Rhein River Baptist Chuch devotional and sermons: Recent Episodes
Walter Clark
Today we took a quick look at Jehoshaphat and saw how being to familiar with ungodly people lead to desaster.
Today we looked at Joash and how all his good was forgotten because of the bad that he did at the end of his life.
Today we look at how Jesus was willing to humble himself and serve His disciples and what this looks like for us to be willing to serve our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Today we look at some of the ways that witnessing helps in our doctrine and in our practical Christian life.
Today we look at how Jesus revealed to the woman at the well that he is the Massiah and we look at ways that we can be more effective in sharing this truth with others.
Today we look at the 3ed letter in the RCCR principal of witnessing and see how Jesus convicted the woman at the well in a humerus and nonofinicve way. We also explore ways that we can use this principle in our own witnessing.
Today we looked at how Jesus turned the conversation with the woman at the well from physical things to spiritual things and how we can do the same thing in conversations.
Today we looked at the Lord’s Supper in our service and saw the importance of both the Old and New Covenant.
Today we are starting a week of looking at how to share our faith with others. I use John 4 as a reference and I see what is called the RCCR principle there. Relate, Create, Convict, Reveal.
Today we looked at the big lie, the first lie, that we would be like God. We consider how this lie developed and what we can do to deal with similar situations in our life.
Today we looked at how we are often deceived into building our life around the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, or the pride of life and where this will lead us. We then looked at what we should do to avoid these traps.
Today we in our sermon we see how that Jesus helped the disciples to trust and obey him as he sent them to prepare the upper room, we also see how he was warning Judas and trying to give him and opportunity to repent. We ask the question Where do we need to be more obedient to Jesus and what is it that we need to repent of.
Today we look at John 8:44 and discuss why we are so easily taken in by the father of lyes and things we can do to resist him.
Today we looked at how the church is the pillar and ground of the truth and how we are to carry this task out in our world.
Today we started with John 14:16-17a looking at the Spirit of Truth and why this is so important that we follow Him.
Today we look at the way truth sets us apart and how it makes us productive in God’s kingdom.
Today we looked at John 14:6 and considered how Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life to us and how that all three of this concepts help us to understand Jesus and the way of true life.
Today we start a week of looking at the truth and knowing truth. We discuss how that truth makes us free by helping us be able to make right decisions and it helps us to set the right direction of our life.
Today we look at the closing part of the Lord’s Prayer. We try to consider how everything is for Him and by Him and we are to be working for His Kingdom.
Today we look at Matthew 6:13a and see how when we yelled to God we will not be tempted but we will be brought into a place were we are fruitful in our lives and we will walk in righteousness.
Today we look at Matthew 6:12 and see one of the most difficult parts of the prayer to put into practice. Forgiving those who we feel have wronged us because we have asked our Heavenly Father to treat us the same way we treat others.
Today we look at the little section in the Lord’s prayer that deals with our physical needs. We see how we are dependent upon Him and how we also have a part to play in the getting of Daily Bread.
Today we look at Matthew 6:10 and consider what it would look like to acutely allow the kingdom of God to come in our lives and to be promoting it in the lives of those that are around us.
Today we looked at what not to do in our prayer life. We are using Matthew 6:6-8 today.
Today we look at Jeremiah 14:21 and consider how wonderful God is for remembering His covonant with Israel and that if He will keep His covenant with Israel He will keep His covenant with us.
Today we look at Psalm 78 and consider the importance of passing on the law and the testimony of all the good things God has done to the next generation.
Today we look at Psalm 2 and consider why there are so many heathen people today that are raging.
Today we look at the fact that God has said that He would bless those that bless Abraham’s children and He would curse those that curse His people and why people hate His people so much.
Today we look at Psalm 22:1 and the fact that Jesus was forsaken in every area by God so that we need never be forsaken by God.
Today we start looking at Psalm 22:1 and some of the implications of Jesus saying these words, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” from the cross.
Today we consider the peace that God wants to give to us and how this only comes throw His righteousness.
In today’s episode we consider what it means for us to be Christ’s. We look at 3 areas, our sin, our money, and our time and ask if we love Jesus more than we love these things.
Today we look at the idea that God is our Beloved. We are loved by Him and we look at the ways that he has shown us His love.
Today we get ready for Communion and look at where it comes from and how we should take it.
