JABEZ (1 Chronicles 4:9-10)
HIS PLIGHT!
- Honoured but hurting
- The son of my sorrow
HIS PLEA!
- For God’s blessing:
- Enlarge my territory
- May Your hand be with me
- Keep me from evil
- Keep me from causing pain
HIS PLACE!
- God granted what he asked
1. CONTEXT a) Explicit: The Sermon on the Mount – “…these words of mine..” (v24,26) b) Examples: perfection (5:48), priorities (6:33), prospects (7:21b) Impossible? See Matt 19:25-26 Why do you call Me Lord and not do what I tell you (Luke 6:46) 2. COMPARISON Everyone who hears these words of mine……: a) and does them b) and…
1) THE WAR! (Ex 14:5-12) Pharaoh on the warpath The people of God trapped & terrified 2) THE WORD! (Ex 14:13-14) “Fear not! Stand still! Look up! Be silent!” 3) THE WAY! (Ex 14:15-22) Tell My people to go forward in: Faith, Unity, Purpose & Victory LESSONS: The God of the Bible is: The God…
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A Stone of: 1. DECISION! (v22, 37) Do I go or do I stay? 2. DEPRESSION! (v41) David weeping and falling 3. DEVOTION! (v42) A covenant of love LESSONS: 1. Beware of an inward civil war 2. Be sure that life will bring pain 3. Beware of the suction of sadness 4. Be sure of…
1. THE BASE CAMP OF JUSTIFICATION a) Justification is a Declaration b) Justification comes by Imputation c) Justification brings about Transformation 2. THE SUMMIT OF ADOPTION a) A Loving Invitation b) A Lavish Inheritance c) A Lifestyle of Imitation
Due to technical difficulties on the sound desk yesterday AM there is no sermon available. NB Mike is currently preparing the GG notes with this in mind. 1. God and Religion v1-5 Hypocrisy is Confronted, Exposed and Rejected 2. God and Reality v6-14 Practical, Godly Behaviour results in the Promise of God’s Blessing “The…