Pass this on!Text: Proverbs 11:30 If you and I believe there is a literal hell and a literal heaven, then there are real eternal consequences. Most of us probably are in the category of we believe that, but we don’t really care. Wisdom is what stands between a lost soul and soul that has been … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Ephesians 4:17-19 (Much of the information here was preached by Pastor James Knox at Bible Baptist Church in Deland, FL. http://jameswknox.org/category/the-bible-and-mental-health/) God wants to change your thinking. Physical health is not promised in the Bible for your current body. In fact, physical death is promised. Physical health is not promised. But … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Esther 6:1-3 King Ahasuerus can’t sleep. He calls for the records to be read to him. He’s going to get some work done if he can’t sleep. So he reviews the history of his reign. Considers past decisions he’s made and the consequences of those decisions. Then he comes to the assassination … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: 1 Thessalonians 2:7-9 Paul has given the negatives of of the ministry. He reminded the Thessalonians that he had not approached them in flattery and other things. Now, he’s going to remind them how he did enter in among them. In 1 Thessalonians 2:7-11 Paul gives male and female qualities both needed … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Ephesians 4:9-10 Review of the descent of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ conquers sin by subduing it in his body Jesus Christ lived in flesh and blood dealing with all the temptation that comes with carnal corruption, yet without sin. So he conquers sin in the flesh. He subdues corruption under … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Hebrews 4:16 Tonight I’d like to talk to you about the most powerful opportunity in creation. And I’m not saying this to be dramatic. You change your eternal destiny with a prayer. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Through your communication with God, by calling on … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Esther 5:14 After Haman is done puffing himself up his wife gives him some terrible encouragement. She essentially says, “Sweetheart, you’ve got so much going for you, why wait and agonize over Mordecai? Don’t wait for the king to do something, go ahead and take matters into your own hands. Build a … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: 1 Thessalonians 2:4 God gives opportunity to try your heart allowed of God What does God want, and how does he get it? We are vessels and God gives us things to see how we handle them Exodus 16:4 that I may prove them… why not FEED them? B/C God knew he … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Ephesians 4:9-10 Most people have no problem believing in heaven or some better place. People fundamentally understand this world is not in good shape and there is something better. But what’s harder to believe in is a place called Hell. How could God be so mean? How could he take people and … [Read more…]
Missionary Mike Dobbins
Pass this on!Text: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 A ministry that produces exemplary Christians does some things and does not do others. Paul says his preaching and ministry was not in vain. It withstood shame and suffering in Philippi. That is told in Acts 16 where the Philippian jailor gets saved. Paul and Silas were in prison, … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Ephesians 4:7-8, 11-16 Paul has explained doctrinal unity and has begun to lay a practical approach to getting along with fellow believers. Then in verse seven Paul says while there are seven points of unity, the gifts are not points of unity, they are diverse. Notice the contrasting word ‘But’ at the … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Hebrews 4:15 If you’ve dealt with personal failure or personal debilitating pain and come through those, you are more likely to defend someone else who is going through that. Especially to someone who hasn’t gone through it. If you’ve gone through cancer for instance and felt all the anxieties, frustrations, pain, not … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Esther 5:9-14 Esther goes before Ahasuerus and invites he and Haman to a feast. Haman is overjoyed. He feels so important. His ego has been stroked and he is on cloud nine. But pride goeth before destruction (Proverbs 16:18). And a man’s pride shall bring him low (Proverbs 29:23). Pride is the … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Don’t trade God’s timing for your deadline. Warren Buffet said, “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” Why is patience a virtue? Why isn’t “Hurry Up!” a virtue? Prayer: Lord help me with patience. Not the opportunities to be patient. I’ve … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Ephesians 4:1-6 Worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called… Part of our job as Christians is getting along with each other Part of your relationship with God is experienced through your interaction with other people. A vocation is a job. There is little said in the Bible about what job you … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Hebrews 4:14 New Jerusalem is a physical place. It’s behind a curtain. Heaven, where the Lord is, is not a frame of mind. Vail of heaven Now only the high priest could pass through the vail. And only in a sanctified and pure condition could he pass through the vail. Verse 14 … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Acts 8:26-40 There are also, seven types of baptism in the Bible. Israel wandering in the wilderness was baptised unto Moses in a cloud (1 Corinthians 10:1-2) John the Baptist came to manifest Christ to Israel and to prepare His way. An identifying mark of the disciples of John was baptism (John … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Romans 8:28 But nothing catches God by surprise, so he isn’t beside himself since sin entered the world. What he is going to do is use this time to prepare his people, to test his people and to basically accomplish some things in you and I that he wants to accomplish. So … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Exodus 30:34-38 & Psalm 141:2 Composition is pleasing to the Lord (vs 34) Sweet Offered with a sweet spirit Ammonia prayers like the Pharisee, “I thank God I’m not like him…” 1 Peter 3:7, 12 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the … [Read more…]