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October 20, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10 I. Grace is something you don’t deserve. A. What does Jonah do as soon as he gets swallowed by the fish? He does what you or I would do. He prays (vs. 1). When Jonah prayed, he must have wondered if God would help him. He wondered for a few…
October 13, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 1:11-17 I. Love is self-giving. A. In Jonah 1:11 the sailors ask Jonah for a solution to their problem of this storm that is threatening to kill them, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” Jonah knows exactly what to do. Jonah says in…
October 6, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 1:7-10 Matthew 5:44-47: “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven… For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors…
September 29, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 1:5-6 I. You are a neighbor when you use your faith for the common good. A. In Jonah 1:5 we see what happens when Jonah runs into a violent storm on board a ship in the Mediterranean Sea. We begin to see a contrast between the pagan sailors and the prophet…
September 22, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 1:3-4 I. Sometimes God sends storms because we need to repent of sin. A. In Jonah 1:3 we see that Jonah was trying to run away from God. Jonah wanted to rebel against God’s command, and the way he chose to rebel was to go in the opposite direction of where…
September 15, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 1:1-3 I. You run from God by doubting God’s goodness. A. We can learn about why Jonah ran from God by looking at the only other verse in the Old Testament about the prophet Jonah in 2 Kings 14:25: “He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the…
September 1, 2019 Scripture: Ephesians 6:21-24 I. Our best wishes are for peace for the church. A. This wish for peace is found in vs. 23: “Peace be to the brothers.” Paul has mentioned peace many times in his letter to the Ephesians. He opened his letter in Eph. 1:2 with a wish for peace. Then…
August 25, 2019 Scripture: Ephesians 6:17-20 I. You need the armor of the helmet of salvation for fighting Satan. A. This instruction from Paul for Christians comes in Ephesians 6:17: “take the helmet of salvation.” Our salvation from God’s judgment, which is symbolized by this helmet, is not earned by our own hard work and effort…
Pastor Travis Armstrong Ephesians 6:15-16 August 18, 2019 Put On Your Gospel Shoes “and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace”. (v15) Get Prepared “in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for…
