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Mar 12, 2007 · Do you ever get tired or discouraged? Do you ever wonder what’s the point? Do you ever get tired of people rejecting your message? They aren’t rejecting you they are rejecting God. This message answers three common statements of discouragment and enco
- God’s Will and Plan For Our Lives Is to Glorify God
- Is There A “Correct” Choice For Every Decision?
- Does God Control Everything?
- Does Everything Happen For A Reason?
- God Doesn’T Will Everything That Happens
- God Brings Good Out of Horrible Situations
Today’s scripture from Ephesians 1:3-14 contains a remarkable line about how God has, “made known to us the mystery of his will.” So, no problem, we know it. The author gives the big picture, explaining that God’s will through Christ is for us to experience God’s unconditional love and acceptance so that we might glorify God. This may sound familia...
Over the month what I noticed is how I’m inclined to picture it as there is a correct path or decision about what to do as if God is a micromanaging supervisor over my shoulder. (I talked about metaphors for God several weeks ago and I don’t recommend never-pleased, micromanaging supervisor as your go-to metaphor for God). Sometimes I see every dec...
Many believe everything that happens is God’s will. Whatever happens, is what God wants to happen, it’s part of the plan. It makes God the puppet master controlling situation. I found a sermon where the earnest preacher talked about the Sermon on the Mount and how God knows even when a sparrow falls. He believes everything that happens is what God ...
In Romans 8, Paul talks about how all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to God’s purposes. One popular interpretation of that is to say that when something bad happens, it’s just part of the bigger plan. It may look like it’s bad, but it’s actually good and from God. “Everything happens for a reason,” we ...
Things happen that are against God’s will all the time. If not, why did Jesus teach us to pray, “Thy will be done?” God gave people free will and we frequently use it to do things that are contrary to God’s will. We live in a world where illness, accidents, and catastrophes happen. It’s a mistake to attribute the bad stuff to God, and it’s counterp...
All things work together for good is about how God sees a bad thing that happens and says, “Hmm. That was bad. Now how can we bring something good out of it.” In the Old Testament, when Joseph had been sold by his brothers into slavery and years during a famine go to Egypt and ask for food from a powerful government leader, the leader turned out to...
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Apr 12, 2015 · The whole point of 1 John is to proclaim the message of the reality of God revealed in Christ. As a church we proclaim all that God has done so that we can recognize God’s signature and handiwork in the world around us. Faithful worship equips us to feel God’s majesty during our lives.
The best sermon you preach yourself this week may be only three words long: Hope in God! I love the way the psalmists wrestle and fight and struggle to maintain their hope in God. This is a normal Christian experience while we are still just saved sinners.
- A Sermon to Preach to Yourself: Hope in God!Richard Sibbes, one of the great old Puritan preachers of Cambridge who died in 1635, wrote a whole book (175 pages) on Psalm 42:5. He was called “...
- The Emotional Reservoir of HopeA young woman from California asked me for an interview last week because she was doing a psychology project on “forgiveness,” and she needed to re...
- Three Ways We Use The Word “Hope”We use the word hope in at least three different ways. 1. Hope is the desire for something good in the future. The children might say, “I hope dadd...
- The Distinctive Biblical Meaning of HopeAll three of these uses are found in the Bible. But the most important feature of biblical hope is not present in any of these ordinary uses of the...
- Where Scripture Teaches This About HopeNow let us go to the Scripture to see where I get this understanding of biblical hope. We will begin at Hebrews 6:9–12. After warning his readers t...
- Paul Shares This View of HopeNow briefly let’s notice how Paul shares this same view of hope in Romans 4:18. He describes Abraham as the great example of faith, and in particul...
Aug 6, 2018 · It seems that every sermon at church and every lesson from fellow believers is ‘in the weeds’ of immediate life application, and doesn’t relate back to the larger storyline of God’s purposes in creation and re-creation. So, what is the overarching concept for my life, my reason for existence, and relationship with God?
Theological Point: Our highest calling is to love others as Christ has loved us. We are to love, not just in words or speech, but in genuine acts that address the needs of other people. Introduction: Interpreters have often noted that the letter of 1 John is a commentary on the Gospel of John.
Jun 9, 2015 · Preaching. & Theology. What’s Your Point? 5 Suggestions for Clearer Sermons. Article. 06.09.2015. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. (Colossians 4:3-4)
