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Jimmy Downing | Session #3 | All right. James, chapter one. James is one of my favorite books in all of the scriptures. I love how practical it is. I told our folks back home, I said, "If James was from the United States, he'd be from the state of Missouri." James doesn't want to just hear about your faith. He wants to see it. "Show me your faith by your works." We'll start reading from verse 17,...

Jimmy Downing | Session #2 from the 2024 Men's Retreat in Hondo, Texas. Beloved, God has not forgotten to be gracious; He remains so, as I can attest from my recent experiences and from our focus on Psalm 77 today. In many Psalms, the psalmist starts by crying out to God in distress, possibly filled with doubts and in a dark place regarding God. But then, as in this Psalm, there's a shift, and the...

Think you're not involved in assassination? Consider this form: damaging someone's reputation through false or malicious statements. Discover the peril of character assassination in 'Slander's Silent Poison'. 0:00 - Character assassination? 1:50 - What motivated them to poison through slander? 3:23 - Do you and I take our words seriously enough? 5:16 - How should we react to harmful slander direct...

Jimmy Downing | 41:18 | 2024 Men's Retreat | Session #1 | The sermon emphasizes the importance of prayer, specifically the power and necessity of secret prayer in a Christian's life. The speaker encourages the congregation to seek a personal, intimate relationship with God through prayer, highlighting how Jesus taught about praying in secret rather than for show.

Hi there, my name is Jake, and I want to share with you my testimony, and how Jesus Christ has had mercy on me, and given me new life in Himself. The psalmist says in chapter 71, ‘My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.’ Jesus told the demoniac in Luke 8, ‘to return to your home, and declare how much God has done for...

Kyle White | 17:24 | Excerpt | And if you will permit and I have really sought the Lord on this, but I'm going to share with you some quotes from one who was in the midst of this darkness of night, who kept a journal and now is able to go back and look at that journal and remember through that journal the experience of that dark night of the soul in 2009. - Kyle White

Paul Washer | 1:06:45 (2005) | Maybe guys like me need to see fruit because we are so weak in faith that if we don’t we will fall into despair. – Paul Washer

Now Abraham went out to a place. He came out of his comfort zone. He goes out to a place where he was to receive for an inheritance. And he went out not knowing where he was going. You know, so many young people come to me today and they go, you know, I want to find out the will of God for my life. I go, You’re asking the wrong question. That’s not even something you should be concerned about. Wha...

This is part 2 of Paul Washer's series on By Faith, given in 2005 at what was then Highway M. Chapel.

The following message is from a cassette tape archive that we are digitizing. We have tried to restore the audio as best as we can. May this message stir your soul.

This sermons cassette bears the title, "By Faith, (Part 1)", and features a message delivered by Paul Washer that was given in 2005 at what was then Highway M. Chapel, where Bob Jennings pastored. This is part one of a four part series.

Recently, Kristopher and I sat down for a discussion about how the LORD saved him. As a result of his drug abuse and pain medication, he was incarcerated, but the LORD saved him. However, his testimony didn’t end there. After leaving jail and joining a church, he fell back into living in sin as a believer and was disciplined out of his church. Yet the LORD was faithful to discipline him while he w...

But what did this God who is love delight to love before he made you and I? Before he made the earth, before he made anything. And you say, “Well, he loved himself.” Yes, but it's a little bit more complex than that.... [Excerpt from the full sermon: God Is Love - Michael Durham]

Tolerance can be a vice, not just a virtue. One of the greatest mistakes make in the name of "grace" is tolerating sin in the midst of their church. Excerpt from the full sermon: Watch Out for Those Who Cause Divisions

Ryan Fullerton preached this message on December 13, 2020. It is a balanced message that deals with a topic that is often avoided. Romans 16:17 - I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. 0:00 - Introduction and Opening Prayer 1:26 - Reading text - Romans 16.17 2:51 - A dragon stands be...

Why did our Lord hide Himself from these Greeks? And does He yet hide Himself from some who seek to “see” Him? And what sort of people are those who vainly seek to see the Lord? 0:00 - Introduction 2:28 - John 12.23-36 3:59 - Why did Jesus hide himself? 5:09 - Who does Christ hide himself from? 8:05 - Orthodox Jesus 8:57 - Emotional Jesus 9:55 - Prosperous Jesus 10:58 - Happy Jesus 11:47 - Miracul...

As Christians, there are many so-called "respectable sins" that we battle against, one of which is self-pity. In this video, we will consider what self-pity is at its root--what indicators to look for that we are having self-pity--and how to overcome through Christ and truly believing that God cares for us. 0:00 - When was the last time you hosted a pity party? 0:26 - Luke Chapter 10 and Martha's...

Is there any connection between sexual sin and wasted time? Does the believer go from boredom to temptation? From wasting time to wrecking morally? In this video we consider 2 Samuel 11 and what led to David's fall into adultery. Maybe you say to yourself, "I struggle with lust..." but the truth be told you should be saying, "I struggle with pride and wasting my time... and that leads to falls int...

Christian, we are all being sustained by the providential preserving power of God—we owe it all to our LORD. Psalm 124 1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side– let Israel now say– 2 if it had not been the LORD who was on our side when people rose up against us, 3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; 4 then the f...

0:00 - Connecting today's message with Tim's previous message. 1:56 - My text—Romans 1.16 5:05 - Apostle Paul's intention to preach! 13:50 - The gospel is God's gospel. 16:23 - The Gospel—a righteousness not of our own. 25:36 - The first way we prove ourselves to be ashamed of the gospel. 27:35 - Secondly, a shallow grasp of the truth. 32:25 - Thirdly, by entertaining doubts about the Gospel. 36:2...

If you are a Christian you love Jesus for who He is—gloriously worthy of all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your strength—because that is exactly how the Father loves the Son. - Michael Durham Full Sermon: God Is Love

We ought to practice spiritual disciplines by faith regardless of how we subjectively feel. Q: In the process of adopting these spiritual disciplines and be alone with the LORD, what if I fall into some discouragement or legalistic bondage? What if I don't feel like anything is happening and that the LORD is with me?

John Greene | 2023 Fellowship Conference - Morning Prayer Meeting | Revelation 8:3 - And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne... Are you aware of the power and impact of prayer on human history? As Spurgeon said, "it is not ONLY a prayer meeting." It is to pray...

Nathan Rages | 2023 Fellowship Conference | Prayer Meeting | There are pressing needs that you and I have prayed about, and we have asked the LORD, "How long, O LORD?" But deliverance has yet to come, and we feel as David does. The temptation to give up is strong during that time. It can be easy to forget how many prayers the LORD has answered in the past when we are under pressure.

Don't make the mistake of the Pharisee. They had a perverted view of the sufficiency of Scripture. And such a view will leave you dead in your sins. Listen to what Jesus says to them in John 5...