"Proving Ourselves" I Corinthians 11:28, 29&31 The challenge for us as Christians are to keep things "fresh" and spiritual as we are creatures of habit. This includes sermons, our prayers, and even in our reciting of creeds like the Apostle...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
4th Petition: LD 50 & Matthew 6 The Lord teaches us to address our personal needs in the 4th petition. Our daily bread! He addresses this before the forgiveness of sins...not to make us carnally minded (neither to spiritualize this petition)...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"The Office of Mercy" Hebrews 2:17, Psalm 132:15 & Psalm 132 The office of deacon has fallen on hard times and in many churches it has lost its function completely. Many try to serve amidst "road blocks." We too have trouble from time to time...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2nd Petition "LD48 & Revelation 19 We are moved rather quickly from the bosom of our Heavenly Father into the various petitions. We pray that our lives may be so directed that we live according to Him. Now we look at the 2nd petition of this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"The 3rd Petition of the Lord's Prayer" LD49& Romans 12 We now look at the last petition before we deal with our daily needs. This is still a very reflection of the Law of God. The hallowing of His name, the coming of the Kingdom and our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Divine Joy!" John 15:11 A theme that is so prevalent even in the world today especially around the holiday seasons...joy! It is also something that very soon disappears and escapes us. The Lord Himself applies that concept of joy even amist what...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"The 1st Petition" LD47 & Psalm 148 We have seen that prayer is the chief part of thankfulness and we were privileged last time to see the address of the Lord's prayer and what an amazing foundation! And now we move to the petitions one by...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"The Address of Prayer" LD46 & Romans 8:1-17 We are studying the section of "thankfulness" and we must ask God to give us grace to sanctify us in our daily lives. And so we see how important and needed prayer is. It is also intuitive to the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"PRAYER" LD45 & John 17 It is a joy to speak on a subject like prayer but it is also a most difficult subject. It is a "holy art" given to each of us individually....a gift from God and part of our very essence. We can pray because the Holy...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The 10th Commandment LD44 We note that Lord's day 44 seems NOT to speak about covetousness very much before we come to the last question and answer and see that the law points us to our nature and out need to both see our nature and our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
