Sermon:Sifted As Wheat

Pastor D preaches on the active process of spiritual sifting in the life of the Christian. We are battle weary due to the enemy’s constant interruption. He uses flesh and vice to separate us from God, to pry us from God’s love and grace, to divide us from other believers. Satan desires to toss our lives in the air, creating discord, disorder and general mayhem!  

But; by giving our selves, faith and actions to the Lord, we find the things that are not of God shaved from our lives, we become harder to corrupt, we are able to walk through challenges that stifle others. God allows the chaff in our life to be discarded! We are the sifted wheat of God’s intercession.

Upon being sifted, our charge as Christians is to use the ministry of our conversion to strengthen our fellow believers.  Blessed Love.  

Luke 22:31-32

Sermon:Sifted As Wheat

Sermon: Bless The Lord O My Soul Pt. 2

Pastor D continues to teach on why we as Christians have a responsibility to bless the Lord. His mercy; extending beyond our abilities to perceive; is granted to us in exchange for our faithfulness. It covers our iniquities, our transgressions, and our unrighteousness. He has compassion for us like a father has for his children. He remembers that we are but dust. We ought to know that “the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him” (Ps. 103:17).  Our duty to honor this covenant is to give God the glory in our hearts, in our actions, in our soul; indeed, we must Bless the Lord, O My Soul.

  

Scripture

Psalms 103

Sermon: Bless The Lord O My Soul Pt. 2

Sermon:Bless the Lord O My Soul

Bless The Lord O My soul

Pastor taught on the duty and benefits of blessing the Lord. In good times and bad, in times of duress and times of success, we ought to give God his glory. We shouldn’t expect any blessings, until we bless the Lord. We tend to ignore God’s power in our lives until we are at our weakest – that point where we’ve all been, where God is the only way out.  But we must be willing to bless the Lord at all times, trusting in his will when we are challenged, remembering his faithfulness in times of reflection, and celebrating him and his blessings. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

Scripture

Psalms 103

Sermon:Bless the Lord O My Soul

Sermon: A Man after God's own Heart

Pastor D teaches about King David the greatest King of Isreal, often referred to as a Man after Gods own heart. While David was blessed among men, he too commits a significant transgression that affected his kingdom in many ways; but more importantly the sin impacted his relationship with God, fracturing his joy. In the midst of sin, David got what he wanted but lost what he needed. David, repentent, understands the magnitude of his sin and  wholly and completely renounces it, pleading for Gods mercy.

David recognizes that a contrite heart is the beginning of the restoration of joy.

This therefore, is a significant characteristic of a those who are seeking God's heart.


Scripture

I Samuel 13
II Samuel 11, 12
Psalms 51


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Sermon: A Man after God's own Heart