Introduction: What is faith? Why is faith important for us as Christians? Samples in stores - something to show what the full thing will be like. 18 While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on…

Introduction: Apostasy We live in an apostate generation The essence of apostasy is changing sides from that of the crucified to that of the crucifier. John Stott 1 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were…

Introduction: Fasting for a blood test Intermittent fasting Fasting for prayer Donald Whitney wrote this in his book Spiritual Disciples for the Christian Life : Quick. What do people who fast look like? What kinds of people come to your mind? Do they appear a bit strange? Are they John the Baptist types?…

Introduction: Some of you have served in our armed forces and you have been sent off to basic training to get fit and learn how to function as a military unit. You know that when you get to basic, you often find that mean drill sergeant who tries to break you down. By the end of basic training, these…

Introduction: What things do you delight in? It is spring time and the last few days have been beautiful days. It’s been wonderful to get outside and feel the breeze and smell the fresh air....unless you have allergies, and then you can strike everything I just said. Maybe you are an outdoor person and…

Introduction: Do you care? You ask, “Do I care about what?” Do you care that people are dying? “Dying of what?” Dying and going to Hell. All of us at times can be guilty of this mission buster. It’s the mission buster of apathy. We can be so happy that we and our crew are saved, that we forget about…

Introduction: It’s that time of year again when we think about a new year and new goals for our lives. We make our resolutions and sometimes we can feel bad if we don’t keep them, but then there are others who don’t even try to make any goals for themselves. We want to make spiritual goals for our lives…

Introduction: Over the next several hours, kids around the world will open up gifts and celebrate the Christmas season. We know that Christmas is not about gifts, but because God gave us the greatest gift in sending His son to be the Savior, we exchange gifts with one another as well. I would be lying…

Introduction: 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold,…

Introduction: Christmas is a time where we love to sing the carols. They remind us of happy memories and moments of Christmas’s past. My wife and I recently started a devotion leading up to Christmas that examines the message in the Christmas carols. Did you know that most of our most beloved carols…