Sermons About Family-camp
The prayer of despair after failed expectations
Ken Stebbins preaches the 5th sermon in our Elijah: Man of Prayer series. "Elijah was a man with a nature like ours": when Elijah's expectations were not all fulfilled, he panicked and fled for his life. At this time his prayers show a feeling of utter failure. But God had not forsaken him. We would do well to also trust and obey our Almighty Lord.
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Praying for fire before praying for rain
Ken Stebbins presents the 4th sermon in our Elijah: Man of Prayer series. Elijah lived in a nation which followed mixed religions, leading to false prayer to false gods. Elijah began with true, "effective" prayer accompanied by repentance which "avails much": upon seeing God's power in the fire on Mt Carmel, the people turned back to Him and put away their idolatry.
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Continuing in prayer in the face of continual disappointment
Ken Stebbins preaches the 3rd sermon in our Elijah: Man of Prayer series. Elijah faced continual disappointments in the mission God gave him, reminding him to trust fully in the Lord. The "fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much," as it did with the widow of Zarephath. Just as his prayers were persistent and specific, so ours should be.
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Praying the hard option
Ken Stebbins, Teaching Elder of the Presbyterian Reformed Church in Everton Park, presents the 2nd sermon in our Elijah: Man of Prayer series. In the first of four Family Camp messages, we learn that Elijah prayed in tough times and chose tough options: "he prayed earnestly that it would not rain." Elijah was not afraid to confront society with its rebellion against God.
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