Your Treasure – a few questions
Posted July 8th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
These are from the sermon on Sunday – a few questions to examine the location of your treasures. • What have you done in the past day, week, month… to invest in the kingdom of heaven? • Do you define success in life primarily by accomplishments and material goods that are here or by things […]
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Resources on Porn and Sex issues
Posted June 7th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
It’s impossible to cover any subject comprehensively in our hour and fifteen minutes on Sunday morning, but that was especially true this morning as we discussed sex and lust. I wanted to pass along a couple resources for further study, especially to any people who are struggling on any level. The first is a book […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Suggested Resources
Join us in our Day of Fasting and Prayer Tomorrow
Posted June 3rd, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
On many occasions in the Bible, the leaders of God’s people called them to times of fasting and prayer. Most of the time this was a response to the gracious and merciful grace of God. The people realized their utter and desperate need for God, and would respond by spending a period of time denying […]
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Reasons for Fasting in the Bible
Posted May 31st, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
In the message today I mentioned twelve reasons that people in the Bible participated in fasts. I wanted to post them on the blog in case you missed them, and so you could look up the Scripture texts. Biblical reasons people fast: To enhance depth in our prayers – Daniel 9:3 For self-denial and humility […]
Posted in Sermon Thoughts, Theological issues
Quote from John Calvin on prayer
Posted May 20th, 2009 by Mike Hubbard
I mentioned I would post this quote on Sunday. This is by John Calvin on the issue of prayer. “Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting him to do his duty, or of urging him as though he were reluctant. On the contrary, they […]
Posted in All About Life, Sermon Thoughts