Category: <span>Sermons</span>

Today we come to the part of the Sermon on the Mount that is referred to as the Lord’s Prayer. Jesus has been teaching us the surpassing righteousness of prayer, He has been very clear that we are not to pray like the hypocrites who do so to be seen by men or the heathen...

Today we go back into our discussion of Jesus’ teaching on the surpassing righteousness of prayer as worship. We began two weeks ago by talking about “when we pray”, not so much having a specific time that is right or wrong but being intentional and purposed about our prayer lives, learning the value and necessity...

This Sunday our journey through the Sermon on the Mount was “interrupted” by a Scripture that was read during our time of worship and intercession, Exodus 33. As worship came to a close Abie felt it was necessary to expound upon Exodus 33 in light of how the Holy Spirit had led in worship. Exodus...

This morning we get back to the Sermon on the Mount. We have been studying Jesus’ warning that we be careful that our worship is never done to get God to do something for us or to get men to think something about us. For an action to be worship it must be inspired by...

Yesterday our prayer pastor, Geannine LeBude, was our speaker. Below is an introduction to her sermon… We begin where we ended last week with the daughters of Jerusalem asking the bride a question. The daughters of Jerusalem are seeking an answer to the reason for her persevering love in the midst of deep trails. They...

Yesterday our prayer pastor, Geannine LeBude, was our speaker. Below is an introduction to her sermon. I pray that we will grow in our longing for a deeper intimate relationship with God and that we will be overwhelmed by the love shown by the bride and Bridegroom. Song has two main sections. Chapters 1-4 focus on receiving...

Matthew 6:1-4 “Take heed (beware) that you do not do your charitable deeds (righteousness) before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the...

 Matthew 6:1 “Take Heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.” The literal translation of Mathew 6:1a is “Beware of doing your righteousness before men, to be seen by them.” The word “beware” denotes danger; it is...

Matthew 6:1 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.” So far in the Sermon on the Mount we have gone through the text of the beatitudes: the character of God and His children, the preamble...

Matthew 5:48 “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”  This verse with no context surrounding it is daunting. Our entire culture has lived and died by the rational that “nobody is perfect” and here we are in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount hearing Jesus say “be...