Sermons on Prayer (Page 2)
20 John 14:4-14 The Greater Work of Making the Father Known (Revised)
If you want to make a gift/offering to Hope in Christ Church, click here to learn about ways to give. You can view a digital bulletin Here You can watch a Livestream at 9:30 am on our facebook account. Sermon outline Introduction and A Quick Sketch of Jn 14:1-11 Believe in Father, Son and the Home they are making (Jn 14:1-3) How do we get to the Father’s House (Jn 14:4-5) Through Jesus (Jn 14:6) Show us the Father (Jn…
Idea Virus: Fear or Fear Not that is the Question (Rom 8:15, 2Tim 1:7, Gen 15:1)
If you want to make a gift/offering to Hope in Christ Church, click here to learn about ways to give. You can view a digital bulletin Here You can watch a Livestream at 9:30 am on our facebook account. Sermon Outline To be or not to be that is the Q; To fear or not to fear – that is the greater Q Afraid of the dark story… Things we fear Our responses to fear Why do we fear? Marxist…
Hannah: A Mother to Emulate (1Sam 1-2)
If you want to make a gift/offering to Hope in Christ Church, click here to learn about ways to give. You can view a digital bulletin Here You can watch a Livestream at 9:30 am on our facebook account. Sermon Outline A Mother to Emulate (1Samuel 1-2) Mothers in the Bible (Gen 3:6, 20; Gen 27; Judg 14:2-3; Ruth 1:3-4) Hannah, the mother of Samuel (1Samuel 1) A Life fraught with pain One of two wives to Elkanah.…
Idea Virus #4: Why can’t we just get along? (James 4:1-4, Romans 8:6)
If you want to make a gift/offering to Hope in Christ Church, click here to learn about ways to give. You can view a digital bulletin Here You can watch a Livestream at 9:30 am on our facebook account. Sermon Outline We all long for peace (Prov 18:21) What is the Origin of all the conflicts in the world? Simply stated, human desires are. Listen to (James 4:1-4 , Lk 8:14) Peace is won and secured through Prayer…
1John 5:13-21 Our Assurances and Our Calling to Pray
If you want to make a gift/offering to Hope in Christ Church, click here to learn about ways to give. You can view a digital bulletin Here You can watch a Livestream at 9:30 am on our facebook account. Sermon Outline Introduction Our Assurance as Believers (1Jn 5:13, 18-21) Reason for Letter (1Jn 1:4, 5:13) Encourage the Faithful (1Jn 2:1, 7, 12-14, 20, 26, 3:1) A Summary of the Things He has written We possess Eternal Life (1Jn 1:2,…
Paul’s Prayer of Thanks (Philippians 1:3-11)
If you want to make a gift/offering to Hope in Christ Church, click here to learn about ways to give. Sermon Outline Introduction on Thankful People… Thanks directed to God consistently and with Joy (1:3-5) Act of Thanks Notice who Paul directs his thanks toward. Notice the personal way Paul addresses God. Notice this is Paul’s prayer, not anyone else’s. How often thanks are given (Phil 1:4) Joyful thanks is given (Phil 1:4) Reason: Longstanding partnership in the Gospel (Phil…
8 The Difficulties of Prayer (Hebrews 5:7-9)
If you want to make a gift/offering to Hope in Christ Church, click here to learn about ways to give. Sermon Outline Prayer isn’t easy Sometimes it involves pain and deep emotion (Heb 5:7) 2 words used for praying: prayers: (Acts 1:16, 2Cor 1:11) supplication: 2 strong emotions: loud cries: (Lk 1:42, Ex 11:6) Tears Jesus wasn’t a stoic! (Mt 26:42, 27:46, Mk 14:34) What does this all mean? (Heb 5:7) Sometimes it involves suffering (Heb 5:8) Sometimes it…
7 Mark 8 How does the Kingdom of God Grow?
Sermon Outline Have you ever forgotten something? (Mk 8:14-15, 7:36, 5:43) Leaven What is it? How does it work? What does it accomplish? What is important for us to keep in mind is that ancient leaven involved something that seemed small, trivial, even minute/unseeable, but it resulted in the entire batch of dough being transformed… Why does Jesus Say this? (Mk 8 Outline) The Leaven of the Pharisees? How do the Pharisees seek to grow their kingdoms? What is the…
6 Praying Scripture Mt 6:9-13
Sermon Outline Importance of Praying Scripture To pray the Scriptures is to tap into the very heart and desire of God Some examples: Mary’s Magnificat (Lk 1:46-55) // Hannah’s prayer (1Sam 2:1-10) Believer’s Prayer for Boldness (Acts 4:23-31) // Gen 1, Ps 2, et al. The Lord’s Prayer (Mt 6:9-13) The OT Background to the Lord’s Prayer (Mt 6:9-13) Our Father (Isa 63:16, 64:8, 2Sam 7:14, 1Chr 17:13, Ps 103:13, Jer 31:9) In heaven (2 Chronicles 20:6; Psalms 115:3,…
5 Praying for Discernment Dan 2;1-19
The Song lyrics are included in the youtube post, or you can download this lyric sheet, by clicking on the link to the right: HICC Lyrics 3.29.20 Sermon Outline Introduction (James 1:5, 3:17) Daniel 2 – Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream The Chronology Problem (Dan 2:1) The Dream (Dan 2:1) Dreams in Bible God gave dreams to warn people in OT (Gen 20:3, 41:16-24) God gave dreams to foretell future (Judge 7:13-15, Gen 31:10) Dreams are promised to increase in last days (Joel…