Beginning this chapter, Paul urged his readers to present their bodies as living sacrifices to God. Then, he commanded them not to allow themselves to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by allowing God to renew their minds. This will enable them to know and follow God’s good, well-pleasing and perfect will. […]
Of the 800,000 words in the English language, 300,000 are technical terms. The average person knows 10,000 words and uses 5,000 in everyday speech. Though words are important, some are more important than others are. Transition This evening, I want us to see that God has special truths for us to learn from the important […]
The captain of a ship looked into the dark night and saw a light in the distance. Immediately, he told his signalman to send a message, “Alter your course ten degrees south.” He promptly received a reply, “Alter your course ten degrees north.” The furious captain sent another message, “Alter your course ten degrees south. […]
Someone has said, “When God bolts the door, don’t try to get in through the window.” God had not yet opened the door for Abram and Sarai to have a son, and they chose to “climb through the window” to get a son their way. They missed God’s best in their lives. Transition So that […]
A family tree is diagrams one’s ancestors as the roots of a tree. This evening, we are going to look at the roots of Abram’s family tree. After God divided the languages at Babel, some of Shem’s family settled in Ur south of Babel. [See map] One of Shem’s grandsons was Uz (10:23). He may […]
Decisions. Decisions! DECISIONS! Life is full of them. Whether it is deciding what brand of milk to buy, where to go on holiday, what course to take in school, how to deal with a problem, what car to buy or whether to change jobs, every decision you make is important to God. If you are […]
In our culture, weddings are usually preceded by busy preparation. Such preparations usually include special clothing, flowers, decorations, rehearsals, etc. The marriage of Boaz and Ruth also included busy preparation; however, because their marriage was a redemption marriage, the busy preparation were much different. Most of the business fell on Boaz. Transition This evening I […]
Sorry, but the audio did not record for some reason. The book of Ruth takes place sometime during the 300 years of the Judges. Judges 21:25 describes the general spiritual and moral mindset during that period (read). The book gets its name from a young Moabite woman named Ruth, the central figure in the book, […]
Elisha The Prophet of God Lesson 15 – Anointing of Jehu 2Kings 9:1-10 Date: 30 September 2020 – Elisha20 1. Fulfilment of a prophecy to Elijah a. Though Elisha does not perform any miracle in this story, nor does he do any of the action, this is a direct fulfilment of a prophecy given to […]
We are going to begin a brief series on Better Choices from the book of Proverbs. Read Proverbs 12:9. When I was in grade school, we had a holiday called St. Patricks Day. On that day, everyone in our class was to wear green. Just to be accepted by my peers, I dyed all my […]