Sermons on Biblical Studies
Pray: Move from the Practice of Prayer to Pleasure
Pray – Move from the practice of prayer to pleasure Messy Prayer: Pray your Feelings, Desires, Trust Power of praying together Anticipate the voice of God Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, we pray. – Max Lucado Ps. 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. When we…
Pray: Speak to Me
Pray – Speak to me Jesus enjoyed the presence of his Father and prayed heaven down to people Messy Prayer: Pray your feelings, desires, trust Power of praying together 1 Sam. 3:1-4 Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon. One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle near the Ark of God.…
Pray: Thankfulness
Thankfulness in Prayer – Thank you for my fullness When we come to God thankfulness is imminent. Thank you for my fullness in Christ. Holy, blameless and above reproach Col.1:22 Hidden with Christ in God. Col.3:3 Author and finisher of our faith. Heb.12:2 One who cares and carries our burdens. 1 Peter 5:7 Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 2 Cor.5:21 Child of God John 1:11-13 Sufficient in Him. 2 Cor.3:5 Grace upon Grace John 1:16 From His fullness comes…
Pray: Together
Pray – Together Jesus enjoyed the presence of his Father and prayed heaven down to people Messy Prayer: Pray your feelings, desires, trust Heaven knows our lonely ways/ Heaven knows our sorrows/ And Heaven knows things that we don’t know/ And the joy of eternal tomorrows – Mark Heard Pastor Fernandes in Mumbai, India: “The greatest tragedy is not unanswered prayer, but unoffered prayer.” Pray God’s heart Romans 10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. …
Pray: God’s Heart
Pray – God’s heart By praying we learn to pray – Richard Foster We learn to pray by praying – Philip Yancy How do we learn to pray? By praying – Mother Theresa Luke 5:16 But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer. Jesus enjoyed the presence of his Father and prayed heaven down to people Messy Prayer: Pray your feelings, desires, trust When a doctoral student at Princeton asked, “What is there left in the world for original…
Pray: In Relationship
Pray: In Relationship What would it have been like to hang out with Jesus? Luke 5:15-16 The report of Jesus power spread even faster, and vast crowds came to hear him preach and to be healed of their diseases. But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer. Luke 6:12 One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. Luke 9:18 One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone.…
Dark Before Dawn: Pilate
Dark before the Dawn: Pilate Doubt is not the end of faith Sarah kept walking in the dark John was reminded to remember the good Seek God, he wants to be found Certainty Different kinds of certainty Scientific Certainty Historical Certainty Relational Certainty Almost nothing that makes any real difference can be proved. Fredrick Buechner Where there is uncertainty there is faith Every person on this planet lives in uncertainty and faith God loves faith Heb 11:6 Without faith it’s…
Dark Before Dawn: Thomas
Doubt before the Dawn Doubt is not the end of faith Sarah kept walking in the dark John was reminded to remember the good Doubting Thomas John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Thomas was a skeptic A skeptic is someone who says, “I’m going to suspend judgement. I’m not going to commit myself.” John 20:26-28 Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be…
Dark Before Dawn: Sarah
The Dark before the Dawn There must be a God Doubt is not the end of faith Sarah kept walking in the dark Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. We hold each other’s hands in the dark Jude 22 Be merciful to those who doubt John the Baptist Matt. 3:11-12 “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more…
Going Back to the Cross
Going Back to the Cross “Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” John 14:21 “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.” Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him. Mark 8:29-30 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be…