16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There is a popular practice among Christians involving confessing sins to each other or before the congregation. We have seen this or heard about it in autobiographies, charismatic “revival” meetings, walks to Emmaus, and fundamental churches. Undoubtedly, people are confessing sins...
Regrets over Sins of the Past 1 Cor. 6:9-11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO How can I shake this regret over past sins? That can be rough!! Lots of Christians are plagued by regret over past sins for which they have already been forgiven. They have committed certain sins that have...
Pray for America 1 Tim.2:1-3 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We need to pray for America. But how do we pray? And what do we pray for? Pray for those in authority – 1 Tim 2:1-3 – a quiet [Acts 9:31], and peaceable life [Jer 29:7], in all godliness [1 Tim 6:5;...
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,...
In many cases, depression is something you can address spiritually and practically rather than chemically, through anti-depressants. You can often make changes in your spiritual life that will improve your emotional and mental health. Furthermore, if depression is exacerbated by your lifestyle and diet, you can make the necessary lifestyle...
There are more people harboring bitterness than you and I are aware of. The reason that we’re not usually aware of their bitterness is that if you suggest to bitter people that they are bitter, they will deny it. Yet, when an incident arises that deeply affects them emotionally, their...
When we put off the old man, we are to, simultaneously, put on the new man. You don’t grow as a Christian by just removing the old man or by only denying yourself. You must put on the new man. According to Col 3:10, the new man “is renewed...
Our Sunday school lesson today is from Col 2:10-17. In Col 2:10, Paul wrote, “ye are complete in him.” The implications of this truth are covered in the rest of the passage that we’re studying. Complete here has the meaning of perfect, having no deficiency. Because we are in Christ,...
As with some of his other epistles, Paul told the Colossians, in Col 1:9-12, what he had been praying for them. See Eph 1:16-19, for example. Paul’s prayer for the Colossians was that they might: Be filled with the knowledge of his will – Col 1:9 – several verses in...
Our lesson today is from Eph 1:1-14. In Eph 1:3, God “hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” These spiritual blessings are: We will be holy and without blame before him in love – Eph 1:4 – this is the choice that God made before...
