Key Scripture:  Luke15:11-32

Outline:

I. The Prodigal Son

II. The Angry Son

III. The Perfect Son

Key Scripture:  Nehemiah 1

Outline:

I. Knowing About our Need

II. Feeling our Need

III. The Solution to our Need

IV. Responding to our Need

Key point:  Believers are invited to deeply know the Lord through trusting Him and enjoying Him.

Key Scripture: Psalm 34

1. Delighting in God will often lead to inviting others to join in the worship of God (1–3)

James Montgomery Boice: “The person who has experienced God’s mercy naturally looks to others to praise God with him or her. Corporate worship is one of the natural instincts of the new life of Christ in God’s people.”

2. God promises to be with his people in their trouble and suffering (4–7)

2 Cor. 3:18 “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”

3. Therefore, taste and see and fear the Lord (8–9)

John Piper: God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in him.

Our Dilemma: We live in a broken world that offers solutions everywhere we look.

Main Idea: The presence of God is the security and joy that our souls long for.

Key Scripture:  Psalm 16

Outline:

I. David’s Plea (v. 1)

II. David’s Portion (v. 2-8)

Main Idea:  God invites his covenant people into a life of blessing through regular and honest confession of sin.

Key Scripture: Psalm 32

Outline:

1. The Truth: Only those forgiven of sin are truly happy (1–2)

Transgression, Sin, Iniquity...Forgiven, Covered, [not] Counted

Blessed is the man


who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,


nor stands in the way of sinners,
 nor sits in the seat of scoffers;


but his delight is in the law of the Lord,


and on his law he meditates day and night. (Psalm 1:1–2)

2. The Application: God calls us to freely confess our sins (6–11)

Seek the Lord while he may be found;
 call upon him while he is near;


let the wicked forsake his way,


and the unrighteous man his thoughts;


let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,

and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:6–7)

3. The Savior: In and through Christ, God desires to move toward us in our sin

You are a hiding place, You preserve, You surround...Be glad, rejoice, Shout

Hebrews 7:25 Consequently, [Jesus] is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God

Key Scripture:  Psalm 41

Sermon Outline:

An outline is not currently available.

Main Idea: If you can trust God in the face of your enemies, you can trust Him in any hard circumstance.

Key Scripture:  Psalm 27

Outline:

1. Confidence in God’s Protection (Vs. 1-3)

The Keyboard Warriors

2. Delight in God’s Presence (Vs. 4-8)

Ice Cream Trucks in the Middle East

3. Belief in God’s Promises (Vs. 9-14)

The Longings of Zootopia

 

Gospel Encouragement:

What would Jesus do? Pray, care, & serve anyway.

Enemy love is a battlefield. They will know you are His disciples!

Key Scripture: Psalm 30

Outline:

Drinking alcohol in the British House of Commons is strictly forbidden at all times, with the single exception of a lawmaker doing what?

I. Prosperity: “I’ve got this.”

II. In the pit

III. Lifted to praise

Key Scripture: Psalm 3

Sermon Outline:  A sermon outline is not available at this time.

Key Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9

Outline:

What does this passage teach us about the living hope that Jesus offers us? It teaches us how this Living Hope...

I. Remembers the Past (v. 3)

II. Anticipates the Future (vv. 4-5)

III. Transforms the Present (vv. 6-9)