Prior Lake Baptist Church

Big Idea: We must look to our faithful God who will bring His promise of salvation to pass. The sign of Immanuel points forward to the fullness of the promised One. Outline: 1. Fear must give way to faith. (1-9) 2. The Lord is always faithful to His promise. (10-17) 3. Sight must lead to obedience (18-25)

Big Idea: The gospel must move from “body life” within the church to life among a watching world that desperately needs redemption in Christ. Outline: 1. Remember to live unto Christ before a watching world. (1-2) 2. Be motivated to live unto Christ for all He has done. (3-7) 3. Devote yourself to living unto the Lord. (8-11)

Big Idea: By God’s design, each member of Christ’s church helps us to hope in the Lord and grow in Him. Outline: 1. The Church is God’s Training Ground (vv. 1–10). 2. Christ Trains Us to Look to God’s Powerful Grace (vv. 11–15).

Big Idea: Pastors teach sound doctrine so that believers will steward their role for the health of the church and glory of Christ Outline: I. Believers receive and dispense truth (1-5) II. Pastors lead with integrity (6-8) III. The gospel touches every role (9-10)

Big Idea: We must see that God has given pastors to guard the purity of the gospel by leading and protecting the church Outline: I. Pastors silence false teachers (10-11) II. Pastors rebuke to restore (12-14) III. Pastors guard the purity of the gospel (15-16)

Big Idea: We must see God’s design for the church in placing elders to teach and lead in advancing the gospel of Christ. Outline: 1. The Need - Gospel Leadership for the church (5) 2. The Qualified - Faithful Gospel Men (6-8) 3. The Task - Gospel teaching and correction (9)

Big Idea: We must pray for our missionaries. Outline: I. Because their lives are much more stressful than we realize (1:8) II. Because they will not survive in their own strength (1:9) III. Because God is their only hope for success (1:10) IV. Because God chooses to answer prayer (1:11)

Big Idea: We must trust in the providence of God—His timing is perfect, and His way is best. Outline: 1. Use the means God provides. (1-9) 2. Wait for the provision God gives. (10 28) 3. Trust the leading God offers (29-61) 4. Rejoice in the process God ordains. (62-67)

Big Idea: We must trust in the providence of God—His timing is perfect, and His way is best. Outline: 1. Use the means God provides. (1-9) 2. Wait for the provision God gives. (10 28) 3. Trust the leading God offers (29-61) 4. Rejoice in the process God ordains. (62-67)

Big Idea: Death does not prevent the Lord from bringing about what He has promised to His people. Outline: 1. Death Touches Everyone (1–2) 2. The Life That Remains Must Be Lived with Integrity (3–18) 3. Keep Living with Eyes of Faith (19–20)

Big Idea: By His own hand, God provides all that His people need to live by faith unto Him. Outline: 1. God’s Commands Test our Faith (1–2) 2. Faith Obeys Even When it Costs (3–10) 3. God Provides Even that which we cannot See (11–19) 4. God’s Covenant Promises Press On (20–24)

Big Idea: By His own hand, God provides all that His people need to live by faith unto Him. Outline: 1. God’s Commands Test our Faith (1–2) 2. Faith Obeys Even When it Costs (3–10) 3. God Provides Even that which we cannot See (11–19) 4. God’s Covenant Promises Press On (20–24)

Big Idea: God’s faithful commitment to us enables us to reflect His covenant faithfulness, pursuing peace in our relationships and displaying His name to the world. Outline: 1. God’s faithfulness is evident to others (vv. 22–24) 2. Our dealings must reflect God’s righteousness (vv. 25–30) 3. God establishes peace to advance His purposes (vv. 31–34)

Big Idea: We must fix our eyes on the Lord, entrusting both the revealed and unknown to His faithful hands. Outline: 1. Trust God as He keeps His Word (1–8). 2. Remember past answered prayers to strengthen you in present uncertainty (9–13). 3. Walking by faith means entrusting everything to God alone (14–21).

Big Idea: God keeps His promises, not because of our faithfulness, but because of His grace. Outline: 1. Wrong Fears Lead to Old Sins (1–2) 2. God Steps in to Protect His Promise (3–7) 3. God Uses Abimelech to Accomplish His Plan (8–13) 4. God’s Blessings Come Because of His Promise, Not Our Performance (14–18)

Big Idea: The Lord, in His kindness, calls all to find refuge in Him—and He displays this mercy by sending others into our lives, for He will always do what is right. Outline: 1. God Sends Witnesses of His Coming Judgment. (1-11) 2. Heed God’s Warning and Find Refuge in Him (12-29) 3. We Will Live with the Consequences of What We Sow (30-38)

Big Idea: Believers must trust God's justice yet petition His mercy with humility. I. Draw near to God prayerfully 22-25 II. Come before Him boldly 26 III. Appeal to Him humbly 27-33

Big Idea: Fear the all-knowing Lord and walk in humble fellowship before Him, leading those around you to walk in His ways. I. Abraham’s fearful fellowship (1-8) II. Sarah’s fear-filled response (9-15) III. The Lord’s all-knowing gaze (16-21)

Big Idea: Our sovereign God always accomplishes His word in His way and calls us to walk in obedience and faith. Outline: I. No promise of God is outside His means to accomplish it. (15-22) II. Every promise of God is an opportunity for our obedience. (23-27)

Big Idea: Our covenant-making God is our covenant-keeping God, and He calls us to respond in kind. Outline: 1. Nothing Is Impossible for Our God (1–8) 2. Follow Him Wholly, as He Wills (9–14)

Big Idea: The Lord will use all things for His purposes, even when we try to accomplish them our own way. Outline: Two Realities in the Narrative of Abram, Sarai, and Hagar: 1. The Consequences of Human Wisdom (1–6) 2. God’s Kindness in the Midst of Human Rejection (7–16)

"Grace and Truth" | Missionary Kevin Sherman

Text: Psalm 129 Big Idea: God’s people may suffer, but they will not be destroyed, because the Lord is righteous and will ultimately bring justice. Outline: 1. Long affliction, but no defeat (1–2) 2. The righteous Lord brings deliverance (3–4) 3. The Lord will judge the wicked and bless His own (5–8)