Sermons About Christian-living
Developing the Habit of Godly Success
Successful people have certain habits. Christian success, quickly defined, is knowing God's will and doing it; discovering God's plan for your life and living it. Our Bible text says that the successful man (or woman) has developed certain habits in their lives, and these habits affect all they do. Today we will look at three habits to develop if you want to be successful.
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In God We Trust
Is it right to as Christians to speak up and say in America "In God We Trust"? What if we don't? What if America doesn't? Waht if I as a Christian don't place my trust in God? We can learn from Moses and the Israelites in Deuteronomy what may happen when we as Christians and as a nation place our trust in ourselves.
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Occupied with the Gladness of Our Hearts
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 Life can be hard at times; there are questions we can't answer, problems that we can't solve, and sometimes it's difficult for us to see God's plan and purpose for our life. And all around us those in the world without Christ are looking for answers too, and often finding only emptiness and frustration. Solomon, the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes – or the "teacher" as he called himself – faces these deep problems and questions of life head-on. He doesn't sugar-coat them, nor does he hide his own failings; he goes to the depths of despair and comes back. But through the dark clouds of this book, God does break through with some light, and Solomon gives us some of that God-given wisdom here.
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A Passion to Live in the Light of Eternity
Colossians 3:1-4 In a quote on the back page, George Ladd writes that the church can no longer live "as though they were mere worldlings." For true followers of Christ, something has drastically changed... we are no longer mere worldlings. While still living on this earth, we belong to a different sphere...a sphere where Christ reigns supreme. As we understand and believe that we belong to a sphere in which Christ reigns, it will change the way we live in the present. Understanding that we are citizens of heaven (Phil. 3:20) will change the way we live as citizens on earth.
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A Reformed-Charismatic Approach to Suffering
Suffering is an inescapable part of life in a fallen world. If we are not suffering presently, we will certainly encounter it at some point. We must prepare our hearts and minds to approach suffering with faith in God. Three anchors serve to help us hold firm in times of suffering. First, we know that God is sovereign over all things, even our suffering. Second, we know that God uses our suffering, for his own glory but also for our own good, to produce the peaceful fruit of righteousness in us. Finally, we know that God answers prayer, and we do not simply pray to endure our suffering, but we persistently appeal to him in faith to deliver us from it. God is near to us in our suffering, and desires that we would turn to him as our only refuge in suffering.
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A Reformed-Charismatic Approach to Prayer
Prayer is communion with God, and God desires that we approach him as confident seekers when we pray. We are to be confident in God's presence because we come in the name of Jesus Christ, our mediator and advocate. We are confident to make requests of him because we are not simply allowed but <i>welcomed</i> to make requests; we should pray with the expectation that God's spirit will move and intervene. And we are to pray with confidence in God's sovereignty, knowing that not only is he in complete control of all things, but he is good and wise and loving.
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A Passion for Hospitality: Making Room for the Gospel
1 Peter 4:7-11 Have you noticed how busy life can be? The constant flow of our culture draws us away from living the mission of the glory of God in Christ. Peter uses the missional themes of God's glory, sound judgment and spiritual gifts to teach us that the best way to demonstrate the gospel is to make room around the kitchen table.
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Let the Word of Christ Dwell in You Richly
God's Word is of the utmost importance in the Christian life. We cannot live for a God we know nothing about. The Word of God is a treasure that reveals to us His nature and his grace and love for His people. How well do you know the Word of God? Does it dwell in you richly?
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Got Doctrine - Got Deeds
This verse combines two of the most important elements of the Christian life, Knowing the right things and living like you know them. This is my prayer for all Believers, that we would live like we really believe what God has done for us. Without that knowledge we have nothing on which to base our lives, but just because we can tell someone what the Gospel means doesn't mean that we are living it. Richard Baxter, a 17th century English puritan asks in his book The Reformed Pastor, "Will God save those who tell others those truths which they themselves neglect or abuse?" We need to know it and live it.
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