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THE STRONGHOLD OF MY LIFEPsalm 27 “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?” When you think about it, this is true, isn’t it? If God is on your side, the only thing you need to be fearful of …
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“Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For …
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SIN AND FORGIVENESSMatthew 18 “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge …
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Putting together this sermon was tough going, mainly because I struggled to come to a conclusion that is worth taking home and in the end I ran out of time and energy. Interestingly, it was one of the better received sermons I had preached in the church. One never knows. Good morning. We are in …
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THE LITTLE ONESMatthew 18 “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Jesus’ response to the disciples’ question was classic: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in …
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WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG2 Corinthians 11 and 12 “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then …
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SERVANTHOOD2 Corinthians 10 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I …
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LUST AND PRIDEProverbs 11, 1 John 2 and James 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree …
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When I prepared my sermon on 1 John 5, I wrote out an overview of John’s argument in the first 4 chapters as a backdrop to his conclusions in chapter 5. In the end I had to take it out because the sermon was too long. However, the call to pray would make better sense …
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REST AND FREEDOMLeviticus 25 and Luke 4 “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat …
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