Sermon Series
Genesis 40
- Category: The Book of Genesis
- November 9, 2014
Communion with God alone is enough to help us all combat discouragement.
According to statistics, about 5% of people across the globe suffer from depression, and over 10% of Americans are depressed. Sometimes depression has a physical cause; sometimes it is caused by circumstances. When our circumstances threaten to discourage us, God’s remedy is spiritual. Though you might not guess on the first read, Joseph’s story in Genesis 40 tells us how to avoid depression and discouragement in our Christian walk.
Genesis 36-37
- Category: The Book of Genesis
- October 12, 2014
Understanding God’s Sovereignty in Personal Adversity.
Genesis 35
- Category: The Book of Genesis
- October 5, 2014
God provides generational protection when we offer our full obedience.
Psalm 63 describes a saint who needs refreshment. Jacob receives spiritual refreshment from the Lord in Genesis 35 as he gets right with God and continues to make progress.
Genesis 34
- Category: The Book of Genesis
- September 21, 2014
The Difference Between Godly and Cultural Stability
Genesis 33 ended with Jacob’s family worshipping together. They were in God’s will living at Shechem on their way to Bethel where God had called them. The next chapter shows how quickly things can change. Jacob’s family got comfortable and settled down in the culture around them. Their hearts were no longer inclined toward Bethel. They became under-whelmed with God’s will, and the results were tragic.
Genesis 33
- Category: The Book of Genesis
- September 14, 2014
Reconciliation among men is the clearest picture of God's grace on earth.
Genesis 32
- Category: The Book of Genesis
- September 7, 2014
Our spiritual strength comes from our surrender to God.
Along the path of Christian growth, sometimes we can feel like we’re stuck in a traffic jam on a one-lane highway. The pace slows sometimes with trials and afflictions, and other times it speeds up. The Lord determines the pace.
As Genesis 32 begins, Jacob’s pace is picking up. He’s reminded that divine help always goes with him along the way. Likewise, Christians have angelic forces that minister to us, always working to help us be more like Christ.
Genesis 31
- Category: The Book of Genesis
- August 31, 2014
God's resources are sufficient to carry us through difficult relationships.
Genesis 30
- Category: The Book of Genesis
- August 24, 2014
Of all things we experience in life, our relationships reveal the most about our character.
All Scripture is God’s Word, and is “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). It’s our natural tendency to apply principles that we know from the New Testament to Old Testament stories. But remember, a text taken out of context leaves just a con. So don’t judge Jacob too harshly. His family did not have the written Bible, but they did have the oral Word of God which they were responsible for.
Genesis 29
- Category: The Book of Genesis
- August 10, 2014
Once saved, we never graduate from the School of Christ while on earth.
You’ve probably of someone “cramming 4 years of college into 10.” In Genesis 29, Jacob spends 20 years in the school of spiritual hard knocks. The first events are glorious, but they are soon followed by tragedy and consequences.
