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In Genesis 27:46-28:9, we see the fallout of the scheming and weeping of Genesis 27. Isaac and Rebekah begin to show obedience and faith, while Esau tries to imitate obedience to earn his father's approval. When we look to Jacob, we learn that the blessing of Abraham is given before it is ever obeyed. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More informat...

Genesis is a story of how God overcomes the impossible by His Word. Through understanding the story, the center, and spelling out Genesis 26:34-27:45, we come to see how powerful and steadfast God's Word is and how it enacts His will despite our scheming and lying. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www....

In Genesis 26 we see the LORD continue to provide for Isaac. God provides Isaac with riches, reservoirs, reminders of who He is, and reconciliation. In light of the abundance of God's provisions for Isaac, we are reminded of our spiritual riches in Christ. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www.clearwate...

In Genesis 26, Isaac lies to protect what he loves most, misplacing his faith by putting it in himself and his own works. This comes just after God swore an oath, continuing the promises made to Abraham to Isaac. God's oath holds the man who cannot keep it, so rest, not on how perfectly you trust the oath, but how perfectly God keeps it. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Wat...

There appears to be a tension between God's promises and what we experience in this world. Trusting in the faithfulness of God amidst this creates a theological crisis when faith confronts the appearance of broken promises. Faith confronts crisis with struggle, singing, and sovereignty as it trusts in God's promises and providence. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Pre...

Sometimes, God puts you in the dark and you don't know why, but He gives us words to pray and sing in the dark and joins us there. Psalm 88 is a reminder to keep praying in the dark. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www.clearwaterpresec.com

God founds and loves His city, declaring birthrights for His enemies, yours, and you, so sing that all your sources of life will be found within her walls. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www.clearwaterpresec.com

Psalm 94 teaches us to long for God's presence as it highlights the splendor, strength, and superiority of His covenantal presence. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www.clearwaterpresec.com

Psalm 80 teaches us to persevere in prayer and to pray boldly; it is good and right to cry out to the LORD. This is seen the various sections of the Psalm where the psalmists demonstrates crying to the Shepherd, crying over the Vine, and crying for the Son. We are to join the cry of God's people for salvation through His shining face. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water...

Psalm 78 recounts Israel's repeated rebellion and God's steadfast mercy. The psalmist's purpose is to teach future generations not to repeat the failures of those who came before them, but instead to "set their hope in God." As God's people remember His mighty works and faithfully pass His truth on to the next generation, they are called to trust Him, obey His Word, and walk in His ways. Thank you...

When trouble comes, there is darkness, and darkness often seems to hide God's face. In Psalm 77, we witness the Psalmist go from focusing on himself and his troubles to remembering the deeds of the Lord. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www.clearwaterpresec.com

Psalm 76 is a divine victory song, declaring God's magnificent triumph over His enemies. Through it, we learn that God is sovereign over His people, His enemies and the nations. Because God reigns, He is present with His people, works even the evil of the world for His purpose, and brings the gospel to the nations, drawing sinners to Himself. The God who was present with His people in Judah is the...

As Paul and Barnabas set off on their separate missionary journeys, we learn that Jesus' mission and plan for the Church does not fail, even in division. This mission can happen with or without us, but we are brought into it by grace. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www.clearwaterpresec.com

The book of Philemon shows the gospel with skin on. Through the story of Philemon, Onesimus, and Paul, we see how Christ reconciles sinners to God and to one another, creating a true spiritual family marked by forgiveness, love, and effective fellowship. Jesus transforms lost causes and calls His people to live out the grace they have received. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Cl...

Psalm 74 gives us the words to pray when we don't have them; when our circumstances are just too dire. This liturgy for the unthinkable instructs us to protest with questions, look backwards to creation and the Cross, and pray to God to remember His covenant. Our God is the King from of Old, never forgetting His covenant people, so when life is in awful ruins, we must learn to pray from within our...

This first prayer of a worship leader in Psalms Book III presents two problems: envying the arrogant and the prosperity of the wicked. This is contrasted with the promise that God gives good to those who are pure in heart, who are undivided in their devotion to God. Envy is a heart problem and leads to a transactional form of religion. Psalm 73 provides a solution to the two problems it presented...

There is good news, even in a book with a theme of darkness. God meets us in our devastation by His nearness in His Anointed. Your suffering is not meant to crush you, but bring you into closer communion with Him. Book III of the Psalms teaches us how to do this through psalms of lament. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be fou...

The transfiguration is a gracious pledge that glorious things are in store for the people of God. God ministered to Jesus through the transfiguration, the disciples were given hope of future glory in the face of their suffering, and it gives believers a glimpse of what is to come, reminding us that our labor is not in vain. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyteria...

The mature Christian finds comfort in God and faces adversity with courage. As they grow in their understanding of God’s character, they desire His presence more deeply and are increasingly shaped into His likeness through drawing near to Him. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www.clearwaterpresec.com

Because God's electing choice in Christ is older than our merit, we must cling to Christ as our only hope. God chooses who is saved, but your choices still matter. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www.clearwaterpresec.com

The conclusion of Abraham's story in death proves God's promises continue beyond the grave. - God kept His Word to Abraham: he died well (see Genesis 15:15) - God kept His Word to the nations: they receive their blessing (see Genesis 17:4-5, 20) - God kept His Word to Isaac: God's promises outlast Abraham (see Genesis 17:19) Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyteri...

In Genesis 24, God is the protagonist of Isaac and Rebekah's love story as He is the One who drives it forward. He orchestrates everything behind the scenes, yet all the characters know and trust that He is working and praise Him for it. God works behind the scenes for the sake of genuine love. This is seen clearly as Rebekah acts in faith by going with Abraham's servant, trusting that God has a p...

Abraham lays to rest his bride and in so doing receives the first piece of genuine property in the promised land. God's eternity-sized promises need eternity for them to be fulfilled. For those who wait for the promises, we must shift where we see "home," and be eager to follow in the footsteps of those who have faithfully sojourned this earth before us.

Learning that the God who tests you is the same one who provides for you calls you to exhibit a costly faith - a true faith that accepts any cost to have and obey the Lord.

Jesus' suffering and death can be described as innocent, bitter, and sweet. We can respond to it with sweet relief and grief. Thank you for listening to this week’s sermon from Clear Water Presbyterian Church. More information can be found on our website. www.clearwaterpresec.com