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.

Effective Christian Leadership Ephesians 2:10-2:10 Introduction: ‘We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.’ (Ephesians 2: 10) God can use people with or without the natural ability and proper background. God can, and often chooses…

LIVING UNDER GRACE Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 16 of 36 Romans 6:14 Rick Warren In our last study we looked at the first part of this verse and what it meant to live "under the Law". Now we look at the meaning of "living under grace". I. THE MEANING OF "GRACE" DEFINITIONS: Characteristics…

March 16, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org In a full and rich life like many of us lead, there are those satisfying moments here and there, when one thing is “complete” in our lives. That’s why I love Jiffy Lube—they do a complete 16…

2 Chronicles 7:14, 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 7:13–16 This section is almost all unique to 2 Chronicles (cf. 1Ki…

Introduction: *In this passage, Jesus has finished what is commonly called the Last Supper with His disciples. Supper’s now over and He has predicted that one of the disciples is going to betray Him. And then He identifies that disciple as Judas Iscariot and He sends him on his wicked task. Now Jesus…

7 Formas de resistir a Satanás: (y mantener su liberación) I. Introducción: Dios ha restaurado a la Iglesia su autoridad sobre el mundo de los espíritus. No obstante, y con frecuentemente pasa, que los cristianos solemos detenernos en medias verdades y suponer que ya la tenemos todo como Dios quiere.…

LOS ENEMIGOS DEL CRISTIANISMO Por Douglas Alvarenga INTRODUCCION ¡El cristianismo tiene enemigos! Simple y sencillamente porque estamos en guerra y, la guerra en la que estamos, es una guerra espiritual (Efesios 6:12; II Ti. 2:3-4; II Cor. 10:3). Nuestro deber como cristianos es estar alertas en contra…

Living The Kingdom of God Lifestyle Journey From Religion to Relationship Growing as a group in the gospel of the kingdom INTRODUCTION & INDEX To Kingdom Growth Guides INTRODUCTION (#000) | Kingdom Growth Guides are for assisting individuals and small groups to move toward the kingdom lifestyle. These…

Introducción: Situaciones abrumadores, hacen querer decir “me rindo”. Respuetas de conocidos, “Dios no te dará más de lo puedas soportar”. Hacen referencia a este pasaje, 1 Cor. 10:13 . No os ha sobrevenido ninguna tentación que no sea humana; pero fiel es Dios, que no os dejará ser tentados más de lo…

What makes a woman beautiful? Being mother’s day this will be the topic of our messages this morning and this afternoon. This question has very different answers when you compare our current culture and its answer with the Word of God and God’s answer. The criteria for what genuine beauty have been so…

2 Timothy 1:1-5 ; 3:14-17 Stephen Caswell © 1999 Illustration Of Passing on a Godly Heritage Dr G. Campbell Morgan had four sons - all of whom followed his example by becoming ministers. It’s reported that at a family reunion a friend asked one of the sons, “ Which Morgan is the greatest preacher? ”…

The Lessons for the Last Days Simeon’s Prophecy and Anna’s Testimony As I read through this account I want you to pick up on the character qualities of Simeon, Anna and the priest, they were looking for the 1st coming of Jesus, we are looking for the 2nd coming – ask yourself the question what is God…

Galatians 2:20 Introduction I know that a number of you are interested in bird watching. One of the enjoyable things about it is identifying different birds. When you become familiar with them, they become quite easy to identify by their size, shape, flight pattern, coloring and song. However, some birds…

Introduction: Now we saw that in the early church there was tremendous enthusiasm… and sometimes enthusiasm can get misdirected. Paul said "For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge." (Romans 10:2) In the early church, because of their excitement and…

According to American astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, a white dwarf star in the constellation of Centaurus, next to the Southern Cross, has been found to have a 3000-kilometre-wide core of crystallized carbon, or diamond. It weighs 2.27 thousand trillion trillion tons…

Encouraging Women 25 She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. Confession of Faith I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God! The victory is mine! I have it now! I can see it through the eyes of my…

Power of Submission is to Come up onder Authority but not to lose your Identity.

Ephesians 1:6-10 (KJV)6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9 Having made…

*I want to talk to you this morning about living life on a higher level. This past Tuesday (Oct. 14, 2008) the Times Daily reported on a recent U. S. Census estimate of the Shoals area. They began by declaring If you’re like most of us in the Shoals, you live in a home, have at least a couple of vehicles…

Jesus Christ supremely displays God’s patient character in his work of salvation. The patience of Jesus Christ is seen in his relationships with people and in his perseverance through trial and suffering to death. Followers of Christ are called to demonstrate patience in all their relationships and circumstances.

Introduction: Exodus 12 is one of those incredible passages that the Bible contains. I personally believe that this chapter is one of those passages that every believer should be acquainted with. In fact, every believer should be well versed in this chapter. Because it so greatly speaks about the sacrifice…

We all know the value of having a good friend. We all know how if feels to be called upon by a friend of ours. Because of that, I wonder just how we would describe “friendship?” Listen to how others defined friendship. Mart Twain said, The proper function of a friend is to side with you when you are…

REWORK THIS SERMON FROM THIS PASSAGE JN.9.4 MATT.10.7 Using same title. (for Mt. Sinai May 2007) Honoring the Man and Woman of God 1 Tim. 5:17+ (for Lexington 2007) 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture…

We come now to the Garden of Gethsemane. Following the last supper, Jesus sensing the need to pray and strengthen himself against the avalanche of coming events takes his disciples with him to a secluded spot on the mount of Olives about a half mile from the city wall. By now it was probably near midnight…