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…
First Thessalonians, chapter number one. We are going to cover the first chapter tonight and we will go ahead and read all ten verses here. Scripture Reference Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our…
