Sermons

People say we have to do what the world is doing in order to get their attention and win them. That is not true. We don’t have to imitate their methods. All we have to do is shine. Now let’s join as we pray together. Father, as we study the Word, we realize that there are obligations that we have. …

Thank you Father for the word. Thank you that the word reveals the Lord Jesus Christ and helps us to understand Him better and love Him more. And we also want to serve Him better. And so teach us from the word, grant to us that spiritual understanding that we need. We ask in the name of our Lord …

Because of what the Holy Spirit has done for us, we ought to be attentive to making him happy within, pleasing the Lord not only who reigns above us, but pleasing the Lord the Holy Spirit who lives within us.  And now before we open the word to Ephesians 4, we pause to pray. Father once again we …

Am I faithfully working as God enables me? Is my boss happy with my labor? And am I giving, or am I keeping it for myself? It is more blessed to give than to receive.  Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus in Ephesians 4:28: "Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his …

This is why he says, "Now you put off that old man, which grows corrupt. And put on the new man, which is being created unto true holiness. Make your choice: the old corruption or the new creation?" "Therefore, putting away lying, each one speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one …

We have learned Jesus. That means much more than learning about Him. It means that His mind becomes our mind. We have the mind of Christ. We think spiritual truth. We resist lies. And now, before we open the word to Ephesians 4:20, we pause to pray. Father, once again we come to hear Your voice. Do …

Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. The emphasis here is on the mind. If you want your life to be transformed, then you must have a transformed mind. The doctor tells you that you are what you eat, and I suppose the clothing salesman would tell you that you are what you wear, the automobile …

The most important thing we can do as Christians is to discover our spiritual gifts. And then develop them in the fellowship of the church, and then dedicate those gifts to God and start ministering to one another.  We're talking about the unity of God's people. And we've found that there are four …

I think it might be good for me and perhaps good for you if every day we'd ask ourselves, "Lord, what did I do today to promote the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace?"  It may not look like it and it may not feel like it, but today God is at work in this world putting things together. Now …

Prayer puts you in touch with the eternal. Prayer says what you are doing with your life is going to last. He who does the will of God abides forever.  [Narrator: Thanks for being a part of this Wednesday edition of Back to the Bible. Today we continue Warren Wiersbe's series from the book of …