March 3, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print, and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscovertheBook.org Psalm 13 may be the very deepest of all the pits of life David endured. In this Psalm David is all alone and momentarily felt that even God had left him. Note the exact spot these events take…

What Are Your Expectations? Text: Luke 24.13-35 Introduction: We all have certain expectations of God and how we expect Him to act toward us based upon our knowledge of Him. However, serious problems arise when God does not act as we expected Him to. Job ran into this great difficulty wishing that he…

The need for and peace of faith

THE APOSTLE THOMAS: FAILURE OR EXAMPLE? John 20:19-31 Most of us would consider it an insult to be compared with the disciple known as Thomas. Often times we look at Thomas and see little more that a failure. The truth be told, we know little about him. But we are familiar enough to know that he was…

ASKING & RECEIVING 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10…

In Proverbs 20:6 the Bible asks an important question. That question is: "Who can find a faithful man?" It’s a rhetorical question, meaning it has a self-evident answer: It is hard to find a person who is truly faithful. Faithfulness in relationships, according to the passage, seems to be a rare quality.…

Life lessons from the scriptural portrait of Zecharias and Elizabeth (parents of John the Baptist).

God's responds to Moses' doubts

Title: The most frightening statement in the Bible: “If there is no resurrection.” Text: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Theme of Passage: The resurrected Christ is the basis of our faith. Interrogative: Do you doubt and even disbelieve the resurrection of Christ? Proposition: Doubting the resurrection is a serious…

Introduction Earlier this year after talks with Jared and studying on the topic, I felt a strong conviction that the church should be full of biblical counselors. I begin to believe that it would be a blessing to the local body as well as the greater body beyond our local assembly, if we could create…

Can God Furnish a Table in the Wilderness Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? I. The Faithlessness of the People A. The People in General - vv. 1-8 The Older are to teach the Younger - You see David instructing his people Give ear, O my people, to my law:…

God’s Character Commands our Joy, Trust and Submission Let’s go ahead and turn to Psalm 100 this morning and as we look at the what God’s Character demands of us. A Psalm for Thanksgiving. 1 Shout joyfully to the Lord , all the earth. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.…

Unbelief, or the failure to trust God, holds back his blessing and leads to condemnation and spiritual death.

New series… toolbox for life. Self help books will tell you that to be successful, you need desire and determination. That’s not totally true because I have met people with desire and determination that were not successful. ILL - Farmer… hope for a great crop but if he plants the wrong seed… uses the…

We may believe certain things about the Bible, but do we believe God can make them a reality in our own lives?

Have you ever encountered a person who says they want help or advice or whatever, and so you talk with them, and offer help and advice and no matter how much you say they don't listen? They don't make any changes. They keep asking for help, keep complaining - you keep talking but they don’t listen. Eventually…

UNBELIEF PRODUCES SPIRITUAL PARALYSIS INTRODUCTION: Isaiah 59:1–2 speaks of the “separation between you and your God.” The ground in which your sins grow and flourish is unbelief. And that unbelief is a ground full of elements that paralyze the Christian’s vision and action. In Mark 6:1–6 we read that…

Forsaking God and relying on other objects of dependence. This is futile and it provokes God’s anger. Failure to trust others may be the result of a betrayal of trust in the past.

The Pathway of Simon Peter How does a middle class fishin' man End up in the middle of God's mission plan? He's a back water who walked on water. One of the first to see Jesus in his authentic identity. The Lord called this man the Rock. The gates of Heaven are his to unlock. He's a truth denier turned…

Rise up Today — Everyday! Look with me at..... Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now, if anyone is enfolded into Christ, he has become an entirely new creation. All that is related to the old order has vanished. Behold,…

A wonderful theme in Scripture is that God is the deliver of hurting people. - David called God, my deliver, in Psalm 18:2 – The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. - And a major theme of the…

Intro - 2020 What a year. It’s been crazy and this is our last Sunday of 2020. Everything was going great in many ways AND THEN the Pandemic hit. No one was ready NOR could anyone have been ready for what this pandemic has done to our world, our nation, our communities and our lives. People have lived…

A state of spiritual hunger arising from a failure to experience the presence and joy of God. Scripture describes such experiences, indicates one ultimate cause to be unbelief and points to ways in which this famine can be relieved.

Lord, Do It Again 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and…