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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Prayer is an expression of faith in which we ask God to intervene in a circumstance in our life with the understanding that God in his perfect will and wisdom may answer or delay or deny our request.
Series: What He Said Title: What He Said About Prayer Text: Luke 18:1-8 Title: What He Said About Prayer Text: Luke 18:1-8 Thesis: Intercessory prayer is an expression of faith in which we ask God to intervene in a circumstance in our life with the understanding that God in His perfect will ...read more
Scripture: Luke 18:1-8
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
When we see an apparently strong Christian face a spiritual defeat, we tend to think, "I would have expected that to happen to anyone but him." Peter’s denial while keeping warm at the enemy’s fire creates a similar surprise.
Title: Keeping Warm at the Enemy’s Fire Text: "Peter followed at a distance. But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them" (Luke 22:54-55 NIV). Scripture Reading: Luke 22:31-34, 54-62 Introduction When we see an apparently ...read more
Scripture: Luke 22:31-62
Denomination: Pentecostal
Prioritising commitments, bearing the Cross, and counting the cost of discipleship.
PUTTING JESUS FIRST. Luke 14:25-33. I. Prioritising commitments. Jesus, it has to be admitted, is a great orator. Seeing the crowds following Him, He turned (Luke 14:25), and spoke words that were designed to shock, and even offend His hearers. In a masterstroke of hyperbole, He took their ...read more
Scripture: Luke 14:25-33
Peter was a character. He went from fisherman, to Apostle. From Denying Christ to proclaiming Christ. His is a story of what can happen to us when we experience the forgiveness of Jesus.
Text: Luke 22:1-24:12 Narration: I am known by several names, Cephas, Simon, and Peter. I am a fisherman by trade, with my brother Andrew and friends John and James we owned a very lucrative fishing business off the Sea of Galilee. Point 1: Met Jesus through my brother Andrew. John 1:41 Three ...read more
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
You don’t have to look very far to realize in this day that it is more a form of godliness and deny the power of it we need a real fear of God struck in the hearts of our churches.
THE FEAR OF GOD ROMANS 3:18 1. THE FEAR OF GOD IS A GREAT RESTRAINT FOR EVIL – PROVERBS 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. A. We need a revival to restore the fear of God to human hearts. B. If we fear God, we regard His authority. Fear ...read more
Scripture: Romans 3:18
Denomination: Baptist
Jesus said that whoever desires to come after Him must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Him. What does that look like in our world today?
FOLLOWING JESUS OPENING: My personal testimony of salvation experience and following Jesus today. KEY TEXT: “Jesus said, "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life ...read more
Scripture: Mark 8:34-38
Denomination: *other
In Psalm 88, God gives us permission to be fully human, to face the realties of misery rather than deny them, and to pour our complaints, despondency, and miseries before Him in prayer.
Permission to Feel Despondent (Psalm 88) 1. This is the time of year when many experience a seasonal depression attributed to the fact that the amount of sunlight is declining. We certainly are all familiar with feelings of sadness, grief and loss. But at the deepest level, we can get to the point ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 88:1-18
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Always remember, God’s delays are not God’s denials! Sometimes God denies the original request, to give you something better and greater to make you grow for His glory.
Intro: A small child wrote to a missionary the following note: “Dear Mr. Missionary, we are praying for you but we don’t know if God will answer.” This prayer reflects the prayers of most Christians who pray a lot but actually doubt answers! When and how does God answer? To get an answer from God, ...read more
Scripture: Luke 1:5-23
We may deny God’s existence ... but it is hard to escape the reality of a fixed moral law ... we prove this when we judge others by a standard that we ourselves break.
Can We Have Moral Values Without God? Romans 1:16-20, 28-32; 2:1-4 INTO: People claim that they don’t care about sexual morality, or cheating on exams, or lying to keep from getting in further trouble. This is part of being RELATIVIST: What is right for you is right And what is right for me ...read more
When Jesus said to deny yourself and take up the cross and follow Him He was saying in essence that we need to break out of our comfort zone to be useful for the kingdom of God.
It was 1847, and St. Paul, Minnesota was a town filled with ignorance and drunkenness. Liquor was sold in every store. Half the parents could not read, and so drinking was about their only form of entertainment. It was typical of frontier towns, and no one even dreamed of trying to make ...read more
Scripture: Luke 18:18-30
Challenge believers to evaluate their commitment to Jesus, understanding that true discipleship requires denying oneself, taking up one's cross, and being willing to give up everything to follow Him wholeheartedly.
Good morning, church family! Today, we are going to dive into a powerful and challenging message that will not only encourage us but also make us evaluate our level of commitment to Jesus Christ. Charles Spurgeon once said, "If Christ is not all to you, He is nothing to you. He will never go into ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 16:24-26
Topics: Willingness, Sacrifice
Let no man say that he is tempted by God.
TESTING, TESTING ONE, TWO! SEVERAL YEARS AGO, OUR FAMILY TRAVELED THE COUNTRY SINGING GOSPEL MUSIC. WHEN WE ARRIVED TO OUR DESTINATION, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SET UP AND CHECK OUT THE PA SYSTEM. AFTER THE SPEAKERS WERE PLUGGED IN, IT WAS VERY ESSENTIAL TO TEST THE MICROPHONES. WE WOULD NORMALLY DO ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 22:1-13
Life in the Spirit
What a great comfort, what a blessed assurance to read the phrase: “but God” in the Bible. It tells us of a bad situation but God in His unfailing love has time and again demonstrated His mercy by an act of deliverance. The servants of God in the Old Testament were in distress with a threat of ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:1-17
Putting our faith to work by adding godly virtues in increasing measure.
Increasing our Faith 2 Peter 1:1-11 Introduction. In this encouraging epistle, Peter expressed the wonderful grace of God who gave us everything we need for life and godliness made possible by our knowledge of Jesus Christ who called us to his glory and excellence. The basic element of faith is ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-11
Tasting the righteousness of God gives us an assurance of the salvation that we received.
A story is told about a college professor, an atheist, who gave a lecture denying the existence of God. He cited book after book, scholar after scholar and other written articles to prove that there is no God. The story continues that after the lecture, a man stood up eating an apple and asked the ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 6:4-5
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