God is For Us
Romans 8:31 – “What then shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:32 – “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”
Read Moreermon on the Mount: Matthew 5:27-32
I) Jesus is teaching his first sit down structured discourse.
A. Jesus has opened with a set of Counter-Culture Kingdom mindsets that He is later going to flesh out with what it looks like when you radically “do” them- Talking about the B-attitudes.
Read MoreEMMANUEL: GOD WITH US
1. God wants to be with us.
Exodus 19:9a (NLT) – “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘I will come to you in a thick cloud, Moses, so the people themselves can hear Me when I speak with you.’”
Read MoreOVERCOMING ANGER IN OUR HEARTS
What are some of the most common negative emotions we struggle with as people?
Jesus is speaking on heart-righteousness and His first example deals with anger.
Matthew 5:20 – “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Read MoreLIVING THANKSGIVING
1. Thankfulness is a fundamental Christian virtue.
2. Thankfulness is essentially a heart posture. It is simply a proper response to God.
It is acknowledging and appreciating who He is and what He does.
Psalm 106:1-2 (NASB) – “Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy is ev
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