Sermons on Promises of God
Making Room for More
Making Room for More Acts 2:37-47 According to Acts 2:42-46, when the New Testament church gathered – they learned – they worshiped – they found purpose and they connected. That’s wonderful, but that is not a complete picture. Acts 2:47 completes the picture: “And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.” Without that verse, we would get the wrong impression. Without this verse we might think that the early church was just…
How To Let Go Of The Past
How to Let Go of the Past Isaiah 43:14-25 Sometimes it feels like no matter how much we want to move forward, the past still whispers in our ear: “Remember what you did?” or “You’ll never change.” God said, “Forget the former things. Do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing.” In Isaiah 43, God predicts the rise and the fall of the Babylonian Empire. God used them to discipline His people, but then the…
God’s Perfect Patience
1 Timothy 1:12-17
His Grace Is Sufficient – His Power Is Perfected
“His Grace is Sufficient – His Power is Perfected” 2 Corinthians 12:1–10 This section of the Bible is the summit of Paul’s defense of his apostleship and his love for the Christians at Corinth. Paul’s reluctance is expressed in the opening words of this chapter: I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it. Paul would rather write about Jesus, but the worldly thinking that made the Corinthian Christians think little of Paul also made them think…