GODLY THINKING FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING! Psalm 86:1-17 INTRODUCTION: Do you know how-to walk-in God’s way, in order to live in God’s truth? Psalm 86:11; Psalm 103:7. Do you know that you can receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior and still not be walking with godly zest because we maintain worldly thinking? Romans […]
TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED! Isaiah 40:28-31 INTRODUCTION: In our modern society we think we are very sophisticated. We think we have greatly increased in knowledge. But when we truly analyze the true facts all we have really done is added speed and noise to our lives. Daniel 12:1-4. Yes, people are running to-and-fro, but […]
BEATING BACK BAD THOUGHTS! Mark 7:14-23 INTRODUCTION: Our thinking is important to our God and should be to us also. Why should it be so important? Proverbs 23:7. If we harbor doubt about the promises of God in our heart, it will produce fear in our lives. Our Lord Jesus and the Apostle Paul’s teaching […]
SEASONS OF STORMS! Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 INTRODUCTION: In Michigan we experience all four seasons of the year. We experience the beauty of winter, spring, summer and fall. In the midst of each of these four seasons we experience seasons of storms. We experience thunder storms, tornadoes and even floods in spring and summer. In the winter […]
STRONG IN THE SPIRIT Romans 8:1-16 INTRODUCTION: In Romans chapter seven we see the normal Christian life of “the harder I try—the worse it gets!” However we are encouraged to live not in Romans chapter seven but to move over from living in the flesh to living in the Spirit of our God in Romans […]
THREE G s! Matthew 5:21-28 INTRODUCTION: We are facing many major issues that are decaying the very foundation on which our nation was established but often it is the little things, the minor things that go on in a nation that cause the most destruction: Song of Songs 2:15. We look at our sins as […]
WALKING IN THE SPIRIT! Galatians 5:16-18 INTRODUCTION: Believers today are commanded by God’s Word to “walk in the Spirit!” No one in the Old Testament was ever commanded to walk in the Spirit. This was brand new and initially taught by the Apostle Paul. Jesus had hinted at the need to walk in the Spirit: […]
THE TRIAL OF TIME! Psalm 130:1-8 INTRODUCTION: The 100-meter dash is the oldest athletic competition in the world. It was first run in 776 B.C. and todays competition looks almost identical to the first one held 2,799 years ago. The record holder can lay claim to being the fastest person on earth. Jamaican, Usain Bolt […]
THE WORD OF GOD AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH Romans 8:1-17 INTRODUCTION: Our world is moving away from God and from faith in His Word. It is important for us to understand that in our changing world, we serve a God who does not change: Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8. Also the Word of God claims that […]
TRUMPING TEMPTATIONS POWER! 1 Corinthians 10:1-14 INTRODUCTION: An old country western song asked the question when I was young: “How can anything that seems so right be so wrong?” We always seem to be tempted by things that seem so right. Those things that tempt us are always to beautiful, interesting, wonderful things that attract […]