Sermons from 2023 (Page 6)

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;    let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.Let us come before him with thanksgiving    and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God,    the great King above all gods.In his hand are the depths of the earth,    and the mountain peaks belong to him.The sea is his, for he made it,    and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship,    let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;for he is our God    and we are the people of his pasture,    the…

Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.  Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This…

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.  Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance,…