Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 14:1-11 1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and prepare…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: 1 Peter 2:19-25 When Life is Not FairI. Look to ChristII. Follow in his StepsIII. Entrust Yourself to God’s Care 19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: 1 Peter 1:17-21 17Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. 18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 20:19-31 Nicknames are fun. Where do they come from? Why do people get them? People get nicknames based on where they’re from, distinguishing characteristics, or something they said or did that ends up encapsulating them. Alexander the Great and Vlad the Impaler. You got the Sultan of Swat and…
(Acts 1:1-11)1In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he…
Download Life Guides > Sermon text: Acts 14:8-22 8 In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10 and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that,…
Download Life Guides > Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 1If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a…
Download Life Guides > (Revelation 7:9-17) 9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 21:1-14 A companion is one with whom you eat your bread. In many cultures, the act of eating together is deeply meaningful. In modern restaurants, we sit near strangers, eat without saying a word to them, and leave. In Jesus’ culture, eating together was an almost sacred sign of…
Download Life Guides >Sermon Text: John 20:19-31 How long does Easter last? The disciples had a clear answer to that question on Easter Eve. Our text recalls the details. 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus…