This sermon reminds us through the story of Hagar that God remains close to his people. By societal standards Hagar was a worthless slave who could be mistreated and then disposed of. Yet, God see’s her at her lowest in the desert and bestows value on her life by meeting with her in person. God...
Sermon Tag: obedience
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God’s Generosity and Our Hearts
This sermon stirs Christian hearts to live generously for God including with our finances. For we have an incredibly generous God! Everything in the world belongs to him but he chooses to gracefully give to us these possessions to steward. Nowhere greater is God’s generous grace shown than in the giving of his Son and...
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Being An Acts Like Church | Acts 2:42-47 & Acts 9:31
This sermon is a call to imitate the devotion displayed by the Church in Acts. A steadfast devotion to God’s Word, to fellowship, to prayer, and to communion. It is also a call to imitate their walking in the fear of the Lord. This is to live life knowing how holy and magnificent God is!...
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The Glory of the Shepherd | Matthew 26:30-75
This sermon looks at these verses from the perspective of Jesus. Jesus, fully God & fully Man displays his perfect humanity in this passage. He is sorrowful at the impending cup of wrath he will drink in our place that will see him temporarily separated from the Father. Yet, he prayerfully responds in his humanity...
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When Will The World End? | Matthew 24:35 – 25:13
It is clear from these verses that no-one except the Father knows when the world will end with Jesus’ return! And perhaps this is the wrong question to ask. Instead a better question is how can we be ready for when it does? Five ways we can be ready are outlined in these verses. Firstly,...
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Triumphant Entry of the King | Matthew 21 v 1-11
This sermon reflects on the powerful truth that Jesus is King over all the world! He is also our personal King when we receive him into our lives. We were encouraged to humbly receive Jesus’ kingship, being obedient and submitting to all he has called us too. For he is an amazing King that became...
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Grief and Repentance | Ruth 1
The first chapter of Ruth see’s Naomi experience much grief. Yet, in spite of this and Naomi’s running away, we see God’s mercy and grace displayed. We also see the amazing conversion of her daughter-in-law Ruth.
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Revival in Jerusalem | Nehemiah 8
After the wall is completed, God moves in Jerusalem. The people have a revival of hunger for God’s Word, joy in the Lord and obedience to the law in the Old Testament.
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Obedience – Matthew 7:15-29
As Jesus draws his great sermon to a close e focuses on obedience and calls his disciples to heed the words he has preached and live in obedience.
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Community & Obedience, Sorrow & Joy – Ezra 2 & 3
Ezra 2 contains a long list of names and numbers. It’s the sort of chapter we often skip when we read scripture, but within that list is a reminder of Israel’s history, God’s love for family and several pointers to renewed obedience amongst the Israelites returning from exile. And then in chapter 3 work on...