I would like to talk to you today about having more power with God. Nothing burdens my heart more than seeing God’s children struggling and entrapped by material goals. Often, I can look into the face of another and tell if they have the peace of God.
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I would like to talk to you today about handling success. Solomon concluded that he did not want to be poor for fear he would rob, and he did not want to be rich for fear he would forget God.
I would like to talk to you today about how to gain from loss. While pastoring a small church in the hills of Kentucky, I visited a young woman who had planned to sing in our church Sunday morning. In fact, she said, my favorite song is ‘His Eye is on the Sparrow, and I Know that He Cares for Me.” Storms of Life
Did you ever try to understand just what being in Christ Jesus really means? To be in Christ decides the Christian’s position, privileges, and possessions. To be in Christ is to be where He is, to be what He is, and to share what He has!
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For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father, but is of the world, I hear people say, ‘Yes, pastor, I believe heaven is my home’ but live like the devil. That person will never enjoy heaven if heavenly pleasures and pursuits are unattractive. Heavenly Affections
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I would like to talk to you today about waiting on the Lord. If you are waiting for a bus to Chicago and it did not arrive, you would think me foolish to suggest that you take the very next bus to Dayton. Yet sometimes we are like that with the Lord’s plan for our life.
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I would like to talk to you today about trusting God to strengthen your faith. According to scripture, “Faith is the evidence of things not seen.” I do not need faith to see the flowers or hear the birds sing or to believe in the things which I can see. Faith is believing what I cannot see.
I would like to talk to you today about obedience. King David cared for a large flock of sheep, his eyes constantly observing the whereabouts of the young and the old. If the lambs wandered astray, they were in danger of being devoured by a bear. Or a lion.
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I want to talk to you today about loneliness of heart. All of us at some time in our life will be gripped by feelings of loneliness. Do not be alarmed if you are one of them. A small child feels it, and a teenager complains, “No one understands me.” Older citizens grumble, “No one wants to talk to me, nobody visits.”
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I would like to talk to you today about the “thirsty” being satisfied. Jesus said, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.” Thirsting is an instinct to a newborn baby. The Psalmist David spoke of spiritual thirst being an instinct, when he prayed, “My soul thirst for the Living God.”
