Sermons About Goodness
The Lord is My Shepherd (Partial Recording)
Psalm 23 is often thought of as the psalm that offers comfort to those who are “walking through the valley of the shadow of deathâ€. But it’s not just a psalm for the dying. It is a psalm for the living – and it offers a timely call for us to follow and trust Jesus as our Shepherd in the New Year.
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The Strength Of My Heart
Psalm 73 is sometimes called a wisdom psalm because its purpose is to teach wisdom. One interesting feature of this psalm is that it begins with its conclusion. Verse 1 says; Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. This is going to be the conclusion, but Asaph is going to tell us how he had to come to that conclusion. It was quite a path he traveled.
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Make Every Effort to Grow, part 3
In this sermon, we study the remaining Christlike qualities that Peter calls us to cultivate while making every effort to grow...
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Give Presence: Galatians 5.22-25
What if Christmas looked different this year? What if you could receive a gift that lasted forever? Or what if you could give gifts that did? We want to invite you to rethink Christmas with us this year and to experience it for what it was meant to be. On Sunday, November 30 Advent begins. For some this might be new. It was for me and my family a few years ago as well, but it is a season that my family and I have grown to love and enjoy. The word advent means to come. During the Advent season we celebrate God sending Jesus to earth wrapped in human skin. We also look with great anticipation to the second coming of Jesus, who is coming again for His Bride, the church. In Scripture Jesus testifies that He is the one who is and who was and who is to come (Revelation 1.8). This is what we will be celebrating this coming season. We will be celebrating Advent during our worship gatherings beginning November 30 culminating at our Christmas Eve service.
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Celebrating God's Goodness
After Hannah is blessed with the birth of Samuel, she dedicates him and then offers a prayer of thanksgiving to God. She rejoices over his deliverance, rests in his control, trusts in his knowledge of her situation, and hopes in God’s plan. We are encouraged to do all those things as well, but the focus of the passage is the “anointed one,†Jesus Christ.
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Celebrating God’s Goodness
After Hannah is blessed with the birth of Samuel, she dedicates him and then offers a prayer of thanksgiving to God. She rejoices over his deliverance, rests in his control, trusts in his knowledge of her situation, and hopes in God’s plan. We are encouraged to do all those things as well, but the focus of the passage is the “anointed one,†Jesus Christ.
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The Many Moods of Minnie
Discovering the Fruits of the Spirit. Our Portrait of Christs character, through Liberty, Marriage, Fruit unto God and understanding the fruits and thier service.
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How Do I See Jesus in You?
How Do I See Jesus in You? Scripture: Galatians 5:22 Spirit Fruit is the proof of God’s Divine Nature in you. (These are not 9 fruits, but Spirit fruit manifested in nine ways to be seen in all Christ followers who are walking in the Spirit.) 1. Love agape This is our universal motive for all that we do. (1 Cor. 13) 2. Joy chara Restore unto me the Joy of my salvation. (Ps. 51:12) The Joy of the Lord is our strength. (Neh. 8:10) 3. Peace eirene Let the peace of God rule your hearts. Col. 3:15 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you. (Ps. 26:3) 4. Patience makrothumia Longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs. It is love that “suffers longâ€. (1 Cor. 13:4-8) 5. Kindness chrestotes A pleasant tenderness that puts others at ease around us. Be kind and tenderhearted toward each other. Eph. 4:31, 32 6. Goodness agathosume Barnabas was a good man by being generous and thrilled to see progress in others. (Acts 11:24) Dorcas was a good woman by being full of good works and charitable deeds. (Acts 9:36, 39) 7. Faithfulness pistis To be trusted and. The faithful receive the crown of life. (Re. 2:10) 8. Gentleness prautes meekness To describe the character in which strength and gentleness are perfectly combined. (Example – Moses Nu. 12:1-8) “For I am gentile and lowly of heart…†Matt. 11: 28-30 9. Self-control enkrateia The virtue of one who masters his desires and passions, especially sensual appetites. (Proverbs 16:32)
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