Sermons from May 2017
The Testing of our Faith – 1Kings 17:7-16
Sermon Outline God where are you? Elijah’s Test of Faith (1Ki 17:7 A victim of his own prayer. God’s intervention (1Ki 17:8) A call to outside the expected (1Ki 17:9, Luke 4:25-26) To the Crucible To a Widow The widow’s test of Faith A Demanding Prophet Be inconvenienced for me (1Ki 17:10) Give me your food (1Ki 17:11) A Faith-filled and true response (1Ki 17:12) I have nothing “As the LORD your God lives…” First, she knows and uses the…
Elijah Confronting Idolatry
Sermon 1Kings 17;1-7 Elijah and the Drought National Apostasy Cry for a King (1Sam 8-10) 1Sam 8:5 “…Give us a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.” Saul (1Sam 9-31) 40 years David (1Sam 16-2Sam) 40 years Solomon (1Ki 1:28ff) 40 years Kingdom Divided Every person who wants to see the church reformed in his/her day must not forget these 3 things (1Ki 17:1) Declaring who God is Challenging the Idolatry of the day…
Praying in Love (Thessalonians 3:10-13)
Sermon Outline 1Thessalonians 2;17-3;13 Praying in love for others (Read whole passage, focus on 3:11-13) Who is Paul praying for? Converts that he had personally evangelized. Considers them his children (1Th 2:17) Considers them brothers (1Th 1:4, 2:1, 9, 14, 3:7, 4:1, 10, 13, 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25-27) How can we pray for others? Out of Heart grounded in Love Like a Nursing Mother (1Th 2:7-8) Like a Father (1Th 2:11-12) Out of Deep Concern (1Th 3:1,…
Walking with God
Elder David Richards delivered the message on April 30, 2017 talking about what it means to walk with God based on his personal experience as a Bellingham Police Officer. Micah 4:1-5 & Isaiah 2:2-5.