Sermons About Prepare
Where are We Going - Matthew 24:1-14
Series: Preparing for What's Ahead (Part 1) - There have been many turbulent and unsettling times in history. Are we going through just another difficult period, or is there something special about this time? This series will help you better understand what is the same and what is different about our present crises. It will enable you to understand that God loves you and cares very much for you, and that God has provided you with invaluable insights into both what is unfolding and how you may live so that you can be most helpful to God, to others and to yourself. This introductory message describes why an examination at this time of a series of certain biblical texts written in the literary form called "apocalyptic" is even more important than it was in the past. Those hearing this message and upcoming messages are invited to participate at one of three levels, with each successive level providing a greater opportunity for learning and benefit.
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Finish with the gospel
2 Timothy is a very personal letter from a senior pastor to a junior pastor; and all the more so as Paul knows he will probably die soon. So what he says to Timothy has all the greater poignancy. This last chapter rises to a crescendo with the great charge – 2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word, be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction. So .. will you keep going or will you desert? Will you stick with the gospel, or turn away from it? Today is the time to decide those issues. We don’t need any more deserters – our liberal churches are full of people who’ve had conversion experiences, believed the bible once, and have now ditched it. But we do need loads more gospel workers, like Paul and Tim, and Mark and Luke. We need to raise up what an Aussie friend of mine calls BWW – blokes worth watching. We need people who won’t run away, but will keep going even when it gets tough. What will hold us firm – the gospel. We must fight for the gospel. Will you pledge with me to be like Paul and Tim, a gospel fighter?
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Ezra 8: Revival: Preparing the Way
God Restores His people to their identity and position in Him. He also Renews their strength in Him to endure and continue in obedience and faithfulness. But, ultimately God leads His people to Revival, a life-changing, family-changing, community-changing act of God that leads people to faith in Him. Do you want Revival? We look at Ezra and what he saw as essential in paving the way to revival.
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Preparing for 2009
Are you ready for 2009? Many of move forward into the new year with anxiety and concern over the economy and job uncertainty... but God is faithful and has gone ahead, preparing our way before us. We may not understand what's going on right at the moment, but teaching from the life of a favorite Old Testament character, Dan Williams shows us that God is faithful yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever.
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The Disturbed Heart
This is indeed a special week in the Christian calendar, as we celebrate what Christians called - “The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ.†During Advent we have been looking at some of the heart conditions that can cause us to miss His coming. Today in the Word we will consider The Disturbed Heart. Having looked at a few people who missed that first Christmas, we have seen more deeply into our own hearts. We looked at the average heart and its many idols. We looked at the preoccupied heart of Caesar Augustus, and also the unaffected heart of the religious leaders. Join us this morning as we continue to prepare our hearts not only for this Christmas, but also for His second coming.
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