DIVINE FAVOUR Study Text: Psalms 5:12 For You; O Jehovah, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield. -It is seen here that God is willing to bless the rightoeus and also protect him with the weapon of favour. When the favour of God is upon a man, he will be secured and…

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.

The Saul Controlling Spirit Thanks to Mary Lance Sisk of Charlotte, NC, for her excellent scriptural insight into the Saul spirit. Blessings. The controlling spirit personified in Saul has impacted everybody's life. It has violated many families personally, emotionally, spiritually, and sometimes physically.…

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…

Introducción Cuántas personas han destruido sus vidas/su carrera/su familia/su futuro por una mala decisión. Pareciera que en un abrir y cerrar de ojos - tan solo una mala decisión tiene el poder de destruir la vida de una persona. Muchas personas han tenido un futuro prometedor; pero a causa de una…

Introduction: Most scholars who have sought to harmonize the accounts in the four Gospels have the Lord Jesus praying the prayer of John 17 in the Upper Room after He had finished His instructions to the disciples. Then He and the disciples sang the traditional Passover psalms, left the Upper Room, and…

I’m Young, But It’s My Time – I Samuel 17:29-46 The Book of Samuel talks about the history of transitions or changes for the nation of Israel. They move from a period individual Judges and sates to a centralized period of the Monarchs or Kings. Second, David becomes one of the key figures in this transition…

Reviving Your Prayer Life In God’s Word (Ps 119:145-152) Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on March 15, 2009 www.goldcountrybaptist.org Psalm 119:145-152 (NKJV) 145 I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord! I will keep Your statutes. 146 I cry out to You; Save me, and…

Introduction: When the rulers of the Jewish nation failed in their attempt to have Jesus arrested by the temple guards John 7:32, 45-49), they immediately devised a plot to trap him. This plot is the most despicable action by these men recorded in the Gospels. At the same time, it became an occasion…

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…

Good Morning and welcome to Sunday School. In my devotions this week I was led to a couple verses in Jeremiah that challenged me to reevaluate the way we in the church turn words and concepts into church-speak. They get so used to reciting a verse that the words become a pat answer, something you say,…

God’s desire is that all people should seek after him and find him. Those who seek God with all their heart are rewarded, but those who fail to seek him do so to their eternal loss.

1 Samuel and the book of Acts describe David as a man after God's heart. He had a genuine relationship with God. If you've been around a Gospel-preaching church for long, you may have heard the phrase, "it's not about religion, it's about having a relationship with God." Psalm 5 gives us a glimpse into the reality of that phrase through the prayer of David. This Sunday we'll explore what it means to have that kind of relationship with the Lord.

How Great Is Our God by Joe Rowland Psalms 14:1-14:7 How Great Is Our God Psalm 14: 1-7 1.The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2.The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were…

“Comforting others with our comfort” 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 Story of Cat and detergent – I wanted to call this message “Life in the Spin cycle” Introduction - 1:1-2: Suffering prepares us to comfort others – 1:3-7 Focus on who God is – i. He is God – Creator, powerful one and in control. ii. He is the…

Introduction: Doubt, unbelief, deception, lies—how many people give in to these negative emotions or behaviors every day? These weaknesses of human character cause all kinds of problems. Now think about this: · David had been living under the most distressing circumstances imaginable: being a fugitive…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Louis Evans told of the soldier who was wounded on the battlefield at night. He could not move or speak, but he could see the lanterns of the medics as they made their way from body to body. Finally a lantern was shining down on him, and after they examined his wounds one of them…

Old Testament Survey Dr. Berrey Tuesday, February 08, 2005 Intro lecture 1:06 PM Class intro know everything related to things on the study guide the questions will be detailed sometimes things will come from footnotes chapter content points not necessary to know outline points Introduction to the Old…

LESSON NINE: LISTENING TO GOD IN PRAYER Prayer is conversing with God. We speak to us, and God speaks to us. Our prayer life will be much more ineffective, if we are unable to hear something back from God. Therefore, it is important that we learn not just to speak to God but to hear from Him. God says:…

Sermon: Enoch the Faithful Servant Aug. 12, 2007 Enoch WALKED with God Gen.5:21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 22 And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked [lived in close fellowship] with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether,…

Whether you know it or not, each believer here this morning is in the midst of a building project. That project it the Temple of God. The question of the hour is, "What you erecting on the foundation of your Christian life?" Is it a glorious building which brings honor to God? Or is it a shack made of…

The Five Witnesses to Jesus’ Authority and Power I. The Five Witnesses To Jesus (John 5:31-39) Introduction: The word witness is a key word in John’s Gospel; it is used forty-seven times. It means to: AV - bears witness 25, testify 19, bear record 13, witness 5, be a witness 2, give testimony 2, have…

“In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, ‘Flee like a bird to your mountain, for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? “The LORD is in his holy…

· Como mencioné hace un par de semanas, aproximadamente la mitad del libro de Génesis está dedicada a la complicada y desordenada vida de Jacob. · Él es el último patriarca, el hombre que da a luz a toda la nación de Israel. o A menudo se basa en el engaño en lugar de confiar en Dios o Con frecuencia…

El gran amor del Señor nunca se acaba, y su compasión jamás se agota. Cada mañana se renuevan sus bondades; ¡muy grande es su fidelidad! Por tanto, digo: «El Señor es todo lo que tengo. ¡En él esperaré!» El día del Antiguo Testamento comienza una tarde y termina con la puesta de sol de la tarde siguiente.…