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Groomed, Gripped, and Graced for His Glory The Courage of a Servant Who Knows His Responsibility and Who He Is Accountable To This message reveals that true spiritual courage is born out of knowing what God has called us to do, understanding who we are accountable to, and trusting His sufficiency to accomplish His purposes through us. God does not call His servants because they possess extraordina...

A brief bit of encouragement for the journey from God's Word. Today's Scripture reading: Nahum 2 To support this devotional ministry: https://faithbaptiststerling.com/give/ Music: "Awaken the Dawn" by Stanton Lanier https://www.stantonlanier.com CCLI #20109360

Remembering God's goodness strengthens faith, fuels gratitude, and helps Christians trust the Lord when present circumstances are difficult. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins considers Psalms 103 and 77 and the biblical call to remember God's character, promises, and works. He explains how spiritual forgetfulness feeds unbelief, comparison, and discontentment, and how re...

As much as presence plays an important part with people in pain, so too is God often pleased to use good words, said in the right way at the right time, as another portion of salve to and growth in their hearts. Therefore, what do you need to consider and grow in skill in doing?

Courageously Committed Deuteronomy 3:28 | Joshua 1:1–9 The strength to fulfill God's purposes comes from knowing our responsibility, recognizing our accountability, and committing ourselves to what God is already committed to accomplishing. This message explores how God prepared Joshua to lead Israel into the Promised Land, reminding us that the Lord never calls His people to accomplish His will i...

Dave Jenkins begins the November Equipping You in Grace series by examining God's sovereignty as the foundation of Christian contentment. From Psalm 115:3 and Romans 8:28–30, he explains how God's wisdom, goodness, and saving purposes sustain believers through suffering. Dave considers contentment amid grief, the meaning of God's promise to work all things for His people's good, and practical grow...

What convinces a person that he will see goodness in the midst of severe opposition and suffering? In Psalm 27, David wrote, "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple." From shepherd boy to king, David knew what it meant to suffer. Throughout his tr...

Our words have tremendous power - for good or for harm. In James 3:1-12, James warns about the danger of an uncontrolled tongue, shows how our speech reveals the condition of our hearts, and challenges believers to pursue the spiritual maturity that should shape the way we speak.

This sermon explores the personal and passionate command to praise God, rooted in the wisdom of David as recorded in Psalm 103. The message emphasizes that praise is a requirement for the believer, urging a wholehearted response that goes beyond mere verbal acknowledgment to involve the entire soul. It outlines five specific reasons for praise: God's forgiveness of iniquities, His healing of disea...

This sermon examines the agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, emphasizing that His voluntary submission to the Father's will was the cost of human redemption. The text highlights the theological depth of Christ's humanity, noting that He experienced genuine fear and physical distress, symbolized by His sweat becoming like drops of blood, yet remained perfectly obedient. The preacher contras...

This sermon examines Job's intense lamentation in Job chapter three, where he curses the day of his birth and questions the purpose of suffering. The exposition highlights that while Job's grief is profound and human, he does not curse God, maintaining a distinction between lamenting circumstances and rejecting faith. The text contrasts this despair with the Christian assurance of peace and rest f...

This sermon centers on Psalm 103, urging believers to actively bless the Lord by remembering His goodness and recounting His benefits. The message highlights that gratitude is a deliberate act of memory rather than a fleeting emotion, countering the human tendency to forget God's faithfulness. It explores key theological themes such as the completeness of forgiveness, the spiritual and physical he...

This sermon explores the central Reformation truth of *Soli Deo Gloria* by examining the judgment of Herod in Acts 12, who was struck down for refusing to give God the glory. The message defines God's glory as the weighty, substantial display of His infinite perfections, arguing that His desire for worship is not arrogant but rather the source of humanity's deepest joy and satisfaction. It address...

Heidleberg Catechism Q. 86 Q. Since we have been delivered from our misery by grace through Christ without any merit of our own, why then should we do good works? A. Because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, is also renewing us by his Spirit into his image, so that with our whole lives we may show that we are thankful to God for his benefits, and that he may be praised through us, and furth...

This sermon examines the parables of the tares (darnel), the mustard seed, and the leaven found in Matthew 13, focusing primarily on the theological implications of the parable of the tares. The central message addresses the coexistence of good and evil in the world, explaining that God allows both to grow together until the final harvest to ensure the full maturity of His people. The teaching emp...

The heart of man is evil from birth. It needs to be changed by God. The heart of man controls his actions. The evil heart will produce evil fruit. The new heart will produce good fruit as long as the recipient listens to the Lord. Christians can and do sin. They need to be humbe and obedient to their new Master.

What do the promises God made throughout the Old Testament have to do with Jesus Christ? In Acts 13, the Apostle Paul answers that question by taking his hearers on a journey through the history of Israel, showing how God's promises—from Abraham to David—were all pointing to the coming of a Savior. Preaching in the synagogue at Antioch of Pisidia, Paul declares that Jesus is the promised Deliverer...

This sermon examines Elihu's speech in Job, emphasizing the theological truth that God is great and beyond human comprehension. The preacher argues that humans often struggle with the unknown, seeking to reduce God to a formula or demanding explanations for suffering, yet the text reveals that God's sovereignty over nature demonstrates His control and purpose. By acknowledging our inability to ful...

The sermon explores the central truth of God's eternal nature and unchanging faithfulness, contrasting the brevity and fragility of human life with the permanence of the divine. Drawing from Psalm 102, the message emphasizes that while earthly circumstances shift and generations pass, God remains the same, offering a stable foundation for believers facing affliction or uncertainty. The text highli...

In Mark chapter 7 the scribes and Pharisees confronted Jesus because His disciples transgressed the tradition of the elders by eating without ritually washing their hands. While these traditions of the elders began with the best of intentions, things had gone awry. They had devolved into rigid, lifeless observances of man-made rules divorced from genuine devotion. Jesus exposes the religious leade...

This sermon addresses the profound grief of a congregation facing the sudden loss of a beloved member, anchoring the response in Psalm 11. It emphasizes the necessity of recommitting one's soul to the Lord when human understanding fails and foundations seem destroyed. The message highlights God's sovereignty and goodness, noting that while He allows suffering, He remains present in His holy temple...