Wisdom: YHWH as Our Life [2025.02.05 Midweek Sermon in Proverbs 10:22–32]

Since the wise man has the Lord, the wise man has everything.

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Seeking and Finding the Fear of the Lord [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 8:12–21]

What does wisdom give? Proverbs 8:12–21 looks forward to the sermon in this week’s midweek meeting. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that wisdom gives complete and everlasting wealth and blessedness. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Wisdom of God: Christ! [2024.08.14 Midweek Sermon in Proverbs 1:1–7]

Wisdom is found especially in a being, the triune God and especially in His Son, the Logos—Christ

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The Cure for All Fear [2024.08.11 Morning Sermon in Matthew 10:24–33]

The bigger that God is to you, the smaller other fearful things will be to you, in many different ways

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Fight Fear with Fear [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 10:24–33]

How can we resist fear of man? Matthew 10:24–33 looks forward to the morning sermon in public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that fear of God cures fear of man. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How the LORD Presents Himself for Praise [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 111:6–10]

How is God glorified in His work? Psalm 111:6–10 prepares us for the opening portion of public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God’s glorious power and steady faithfulness are glorified both in what He does for His people, and how He puts His praise in their hearts and on their lips. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

God's Word: God's Method, God's Way, for Knowing God [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 2:1–5]

Pastor teaches his family a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that since God has appointed His Word for us to know Him, we must come to it receptively, eagerly, pleadingly, intensely, and intentionally.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Four Things to Do with the Word to Understand the Fear of the LORD [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 2:1–2]

Pastor leads his family in a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us four of the things that we must do with the Word of the LORD if we wish to grow in the fear of the LORD.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

God Wants Us to Draw Near to Him in Reverence, Repentance (and Faith), and Remembrance (Family Worship lesson in Exodus 20:18–26)

What does the object of our worship determine about the manner of our worship? Exodus 20:18–26 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God wants us to draw near to Him in reverence, repentance, and remembrance of Him.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Working Out Salvation with Right Fear, Great Fear, and Great Confidence (2021.04.16 Family Worship in Philippians 2:12–13)

How should we respond to Jesus’s Lordship being displayed in His salvation? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Philippians 2:12–13 prepares us for the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these two verses of Sacred Scripture, we learn to pursue holiness with the right fear (for God’s eyes, not men), and with great fear (trembling at the greatness of what is being done as we are sanctified), and with great confidence (knowing that the God for Whose glory we pursue holiness is the God by Whose grace we pursue holiness).

The Reverent Life Is the Blessed Life (Family Worship in Proverbs 28:14)

What is the happiest sort of life? Pastor leads his family in a verse from the "Proverb of the day." In this verse we learn that the happiest life is the one that is actually spent trembling in wonder at and worship of God. The superficial lightness after which most of the world runs is actually a hard-heartedness toward God, whereas those who are tender toward Him have been giving the gift of seeing His glory and living for that glory —a gift that is part of the everlasting blessedness that Christ has won for believers.