INTRODUCTION: Dr. Dobson white water rafting… We are in the coffeepot right now in our town, county, state, our country, and even our world. How do we handle it? What can we do, what should we do, when we find ourselves in the coffeepot and God seems so distant and disinterested? Recognize that problems are…
Our text for our consideration this evening. Mark 14:32–42 (ESV) Jesus Prays in Gethsemane 32 And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34 And he said…
Isaiah 42:14-21 (ESV)14 For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself;now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation;I will turn the rivers into islands,[a] and dry up the pools.16 And I will lead the blind in a…
John 18:33–19:6 (ESV) 33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and…
Luke 9:23 (ESV)Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Dear Friends in Christ, Everyone loves a parade, don’t they? The bands, the floats, the clowns, the horses, the candy that gets tossed to the crowd. I…
Romans 4:1-8, 13-17 (ESV) Abraham Justified by Faith4 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who…
1 John 3:4-6 (ESV)4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Dear Friends in Christ, “So,…