The longer you live and the more stuff through which you go, the more you learn about the Christian life. According to Rom 5:3-5, as you go through things, you’re going to need some patience. Patience helps you acquire spiritual experience. However, patience is not something for which you want...
The Need For Patience Ps. 40:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Patience is not something with which we come naturally equipped. But it something that we all need. You need: Patience in your prayers – Ps 40:1 – sometimes the Lord answers our prayers quickly. We get spoiled by his care and...
A Fruitful Christian Life II Pet 1:1-8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO All of us want to have a fruitful Christian life and this passage gives us the recipe. I like recipes because if you follow them you are sure that your meal is going to turn out right. Likewise, if...
Good Works for Necessary Uses Titus 3:14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO According to Titus 3:14 we need to learn to maintain good works for necessary uses so that we aren’t unfruitful. Notice these characteristics of the good works about which Paul wrote: Good works are necessary – “necessary uses” – there...
The Benefits of Giving Acts 20 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO During this season of the year, people are buying gifts to give to friends and loved ones. It is a time of giving which brings us to our text. Paul said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” So...
Without Me Ye Can Do Nothing John 15 1-5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jesus said that without me ye can do nothing. Simply put, it’s not what we do for him that counts but rather what he does through us. We spend lots of time and effort trying to do something...
How God Uses Numbers The Bible is a book with 40+ authors, written over a 1600 year period, and made up of 66 books. The following are examples of how God uses numbers in the Bible. The following system is not infallible, but you will be amazed with how certain...
The Purpose of Prayer II Acts 4 31 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO On Wednesday, June 5, 2013, we taught on the purpose of prayer. We didn’t finish the lesson, so tonight we will continue to study the purpose of prayer by examining the scriptures to see why we should pray. Through prayer we...
Answered Prayer for Fruit John 15:7-16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO At the beginning and ending of this passage is the promise of answered prayer. The whole context of this passage concerns producing fruit. So, what we have is a prayer promise for producing fruit. The context here has nothing to do...
When You Get Saved Is 4: 1-6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the Sunday school lesson we saw the doctrinal application of this passage to Israel in the millennial reign of Jesus. But, spiritually, this passage also typifies the Christian in whom Christ dwells. Here’s what happens to you when...
