Read the Bible passage Sermon outline 30 sleeps…! Psalm 102 and the longing of Christmas: “I am in distress…” (v. 1-11) “But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever” (v. 12-17) “Let this be written for a future generation” (v. 18-28)
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline 30 sleeps…! Psalm 102 and the longing of Christmas: “I am in distress…” (v. 1-11) “But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever” (v. 12-17) “Let this be written for a future generation” (v. 18-28)
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Praying big little prayers… This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ ‘Forgive us our debt as we forgive our debtors’ ‘Lead us not into temptation’ ‘Deliver us from the evil one’ For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, now…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Prayer and the danger of familiarity… How not to pray “This, then is how you should pray”… Our Father in heaven hallowed by your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven “Grant your people grace to love what you command and…
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Prayer and the restless search for perfection Perfection in prayer: The Father loves to hear his children The Son makes every prayer pleasing to God The Spirit helps us as we pray God’s precious gift: Praying to the Father, in the Son, by the Holy Spirit
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Why not pray? The journey into cynicism: “Did God really say?” (Genesis 3) The progress of cynicism: Worthless idols, broken cisterns (Jeremiah 2) An age of cynicism: Praying in the 21st century Learning to trust again
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline A touchy subject? Our approach: Prayer in the big picture Beloved dust: Created to live with God (Genesis 1:26-2:7) All things new: Redeemed to live with God (Revelation 21:1-22:5) Prayer in the push and pull: Glorifying God, enjoying him forever
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Making preparations Glory is coming… but Jesus is going (13:31-33) Life after Jesus = a life of witnessing love (13:34-35) = not self belief … (13:36-38) = … but hope-filled belief in God (14:1-4) = life with Jesus! (15:4-7) Life after Jesus in the Year of our Lord
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Et tu, Brute? Surprising sovereignty (v. 18-20) Distress and confusion (v. 21-26) Betrayal (v. 27-30) “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am.”
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Joe Louis. Boxer. Transition: the stage is set (v. 1) Scandal: the all-powerful slave (v. 2-5) Confusion: Peter blurts out what everyone’s thinking (v. 6-11) Model: following the master (v. 12-17) Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Read the Bible passage Sermon outline Darkness and light Jesus, the unbelievable arm of the Lord (v. 37-43) Jesus, the radiance of the Father (v. 44-46) Jesus, the speaker of salvation (v. 47-50) “I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”