Widows' Mites
Sermonette; Given 10/17/2024
Whatever the future held, the widow's life with God would always show her love for God, no matter what the circumstances.
Why Trumpets?
Sermonette; Given 10/3/2024
The Feast of Trumpets depicts a time when angelic beings sound an alarm, warning God's saints to prepare to put themselves under His sovereign rule.
Worship
Sermonette; Given 8/10/2024
Worship is required for all events in our lives, including the trials that build character within us. Anything that displaces God must be rooted out.
Another View of Faith
Sermonette; Given 6/8/2024
Without the right relationship with God, we cannot have the evidence of things not seen. But with it, we can focus on what cannot be seen by most of mankind.
Examine Yourself
Sermon; Given 4/6/2024
Jesus kept the two great commandments flawlessly, providing us an example. These two great commandments are where most of our self-examination should revolve.
Habakkuk: God's Power and Patience
Sermonette; Given 2/24/2024
God has expressed infinite patience with Jacob's rebellious children, but He has also put a time limit on their tolerance and craving for lawlessness.
Unity
Sermon; Given 12/30/2023
The virtue of love is the overarching framework for unity, demanding rigorous control over the tongue, understanding its capacity to destroy.
Self Control
Sermonette; Given 11/18/2023
Self-control helps us to restrain ourselves from harmful lusts of the flesh, including gluttony, intoxication, sex outside of marriage, and drug abuse.
The Eighth Day
Sermonette; Given 10/7/2023
The seventh Millennium will be a time of rest, when the suffering we experience today will be gone, enabling preparation for the Great White Throne Judgment.
Friendship
Sermonette; Given 8/19/2023
True Proverbs 18 friends are those who stick with us in this life and will wait for us as we finish our spiritual race.
Jonah: A Worldview Correction
Sermonette; Given 6/24/2023
Jonah's worldview did not align with God's overview, believing that Israel's welfare was paramount to any Gentile nation, but especially Nineveh.
Sin
Sermonette; Given 4/12/2023
Our carnal nature will always deceive the self, convincing us that our behavior is not so bad, but Paul realized the addictive, toxic nature of sin.
Unanswered Prayer
Sermonette; Given 3/18/2023
Even though we often must wait for a response, God listens closely to our prayers from the heart and is looking out for our best interests.
Prayer
Sermonette; Given 12/24/2022
Praying according to God's will means overriding our own desire, using forethought in our petitions, realizing that God's direction is steadier than our own.
Discouragement
Sermonette; Given 10/16/2022
Discouragement paralyzes one's efforts to overcome temptation or to lose patience in a trial, ultimately leading to deterioration or the destruction of faith.
Fasting
Sermonette; Given 10/5/2022
The best offering we can present is a humble and contrite heart, attainable through fasting, if done without pride and self-seeking.
Faith
Sermonette; Given 8/13/2022
King Jehoshaphat, by totally surrendering to God, achieved a miraculous victory over three armies by standing still, waiting patiently for His intervention.
God's Gift of the Spirit
Sermonette; Given 6/5/2022
Compared to the Pentecost in Acts 2, our receipt of God's Spirit was attended with far less drama. However, the power of God's Spirit is no less potent.
Opportunity
Sermonette; Given 4/22/2022
The Days of Unleavened Bread is the time to build faith with God, a specific time God uses to strengthen His relationship with His people. Our time is now.
Humility
Sermonette; Given 1/29/2022
Humility is not an obsequious act we turn on and off at will, but a sober reflection of our true relationship to God and our spiritual siblings.