Does God Want You To Have … Joy?
Archive for Fruits of the Spirit
Questions to think about before you hear the Sermon:
Listen for these questions and answers for “What Spirit are You Listening to, the one of the World, or The Holy Spirit?”, below in the 1-part Video , or the one-part MP3 Audio Sermon.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
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The Christian Life Hard or Easy? – Sermon – June 29 2014
Questions that will be answered in the Sermon:
What is that road supposed to be like, the road in which we are to follow Jesus as our Good Shepherd and Savior?
Is the Christian life supposed to be hard or easy? Is it joyful or sad? Full of strength and good things or is it painful and full of trouble?
When God lead the people out of bondage in Egypt, why did endur hardship, such as a lack of food, a lack of water? Why did they have to wonder 40 years in the desert, especially after 400 plus years in slavery/bondage in Egypt?
Listen for these questions and answers about The Christian Life Hard or Easy? , in the one-part Video or one-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures will be below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 12, Jeremiah 38: 1-6, 2 Timothy 1: 8-14, Matthew 10: 16-23
Keywords: Prostitute saved by Pastor Greg as a Chaplain in a Hospital in Baltimore, suffering, Jeremiah suffering, What is Christian life like?, Joy, hardship, Faith
Can You Endure Patiently In Suffering ? – Sermon – March 02 2014
Questions answered in the Sermon:
Think about this, No one, other than Christ, suffered so much as Paul in regards to beatings physically and attacks verbally, and yet, at the same time, no one rejoiced as much as Paul! Isn’t that Strange? – Wouldn’t you think, that the one who suffers the most is the one who is most defeated, and most sorrowful? The one who suffers the most is rejoicing the most? What secrets did he , Paul, have, to rejoice even in his afflictions? Do you think we can learn something from him?
Are you suffering today from something that has come into your life? Are you groaning, moaning, wincing, bewailing your fate? Are you prepared for the struggles, sufferings to come, whatever they may be – abuse/persecution for the gospel, loss of family, wealth, health, friends – as was the case with righteous Job? Do you see God’s great purpose in your afflictions? Do You believe God will rescue you from ALL your afflictions?
Listen for these questions and answers about Can You Endure Patiently In Suffering ?, below in the 1-part Video , or the one-part MP3 Audio Sermon.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 37: 1-11, Isaiah 30: 15-18, Romans 8: 18-25, Luke 18: 1-8
Keywords: suffering, trials and tribulation, Paul’s Thorn in the flesh, persecution by family, friends, loved ones, holding fast, fighting the good fight of the faith, Job, the End Times
How Can Thanksgiving Set Me Free ? – Sermon – February 09 2014
Questions answered in the Sermon: In John 6, Jesus feeds 5000 people on the hill from just five barley loaves of bread and two fish. What is so significant and important, just before that miracle?
What do you think Jesus is teaching us about this thanks that he gave? Why is it important for us to give thanks to God-even in the midst of a seemingly impossible situation like that one, even when God has not yet done something for us, to save us?
How does giving thanks change our circumstances? Why is it the right thing for us to do? And what does giving thanks have to do with God stirring up His power to come and save us? How does giving thanks to God change the things inside of us? How does giving thanks change things outside us?
Listen for these questions and answers about How Can Thanksgiving Set Me Free ?, below in the 1-part Video , or the one-part MP3 Audio Sermon.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 30, Isaiah 51: 1-5, 1 Thessalonians 5: 12-24, Matthew 11:25-30
Keywords: hopeless situations, feeling defeated before prayer, kindled our hope, hopelessness, courage and rejoicing during fear, giving thanks during troubles, giving thanks before prayer, Stories in scripture of Saints Jehoshaphat, Jonah and the Whale or Giant Fish, Paul and Silas in prison during an earthquake,
Can I Trust the Lord to Provide ? – Sermon – February 02 2014
Questions answered in the Sermon:
Will God also indeed provide for you in all things you need in this life? And how about especially in those situations that you deem impossible – a financial crisis, a health crisis, a ministry crisis, a spiritual crisis? Will He provide for you at that time as well?
And will He provide for you a salvation and a future and a home in his kingdom? And will you trust Him to do all these things for you? Does God try to test our hearts with overwhelming situations? How can we use and learn from these tests?
