Sermons on Trust (Page 2)
God is … Unchanging
God is … Unchanging Bible Reading – Psalm 102 Unchangeable How could we trust a changeable, fickle God? 25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. 27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end. 28 The children of your servants will live…
God Is … Present Everywhere
Psalm 139, verses 1 to 12 You have searched me, Lord,and you know me.You know when I sit and when I rise;you perceive my thoughts from afar.You discern my going out and my lying down;you are familiar with all my ways.Before a word is on my tongueyou, Lord, know it completely.You hem me in behind and before,and you lay your hand upon me.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,too lofty for me to attain.Where can I go from your Spirit?Where…
God’s COVID Lessons
James chapter 4, verses 13 to 17 God’s COVID Lessons Exam cram Human hubris (verses 13, 16, 17) 13 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city. We will spend a year there. We will buy and sell and make money.” …16 As it is, you brag. You brag about the evil plans your pride produces. This kind of bragging is evil.17 So suppose someone knows the good deeds they should do.…
The Good Life 4 – An Audience of One
The Good Life 4 – An Audience of One. Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 6, verses 1 to 18. Cravings of the heart. We all want to be noticed. By someone, anyone. How good to come to Jesus, the heart specialist, to get a better perspective. Jesus’ Prescription “When you give” – Matt. 6:2-4. Mask-wearers turn giving into getting by seeking applause. Jesus says “use the hidden way.” “When you pray” – Matt. 6:5-15. Mask-wearers turn giving into getting by seeking applause.…
A Story to Remember
A Story to Remember – Psalm 78. A Psalm by Asaph Poor memory of God’s goodness? Yet we will make a way to remember what is important. Asaph was the director of music in the Temple, and author of many of the psalms. “My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old— things we have heard and known, things our…
Confident prayer from the sick-bed of tears – Psalm 6
Psalm 6 Confident prayer from the sick-bed of tears Luther’s Tentatio It would’ve been around February. March. 2006. And a group of 25-30 students had just returned from their summer break to engage in their second year of classes at George Whitefield College. A Bible College located right on the beach at Muizenberg. In Cape Town, South Africa. As the students take their seats. And enjoy catching up on what each other had been up to over the holidays. The…
Staying Focused
Philippians Chapter 1 verses 12-18 Photos: no. 1 rule, keep the subject focused! In life, we often focus on the wrong thing, on “myself”. Keep the subject the subject. Focus on Christ. Paul speaks of his many trials, but he does not focus on them. Hated by his own people, then arrested by the Romans as a suspected Egyptian terrorist. Tried and held over in prison. Shipped to Rome, a terrifying journey, with shipwreck. In prison in Rome. Yet the…
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