Today we looked at what is right and what is wrong and where we get those ideas of what is right and wrong.
Today we look at Psalm 18:2 and consider how that Christ is our defiance in the battles of life that we face.
Today we look at Psalm 11:3 and the importance of a good foundation. We consider what that foundation is and what we can do to strengthen that foundation in our personal life and in our society at large.
In this weeks sermon we consider that there needed to be separation to Jesus, the discomfort of obedience to Him and the victory that comes throw Him.
Today we look at Psalm 105:14-15 and how we need to be careful how we treat the little nation of Israel. We look at how they have been protected by God throw the years and how they have been a blessing to all people.
Today we look at Psalm 15 and consider what David was looking for in this passage and how it was to be accomplished.
Today we look at Genesis 4:9 and see how we are responsible to recognize who we really are, our brothers keeper.
Today we look at Psalm 51:10 and see how it is important to have a new and clean heart from God.
Today we look at the parable that Jesus gave of the ten virgins and how there were 5 wise and 5 foolish. We consider what made the wise ones wise and what made the foolish ones foolish.
Today we look at Psalm 7:6 and David’s prayer that God would rise up in anger against David’s enemies.
Today we look at 2 Corinthians 2:14 and we look at what true victory is and where we find it in life.
Today we look at 2 Corinthians 1:4 and discuss why we go throw tribulation. We see that it draws us closer to the Father and Christ uses our steadfastness to bring glory to Himself.
Today we look at Psalm 30:5 and see why God would be angry with us and how we can find true Joy.
Today we look at the prophet Hosea and how God was able to use this dysfunctional marriage and show the nation of Israel how they had been unfaithful to Him. We also see how that a broken marriage can be saved.
Today we look at Daniel and how he was a righteous person and how God was about to use him because of his righteous stance throwout his life. We also consider how we need to be righteous and where we get righteousness.
Today we look at the Prophet Ezekiel and how he was trying to describe the Glory of God and we consider how we should be glorifying God with our lives.
Today we take a quick look at the life of Jeremiah and how God used this prophet who had no converts. We consider what his message was and what we can learn from him.
Today’s sermon we looked at Jesus’ warning to the people of Jerusalem. We also considered how that we need to be ready for that day of trouble and we should not be deceived.
Today we look at the prophet Isaiah and how he was faithful to prophesy the word of God over a long period of time . We also look at how we can follow his example.
Today we look at Zedejuag the last king of Judah and how he broke his word, feared the mocking of others and would not humble himself and how this led to his demise.
In today’s sermon we try to avoid the controversies around this passage and focus in on the fact that we are to endure hardness and preach the Gospel.
Today we look at Josiah, a king that was great until he got involved in someone else’s problems. We look at how we can emulate his greatness and avoid his mistakes.
Today we look at Hezekiah and how he was a good king but a bad dad. We consider how we can follow his example in the way he followed God and how we can avoid his mistakes in looking to the next generation.
Today we look at queen Athaliah and how she was almost the end of the royal family in Judah. We look at what made her so bad and how we can avoid her mistakes.
Today we looked at Jehu, the king who drove furiously. We see how God’s Word was brought to pass throw him and how he didn’t serve God with all his heart to his detriment .
In today’s message we look at the fact that when Jesus left the temple, the glory of the temple left it and how we are invited to be the temple of God now.
Today we look at Jehoshaphat and how he was a good king that chose bad friends and we consider how we should be carful about the friends we choose and be praying about our situations.
Today we look at just some of the ways that God used Elisha and how God upheld His name. We see that we can also be assured that when we honor God He will honor His name throw us.
Today we look at the beginning of the ministry of Elisha and what we can learn from his persistence.
Today we look at Elijah and how he was used of God by being obedient and bold. We consider ways that we can be like him.
Today we look at Ahab and how he served other gods and how we can avoid the same sins that he committed.
Today we look at king Asa and see how we can be strategic in the way that we build our lives.
Today we look at the young prophet in 1 Kings 13 and see how it is so important for us to obey the Word of God.
Today’s sermon we consider how much more we can do for the cause of Christ when we are exercising our spiritual gifts in a local church.
Today we look at Jeroboam and how he was a man of fear and followed what he learned in Egypt instead of following the Law of God.
Today we look at Rehoboam and how he listened to the wrong advice. We consider how we can avoid making the same mistakes he made.
