Sermons and Prophecy

The Thanksgiving Of Grace Summary:  Even if we think we have nothing else to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, we can be thankful for God’s grace. Text: Lk. 17:11-19 Series: Thanks Giving Date: 15 October, 2017 Introduction Illustration: It’s Thanksgiving Day and the aroma of roast turkey fills Charlie Brown’s house. Snoopy, outside, lying on top of his doghouse, smells that aroma, and he is thinking, “It’s Thanksgiving Day. Everybody eats turkey on Thanksgiving Day.” So he lies there, watching the back door, eagerly awaiting his Thanksgiving dinner. Finally, the door opens and here comes Charlie Brown with a bowl of dog food, and he puts it on the ground. Snoopy gets off his house and stares at the dog food with a forlorn look on his face. And he thinks, “Just because I’m a dog, I have to eat dog food on Thanksgiving Day.” Then the next square shows him looking at the dog food more intently, and he is thinking, “It could be worse. I could be the t...

Smyrna--The Church Under Pressure  Summary:  Smyrna was a church under the great pressure of persecution. Scripture:  Revelation 2:8-11  SERIES:  Seven Churches  DATE: 8 OCTOBER, 2017 SCRIPTURE READING: Revelation 2:8-11 Revelation 2:8-11 (KJV) And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; [9] I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. [10] Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. [11] He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. I. INTRODUCT...