Free Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis

This was the first message preached at the Reforming Families Conference. The theme of the conference was -Finding Joy in a Gloomy World.-

When you read the prologue to John's gospel in the first 18 verses you discover that two things are called for on the part of the Christian. He is to behold His glory -v. 14- and he is to receive of His fulness -v. 16-. In this study we consider all that these two things encompass.

If, as Nehemiah tells us, the joy of the Lord is our strength, then we have need to establish and maintain that joy. The Lord's table can serve that very purpose. In this study we consider the potential for joy restored, even following great sin. The need for such joy and the means for regaining it when it's lost.

In this study the Rev. Kimbro emphasizes the the need for grace in salvation and how grace leads to service but the reward for that service is still a matter of grace.

Three times in these verses Christ says -take no thought.- Are we to be careless fatalists- What exactly does Christ mean by this phrase- In this study we examine Christ's exhortations not to be dominated by anxiety.

Just as the fire on the altar was to always be kept burning, so the devotion of our hearts to Christ must be ever kept burning as well. Our time around the communion table serves the purpose of keeping that fire of the heart burning.

Benedictions go back a long ways - all the way back to the days of Moses who was instructed by God to bless the people of God in Numbers 6. A benediction is a prayer that calls on God to do certain things for His people. Paul utilized benedictions in his epistles and now we find Peter doing the same thing as he closes his epistle. In this study we consider how rich and applicable such a benediction is for the people of God today.