Intercession and Spiritual Warfare Pastor Keith Hassell Introduction Intercessors are a great gift to the body of Christ. As a pastor I am thankful for every person who feels a special calling to intercede for me and for the church I pastor. I recognize that intercessors have played a key role in what…

The Hand of the Lord: 1. is mighty. 2. is dangerous and deadly against His enemies. 3. empowers His servants. 4. can be heavy to discipline His people. 5. will help His people. 6. will always be with His people today.

Key Points Lessons and Teachings from James By Brother Michel Lankford A Personal Note: Hello and God bless you. What follows is a devotional Bible study of the book of James. Late last year, the Lord was impressing upon me that I should start reading certain books of Scripture, and keeping a "running…

9908 Before you can be successful in any battle you have to do a few things first. First, you have to know your enemy, second, you have to locate the battlefield, and thirdly, you have to define your battle objectives. 1. THE ENEMY -- SELF Many of the battles we face on a daily basis involve Satan's…

Intro Life is full of distractions. Have you ever sat in a really bad traffic jam thinking it must have been a really bad accident that caused this, only to find out that it was a simple fender bender pushed off on the side of the road causing passing drivers to slow down, lose focus of the road, to…

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 Ps 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 Prov 1:1-6 1/2 Ps 2:1-6 Gen 3:1 - 4:26 Matt 2:13-3:6 Prov 1:7-9 1/3 Ps 2:7-12 Gen 5:1 - 7:24 Matt 3:7-4:11 Prov 1:10-19 1/4…

PSALM 91 Security of the One Who Trusts in the Lord. This psalm is a meditation, in a serene and confident mood, on the security of the person who trusts in God. There is nothing in the text that provides a clue as to the time and circumstances of its composition. Dahood and others take it to be a royal…

Introduction The Book of Esther Calvary Chapel Girls Bible Study Note: Portions of the outline for this syllabus were taken from John Macarthur’s Bible Studies, New Testament Commentary by Moody Press, The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible by Leadership Ministries, and The Life Application Study Bible.…

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MOUTH Developing a Faith That Works - Part 8 of 15 James 3:1-12 Rick Warren My idea: "Growing Believers know the power of Words" James 3:1-12 "We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check." (vs.…

Because We are Imperfect People & We Live in an Imperfect World, We Will Experience Failures in Life. The night Jesus went to the cross, two of his closest friends experienced massive failures. Judas, the Failure of Betrayal and Peter the failure of denial. Both actually denied Jesus. Judas rejected…

Solid Rock Or Shifting Sand? Text: Matthew 7:24-27 Place Preached - (Mississauga International Baptist Church) Date Preached - (06/03/01) Introduction: Imagine everything you have worked for being swept away in a moment. That is the picture of a life of disobedience. There are teachings in the Sermon…

Better Days adapted from a sermon by Steve Shepherd Psalms 34:12-16 How do you recognize when you’re going to have a bad day? You turn on the news to see a map showing emergency routes out of the city. The bird singing outside your window is a buzzard. Your income tax check bounces. You put both contact…

Taming the Tongue It’s the little things in life that make a difference. Virus A tiny rock in your shoe. Speck in your eye. Splinter. Very small but it has a great impact on the body. James teaches this lesson as he writes about the tongue. It is not very big, but it has enormous power. James 3:1-18…

Proverbs 26:20-22 The Destructive Power of Gossip Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man’s inmost parts. A mong the awful…

Tongues of Poison, Tongues of Fire (James 3:1-10) Introduction: The title of our message this evening is . . . . and although I do believe that all of the Bible is the divinely given Word of God, there is probably no truer passage in Scripture than what James wrote here in chapter three about that most…

BBC SEPTEMBER 2, 2007 GOD KNOW ME INSIDE OUT” PSALM 139 SUMMER IN PSALMS. PSALM 139:13-18 13/ FOR YOU FORMED MY INWARD PARTS; YOU COVERED ME IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB. 14 I WILL PRAISE YOU, FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE; MARVELOUS ARE YOUR WORKS, AND THAT MY SOUL KNOWS VERY WELL. 15 MY FRAME WAS…

1NOAH—FEARING GOD/FOUNDATIONS 2Fearing God is always reflected in obedience to Him, and He always rewards obedience. 3REVERENCE & RESPECT is the principle RIGHTEOUSNESS is the promise 4Genesis 6:6-8 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord…

A Time to Keep Silence And a Time to Speak Gipsy Smith's name will be familiar to the older generation. To younger ones, let me just say that he was an illustrious and powerful British evangelist. When Gipsy was first saved he became anxious for the conversion of his uncle. He was reluctant, however,…

Introduction: review of last week A. The Reaction of Jonathan (v.1-4). 1. The Loving of a soul. a) When he had finished speaking to Saul (v.1a). b) Jonathan’s soul was knit to the soul of David (v.1b). c) Jonathan’s soul was knit after the battle had been won. 2. The Making of a covenant (v.3) a) Jonathan…

Part I Prolegomena Introduction to Theology 8 2006 I. Introduction to Prolegomena A. What is Prolegomena (the singular is Prolegomenon) 1. It is from the Greek pro/ + le/gw, meaning to say beforehand (Random House Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1547). 2. It refers to "a preliminary discourse prefixed to a literary…

“HONOR GOD WITH YOUR BODY” (A Series on I Corinthians) Westgate Chapel 6/28/98 a.m. I Corinthians 6:9-20 PROPOSITION: True followers of Jesus are not their own, and honor God with their bodies, because they are bound for the kingdom of God, because they are united with Christ, and because they are the…

If we were to ask you to tell me the number one mark of a spiritual man or woman, how would you respond? When I first considered this question, a number of things came to mind. Humility. Sacrifice. Prayer. Wisdom. Involvement in ministry. It was hard for me to narrow it down to one thing. Spiritual men…

He aquí yo vengo pronto, y mi galardón conmigo, para recompensar a cada uno según sea su obra. Pero sin fe es imposible agradar a Dios; porque es necesario que el que se acerca a Dios crea que le hay, y que es galardonador de los que le buscan. Apocalipsis Creo que este versículo es clave para el tema…

Doing right, but not with a /loyal heart[1]/ INTRODUCTION: 1. Read Text: (2 Chron. 25:1-16). 2. Regarding Text: (1) Amaziah, at age of 25 ascended to the throne of his father, king of Judah. (2) Began by killing those who killed his father. (3) Ended by disregarding the prophet of God, and incurring…

Genesis 16:1-16 Introduction The setting is Abram’s home, the first biblical instance of domestic strife We see three main characters: Ø Abram, the father of faith? Ø Sarai, the model wife? Ø Hagar, the Egyptian slave girl We see what happens when we take it upon ourselves to accomplish God’s will our…