Monthly Archives: April 2012
Sermon Outline – OT – NIV
“God gave
First Kings 4:29-34
PART ONE
Intr.:
Solomon
1. wisdom and
2. very great insight, and
3. a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.
4. Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and
5. greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
6. He was wiser than any other man,
a. including Ethan the Ezrahite –
b. wiser than Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol.
End:
And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations.
PART TWO
1. He spoke three thousand proverbs and
2. his songs numbered a thousand and five.
3. He described plant life,
a. from the cedar of Lebanon to
b. the hyssop that grows out of the walls.
4. He also taught about
a. animals and
b. birds,
c. reptiles and
d. fish.
End:
Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.”
Dental Work done Free of Charge (Personal Evangelism)
“DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR TEETH ANOTHER YEAR!”
says the ad (Western Leader, March 27, 2012) and continues:
“Q & A to help you make that appointment!”
Four questions are listed and when I read question
“1) I can’t afford to go to the dentist, it’s so expensive,”
I remembered what Ernie Klassen (Uncle Ernie) is writing in his little booklet SMILE, LAUGH, AND LIVE THE ABUNDANT LIFE ( reflections on Life-style evangelism):
“In a hotel in Germany my wife & I were having lunch so as usual I gave thanks. A young couple a few tables down heard me and came up to us after the meal. They were so glad to have met other Christians, that they invited us to their home. We went. He was a dentist and said if I ever needed dental work done, he would do it free of charge. We’ve taken advantage of that offer many times. It pays to pray out loud before meals!”
“KEEP YOUR COOL”
“NEVER LOSE YOUR COOL”
“You can lose everything, except your temper.” I remember that saying from long ago and I hope I have quoted it correctly.
KEEP YOUR TEMPER. NEVER LOSE YOUR TEMPER. NEVER LOSE YOUR COOL.
With other words don’t lose your composure. Be self-controlled.
Let us see, what the Bible, the word of God, has to say about self- control.
In his first letter to the church of the Thessalonians Paul says to the believers “….let us be alert and self- controlled.” (First Thessalonians 5:6,8)
Self-control is also a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23).
In the book of Acts we are reading about a man called Felix. Paul spoke to him about three things: Righteousness, self-control and judgment. And the BIBLE says “….Felix was afraid…” (Acts 24:25)
Do you want to be effective in your knowledge of Jesus? Do you want to be productive in your knowledge of Jesus? Be self-controlled (Second Peter 1:6)
The following people are told to be self-controlled: Overseers (bishops), older men, older women, young men (Titus chapter one and two)
In Titus 2:12 we read that the grace of God teaches us to live self-controlled.
Second Timothy 3:3 warns us about the “Godlessness in the Last Days” and we are told that people will be without self-control.
Being clear minded and self-controlled helps us also to pray (First Peter 4:7).
Being alert and self-controlled helps us also not to be devoured by our enemy, the devil (First Peter 5:8)
Proverbs 25:28 compares a man who lacks self-control with a city whose walls are broken down.
We have feelings. We have emotions. We have reactions.
Let us keep control over our feelings, emotions and reactions!
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QUOTE
“For some time it has been evident that we evangelicals have been failing to avail ourselves of the deeper riches of grace that lie in the purposes of God for us. As a consequence we have been suffering greatly, even tragically. One blessed treasure we have missed is the right to possess the gifts of the Spirit as set forth in such fullness and clarity in the New Testament.” – A. W. Tozer
We need somewhere solid to place our Feet!
“I resigned from work in the hope that less travelling would give me a sense of somewhere solid to place my feet,” writes Bridget Hilton-Barber in “Garden of My Ancestors.” (Reader’s Digest, October, 2008)
“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is JESUS CHRIST,” is one of the verses in the BIBLE I can say from memory. (First Corinthians 3:11)
The BIBLE teaches also about a “stone in Zion”. It is a cornerstone. It is a chosen cornerstone. It is a precious cornerstone. It is a tested stone . It is a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation. (First Peter 2:6; Isaiah 28:16)
The Lord JESUS CHRIST is the cornerstone.
I trust him. And because of my trust in the Lord JESUS CHRIST I will never be dismayed or put to shame. That are the promises of the BIBLE. (Again First Peter 2:6 and Isaiah 28:16)
Please trust HIM too, and you have somewhere solid to place your feet in the storms of life.
Come Home!
“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it,” is a quote by George Moore.
I am reading here about a young man who set off to travel the world and instead of finding what he needs “he began to be in need.”
And after he said to himself, “I will set out and go back to my father….” his needs were met.
Can you guess in which book I am reading about this young man?
It is “THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SON” in the Gospel of Luke. (Luke 15:11-24)
What JESUS is (21)
“To the philanthropist, He is the unspeakable gift – Second Corinthians 9:15″
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