Living on Earth in Light of Heaven [Family Worship lesson in James 5:7–20]

If we are not living for wealth, how should we live? James 5:7–20 prepares us for the second serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these fourteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we should live before the face of the Lord, in anticipation of His return and judgment.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Seeing God's Patience with Us and Responding to it with Repentance (Family Worship lesson in Romans 2:1–5)

What does a judgmental attitude toward others reveal about us? Romans 2:1–5 looks forward to the this week’s midweek sermon. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that though all men deserve God’s righteous judgment, He is showing us mercy not that we might think ourselves better than others, but that we would turn to Him in repentance.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

What to Do While We Wait (2022.01.16 Morning Sermon in Acts 1:9–26)

While believers wait for Christ, they express their neediness and desire in prayer, live out their dependence by following His Word, and trust that He is ruling and overruling all things perfectly.

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Strong Hearts for Forgiving (Family Worship lesson in James 5:7–11)

For what, and how, can believers strengthen their hearts? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. James 5:7–11 prepares us for the opening portion of Morning Public Worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these five verses, the Holy Spirit teaches us that until Jesus comes, part of the misery through which we will need to be patient is our brethren’s sin and weakness. But remembering that this comes in the providence of our greatly compassionate and merciful God is how to strengthen our hearts so that we can be forgiving, rather than grumbling or bitter.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Faithful, Personal God Who Sees All in Justice and Mercy (2021.10.20 Prayer Meeting lesson in Psalm 33:13–22)

In inescapable justice, the LORD sees all the wicked, and in inescapable mercy, the LORD sees all those hoping in Him.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this sermon)

Suffering Like Jesus, through Faith in Jesus (2021.09.26 Morning Sermon in Luke 23:1–12)

Even as Christ was purchasing our forgiveness and our liberty to live righteously under His leadership, He was setting us an example of how to live righteously when suffering for doing good.

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A Prayer of Praise that Comforts and Convicts Us (Prayer Meeting Lesson in Psalm 10)

In all of this praise, we enjoy the wisdom of His patience and timing toward the wicked. And in all of this praise, we are reminded of the truths about Him that would restrain our sin if we weren't so forgetful about them in our remaining fleshliness. What a blessing to us it is to pray praise unto our God!

2020.05.24 Morning Sermon—Genesis 26:12–22 "Fruitful Grace: God's Powerful and Merciful Material and Spiritual Provision"

We must look to God to provide for us all that is necessary materially and spiritually, in His unlimited power and unmerited favor, which He offers in Christ. [PDF] [MP3]