A new MP3 sermon from Free Presbyterian Church of Malvern is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:
Title: Preparing For Blessing
Speaker: Rev. Craig Vosekalns
Broadcaster: Free Presbyterian Church of Malvern
Event: Sunday - PM
Date: 2/28/2016
Bible: 2 Kings 3:16
Length: 48 min. (64kbps)
Overview: 3-16- -Make this valley full of ditches-----We want to look at this verse and deal with it devotionally--We draw from it a theme- the theme of preparing for God's blessing. They needed ditches for water to be cast into. They had to prepare for the blessing that was to come. There is a necessity for us to prepare to for blessing for it is a truth that preparation precedes blessing. How do we prepare for God's blessing-----1. Put away the idols in our lives--Idols are anything that takes our hearts and minds away from God--1 Samuel 7-3- If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange goods...from among you.---1 Corinthians 10-14- Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry----2. Cleanse the temple of the Lord--The temple is the residence of the deity. In the Old Testament, the tabernacle was a place set apart for worship. Paul uses tabernacle as a metaphor for our bodies. We need to cleanse the temple of our hearts--1 Corinthians 3-16 - know ye not that ye are the temple of God----3. Return to the place of blessing--Genesis 28-12-21 - Bethel was the place of blessing for Jacob. At Bethel, Jacob found assurance of the Lord's protection, preservation, presence, performance of the promise and Jacob consecrated himself to the Lord----4. Exercise personal holiness--You can't desire to have blessing on one hand and live an ungodly life on the other hand