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There are many battles in the Christian life that are waged under the surface in the fertile soil of the heart. Those battles often involve what's brewing therein. As you go through your days and weeks encountering challenging, disappointing, discouraging, and painful things with various people it's all too easy to become too used to, or comfortable with anger.

The sermon challenges believers to examine the spiritual condition of their households by asking what would be visible if Jesus visited their homes. Drawing from the story of Hezekiah in 2 Kings, the preacher urges families to prioritize Christ, unconditional love, regular Bible study, and persistent prayer as foundational elements of domestic life. It emphasizes the necessity of godly discipline, order, and peace within the family structure to counteract societal influences and raise children in the fear of the Lord. The message highlights that forgiveness and grace must be actively practiced at home so that children can understand God's mercy and develop a lasting faith. Ultimately, it calls for a consistent Christian witness where worship and integrity are not confined to the church but permeate every aspect of family life.

This sermon explores the practical application of faith through the lens of James chapter five, emphasizing that genuine belief manifests in active prayer and community care. The preacher highlights the power of effectual, fervent prayer by examining Elijah as an ordinary man who trusted God completely, demonstrating that righteousness is not perfection but reliance on divine authority. Key themes include the necessity of confessing sins to one another for healing and the vital role of interceding for those who have wandered from the truth. The message encourages believers to view prayer not as a last resort but as a primary weapon wielded with confidence in God's ability to change circumstances. Ultimately, the sermon calls Christians to live out their faith by actively supporting, correcting, and praying for their fellow believers, thereby preserving souls and hiding multitudes of sin. What does "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" mean? What makes a prayer effectual and fervent? What does James 5:16 teach about powerful prayer? Why does James use Elijah as an example of prayer? What does it mean that Elijah was a man of like passions as we are? Was Elijah an ordinary man? Why did Elijah pray that it would not rain? How did Elijah pray for rain to return? Why did Elijah put his face between his knees when he prayed? Why did Elijah send his servant seven times to look for rain? What can Elijah teach Christians about persistent prayer? Does prayer really change things? How should Christians pray with faith? What is the difference between praying in faith and simply hoping God answers? Is being righteous mean being perfect before God answers you?

When a person's life is right with God, their prayer life is transformed into a powerful, ongoing conversation with the divine, marked by trust and dependence. The sermon emphasizes that God hears the cries of the righteous, delivering them from fear and trouble, not always by removing circumstances but by providing wisdom, strength, and direction to endure and navigate them. Drawing from Psalm 34, it highlights that true prayer is not a last resort but a continual posture of surrender, where believers cry out in distress and find God's faithful presence and guidance. The message affirms that God's answers may come through removal of trials, insight into how to respond, or the grace to walk through them with faith. Ultimately, the believer is called to maintain a heart aligned with God, knowing His ears are open and His ways are trustworthy, even in the midst of uncertainty and hardship.

In this episode of Warriors of Grace, Dave Jenkins explains how Christian men can make wise decisions through trusting the Lord, submitting to His Word, seeking godly counsel, and pursuing God's glory. Grounded in Proverbs 3:5–6, this message calls men away from self-reliance and fear toward humble, faithful obedience to Christ. For more from Warriors of Grace, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/warriors-of-grace-podcast/

A word to and about my lovely, Jesus-loving wife, Jenny on her birthday. Some reminiscing and some Biblical praise for a wonderful woman of God. https://bbfohio.com

Let a man fear it is so, when he finds arguments against it to lose their force. No man is under the power of particular corruption, but will have arguments suggested to his mind from fear, danger, shame, ruin, against continuing under that corruption. When a man begins to find these arguments abate in their force, and have not that prevalency upon his mind they have had, let him fear there is an habitual prevalency of his corruption.

Life is made up of decisions. Some are simple and unimportant, whereas others are extremely important and consequential. The course and quality of our lives is determined more by our choices than by our circumstances. By faith, Abel chose God's way by offering an acceptable sacrifice. Enoch chose God's way and walked in fellowship with the Lord. Noah chose to obey God, build the ark, and save his family. Abraham chose God's way by believing Him, living as a pilgrim, patiently waiting on God to possess the promised land. All them chose to do so by faith! Moses also lived by faith. And his story begins with his parent's faith. By faith, they chose to disobey Pharaoh's orders and kept Moses aline. Believing that God had a plan for Moses' life, and perhaps he was the promised deliverer, they instilled in Moses God's plan for Israel and for Moses. Being raised as the prince of Egypt, Moses never lost sight of who he was or God's plan for his life. Bu faith, he chose to reject the world's prestige, refusing to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. By faith, he chose to suffer pain over sinful pleasures. He could have lived a comfortable life in Egypt but instead he chose to identify with oppressed brethren. By faith Moses chose true riches over world wealth. And by faith, Moses chose to face his fears, to forsake all in order to follow God's plan for His life. He had faced his fears, and armed with the presence, power, and promises of God. he fearlessly stood in Pharaoh's face demanding the unconditional release of God's people. He did so by faith!

This sermon explores the seamless transition from Genesis to Exodus, emphasizing how the two books are entirely connected under God's overarching plan and how all Scripture ultimately points to Jesus Christ. By linking the death of Joseph in Genesis 50 to the rise of a new Egyptian king and the enslavement of the Israelites in Exodus 1, the message illustrates the shift from a season of favor to one of intense oppression. This historical turning point is framed not as a failure of God's plan, but as the direct fulfillment of His centuries-old prophecy to Abram in Genesis 15, where He foretold both their 400-year affliction and their ultimate deliverance as a massive nation. Even as the Egyptians ruthlessly forced them into slavery to halt their growth, the Israelites multiplied exceedingly, proving that human opposition cannot thwart the absolute certainty of God's promises.