God’s Christmas Gift
John 3:16 I: If I had the Money to Give, What I Would Like to Give. 1. If I could meet all the financial needs of family and friends. 2. If I could give material gifts without limit. 3. If I could feed all the hungry world. 4. If I had a Medical Clinic to heal all the lame, fault, and blind. 5. If I could restore all the Human Race to perfect health. What Joy! But I don’t have. II: If I had the Power. 1. Calm the storm that tossed lives. 2. Bring peace to every troubled heart. 3. Believe the fears of death and life. 4. Reunite every broken home. 5. Bring peace to every battle field. 6. Beat every sword into plow shares. 7. Assure every man a way to heaven. WHAT A GIFT! And I can through Christ. III: “God Gave.” 1. His gift was not fancy wrapped....
Where is Your Faith?
Heb. 12:1-2, Luke 8:14-21 I: A Great “Cloud of Witnesses.” 1. The entire 11th Chapter tells of men and women of faith. 2. Thru faith subdues Kingdoms. 3. Obtained promises and stopped the mouths of lions. 4. Waxed violence in fight. 5. Received their dead to life. 6. Tortured, stoned, mocked, sawn asunder, slain with the sword, afflicted and tormented. 7. These set the pace and proved the race worth running. II: America has so Much to Remember. 1. America was opened up by men and women of faith. 2. Winter of 1621: Mayflower Pilgrims, 100 reduced to 50. Spring of 1623, Elder Brester gave thanks that they were “allowed to suck of the abundance of the seas and treasures of the sand, (boiled clams, their only food).” 3. When our freedom as...
Thankfulness
The 1st harvest in Plymouth, Colony 1621, in gratitude for rain after drought, 1623, for supplies of sorely need food received by ship. 1632 became an annual observance. President Washington set a day of Thanksgiving 1789. President Lincoln sat the last Thursday in November as a day of Thanksgiving. Palms 100:1-5, Deut. 5:12-15, 8:10-14, 15:1-3, Romans 1, Lev. 25:8-16 I: God Set Reminders before Israel. 1. There was the morning and evening lamb every day, the Sabbath every week, the New Moon every month, the Passover every year, the Release every 7th year, the Jubilee every 50 years. 2. The Sabbath was a day of rest and worship. 3. The Release year was a year of rest for land and people, also a year to release the Debtor. a. God tripled the crops on the...
Lord of Our Home
What would happen to our Church, our homes, and our private lives if for 1 month we would do our best to make Christ, Lord of our homes? If we would ask earnest, the question “What would Jesus have us do?” Deut. 6:6-12, Prov. 22:1-6 I: What is the Most Important Task of Our Home? 1. Riches nor possessions can claim that place. 2. Prestige nor popularity. 3. Conformity to standards about us (Lots’ Family). 4. “A good name is better than riches.” 5. “Loving favor.” Better than silver and Gold. 6. “Humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life.” II: Religion in the Home. 1. One who neglects Private Prayer will never lift others to the gates of Heaven in Public Prayer. 2. The one who ought...
The Christian Home
Prov. 31:10-31, Deut. 6:6-7 I: The Family is the Basic Unit of Society. 1. The home was established before the State or the Church. 2. The Solitary or quiet place to meet God was set in the home. Psalm 60:6. 3. As the Home goes, so goes the Nation or the Church. 4. The Hand that rocks the Cradle… II: The Greatest Lessons of Life Ought to be Taught in the Home. 1. In the home we learn to relate to others. 2. In the home we develop a sense of belonging. 3. In the home we learn to communicate with others. To communicate well is to live well. 4. In the home we learn that we need others and they need us. 5. A sense of security in times of trouble are taught in the home. 6. The finest fellowship the world has known is found in the home. III: “Success...