Today we look at what made Solomon have a divided heart and how we can avoid this mistake.
Today we look at the first part of the life of Solomon and see just a bit of why he was the wisest man and consider what we can do to be wise as well.
Today we look at the faithfulness of Simeon and how he is and example to us for praising God and sharing the Word of God with others.
Today we look at the wise men and see how they were willing to follow what they had to seek the new King.
Today we look at the shepherds and see how they were willing to give up the good for the best.
Today we look at Joseph and how he was a just man and obedient and how that God was able to make more from his obedience that what he would have imagined.
Today we look at how God was able to make so much more of Mary’s potential than what it was before and we consider how we might have greater potential.
Today we look at Elisabeth the wife of Zacharias and mother of John the Baptist and see how she was able to be hospitable, obedient and discerning in her situation.
Today we look at Zacharias and see how God used this old preist to start helping people to focus on the Salvation of God.
Today we look at the life of Absolom and how he had a tragic end. We also look at ways to avoid that tragic end.
Today we look at Amnon, David’s first son. We see how he chose his friend poorly and how he indulged the wrong desires and how that cost him. We also consider how we can make wise choose along the way.
Today we look at Abner, the man who died as a fool. We try to take a look at how he died and how we can avoid a death like his.
Today we look at Joab, David’s captain and how he was both a help and a hindrance to David.
Today we look at how David ended his life and how he turned the kingdom over to Solomon. This helps us to understand that we are to be training the next generation.
Today we look at David’s sin and how he dealt with it. We take a bit of time to consider how we can avoid sin and what to do when we are in it.
Today we look at David, a man on the run. We see why Saul became his enemy and how David handled it. We also look at the fact that we have an enemy and some things to remember when he is attacking us.
Today we look at how David got into the battle and consider ways that we can get into the battle that we face today.
Today we look at the 7th Wow that Jesus gives to the Pharisees and scribes of being like whited sepulchers. They are full of death where He is the resurrection and the Life.
Today we look at the 6th Wow that Jesus gives to the Pharisees and scribes and warns them of being like a cup that is clean on the outside but dirty inside.
Today we look at the early life of David and see some qualities that God is looking for in people He will use.
Today we look at the death of Saul and how that sin kept taking Saul further and further away from the voice of God.
Today we look at what caused the downfall of Saul and how we can avoid some of these problems.
Today we look at the two missionary cows that God used to show the Philistines who the true God was.
Today we look at the life of Eli, the priest who put his family first and lived to regret it.
Today we look at the life of Hannah and how she was misunderstood by those around her and how she trusted God and was faithful to God in spite of all that she suffered.
Today we look at how the scribes and Pharisees were hypocrites in the way they prayed and how they took care of widows and how Jesus wants us to turn from being self centered.
Today we look at Boaz, a type of Christ. We see how Boaz shouldered the responsibility that he was given and made Ruth fruitful. In the same way Jesus has shouldered the responsibility that was given to Him and makes us fruitful.
Today we look at the life of Ruth and how she is a good example to us of how we should follow Christ.
Today we look at the last part of Judges and see how the brake up of the family almost cost Israel the tribe of Benjamin.
Today we look at Micah and how he thought that having a house of gods and a priest would make it where God blessed him. We consider how being covered chess will wind up, hurting us every time.
Today we look at Samson’s downfall and how God was still able to use him. We also look at how God loves to use us even when we feel unusable.
Today we look at Samson and his strength. We also see how God was willing to use him in spite of him not following his vows.
Today we look at the first king of Israel, Abimelech, and how his father’s sin lead to some bad outcomes.
Today we look at the life of Gideon and how God was working in his life to give him peace even with the battle ahead.
Today we look at the Judge Deborah and how she was a help and encouragement to those around her to do the will of God.
Today we look at Ehud the left handed judge of Israel and how he prepared for the battle that he would face.
Today we look at the most important command from Jesus and how he gave the lawyer more than he asked for.
Today we look at the first judge in the book of Judges, Othniel, and see how he judged the people and a few things that we can learn from him.
Today we look at Caleb, a spy, an old man, and an outsider, who trusted God and helped others to learn to trust Him.
Today we look at Joshua and how he was willing to fight, he was faithful, and how he was teachable. We also talk about how that he was a type of Christ.
