TEXT: PSALM 18:33, HABAKKUK 3:19 In this New Year 2020. It is the will of God for you and me to operate on higher grounds. God makes our feet like those of a deer. When God makes your feet like those of a deer, it is a divine physical and spiritual empowerment for a total …
Category: Youth Service
WHEN YOUR DREAM BECOMES A NIGHTMARE
MATHEW 1:18-25 INTRODUCTION Joseph the foster-father of our Lord Jesus Christ must have asked the question WHY ME? When he heard Mary was pregnant and he was not the father of the child. What Joseph did when his plan became a nightmare is a lesson to us all this morning. When your plans and dreams …
THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME
MATTHEW 1:18-25 INTRODUCTION Names in our day do not mean much. Parents pick out names for their children for many reasons. Some names are chosen to honor someone they think of as their hero or the name chosen after a family member, but most of the time, there is no special significance behind the choice …
FIVE WOMEN ON THE LORD’S FAMILY TREE
MATTHEW 1:1-17 Every family has its own uniqueness. Dolly Parton the great gospel singer has helped us to appreciate our families despite the fact that there is no perfect family because there are no perfect people except our Lord Jesus Christ. All families need the grace of God. The genealogy in the book of Matthew …
H. A. G. A. R. WHAT AILETH THEE?
GENESIS 21: 1- 21 INTRODUCTION: Hagar is a model representing all single mothers everywhere. Her story displays both the problems and solutions in God’s program for single mothers. It was a time of rejoicing for everyone at Abraham’s residence in Hebron. But Sarah looked over amid the celebration and saw that Ishmael was making fun …
OLD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK
TEXT: GENESIS 20:1-18 INTRODUCTION Why is it hard to teach old dogs new tricks? Because old dogs go back to old habits. (2 Peter 2:22) Why old habits? Recessive memory Reinforces our values, attitudes and beliefs. The old way worked We don’t want to change Abraham’s half-truth worked several times before maybe Abraham thought. Abimelech …
REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE.
GENESIS 19: 15 – 26. INTRODUCTION Jesus Christ tells us in Luke 17: 32, that we should all remember Lot’s wife. Her name is not disclosed to us in the Bible. In the context of His coming, Jesus will come; 1) Suddenly – v 24. (2) He will come surprisingly v 27. (3) He will …
HOW CONFLICTS DEVELOP
GENESIS 16:1-16 INTRODUCTION Conflicts are things which have a life of their own. They develop from small to big disagreements depending on the actors involved. In the conflict before us, we have three actors Abraham, Sarah and Hagar. In conflicts people get hurt, some of them get permanent wounds. Conflicts affect those involved and those …
THE GOD WHO SEES
GENESIS 16:1-16 INTRODUCTION Hagar was so amazed that God cared, so she called His name “EL-RO-I” “Thou God sees me” she named the well “Beerlahairoi”. The well of the living One that sees me. Let us learn I. THE CERTAINTY OF HIS OMNISCIENCE Omniscience means “possessing total knowledge, knowing everything about everything. In His person …
THE INTEGRITY OF ABRAHAM
TEXT: GENESIS 14:1-24 INTRODUCTION Today we continue to look at the life and ministry of Abraham the father of the faithful. Last Sunday we discussed the altars of Abraham. Abraham had three kinds of altars. Altar of personal prayer at Shechem, Altar of Congregational prayer at Bethel and Altar of Ministry at Hebron. Today let …