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No man is an island, and no Christian who willfully neglects corporate prayer can thrive as God intends. God has made the people of His church mutually dependent─and this in such a way that unity among God’s people in corporate prayer opens the door to fresh spiritual blessing. This is God’s intention for His church, and we must unite to pursue it if we are to have spiritual success.
If Jesus is our teacher and example in prayer, certainly there are truths which we can glean by carefully observing His prayers with His disciples. As Pastor Vradenburgh opened up several texts in this light, our eyes were opened to many prayer-enriching truths!
One of the divine titles ascribed to Jesus is “Wonderful.” The Hebrew word translated to wonderful means miraculous. Men speak of many man-made wonders which may inspire some sense of awe, but what are these compared with the wonders of creation? Moreover, what are the wonders of creation compared with the wonders of the Creator!
“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14). The name “Immanuel” means “God with us.” It is a divine name which first and foremost signifies the incarnation─ the term describing how God came in the flesh.
written by Pastor Vradenburgh George Frideric Handel’s oratorio – Messiah – is without doubt his “magnum opus”– his greatest work (and he had many). Having suffered a stroke and fighting depression, he gave what he considered his “farewell concert” in April, 1741. Then from the depths of anxiety, he rose to compose this Magnum Opus […]
As we have been learning, studying Jesus’ purposes for coming into the world lead us to meditate on many wonderful truths about our salvation! We know that Jesus came to save us, but the glory of this salvation unfolds before us only as we continue searching the Scriptures. In Sunday’s sermon, we examined several marvelous […]
Recently we were blessed to focus on the reasons for why Jesus came into the world. And if we were asked why He came, we would probably reply with something similar to Paul’s words:
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” 1 Timothy 1:15
While this is certainly true, there are numerous other reasons given throughout the Bible!
As the redeemed people of God, it is only proper for us to be filled with thanksgiving and praise to our Savior. In the fortieth psalm, which likens our salvation to being lifted out of a “horrible pit,” the psalmist writes, “[the LORD] hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our […]
A thankful heart is a humble heart. As Pastor Vradenburgh noted, a proud heart is what makes us unthankful toward men and God. When we are proud and unthankful, God resists us and we forfeit many blessings of the indwelling Spirit. The Bible says, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” (James […]
The doctrine of substitutionary atonement through Jesus Christ makes manifest the immeasurable love of God. In 1 Peter 2:24, Peter says that “[Christ] his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree.” Even without the familiar quotation “by whose stripes ye were healed” the connection to Isaiah’s prophetic crowning jewel is […]
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