Category: Sermons
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The First Petition: “Hallowed be Your Name”
“Hallowed be your name†has a passive, not active mood, which means that someone else has to make God’s name holy. Who will “hallow†his name?
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“Our Father in Heaven”
Be comforted then as you begin your prayer, “Our Father who is in heaven,†that he hears your prayers, and that he will lovingly and patiently give you all things necessary for body and soul because he is able to do so as the majestic and powerful God in heaven.
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“When You Pray…”
Most evangelicals shun formal prayers like the Lord’s Prayer or the Psalms, thinking that spontaneous, led-by-the-Spirit prayers are more acceptable to God. But often, pastors end up with babbling, mindless prayers, often mumbling repetitiously because they do not know what to say. What can be more beneficial than a prayer composed beforehand, filled with Scripture…
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Sermon Series on Prayer
Today (February 10, 2013), we come to the last portion of the third part of the Heidelberg Catechism, which is about sanctification or living as citizens of God’s kingdom. The first part of sanctification is the explanation of the moral law, the Ten Commandments. The second part is about prayer, which we begin today.
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Mothers Weeping, Children Rejoicing
Jesus is the pre-eminent example of one who wept and rejoiced with his friends. Of Christ’s weeping and rejoicing with us, the prophet Zephaniah says, “The Lord your God … will rejoice over you with gladness … I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival†(Zeph 3:17-18).
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A Lion Born with a Scepter
But like Judah, Jesus was willing to sacrifice his own life for his brothers and sisters. He willingly shed his blood on the accursed cross for the sins of his people. On his way to Calvary, he carried a tree, figuratively a “scepter†of sacrifice.
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The Only Son Blesses All the Nations
Be comforted with these words, “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (Rom 8:32)
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Imus & Pasig Festival of Scriptures & Songs
We hope to see you at this rich feast of hearing God’s Word, singing his praise, and fellowshipping at table!
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Glory to Man, Glory to God
The Tower of Babel story does not end in the dispersion of mankind into the whole earth. Millennia later, in the fullness of time, the Son of God, the Son of Man, came down from heaven in the flesh. This time, he did not come to observe the wickedness of man. He instead was born…
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The Christmas Tree
Is there a Biblical connection between the “Christmas tree†and the history of salvation in Christ?