Category: Sermons
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Rich Toward God
Luke 12:13-21 While poverty does not ensure someone is next to the Kingdom, Jesus did teach that riches were an obstacle to trusting in the Lord. The point of entry to defeating the spiritual obstacle of riches is rejecting all earthly substitutes. Those who are rich in God seek to embrace the presence of God…
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Hope Confirmed
Romans 5:3-5 “Desperate times call for desperate measures” is an ancient sayings which prescribes almost anything to treat an ailment if there is enough desperation and enough of a ray of hope that the treatment might work. The situation of “tribulation” is just the season of desperation tailor made for a spiritually desperate measure: exulting…
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Waiting Upon the Lord
Isaiah 40:27-31 Times of waiting often lead to heaviness of heart and even sinful bitterness. Isaiah addresses the people of God presented as quarantined in Babylonian exile and calls them to cast aside their complaining and to wait upon the Lord. The promise of new strength proclaimed to the people of God in Isaiah 40:31…
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Prayer Offered, Prayer Answered
Psalm 16 Verse 1 bursts forth with a powerful and comprehensive prayer, “preserve me O God!” As David prays for everything necessary for body and soul, he expresses his unbounded faith in the Lord as his Lord. At verse 8, a new voice emerges in the psalm proclaiming an answer and a promise: fullness of…
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Lessons in Forgiveness
Luke 7:36-50 A Pharisee invited Jesus over for a banquet but an uninvited guest ended up showing Christ true hospitality. The Pharisee concluded Jesus couldn’t be a prophet, let alone the Christ, on account of his failure to discern who this sinful woman was who so lavishly served Him. Jesus took this opportunity to teach…