The Fullnesses of God’s Plan for Us [2024.05.29 Midweek Sermon in Romans 15:13–16]

God's intention toward believers is to fill them with joy, peace, faith, hope, goodness, knowledge, and holiness unto God's glory.

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The Arrogance of Living for Our Profit Plans [Family Worship lesson in James 4:13–17]

In what should a man spend his life? James 4:13–17 prepares us for the second serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that a man should spend his life in that which does good before God.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Running and Finishing Our Own Race with Joy [2023.05.07 Morning Sermon in Acts 20:22–25]

Christians should live their lives as limited-time assignments from the Lord Who died for them and sustains their life.

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How God's Prophecy, Purpose, and Power Give His Servants Holy Boldness (2022.03.20 Morning Sermon in Acts 4:23–31)

The Lord emboldens His servants to speak in Jesus's Name by God's prophecies and promises, God's purpose and plan, and God's powerful providence.

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How God Gives His Servants Holy Boldness (Family Worship lesson in Acts 4:23–31)

How does God answer the apostolic church’s request for boldness? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Acts 4:23–31 prepares us for the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that some of what God uses to embolden His people to speak in Jesus’s Name are: God’s prophecies and promises, God’s purpose and plan, God’s providential power, and God’s hearing and answering prayer.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Great Comfort of God's Sovereignty in Our Grief, Repentance, and Planning (2021.01.31 Morning Sermon in Genesis 45:1–15)

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The reality of God's overruling sovereignty comforts us by His purposes in our grief, His goodness even through our own sins, and His perfect plan in the midst of our very uncertain ones.

Have You Missed God's Best?: the Persistence of His Promises (2020.10.25 Morning Sermon in Genesis 35:9–15)

God's forgiveness in Christ means that the repenting believer can be sure not only of that forgiveness, but also of ongoing blessing and purpose in his earthly life, and perfect blessing and service in his eternal life.

The Confidence That We Have in Him and His Will (1John 5:14 Prayer Devotional)

Christian prayer is an exercise of confidence in Him that increases confidence in Him, because the One to Whom we pray works all things according to the will in which He is determined to give us everything, and especially to give us Himself.