1) SANCTUARY!
God our safe place
2) SUFFICIENCY!
There is a river
3) SECURITY!
The Lord of hosts is with us,
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
***Apologies the sermon was not recorded. 1) CARE How can I help? 2) COMPASSION How do I take the first step? 3) COMMITMENT Will I do all I can to serve the Lord’s people? “Love one another with brotherly affection Outdo one another in showing honour.” (Romans 12:10)
A Place of: 1. TRAUMA! David alone in the cave. “No-one cares for my soul” 2. TRAINING! His family and 400 broken people join him 3. TRANSFORMATION! Wanting God’s will and doing God’s will LESSONS: 1. God is the restorer of His people 2. God sees diamonds in the rough 3. Obedience is better than…
1. THE WITNESS! We have seen His star: in the Sky, in the Scriptures, in the Soul 2. THE WORSHIP! They worshipped Him offering: Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh 3. THE WARNING! Herod on the warpath 4. THE WELCOME! Out of Egypt I have called my Son
1. QUESTIONS FROM TROUBLED HEARTS a) Where am I going? Peter: Where are you going? b) What’s really going on? Thomas: How can we know the way? c) How’s it all going to end? Philip: Will you show us what God is like? 2. THE ANSWERS a) A Prescription Believe in God, believe also in…
1. Corruption: His Name and His Business A Tax-Collector called Levi 2. Conversion: His Name and His Response A Follower called Matthew 3. Commitment: His Society and His Saviour A Disciple called to Share, Scribe and Sacrifice
1) THE BEHAVIOUR WE ARE TO EXHIBIT (v10-11) Follow Paul’s teaching, conduct, aim, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, persecution, experience. 2) THE BATTLE WE ARE TO EXPECT (v12-13) Persecution 3) THE BOOK WE ARE TO EXPLORE (v14-17) Sacred, God-breathed, soul saving, life changing