Local Sermons on Spiritual Growth (Page 2)
My Year of Divine Release and Rest
Acts 9:31; Exodus 5:5-19; Jeremiah 6:16; Micah 2:10; Jeremiah 50:34; Job 3:17-18 God preserved a lot of precedents of release and rest in the Bible. The providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the Divine care we are perfectly safe from danger – Charles H. Spurgeon. P1. Knowing the Author of Divine Release and Rest Philippians 3:10; 1 John 2:3,5; John 17:4; Jeremiah 9:23-24; Mathew 11:28-29 When you know God, your destiny will…
Making All Things New
Genesis 1:14; Isaiah 43:18,19; Revelation 21:5; Joshua 5:12; Psalm 65:11; Proverbs 5:9 The word year is shānāh in Hebrew, meaning change or revolution. In 2025, the Lord will give us the dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine (Genesis 27:28), but we must not give our year to the cruel. P1. A new discovery for the new year 2 Samuel 22:16; Psalm 18:15; Job 12:22; Ezekiel 21:24; Acts 21:3; Acts 27:39 Discovery is…
Giving Without Measure to Receive Beyond Measure
2 Timothy 3:16-17; Luke 6:38; Psalm 23:5c Hudson Taylor, who founded a great missionary work in China, once said: ‘My experience has been that the more I give to others, my soul is all the more filled with happiness and blessings.’ P1. The Mystery of Biblical Giving Romans 11:25a; Ephesians 1:9; 3:3-4; Ecclesiastes 11:1-2; Proverbs 11:24-25; Ecclesiastes 11:6 P2. The Misery of a Sparing Giver 2 Corinthians 9:6a-7; Proverbs 19:17; Luke 6:38b; Galatians 6:7-9; Proverbs 11:24b; 1 Samuel 25:3 We…