Today we look at Aaron and how he was such a help to Moses and to the people and how we should be helping others to be a success.
Today we look at the fight between Jesus and the religious leaders where they ask him about taxes.
Today we take a quick look at the life of Moses and see how God can take anyone and use them. We also see the sin that hurt Moses the most and that we are all guilty of, not honoring God.
Today we look at the life of Benjamin and how that his blessing seemed to affect his descendants.
Today we look at Ephraim and Manasseh and how we need to forget the pain of the past to move forward into fruitfulness.
Today we look at Simeon and Levi and how that they were cruel and how that as one chooses the way of God his descendants were blessed and the others descendants are not even remembered.
Today we look at Rueben and the problems that he had in his life. He was unstable as water. Why was that.
Today we look at the parable of the wedding for the kings son. We see how that Jesus was condemning the religious leaders, and offering hope to the outsiders.
Today we take a look at the life of Judah and see how God can take a wicked person and turn them into a usable person.
Today we take a quick look at the life of Joseph and see how he was a type of Christ and look at a few principles that we can learn from his life.
Today we look at the wives of Jacob and how God watched out for them even in a bad situation.
Today we look at Esau and why it was that God hated him. We consider what we should do so we are not like him.
Today we look at how Rebecca was up for the adventure that God brought her way and some ways that we could do the same.
Today we take a quick look at the life of Isaac and how he was a man of vision and obedience and some thing that we can learn from him.
Today we look at the lives of Hagar and Ishmael and see how God is a God that sees even the obscure and oppressed. We also see how God sees the bully and tyrant.
Today we look at how Jesus went on offense with the religious leaders and used a short story of two sons to do this. We see how repentance is the key to a good relationship and obedience is the evidence of our repentance.
Today we look at the life of Sara, Abraham’s wife, and how she had a life of Faith, laughter, and devotion and how we can follow her example.
Today we look at how God changed the name of Abram to Abraham and what the significance of that was and what we can learn from Abraham.
Today we start looking at the life of Abram and how he is an example to us all because he obeyed God and was willing to life by faith.
Today we look at the life of Torah, the father of Abram, and see how he made thing a bit easier for Abram’s journey later on.
Today we looked at how Jesus used the authority of John the Baptist to counter the corruption of the ruling class in the temple.
Today we look at Shem, Ham, and Japheth and how they are an example to us to honor our parents.
Today we look at the first mention of a rainbow in the Bible. We consider the importance that God calls it “His Bow” and what that means for us.
Today we look at Noah and how he was an example of faith to us and how he lived a life that pointed to both God’s righteousness and Judgement.
Today we look at two people from before the flood, Methuselah and Lamech and we consider a few things that these two can teach us for our day.
Today we look at the life of Enoch and how he pleased God and how he walked with God. We consider what that means for us and how we could do the same.
Today we look at how Jesus cursed the fig try and consider how we are to both have fruit and we are to live by faith.
Today we look at the cleansing of the Temple by Jesus and consider the implications of Him opening up the court of Gentiles. We also consider how we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit and how we should live.
In today’s sermon we took a look at the way Jesus entered Jerusalem on that last week for Him.
Today we take a look at Adam and his inheritance and responsibility along with his fall.
Today we consider the characteristics of a person who hears and does not obey the Word of God.
Today we look at what it means to be a follower of Jesus and what it is to be a worker of iniquity.
Today we look at what it is to be a sheep in wolves clothing and what we can do about people like that.
Today we look at the binary choice that Jesus gave to us of the strait gate and the broad way. We consider the implications of there being a way of life and a way of death.
Today we look at the Golden Rule and how this has already affected us and how this should affect every encounter that we are in.
Today we look at how Jesus was instructing us to be proactive in our lives and how we should be seeking Him and His kingdom in every situation.
Today we look at the command from Jesus not to give holy things to dogs or hogs. We consider what He was talking about and how we can apply it to our lives.
Today we look at the familiar passage of removing the beam in your own eye before you try to help your brother with the mote in his eye.
Today we look at the idea that we will be judged as we judge. Why we judge and how we should judge.
Today we look at the idea of not judging, why that is so hard for us to do, and what the consequences of it are. We also look at how to avoid it.
Today we consider what it is that keeps many people from doing anything for the Kingdom of God, the trouble that might come there way.
