Don’t Worry, Be Holy [2024.04.07 Morning Sermon in Matthew 6:25–34]

On account of trusting and treasuring God as Father in Christ, worrying is excluded from any rightful place in the life of a Christian.

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Trusting, Enjoying, and Glorifying God as Father [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 6:25–34]

What difference does treasuring God make in daily life? Matthew 6:25–34 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that treasuring God demolishes worrying.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Infinite, Eternal, Unchangeable Treasure [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 6:19–34]

How do believers come to find God as their true and great treasure? Matthew 6:19–34 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these sixteen of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that believers come to find God as their true and great treasure when He gives them light to see Who He is and what He is doing. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Jesus's Teaching on Treasure [2023.04.16 Sabbath School; Biblical Theology of the Diaconate #30]

We traced through the Sermon on the Mount to find that those who have God as their treasure allow neither wealth nor worry to control their lives.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The True Condition of the Enemies of God, of His Word, and of His People [Family Worship lesson in 2Kings 6:8–23]

What is the true condition of the enemies of God and His Word? 2Kings 6:8–23 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these sixteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God’s enemies are always at the mercy of His wisdom and power.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How to Live with a Clear Eye (Family Worship lesson in Matthew 16:19–34)

How can we stop worrying? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Matthew 6:19–34 prepares us for the opening section of public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these sixteen verses, the Holy Spirit teaches us that seeing the Lord’s goodness in everything solves not just the problem of worrying but also the sinful tendency to live for earthly things.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Anti-fretting Medication: Yahweh As Hope, Happiness, and Help (2022.01.19 Prayer Meeting sermon in Psalm 37:1–11)

Those who prefer God's glory to their own (i.e. the meek) will be immeasurably happy.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this sermon)

The Sort of Life Whose Dying Is Gain (Family Worship in Philippians 1:19–21)

Can you know for sure that you will be delivered from a trial? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. In these three verses, we learn that you can know it—if both your living and your dying are forms of deliverance. When our greatest hope and desire is to magnify Christ, then we can live boldly as those who know that in addition to all the deliverances of this life, death itself will be infinite gain for us.

Beware the Deceitfulness of Covetousness (Family Worship in Luke 12:13–34)

What does covetousness look like in our hearts? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. In these twenty-two verses, our Lord Jesus exposes that sometimes covetousness in our hearts is disguised as righteous indignation, sometimes as planning or preparedness, sometimes as celebration or enjoyment, and sometimes even as worry or anxiety.

Serving and Needing the Lord Jesus (Family Worship in Luke 10:38–42)

What can we learn from Martha here? Pastor leads his family in tomorrow’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. In these five verses, we learn that by God’s grace, when others refused Christ, Martha welcomed Him—may we too serve Christ and be identified with Him when it becomes unpopular and costly! But, she came to be focused upon the “muchness” of her serving, which distracted her from the Christ Whom she had welcomed. Mary knew that she needed Him, and Martha showed her own need of Him by being worried and troubled about many things. We, too, need Him and can recognize when we are focused upon the muchness of our own service by when we are distracted from Jesus and His words, when we are irritated with others for not serving as much as we do, and when we are worried and troubled about many things.