JOSEPH’S PIT TEST! Genesis 37:12-23 INTRODUCTION: Every Christian person has a God given dream and every Christian has a God given destiny. The sad fact is that most Christians live with their God given dream but never attain their God given destiny. We said last week that Joseph failed the pride test so his next […]
JOSEPH’S PRIDE TEST 1 Peter 5:5-11 INTRODUCTION: The next several Sunday mornings we will be talking about how to go from our God given dreams to our God given destiny. All of us have God given dreams but most people never make it from those God given dreams to their God given destiny. The reason […]
WHEN LIFE KNOCKS YOU DOWN! Habakkuk 3:16-19 INTRODUCTION: Where do we turn when life knocks us down and it is not a physical fall, but a spiritual or emotional, or mental fall. How can we get back up when we are knocked down by life? Romans 15:13. Our God is the One Who can literally […]
WHEN LIFE KNOCKS YOU DOWN! Habakkuk 3:16-19 INTRODUCTION: Where do we turn when life knocks us down and it is not a physical fall, but a spiritual or emotional, or mental fall. How can we get back up when we are knocked down by life? Romans 15:13. Our God is the One Who can literally […]
STARTING ALL OVER! John 3:1-15 INTRODUCTION: Have you ever felt like you would just like to have a new start to your life. Perhaps a new start on your chose career path or a new start for you mistakes in your marriage. Our Lord Jesus talked with a religious leader of His day speaking of […]
SEEKING OUR FAMILY AT CHRISTMAS! Matthew 13:47-58 INTRODUCTION: The best part of Christmas is time spent with our families. But, sadly the worst part of our Christmas may be spending too much time with our family. When we think of dysfunctional family times we often think of the movie “Christmas Vacation with the loveable Clark […]
SEEKING YOUR CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! Matthew 1:1-18 INTRODUCTION: “Miracle on 34th. Street” was released in May of 1947. Edmund Gwenn won an Oscar for his portrayal of Kris Kringle, and he was the only actor to ever win an Oscar as Santa Clause. However, the first Christmas miracle is recorded in Matthew 1:18-21. The miracles of […]
GODLY FAITH REJOICES! Philippians 1:12-26 INTRODUCTION: When we know the promises of our God found in His Word we learn to trust in our Lord: Psalm 37:5. Some of the marks of living faith are always expecting the best, always seeing the best in every bad situation, making the best out of the worst situations […]
THANKSGIVING TO OUR LORD Philippians 4:4-9 INTRODUCTION: We live in a world of worry! The word “worry” means “to strangle.” What worry strangles is our peace of mind. Proverbs 23:7: Thanksgiving in not so much a matter of having material things as it is a state of mind. We need to learn to think God’s […]