Sermons About Progress
The Progress of the Gospel
While the Apostle Paul sat in a Roman prison God used his predicament to Progress the Gospel. God uses circumstances to Progress the Gospel in our lives and in the lives of others. As pressure is used to impress an image upon a coin so God uses the pressure of circumstances to press the image, the character of Christ in our lives.
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Sacred Joy: Philippians 1.12-18
As we continue in Paul's letter to the church at Philippi we see he speaks of suffering. Paul experienced various trials throughout his ministry. For Paul and the writers of Scripture suffering was not a strange thing, but normal. According to Paul suffering is a gift from God for the advancement of the gospel of Christ. Often trials impede our progress in our walk with Christ. Paul saw trials as those which brought even greater progress to the advancement of the gospel. So how do you respond to suffering? For Paul, he rejoices because through such Christ is proclaimed.
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Nehemiah (#5): Providence & Progress
In Nehemiah 4:1-23 the rebuilding of the wall continues and the people begin to tire and face even more intense opposition. This time though it moves from mere words to the threat of actual violence. From this chapter we can learn much from how Nehemiah wisely motivates and leads his people, and how progress, even under God’s providence, is painful.
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Resolved to Living for Christ
Today is the first Sunday of a New Year and so many of us are taking the time to evaluate our priorities for 2009. What changes do we want to make? What progress would we like to see in the New Year? What about spiritual resolutions? I presume many of you want to make 2009 a banner year spiritually. You want to make this a year you see marked spiritual progress.
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Unstoppable Pt. 5 - No Pain, No Gain
An easy, care-free life may be appealing, but it's not reality. In fact, as in most areas of life, true spiritual progress often requires pain and paying a price. Discover from Nehemiah how God uses criticism, opposition, and pain to actually refine and strengthen you to fight for all that He's promised you.
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No Prayer, No Progress (2 Thess. 3:1)
This sermon calls Redeemer to prayer, reminding us of the important truth that without prayer we will make no progress in the proclamation of the Word and its reception by our kids, students, adults, community, and world.
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Growing in Grace
There must be something more. This feeling of emptiness has been the excuse for more than one person to despair and give up on God. This happens to anyone who is not experiencing spiritual growth over time. The "something more" is found in a child like seeking of the Lord daily. A child will watch their parents to see what they do. Then the child will try to do what they have seen in order to be like their parents.
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