I am interested in prayer meetings like the one we read of
today. Where situations change miraculously because God’s people are praying
together. In fact, throughout Acts, we see prayer meetings that do battle for
souls; that overcome obstacles and move God's hand and that turn the world of
their day upside down. We are asking God to teach us how to pray as a
congregation as well as individuals. Last week we saw that:
Friday, February 26, 2016
Friday, February 19, 2016
Paul's 2nd Missionary Journey and Mission in a PostModern PostChristian Culture
Our title tonight is The
Conclusion of the Mission and I thought to myself: What does one usually do
at the conclusion of a mission? … Well, you would review the mission: how did
it go, what did we do, what were the highlights, what were the low points, what
did we do that is worth repeating, what can we build on, what could we have
done better, how will all this affect our next journey? I’m really describing
what is today called best practice. A best
practice is a
Thursday, February 18, 2016
A Call to Corporate Prayer
My aim
this morning is, first, to so persuade you from God's Word and from church
history of the importance of corporate prayer that none of us will ever view
the prayer meetings of our church in the same way again.
Second,
my aim and my prayer is that each of us will determine to take one step forward in our participation and confidence in prayer, not just as an individual, but
with other believers, gathered together with the purpose of seeing God's glory
manifested here in Hellesdon and Norwich.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Keep on Speaking
What an absolutely wonderful theme
for a preacher to be given as a subject ... Keep on Speaking.
It comes from our continuing
journey through the Acts of
the Apostles, which I said last time should better be called The Acts of God through the Apostles. Today we find ourselves at Acts
18:1-17 where in verse 9 the LORD speaks to Paul and says:‘Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I
am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many
people in this city.’
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