Sermons from February 2017
Praise & Trust the Creator & Sustainer
Psalm 33 All right, let’s give our attention to God’s holy word and give reverence to his name and all that it reveals about him. This is Psalm 33, beginning at verse one. Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous. Praise befits the upright. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre. Make melody to him with the heart of 10 strings. Sing to him a new song, play skillfully on the strings with loud shouts. For the…
Why Our Church Must Be Good Stewards
Matthew 25:14-30 Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to the New Testament, to the book of Matthew. Our reading today is Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 25, verses 14 through 30. This is one of Jesus’ kingdom parables. Toward the end of Matthew, he spends a little bit of time explaining to his disciples what the kingdom of God is like. And in the previous parable, at the beginning of chapter 25, he speaks of the parable of the ten…
The Blessing of Being Forgiven By God
Psalm 32 Let’s turn to Psalm 32, and we’ll read the 11 verses of it. This psalm is connected to Psalm 51 also. It’s one of the handful of penitential psalms in the Bible, and I think we’ll find many rich things in it. It says, Psalm 32 of Mascael of David. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered, Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, in whose spirit there is…
Why Our Church Must Be Merciful
James 2 Our scripture reading is from James chapter two, the entire chapter, although our focus will just be on chapter two, verse 17. We’ll read James chapter two in its entirety. Today, we are in the fourth part of our little sermon series on why our church must, and the blank is always one of the five areas of ministry, why our church must worship, why our church must make disciples, why our church must fellowship today, why our…
God is My Refuge
Psalm 31 All right, let’s begin by reading Psalm 31, verses one through five. It says, in you, O Lord, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, deliver me. Incline your ear to me and rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me and a strong fortress to save me. For you are my rock and my fortress. For your namesake, lead me and guide me. You take me out of…
Why Our Church Must Fellowship
Acts 2:42 Please turn in your copy of God’s holy scriptures to the book of Acts to chapter two. Our scripture reading is Acts chapter two, verse 42. The last couple of weeks and for the next two weeks, including today, we have been considering the five areas of ministry that we believe are dear to God’s heart and should be dear to our hearts. And these are the five areas of ministry that if we consider our church, is…
Down For the Count and Up Again!
Psalm 30 This is Psalm 30, beginning at verse one. I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up. You have not let my foes rejoice over me. O Lord, my God, I cry to you for help, and you have healed me. O Lord, you have brought up my soul from shield. You have restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,…
Why Our Church Must Make Disciples
Matthew 28 Reading from Matthew chapter 28, verse one, we hear these words. Now, after the Sabbath toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to the tomb and behold, there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him,…