Messages of Hope
Ordinances – Give Us Our Daily Bread
Give Us Our Daily Bread 1. What God Owes Us 2. What God Provides for Us 3. What God Expects of Us Matthew 6:24-34 [Larger Catechism 193] Worry is an unhealthy preoccupation and overt fear that does not look in faith to God's providence, especially for things like...
From Slaves To Sons
From Slaves to Sons 1. God Sent Forth His Son 2. God Sent Forth the Spirit of His Son Genesis 22:1-19, Galatians 3:26 – 4:7 Immediately upon His resurrection, Jesus wanted his disciples to know their adoption in Him: go to my brethren and say to them, "I am ascending...
Ordinances – Your Will Be Done
Your Will Be Done Our Acknowledgment of God’s Will Our Hindrances to God’s Will Our Prayer for God’s Will Our Inability Luke 22:39-46 [Larger Catechism 192] Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is...
The Purpose of God’s Law
The Purpose of God’s Law 1. The Law Exposes Our Sin 2. The Law Condemns Us 3. The Law Leads us to Christ Galatians 3:19-25 God does not make us any promises because of our worthiness, our merits, or our good works; but for the sake of his own goodness and mercy in...
Ordinances – Your Kingdom Come
Your Kingdom Come 1. It Has Come with Christ 2. It Is Advancing in the World 3. It Will Come in Full Glory Mark 1:14-28 [L.C. #191] Without tribulation, we Christians would become content in and with this world, unconcerned with our sins, and we would not long for the...
Because The Lord’s My Shepherd
Because The Lord's My Shepherd 1. I Shall Not Want 2. I Will Fear No Evil 3. I Will Dwell in His House Forever Psalm 23 "When through the deep waters I call you to go, the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; for I will be with you, your troubles to bless; and...
Ordinances – Hallowed Be Your Name
Ordnances - Hallowed Be Your Name 1. Highly Esteem Our Father 2. Glorify the Father with All Our Being 3. Guard Against Unbelief John 17: 1-9, WLC 190 "Hallowed be Your Name" must set the intent of all our prayers. Beginning prayer with this petition means we pray God...
Ordinances – Praying to the Father
Praying to the Father 1. With Confidence 2. With Reverence 3. With Others Matthew 6:5-13 In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus teaches that prayer flows from an intimate union with God the Father. To pray "Our Father" calms our souls and compels our prayers to know He is good...
The Covenant of God in Christ
The Covenant of God in Christ 1. The Unchangeable Covenant 2. The Seed of the Covenant 3. The Inheritance Is by Covenant Genesis 17:1-14, Galatians 3:15-18 Your salvation is not based on your performance, but solely on Christ's: in His life of obedience Jesus...
Ordinances – The Who, What, & How of Prayer
Ordinances - The Who, What, & How of Prayer [L.C. #183-185] 1. Who do we pray for? 2. What do we pray for? 3. How do we pray? Matthew 26:36-46 Jesus prayed for his own will to be subject to the Father's; He prayed the same prayer until it was clear the Father's...