sermon prep

Psalm 1:6 “For the LORD watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.” We hear about what the LORD does for those on the path of the godly. This isn’t the whole verse though. Conceptually, we get what happens to those on…

A Superman verse? Really? Philippians 4:13 “For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.” Asbury Theological Seminary professor Dr. Ben Witherington calls Philippians 4:13, “the superman verse” because sometimes athletes refer to it during high-stakes games (as seen with Tim Tebow who has been known for writing…

Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. Philippians 4:6b-7 Remember the last high school English teacher who taught you grammar. Thanks to Miss Joan Olivia Peters, I CANNOT start a written sentence…

“Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Look down from heaven and see our plight. Take care of this grapevine that you yourself have planted… Psalm 80:14-15a What was true then is true now: we long for God’s presence again. Why? One reason is churches are families,…

If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. 1 Corinthians 12:26 WHY YOU SHOULD GO TO CHURCH Paul uses the human body as a metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12. He is saying we are the body—each of…

An 8-1-1 call The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. — Romans 8:11 _____________________ The life-saving technology of 9-1-1…

SERMON PREP When we see GOD “Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god!” – Daniel 3:25 The back story on this verse is powerful. King Nebuchadnezzar is all about his people worshipping him and this 90-foot…

SERMON PREP: You? What? Afraid of heights? YES! “If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the world.” Deuteronomy 28:1 Whoa. That’s a tall order…