I believe that God has created me and all that exists – Psalm 104
I believe that God has created me and all that exists Psalm 104
Fervent Prayer 1Kings 18:41-46
Sermon Outline 1Kings 18:41-46, James 5:16-18 Fervent Prayer The Context Elijah is God’s Man in control (1Ki 18:41) Ahab is a puppet king (Prov 21:1) Why the command to Go up, eat and drink? Practical breaking of the fast from the events of the day. (Pink, Elijah, p54). Call to celebrate the that drought is over (1Ki 18:41b, Dt 28:12) Instructing Ahab to partake of a sacred Covenantal meal and personally ratify his commitment to God Application: Profound truth…
Reclaiming Hearts (1Kings 18:17-40)
Sermon Outline Reclaiming Someone’s Heart is a Difficult Thing The Accusations Ahab’s Accusation against Elijah: (1Kin 18:1, 17) “The most wonderful compliment” Why would Ahab begin his interaction with the man he has searched for 3 years to find this way? (Lk 6:45, 1Ki 18:5, Jer 17:9) Elijah’s Indictment of Ahab: (1King 18:18) Elijah’s challenge to the People: (1King 18:21) No straddling the Fence Stop thinking like a pagan. The Challenge False words of Elijah? (1Kings 18:22) Fire from heaven!…
Spurring one another to growth
1 Kings 18:1-16 Spurring one Another to growth Elijah and Obadiah Sermon Outline Finding Nemo: The Risk of Faith Who is Obadiah? Name means ‘servant of Yahweh’ In charge of Ahab’s palace (1Ki 18:3) Devout believer in the Lord (1Ki 18:3) Willing to risk himself secretly for God (1Ki 18:4) Walking & Relying on God isn’t always easy Often God leads us and asks us to do difficult things simply by trusting that the Word of God…
Pentecost is about harvesting the Lost (Acts 2:1-41)
Sermon Outline Confusion about Holy Spirit among many Christians Who is the Holy Spirit? Setting (Acts 2:1) Day of Pentecost = Feast of Weeks 1 of 3 annual feasts to be kept by all Jews (Exo 23:16, Lev 23:15-22, Dt 16:9-12) These were to be a time of rejoicing (Dt 16:11) First feast is about ridding self of sin – take out the leaven; (1Cor 5:7-8) Second feast is about gathering others into God’s kingdom – (Dt 16:12, Exo…
The Testing of our Faith – 1Kings 17:7-16
Sermon Outline God where are you? Elijah’s Test of Faith (1Ki 17:7 A victim of his own prayer. God’s intervention (1Ki 17:8) A call to outside the expected (1Ki 17:9, Luke 4:25-26) To the Crucible To a Widow The widow’s test of Faith A Demanding Prophet Be inconvenienced for me (1Ki 17:10) Give me your food (1Ki 17:11) A Faith-filled and true response (1Ki 17:12) I have nothing “As the LORD your God lives…” First, she knows and uses the…
Elijah Confronting Idolatry
Sermon 1Kings 17;1-7 Elijah and the Drought National Apostasy Cry for a King (1Sam 8-10) 1Sam 8:5 “…Give us a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.” Saul (1Sam 9-31) 40 years David (1Sam 16-2Sam) 40 years Solomon (1Ki 1:28ff) 40 years Kingdom Divided Every person who wants to see the church reformed in his/her day must not forget these 3 things (1Ki 17:1) Declaring who God is Challenging the Idolatry of the day…
Praying in Love (Thessalonians 3:10-13)
Sermon Outline 1Thessalonians 2;17-3;13 Praying in love for others (Read whole passage, focus on 3:11-13) Who is Paul praying for? Converts that he had personally evangelized. Considers them his children (1Th 2:17) Considers them brothers (1Th 1:4, 2:1, 9, 14, 3:7, 4:1, 10, 13, 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25-27) How can we pray for others? Out of Heart grounded in Love Like a Nursing Mother (1Th 2:7-8) Like a Father (1Th 2:11-12) Out of Deep Concern (1Th 3:1,…
Walking with God
Elder David Richards delivered the message on April 30, 2017 talking about what it means to walk with God based on his personal experience as a Bellingham Police Officer. Micah 4:1-5 & Isaiah 2:2-5.