Today we look at the idea of seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and how that should affect every area of our lives.
Today we look at the idea of not focusing on our circumstances, but focusing on our Father.
Today we look at the idea of clothing and what we are to consider when choosing what we ware.
Today we look at the question that Jesus gave “are we not better than the birds” and consider what it is that Jesus wanted us to be thinking about with this question.
Today we look at where we are putting our priorities in life and considering if they need to be redirected to God.
Today we look at the fact that we can’t serve two masters. We ponder the idea of the goodness of God and the deceitfulness of riches.
Today we look at how light helps us to focus on things and what it is that we should and should not be focused on.
We consider the idea of the difficulty that the rich will have to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Today we look at the idea of loving our enemy and blessing them that hate us. We answer the question of why we do this and look for ways to make this practical to us.
Today we start looking at the idea of not defending ourselves but letting God defend us and how this makes us like Jesus.
Today we look at the importance of our words and how that we should be carful because each word is spoken before God.
Today we look at the importance of remembering what those that have gone before us have done and how Jesus’ sacrifice is the most important of them all.
Today we look at how Christ handled the idea of what is good and how we have a wrong concept of goodness.
Today we look at how Jesus magnified the Law by helping us see how God sees adultery in our lives.
Today we look at why it is so important to be willing to humble ourselves and make things right with our brother.
Today we look at the idea of not killing and how this moves from the action to the thought and why God judges both things.
Today we look at how Jesus fulfilled the Law of God and how the law is one of the greatest things that God gave to us. The payment for the braking of the Law, the Gospel, is the greatest thing He gave us.
Today we look at the concept of being a light to the world and bringing glory to our Father and the importance of this.
Today we look at the idea of being the salt of the earth and what Christ meant by this.
Today we consider the reward that God has promised to those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.
Today we look at what it means to be reviled for the cause of Christ and how He was mocked and made fun of for our sake.
Today we look at why a person would be persecuted for righteousness sake, what is true righteousness and what this should motivate us to do.
Today we look at what it means to be a peace maker and why we need peace with God. We also look at how we can have peace with God throw Jesus.
Today we look at the idea of being merciful today because we will need mercy tomorrow. Also the idea that we should be willing to show God mercy now because we will want mercy at the judgment.
Today we look at the idea of being meek and how that we are following both Moses and Jesus when we are meek.
Today we look at the idea of mourning and how that we should be willing to mourn over our sin and how Christ will comfort us when we mourn because of our sin because He has paid the price for our sin.
We start looking at the teaching of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount and how important it is to be poor in spirit.
Today we consider what a blessing it is to follow the teaching of Jesus. It is our introduction to looking at the Sermon on the Mount.
Today we look at the conversion of Paul and how Christ showed great compassion on Him and what we can learn from His conversion.
Today we look at the call of John the Beloved and what it seems that he was focused on in his later years.
Today we look at Judas and how he made so many wrong chooses and how we can avoid his sin.
We examine the importance of forgiveness in the life of a servant of Christ and how that our sin against Him is so much greater that the small missteps of those that offend us.
Today we look at the calling of Matthew and how Jesus was calling sinners to repentance and not the righteous.
Today we look at the call of Nathanael and how that Jesus saw him and was accepting of him even when Nathanael was a sceptic. We see how Jesus love us the way we are but will not let us stay that way.
Today we look at the calling of Peter and how Jesus would make him a fisher of men. We ask the question, are you a fisher of men?
Today we look at the way that Jesus invited Andrew to come and see were he dwelt. I believe that Jesus is still inviting us to come and see were He dwells and for us to get to know Him better. What a privilege.
We were looking at church discipline and what it is all about. We saw that the true purpose of is for unity and victory in the Body of Christ.
We look at the message that Jesus was preaching, repentance, and how this message is applicable to us today.
Today we look at how Jesus fulfilled the scripture and how that was a priority in His life. We ask the question, how can we fulfill the scriptures in our own lives as well.
Today we look at how Jesus was about the Father’s business by being lead by the Spirit into the desert and being tempted. We also look at how He overcame the temptation and how we can bring glory to the Father by bing lead of the Spirit and using the Word of God.
Today we consider how Jesus humbled Himself when He was baptized and how He submitted to the Law and the Prophets.
We look at Luke 2:41-52 and how Jesus said that He must be about the Father’s business and we ask how we can be about the Father’s business as well.
