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Living by faith (4)
Read more: Living by faith (4)Joseph Scripture Readings Genesis 50:15-26 Hebrews 11:13-22 Hymns: Praise my soul the King of heaven How deep the Father’s love for us To God be the glory There is a hope Introduction My dear friends in the Lord Jesus Christ, There is a risk in taking one chapter in the Bible and preach a series…
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Living by faith (3)
Read more: Living by faith (3)Abraham believed that God could raise from the dead Scripture Readings Hebrews 11:13-23 Genesis 22:1-19 Songs This is the day, this is the day Beneath the cross of Jesus Break Thou the bread of life My heart is filled with thankfulness Introduction My dear brother and sister in the Lord, It was by God’s sovereign,…
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Living by Faith (2)
Read more: Living by Faith (2)Abraham – his faith in God became his righteousness Scripture Readings Hebrews 11:8-12 Genesis 12:1-19 Hymns/songs “God has called us” (“We have come”) “Beneath the cross of Jesus” “As the deer pants for the water” “May the mind of Christ my Saviour” Introduction A columnist of a computer magazine made this comment: “How many teachers…
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Living by faith (1)
Read more: Living by faith (1)Noah: he saw the horror of destruction, he experienced the grace of salvation, he owned the beauty of the new, but … Scripture Readings Genesis 6:9-22 Hebrews 11:1-6 Songs “Light of the world” “Highest place” “Speak O Lord” “All my days” Introduction My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Noah’s story is introduced by…
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Be Careful How You Listen (5)
Read more: Be Careful How You Listen (5)The crop grows – and we don’t know how Scripture Readings Ezekiel 47:1-12 Mark 4:26-34 Hymns/Songs “Come, O Fount of every blessing” “In Christ alone” “Tell me the old old story” “We’ve a story to tell to the nations” Introduction Dr. James Allen Frances, describes the life of Jesus this way: He was born in…
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Be careful how you listen (4)
Read more: Be careful how you listen (4)Productive soil Receiving the Word with a noble and good heart Scripture Readings 2 Timothy 3:10-4:5 Luke 8:11-15 Hymns/Songs: “Lord of the Church” “More about Jesus” “Great is Thy faithfulness” “Send forth the Gospel” My dear brother and sister in the Lord, After three weeks of sermons on the first parable of Jesus, we may…
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Be careful how you listen (3)
Read more: Be careful how you listen (3)Not hearing, not seeing, not understanding Scripture Readings Isaiah 5 Matthew 13:10-23 Songs: “Blessed be the Name” “Highest Place” “Oh, the mercy of God” “Almighty God, your Word is cast” Introduction My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, There are some short sentences on the screen. They read: “I see the clouds in the…
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Be careful how you listen!
Read more: Be careful how you listen!This Sunday we continue our series about the seed, the sower and the soil. What is the effect of true hearing and true seeing? In a spiritual sense it means to understand the words of Christ in our hearts, to repent and be healed from sin. The people symbolized by the seed that had fallen…
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Be careful how you listen (2)
Read more: Be careful how you listen (2)Be careful how you listen (2) Scripture Readings Isaiah 29:9-16 Mark 4:13-20 Hymns/songs “Psalm 96” “O Lord, you’re beautiful” “Open my eyes that I may see” “Revive Us” My dear fellow-believers in Christ, Last week we heard the Word of God as it taught us that not all evangelistic and missionary attempts of the church…