Isaiah chapter sixty four. We’re going to talk about prayer a little bit this morning. I’m going to read some verses. And we’re not going to get into all the verses. We’re going to read all the way to our text. Verse, though. Look at verse number one, just for context so you can see where we’re at. Isaiah sixty four, verse one says, O that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might…
First Thessalonians, Chapter number two. … For ye are our glory and joy. Scripture Reference Primary Text: 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of…
Psalm 130 Scripture Reference Psalm 130 (whole Psalm read as the basis for the sermon) Introduction Waiting is hard. We live in an age of instant-gratification where waiting feels like failure or delay. Yet the Christian life is frequently defined by seasons of waiting—times when God refines, redirects, and readies us for His purpose. Psalm 130 gives us an honest picture: a man in the depths crying out to the Lord, trusting God in the waiting, receiving cleansing from the…
First Thessalonians, Chapter two, verse number one. We’ll read a few verses here, and then we’ll get into the message. Verse one says, for yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you. That it was not in vain. But even after that we had suffered before and were shamefully entreated. As you know, at Philippi we were bold in our God to speak unto you the Gospel of God with much contention. For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor…