We look at how Christ did battle with the Sadducees and reaffirmed the resurrection and quite pointedly told them that they were wrong.
We look at how Christ turned the tables on the religious leaders by questioning them about John the Baptist.
We look at how Jesus cleaned out the Temple, redrawing the boundary lines back then and how we are the Temple of the Holy Ghost now and we need to be usable for God.
We look at how Jesus restored Peter and then how Peter turned and has been one who has helped us as followers of Christ.
We look at the purpose of the coming of Jesus and what it is that really brings joy to the Father.
We look at how John the Baptist was a good friend to Jesus and how John was willing to be put down as Jesus was being lifted up.
We look at the idea of having financial success and what does that look like from the Bible.
We look at the idea of being offended, what does it mean to be offended, who is the “man” that causes offense and what we should be willing to do to avoid offenses.
We talk about how the goodness of God should lead us to repentance and we point out some of the good things that God has given us.
We look at Ephesians 2:8-9 and see that salvation is by grace alone throw faith alone in Christ alone.
We look at the teaching from Jesus about becoming as a little child to enter into the kingdom of Heaven and what it means to have a mill stone hung around your neck and being cast into the sea.
We look at the life and work of Amy Carmichael and how God used her in the land of India.
We take a quick look at the life of Charles Spurgeon and just a few of his accomplishments.
Today we looked at the life of D.L. Moody and the impact that this shoe salesman had for Christ.
We take a look at the life of George Müller and how he was an example to us on how to live by faith.
In our sermon today we considered why Peter answered the question about tribute the way he did and why Jesus told him to go fishing to take care of the problem.
We take a look at the life of Hudson Taylor and some of his adventures as a missionary to China.
We look at the life of Jim Elliot and a bit of the impact that his life had on missions.
We take a look at the life of Dr. Ben Carson and consider how God was able to give him vision to see what his future could be like.
The message is looking into the reason why the disciples were sorrowful for what Jesus told them.
We take a quick look at it early life of Fredrick Douglas and see how The principles of the Bible showed true in his life.
We look at the life of Harriet Tubman and the work that she did with the Underground Railroad and how she fulfilled Galatians 6:2
We take a quick look at the life of Booker T. Washington and talk about his great influence.
We look at the amazing life and help that George Washington Carver was and how he applied 1 Peter 4:10 to his life.
We look into the idea of using our imagination for the cause of Christ and building the kingdom of God.
Today I examine the idea of taking our imagination captive and learning to control it instead of having it control you.
We talk about how the imagination of man was so wicked in the days of Noah and the hope we have for our day and age.
We start a new week talking about our imagination and consider how this shows that we are created in the image of God.
We look at how Jesus equated Elijah with John the Baptist and consider how Malachi 4:5-6 affected there thinking and ours.
I talk about some of the lessons my dad taught me about being a good friend and how to find good friends.
I talk about how my dad was faithful in his finances and how he taught us to trust God with our finances.
I talk about how my dad was so faithful in church and some of the benefits of church attendance.
We consider how Saul was more concerned with his honor than the Glory of God and how that had long lasting consequences.
We look at some of the mistakes of Saul’s fast and consider what we could do different.
We look at Saul the first king of Israel and some of the mistakes he made in his faith.
We considered the idea that Christ is more than we can comprehend and that sometimes He is hidden and then other times He will reveal Himself in a way we do not expect.
From Hebrews 11:8 we look at the idea of following Jesus even when it dosen’t make sense.
We look at Matthew 2:1-12 how they were told to go another way home. Are we willing to go another way for Jesus?
We look at Luke 2:8-9 and consider how Jesus would have been troubling for the shepherds.
We look at Matthew 1:18-20 and consider how Jesus was an inconvenience to the plans of Joseph’s life.
We look at how Christ is pictured in the ark of the covenant and how He is the only way to the Father.
We look at the furniture of the tabernacle and how Christ is pictured in every piece of it today
We look at Exodus 26 and the different layers of the tabernacle and see how they are like Christ.
We look at Exodus 27:1-8 where the alter is described and also look at the laver for cleansing and how the foreshadowed Christ.
We look at Matthew 16:21-28 how that Peter gets rebuked for trying to correct Jesus and Jesus lets us all know that we need to take up our cross if we want to follow Jesus.
