Archives for April 2022

OVERVIEW OF THE SERMON:In 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Paul writes to remind Timothy and generations of Christians afterward to keep the gospel of Jesus the main thing. He had been mocked, rejected, and abused, and yet 25 years after his conversion he is still overwhelmed with the overflow of the love of God into his life. He never forgets who he was before Jesus saved his life, and...

AN UNEXPECTED COMPANION PRAYER POINTSC.J. Mahaney | Luke 24:13-35 | 4.17.22These written prayers are intended to fuel your meditation on this passage and your enjoyment of God in prayer That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While the...

"The eyes of these two people have been deliberately kept from recognizing Jesus until after the interpretation of the ScriptureJesus does not overwhelm these two disciples by some spectacular revelation of himself. Instead, he interprets the Scriptures for them. They need to hear the Word of God to clear up the confusion of their own words (24:17)." David Garland "Jesus ...

JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM PRAYER POINTSBrian Chesemore | Luke 19:28-44 | 4.10. 22These written prayers are intended to fuel your meditation on this passage and your enjoyment of God in prayer And when he had said these things,he went on ahead,going up to Jerusalem.When he drew near to Bethphage andBethany, atthe mount that is called Olivet, he senttwo of the disciples,saying,...

Holy Week has arrived! But in the midst of the business of daily life, it could be easy to let Easter sneak up on us without much thought, preparation, or meditation. Despite its centrality, we can sometimes treat it as an afterthought or just another Sunday. However, the events we remember during the Easter season are of pre-eminent importance for the Christian (I Corinth...

BACK TO TWELVE PRAYER POINTS CJ Mahaney | Acts 1:12-26 | 4.3.22 These written prayers are intended to fuel your meditation on this passage and your enjoyment of God in prayer Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were stay...

"Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing." John Piper "The forty days which Jesus spent on earth after His resurrection constitute an important part of His life and teaching. We usually do not pay enough attention to this. But the moment we attentively survey what Jesus said and did during those forty days, we detect that these shed an entirely ...