The Tabernacle Pulpit

Since the church has been entrusted with the gospel and its mission, the world needs a healthy church. What should the church be doing in a COVID-19 world? How should the church operate? This week, Pastor Scott continues exploring how the church is characterized by the great commandment.

We can experience true intimacy with God and growth in Christlikeness when we develop a better habit of reading, studying, and applying the Bible. How can we build a better Bible habit? 

Man’s greatest earthly threat is death because man’s greatest eternal threat is God. To leave this life without Christ is to stand under God’s judgment. Therefore, people need God’s solution to the curse of death, the gospel. Since the church has been entrusted with the gospel and its mission, the world needs a healthy church. What should the church be doing in a COVID-19 world? How should the church operate? 

Tonight we take up two final considerations as we build a better habit of prayer. First, how to pray for faithful laborers from Matthew 9:35-38; then, how to develop a meaningful prayer life.

Man’s greatest earthly threat is death because man’s greatest eternal threat is God. To leave this life without Christ is to stand under God’s judgment. Therefore, people need God’s solution to the curse of death, the gospel. Since the church has been entrusted with the gospel and its mission, the world needs a healthy church. What should the church be doing in a COVID-19 world? How should the church operate? 

In eight letters of Paul, the apostle identifies at least 5 prayer requests he makes of the churches. We can improve how we pray for others when we pray for others as Paul wanted others to pray for him. 

Because of Christ crucified and resurrected we can be confident that the curse of sin and death is overcome which in turn encourages us in the midst of life’s challenges. Consider three issues raised in this text.

Colossians 1:9-11 offers four categories for praying for the spiritual well-being of other believers.

Psalm 91 encourages God’s people to engage in continual communion with Him in order to navigate life’s most difficult circumstances. We can be confident in the midst of chaos. Why can God’s people face challenges with such confidence? Psalm 91 provides at least three reasons why we’re confident.

In Romans 1:8-15 Paul described the way in which he prayed for the church in Rome. Paul’s prayer in this text gives us a good example of how he prays for churches – a mixture of gratitude to God for the work of the church and a desire for the work to continue.