We look at how Christ was pictured in the hangings of the sheets for the court of the tabernacle.
Psalm 22:16-18 we look at how it was predicted by David that Jesus would have his hands and feet pierced and how they would gamble for his clothes.
Psalm 2:1-3 we look at the fact that Jesus had to be anointed and He was at the baptism of John.
Matthew 16:13-20 we look at the discussion between Jesus and Peter and the great revelation that God gave to Peter.
Genesis 12:3 we look at the idea of all the families of the earth being blessed because of Abraham’s family and specifically throw Christ and the salvation that He offers all.
From Genesis 7:1 we look at the fact that Jesus is the only way of salvation just as the ark was the only way of salvation from the flood.
Matthew 16:5-12 we looked at the importance of faith and why the Pharisees and Sadducees doctrine was bad.
Mark 12:31 we discuss the idea that this is the basses for our civilization and that as we turn away from this we fall into chaos.
Mark 12:31 we discuss the idea of loving our neighbor by saying thank you and the 5 love languages.
Mark 12:31 loving my neighbor as myself is what we are looking at and the idea of who is my neighbor.
We look at the idea of loving your neighbor as yourself and how should we love ourselves the right way in this world.
Mark 12:30 we look at the importance of loving God and how that not loving Him is the greatest sin.
Mark 12:30 we look at the idea of loving God with all our strength and how this can be done.
Mark 12:30 we look at the idea of loving God with all our mind and how that our minds need to be changed for us to be able to think right. We also look at the list of things that we are told to think about and how this can differ from the world.
Mark 12:30 we look at what it means to love God with all our soul and we concluded by looking at Psalm 103 and discuss the idea of blessing the Lord with our soul.
Matthew 15:29-39 we look at this second feeding of the multitude and how that Jesus had compassion on all that came to him.
We look at Ephesians 2:8-9 and how this helps us to understand the grace or goodness of God and how much He loves us.
We started with Genesis 18:25 looking at the idea the judge of all the world doing right.
Jeremiah 35:15 we look at how God was constantly sending His people a man to tell them or show them that they needed to repent and obey Him.
1 Timothy 1:8 we look at the goodness of God throw the law and how this has changed the world for us.
James 1:17 we look at some of the good things that God has given to us proving His Love to us.
Matthew 15:21-28 we see Jesus showing compassion on a woman who most Jews from this time would not help.
Daniel 3:16-18 we look at the faith of the 3 men and see how they were able to stand against the most powerful man on earth.
Hebrews 11:7 we looked at just some of the elements of the faith of Noah and how we can emulate him.
The sermon this week dealt with examining what is going on in our hearts and why that is so important.
Matthew 17:20 we consider the implications of having faith as a mustard seed and what this help us do.
Exodus 20:17 We look and the last of the 10 commandments and how that this relates to all of the Commands.
Exodus 20:16 We look at the 9th of the 10 commandments and how that we are always in God’s court room.
Exodus 20:15 we look at the concept of theft and how the right to own possessions is fundamental to our culture. We also look at one of the easiest ways that we steal and that is stealing God’s Glory.
Exodus 20:14 today we look at the importance of the marriage and the implications this has to our times.
Matthew 15:1-9 we look at the opposition to Jesus and how He handled it and the how we should be careful of what keeps us from serving Him.
Exodus 20:13 we look at the importance of the 6th command and how we have broken this in a way.
We look at the 5th command and the implications it has on us individually and as a society.
Exodus 20:8-11 God gave the law on the sabbath. How dose this apply to us as Christians?
Exodus 20:7 helps us understand that it is important how we use God’s name and our actions also reflect on His name.
Exodus 20:4-6 tells us not to make or serve any other god. Maybe this is one we should reconsider and meditate on a bit.
Matthew 14:22-36 we looked at Jesus sending the disciples away and than coming to them on the water.
Matthew 7:24-25 I talk about the importance of building your personal devotions and some of the areas that this will help us in.
Psalm 8:2. I talk about how we did devotions with our children and encourage others to teach there children to love and use the Word of God in there lives.
Psalm 63:1. I discuss some of the aspects of my personal devotions and things that have helped me along the way.
Proverbs 24:16. I talk about what my parents did with there family devotions when I was a child.
The sin we hang on to will blind us to good things, good people, and good opportunities.