Friends encourage. They believe in us. They love us even knowing the worst about us. They will shoot straight with us and point out our sin and mixed up priorities. They hold us accountable. They are someone with whom you truly face life together.
Length 29:06
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Today as we continue our study of various prayers in the Bible we are going to look at Psalm 32, which is a prayer of David. This psalm gives us wonderful guidance for how to pray in dealing with the barrier of sin.
Length 26:05
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Today, we begin a four week series on the book of Jonah and as we will see Jonah tried to run from God. We are going to look at chapter one of Jonah this morning.
Length 24:16
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As we come to the passage we are considering today, Jesus is very clear that when it comes to our lives, we don’t have a lot of choices about how we will live. In fact, we have really only have one choice and that is to follow Jesus or not.
Length 26:03
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This morning we are looking at Matthew 7:7-11. This is the third time in the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus addresses the issue of prayer. At the heart of what He does here, he issues a grand invitation.
Length 24:33
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Today, we are talking about fasting. It’s one of the spiritual practices that we can engage in that can awaken our hunger for God. It is one of the ways we can say to Him, “I want you. This much, O God, I want you.”
Length 27:01
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A few weeks ago I decided to spend about a month reading and re-reading Psalm 119 in hopes that God would sort of refresh my desire to be in His Word. If you are not fa- miliar with Psalm 119, it’s the longest Psalm in the book of Psalms. It has 176 verses and in nearly every verse the psalmist speaks of God’s Word. It is a psalm of devotion to God and His Word.
Length 32:44
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This year we are taking a look at Mary the mother of Jesus. What an incredible role she was called to play in salvation history. Today we are going to start by looking at the difficult assignment that she received from God and how she responded.
Length 29:45
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Matthew 5:33 as a summation of Old Testament teaching about vows essential- ly is saying, first, do not make vows that you know you will not keep; and, secondly, if you do make a vow, make sure you fulfill it.
Length 26:26
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The problem with anger is not just “out there.” It is within us. And the truth of the matter is the for many of us, we don’t have to look any further than inside the four walls of our homes to see anger and its destruction.
Length 26:00
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