Anger is the commonly justified sin. It was not my fault. I inherited a hot temper. Someone irritated me. Something displeased me. I wasn’t furious; I was just upset. It is just the way I am! Transition This evening we are going to see what God has to say about our anger and how to […]
A preacher once wisely said, “If you think about something long enough, eventually, you will do it.” That ought to put fear in our hearts if our thoughts are not pleasing to God. Read Proverbs 25:28. If we do not rule our spirit, it will rule us. This is certainly true when it comes to […]
Read Proverbs 25:28. If we do not learn to rule our spirits, we will have no defence against the devil. Our Christian lives will be weak and unfruitful. God has given each of us a spirit, soul and body. The Holy Spirit desires to commune with our spirit, which then communes with our soul, made […]
Read Proverbs 25:28. If we do not learn to rule our spirits, we will have no defence against the devil. Our Christian lives will be weak and unfruitful. God has given each of us a spirit, soul and body. Our spirit communes with the Holy Spirit. Our soul, made up of our mind, will and […]
Fred was invited to a party that he knew would likely include things that may endanger his morals, health, and spiritual life, but he agreed to go to please his peers. Sue just received word that her mother has cancer. She panicked and plunged into a state of frantic worry. On his way to work, […]
Our text this evening is not alone in the book of Proverbs. Proverbs 25:24 is identical except for an added word “and”. Also, Proverbs 21:19 is very similar. Thus, we will consider all three of these verses together. Richard Wardlaw states, “God said, when he had created Adam, “It is not good that the man […]
Ahab’s Last Straw Date: 29 April 2020 Text: 1 Kings 21:1-20 Key Lesson: God’s patience will eventually run out. Ahab’s Selfishness § Naboth had a vineyard in Jezreel (v.1). King Ahab wanted it and offered to buy it or to trade for it (v.2). This was a selfish demand. Naboth refused because of God’s law […]
There have been many battle strategies used by successful generals down through history. Though they varied in type, they all had one thing in common; they worked to conquer the enemy. Just before the flood in Genesis 6:5, we read, “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that […]
God tells us in James 3:7-8, “For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” Yes, the tongue cannot be tamed so that […]
Last week, we began this brief series on self-control. We identified the fact that we all struggle with self-control in one area or another. Paul wrote, (1 Corinthians 9:25-27) “And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. […]