Sermons from December 2021

Sermons from December 2021

Resting in the Shadow of the Almighty (Psalm 91)

So do not fear, for I am with you;    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you;    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. “All who rage against you    will surely be ashamed and disgraced;those who oppose you    will be as nothing and perish.Though you search for your enemies,    you will not find them.Those who wage war against you    will be as nothing at all.For I am the Lord your God    who takes hold of your right handand says to you, Do not fear;    I will help you.” Isaiah…

Highly Favored by God (Luke 1:5-45)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed [highly favored] us in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:3-6

Fix Your Thoughts on Jesus (Hebrews 3:1-6)

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.  For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.  When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Colossians 3:1-5

Stepping in the Gap (Hebrews 2:5-18)

Lord, our Lord,    how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory    in the heavens.Through the praise of children and infants    you have established a stronghold against your enemies,    to silence the foe and the avenger.When I consider your heavens,    the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars,    which you have set in place,what is mankind that you are mindful of them,    human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels    and crowned them with glory and honor.You made…