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"Praise Yahweh, all you Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of Yahweh endures forever. Praise Yahweh!" (Psalm 117:1-2)

The sermon examines Genesis 8:20-22 to highlight Noah's immediate priority of building an altar and offering burnt offerings upon exiting the ark. It interprets the 'soothing aroma' as a metaphor for God's pleasure with worship that flows from faith and love, rather than literal olfactory sensation. The preacher connects this Old Testament sacrificial system to the New Testament reality where believers serve as a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving. Ultimately, the text points to Jesus Christ as the perfect, final sacrifice whose death on the cross appeases God's wrath and serves as the true soothing aroma to the Father. The message urges Christians to prioritize worship and recognize their identity in Christ as they offer themselves to God.

As Paul moves toward the conclusion of Colossians, he ends the same way he begins...with prayer. What we learn here is that a critical aspect of walking in Christ is being people of prayer. Prayer flows from walking in Christ.

How does David call his own offspring Lord? The men who held the scriptures had no answer, and He Who asked it was standing in front of them. Read to verse 6 and ask who this king is — fairer than the children of men, a sword girded upon His thigh, riding prosperously. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

The sermon identifies unbelief as the root cause of spiritual stagnation, producing rotten fruits such as a hardened heart, worry, anxiety, and apathy. Using the Israelites' wilderness wandering as a primary example, the speaker illustrates how distrust in God leads to restlessness and divine grief. The central remedy for these conditions is presented through Philippians 4, urging believers to replace care with prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving. By casting all anxieties upon the Lord and maintaining perfect peace through trust, Christians can overcome the deceitfulness of sin. The message concludes by encouraging a vibrant, sensitive faith that mirrors the steadfast trust of Job, rejecting apathy for active reliance on God's sovereignty.

Election is the unchangeable purpose of God, whereby, before the foundations of the world, He hath out of mere grace, according to the sovereign good pleasure of His own will, chosen, from the whole human race, which had fallen through their own fault from their primitive state of rectitude into sin and destruction, a certain number of persons to redemption in Christ, whom He from eternity appointed the Mediator and Head of the elect, and the foundation of salvation. —Canons of Dort, Article 7 The doctrine of election has sometimes acquired a harsh reputation, particularly if you were introduced to this doctrine by a "cage-stage" Calvinist. But this doctrine, taught so clearly in passages like Deuteronomy 7:6–8 and Ephesians 1:3–6, should inspire gratitude rather than haughtiness. Paul himself erupts in thanksgiving as he explains election, proclaiming "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing" (Ephesians 1:3). We imitate Paul's gratitude this morning in the hymns we sing, acknowledging that blessings abound wherever Jesus reigns (Jesus Shall Reign) and marveling at how blessed those of us are who fear the Lord (Alleluia! How Blessed The Man—Psalm 112). Because we are His people, His "chosen flock," we come into His gates with thanks (In All The Land Rejoice—Psalm 100). Because Christ calls us to gain His everlasting hall, we rejoice with heart, soul, and voice (Good Christian Men, Rejoice). Because Jesus lives to bless us with His love, we can shout "glory, hallelujah" (I Know That My Redeemer Lives). —Henry C. Haffner

Christian ID                                          "A Christian's Prayer"                         Ephesians 1:15-23   Thanksgiving for the Church (vv. 15-16)   3         Principles of a Powerful Prayer Life:   1) A Powerful Prayer life is Part of a Relationship, not Religion    2) A Powerful Prayer life Comes from a Commitment to Communion   3) A Powerful Prayer life is Persistent    Request for Wisdom (vv. 17-18)  Praise for Power (vv. 19-23)   2 Cor. 12:9-10 9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Ro. 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus[⁠a⁠] from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.   Col. 1:16-17,19-20 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. .. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. ACTS for Prayer:   Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication     TAG- full-screen image/PP (see attached) Psa. 5:3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacr

Psalm 18 is a thanksgiving psalm for deliverance in response to Psalm 17's cry for help. Near the end of his life, as recorded in 2 Sam 22 and then in Ps 18, David looks back and praises God as his Rock & Deliverer for all His deliverances and interventions during a lifetime of dangerous years, and as his kindgom was established. In this second half of Psalm 18 it is increasingly revealed as a Messianic Psalm of the establishment of eternal kingdom of David's Greater Son. Which also causes us to see the Messiah in His humanity depending on the Father for deliverance from all His and our enemies to the salvation of His people. Psalm 18, part 2 – God is My Rock and Deliverer (vv25-50) I. The Deliverance Principle (vv25-29) ---A. Principle of God (vv25-26) ---B. Power of God (vv27-29) II. The Deliverances from David's Perspective (vv30-45) ---A. Power of God empowers His people (vv30-34) ---B. Power of God empowers His people (vv35-38) ---C. Power of God empowers His people (vv39-45) III. The Deliverer's Praise (vv46-50) ---A. Praise from David the King ---B. Praise for Christ the King