Readable Notes
Prayer
9/12/2021 - The Priesthood of the Believer. A condensed version of the messages given at the recent Prayer Retreat in Sherwood, Michigan, given locally for those who were not at the retreat.
9/19/2021 - The Garments of Our Priesthood. A condensed version of the third message given at the recent Prayer Retreat in Sherwood, Michigan, given locally for those who were not at the retreat.
9/26/2021 - Prayers of Intercession #1. A continuation of the theme of priesthood, concerning intercessory prayer. What is it? Who intercedes for us? Who are we to intercede for?
10/10/2021 - Prayers of Intercession #2. Why should we intercede? How can we effectively intercede?
10/31/2021 - Prayers of Intercession #3. Who can intercede? Mostly a message on living the "crucified life" (dying to self, living for Christ alone). This message was not recorded, so the audio is of the same message given at the recent Ohio prayer retreat.
4/21/2024 - Imprecatory Praying. This study concerns the "imprecatory Psalms", which are a bit of a puzzle to us because of their vindictive sound and their curses upon enemies. Is it appropriate to pray this way, and if so, how? How are we in the time of the NT to apply these scriptures?
8/11/2024 - Soul-Searching: 2 Chr. 7:14 says God's people are to humble themselves, pray, seek his face, and turn from their wicked ways. We may at first think we have no "wicked ways", that we are saved and try to confess sins when necessary. But perhaps we need to examine ourselves, and ask God to reveal to us any "secret sins" that we are not aware of. We pray that God would search us and know our hearts and thoughts, so we can turn and be cleansed. We need personal revival, and if we all do this individually, perhaps the God will indeed hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and heal our land.
9/8/2024 - True Revival. We obviously need revival in our nation and communities, but what is revival? What is the difference between individual revival and the revival in a society that sometimes occurs that "turns the world upside down"? What does revival mean in the life of a Christian? How does it start? How can we "wake up"?
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(This was preached as the regular sermon at New Life Covenant Church instead of the usual Sunday School lesson.)
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