Luke 11:5-13: Encouragements to Pray
Jesus as the master-teacher on prayer knows that we have more than one problem with prayer, not knowing what to pray for; but we also have a problem in how we pray, our uncertainty in prayer. We all struggle with a lack of faith and that lack of faith will reflect in our praying. Our faith is small because our knowledge of God is small, we do not view Him as generous and willing. Our faith is small because our view of the gospel is small, therefore our sins loom large and we think God is unwilling to hear...
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1 Kings 7:1-12: The House of Solomon
Introduction: The good gifts of God given to bad hearts like ours can become snares to us. The Giver is good and gives from good motives. He seeks to display His generosity and kindness to us through the gifts of creation. The gifts are also good, life, marriage, health, wealth, position, work, they are not evil in and of themselves, but good. But we are bad. You can give us a good gift like marriage and we turn it into an attempt to enslave another person to our wills. God can give us a skill for work and we...
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