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Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Numbers 11:15; 1 Kings 19:4 Depression is not just sadness -- it is a profound helplessness and hopelessness that we can’t seem to regulate on our own. Becoming Christians does not make us immune to depression. If it can happen to Moses, Elijah, and Jonah, it can happen to us. God’s Word offers insight to help us in dealing with depression. Each prophet who utter...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 John 5:13 As Christians, we have the opportunity to know without a doubt that we have eternal life. Praise God, we can be saved and know it; but we can also be saved and doubt it. As pain is a signal that there is something wrong with one’s physical body, doubt is a signal that something is wrong in the believer’s spirit. 1 John 5 is written for those who are d...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Hebrews 12:14-15 Bitterness is a terrible problem that blows the joy out of our lives and leaves our souls in darkness. It often manifests itself in people as hostility and fault-finding. Sometimes, it can look like self-pity, or an aloof, disinterested spirit. The Bible warns about the blight of bitterness and describes how to uproot it before it takes its full...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Proverbs 19:11-12 It’s been said that unjustified anger is like an acid that brings harm to anything it is poured on, including the very container it inhabits. If we can’t control our temper, we risk wrecking our lives and destroying our testimonies. Proverbs 19:11 reveals God’s answer to anger. “The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Samuel 12:1-14 2 Samuel 12 tells the heartbreaking story of how God dealt with David’s sins. David had committed adultery and murder. When David finally asked God for forgiveness, he faced cleansing with chastisement through the loss of a child. In order to understand why David suffered as he did, we must know the law of the harvest. The first principle of the...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Habakkuk 1-3 The Book of Habakkuk might be the most pertinent Scripture in this day and age. In three short chapters, Habakkuk shows us how to give thanks in dark days. There are three things to remember about faith as these days grow gloriously dim. In chapter one, we learn that faith does not live by explanations, but by God’s promises. “The burden which the pr...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Samuel 11:1-2 King David, though a man after God’s own heart, was a great sinner. In 2 Samuel 11, he committed adultery and, in covering it up, he committed murder. But in 2 Samuel 12, we find that David was also a great repenter. He exemplifies the way back to God after we fall into sin. We must first recognize the causes of David’s sin. In a time of war, Davi...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Samuel 11:1-5 2 Samuel 11 is a dark chapter in the history of King David’s life. David was at the height of his career, seeing continuous blessings from God. But then came —David committed the sin of adultery. “Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Samuel 26:21 No man in Scripture ever had a brighter beginning, nor a sadder ending, than King Saul. Any one of us could become like Saul if we dare to play the games that fools play. First, we must see Saul’s golden opportunities. 1 Samuel 9 notes his superior manhood, modesty, and magnanimous spirit. He was anointed by God to rule Israel—God’s chosen people—s...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Samuel 3:33, 38 2 Samuel 3 tells of the tragic demise of Abner, a great man of middle age and robust health who died in a foolish manner. Then the king said to his servants, ‘Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel’” (2 Samuel 3:38)? Abner’s story is instructive for those who want to live lives full of wisdom and abundance. F...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Kings 2:5-6 In 1 Kings 2, David is coming to the end of his reign. Before relinquishing the throne to his son, Solomon, David proclaims judgment on his right-hand man, Joab. By all appearances, Joab was devoutly loyal to his king. He was David’s nephew who believed the right things about him. He knew David was the savior of Israel and a sovereign king. He even...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Samuel 18:1-4 A blood covenant is a biblical principle that permanently unites two people together in marriage, business or friendship. It is made when the blood of two individuals is mingled together, and the two parties adopt a lovingkindness toward each other, meaning their love surpasses all differences. Jonathan and David’s blood covenant in 1 Samuel 18-1...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Samuel 18:1-4 A true friend is of great value and worth the find. The Bible places a great emphasis upon friends, but it also encourages us not to have too many of them. Rather, we are to consider friendships as an investment. We invest time, energy, prayers, and emotions into people. We cannot fully invest in more than we can maintain. Jesus loved many people...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Samuel 17:45-54 Because King David lived by purpose, progression, and power, he saw many victories. But victory can be dangerous if we don’t know how to receive it. It is entirely possible to be defeated by our victories. In 1 Samuel 17-18, David demonstrates how to live in our victories. First, we see David’s partnership with Jonathan: “ ...the soul of Jonatha...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Romans 8:28-31 Salvation, from start to finish, is of the Lord. It is only by the grace of God that we can be sure of our salvation. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” There are five foundational facts on which our faith rests. The first fact is God’s...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Romans 8:26-28 As Christians, prayer is our greatest privilege and service, yet it can be our greatest failure. Too often, we don’t have the desire to pray, nor do we know what to pray for. Other times, the enemy interferes to keep us from praying. Adrian Rogers says, “The devil laughs at our organization and mocks our schemes. He ridicules our good intentions, b...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Romans 6:1-2 The grace of God enables us to live godly lives in Christ Jesus and empowers us to live in victory. Romans 6 reveals how to live in victory. First, we must know our identification with Jesus, who gave Himself for us. “For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, know...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Romans 5:6-9 This modern world is trying to obliterate the word “sin” from our language. Everything is excused by psychology, evolution, human studies, and behavioral science, yet the real root of the problem is sin. If we don’t understand the bad news of sin, we’re not ready for the Good News of the Gospel— that there is so much more that we’ve gained through Je...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Daniel 3:1-30 As these days grow gloriously dim, we must stand on the principles of God’s Word—for things that are true and righteous, which last throughout time and eternity. Daniel 3 tells the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who refused to bow down to King Nebuchadnezzar’s idol. This story reminds us that we will face immense pressure to bow down, yet...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 1:18 When we live for Jesus Christ, believing in the Gospel, we will be looked upon as fools by this world. What God calls wisdom, the world calls foolishness. And what the world calls wisdom, God calls foolishness. Adrian Rogers says, “The Gospel is so radically different: it starts at a different source, follows a different course, and ends at a d...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Peter 1:22-25; 2:1-2 We don’t have to be ordained ministers to be in the ministry; in fact, every man and woman who names the name of Jesus partakes in the ministry of the Word of God. 1 Peter 1:22 says, “Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart…” Fir...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Psalm 119:89 In order to have spiritual power, we need to be molded, motivated, and managed by the Word of God. Yet for many, the Bible remains a closed book. There’s no magical way to understand the Bible. It takes work—joyful, thrilling work—to understand the Word of God. Psalm 119 shows us how to make the Bible come alive. First, we must appreciate its virtues...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Luke 10:21 Luke 10:21 says that God has "hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes." We are neither too intelligent nor unintelligent to believe in God and know Him personally! Psalm 19 gives us three ways in which God speaks to us, and in return, we can know God personally, intimately, and assuredly. First, God has confirmed His wo...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: John 4:46-54 In the kingdom of Heaven, faith is the medium of exchange. Whatever we receive from God is according to our faith. Adrian Rogers says, “The greater your faith, the greater glory God gets; by faith man gives God pleasure and by faith God gives man treasure.” John 4 tells the story of a man whose superficial, superstitious faith was transformed into a...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 John 3:1-3 Adrian Rogers says, “A rich man is poor without Jesus, a strong man is weak without Jesus, and an educated man is ignorant until he comes to know the Lord Jesus Christ.” Without Jesus, man is ignorant of his past and afraid of his future; he lives somewhere in between mystery and misery. But when we know the Lord Jesus Christ, we experience the sweet...