Sermons on Encouragement
March 19, Sunday Service of Worship
INVITATION TO WORSHIP: Psalm 26:1–4; OPENING PRAYER; ANNOUNCEMENTS; CONGREGATIONAL READING: Psalm 26:11–12; SONG: Are You Washed in the Blood; SONG: Blessed Redeemer; PREACHING THE WORD: Acts 20:1–38; Paul’s Preoccupation with Encouraging the Church; SONG: Though You Slay Me; SONG: Wayfaring Stranger; BENEDICTION
Easter 2019: Living in the Hope of the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:49-58)
God’s glorious victory over sin, death, and shame provides entrance into a life of hope, knowing that all our labors in Christ are producing eternal glory.
Ambassadors in Exile (1 Peter 1:1-2)
God’s people often find themselves on the outside of pagan and antagonistic cultures. How do Christians and the church respond? Some fight back in anger and fear. Other attempts to change culture through political clout. Others withdraw from society. And others assimilate into society and lose their peculiar distinction as Christians. In 1 Peter, the apostle calls…
Hope for Weary Hearts (Luke 18:1-8)
In this passage, Jesus gives his disciples the “secret” to living the Christian life without “losing heart”…persevering prayer. The disciples are commanded to pray at all times. They are to understand that the Christian life can only be lived and succeeded in by relying on the power of God moment by moment. Amazingly, the Apostle Paul who…