Does this mean that whenever we face a crisis that we should sit back and do nothing, and wait for God to save you? Why can we trust Him always to provide for us in all our needs, according to His timing and choice?
Listen for these questions and answers about Can I Trust the Lord to Provide ?, below in the 1-part Video , or the one-part MP3 Audio Sermon (coming soon is the MP3)
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 65: 5-13, Isaiah 51: 4-4, 9-15, 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15, John 6: 1-14
Keywords: overwhelming life situations, hopelessness, God answering Prayer, Giving thanks with Prayer, Miracles, Jesus feeding the 5000, Abraham tested by God with his son Isaac
How God Answers Prayer – Sermon – October 24 2010
During times we have prayed, have you ever asked, did God even hear me? Does he really answer my prayers? Where is God’s answer? Is prayer really as powerful as it’s promised to be in the scriptures, or not? Is my faith just too weak? What does God tell us about prayer and His answers to it? What does he teach us? What are the possible ways God might respond when we pray?
Listen for these questions and answers about How God Answers Prayer, below in the one-part MP3 Audio Sermon. WE APOLOGIZE, THIS RECORDING IS DEFECTIVE, AND WE WILL BE SEEKING THE ARCHIVE TO SEE IF WE CAN RESTORE THIS SERMON MP3. IF NOT THEN WE WILL DELETE THIS WEEK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 40: 11-17, 1 Kings 18: 41-46, 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10, Luke 18: 1-8
Keywords: the ways God answers prayers, Abraham and Sarah and a child, belief, faith, unbelief is a Sin, peace of mind, strong faith,
Why Are There So Many Denominations ? – (Example: ELCA and LCMS Differences ) – Sermon – August 18 2013
Ever wondered, why there are so many denominations in the world, so many divisions in the visible church of Christ on earth? Shouldn’t we all just be one? Can’t we all just agree? Can any one denomination be right? What should be our attitude toward people in other denominations?
What does God say to us about this in His Word? Are we lowly, meek, enduring each other patiently with love in Christ? If the basis for true unity in the church, according to Jesus Christ, is that we are all in agreement on the truth of God’s Word as it appears in the Bible, what is the trouble, that causes all the division amongst churches today?
Do any of the churches today, flatly deny the teachings of scripture and say God’s Word is in error? What is the Historical Criticism approach to teaching the Bible, and how does it lead churches astray, and against the word of God, and therefore, against God?
Listen for these questions and answers about Why Are There So Many Denominations ? – (Example: ELCA and LCMS Differences ), below in the 1-part Video , or the 1-part Audio MP3 Sermon below the Video.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 63: 3-11, Deuteronomy 13: 1-5, Acts 20: 24-35, Matthew 7: 15-23
Keywords: the Bible is the inerrant word of God, Historical Criticism, false prophets, wolves , judging others, judging righteously, wolfs in sheeps clothing, ELCA , sex outside of marriage, homosexuality, gay marriage, gay pastors and priests, abortion, liberal seminaries, false teachers, judging others, righteous judging, judging rightly , leading people astray, error in scripture, infallible words of scripture, seeker sensitive sermons, doctrine, God’s inerrant word, 2 Timothy : 4 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
Closer Than A Brother – Friendship with God – Sermon – April 06 2008
Is this one of the greatest stories of friendship in all the Bible? In all the World? Is this a great example of Faith?
Listen for these questions and answers about “Closer Than A Brother – Friendship with God”, in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 23, Isaiah 41: 1-14, 1 John 1: 1-2:6, John 15: 7 – 17
Keywords: friendship, brother, sister, love, family, Ruth and Naomi
The Water of Life – Sermon – May 02 2010
Questions that will be answered in the Sermon:
Jesus claims to be able to give living water to whomever He will. What kind of Water does he mean? What does this water do?
How do we thirst in spirit and in heart?
Listen for these questions and answers about for The Water of Life , in one-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures will be below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 42, Isaiah 55: 1-7, Revelation 22: 1-5, 17, John 7: 37-44
Keywords: Jesus and the Smaritan woman at the well, John 4: 3-25, Ways people try to fill this thirst: alcohol, adrenaline-rock climbers, base jumpers thrill seekers, businessmen seeking money, accounts, bigger toys bigger bank accounts, sexual exploits, yoga, therapy, counseling, a hobby, doing good deeds, Isaiah 55: 1-4,
