Posts Tagged ‘decisions’
Happiness Without Faith
by Doy Moyer “Since I’ve given up my faith, I’m now happy and at peace.” This is a common type of statement we see from those who walk away from the Lord. It seems counter to the idea that true happiness and peace are found in Christ. I do not doubt that one who leaves…
Read MoreWhat God Has Done to Keep You Out of Hell
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/What-God-Has-Done-to-Keep-Us-Out-of-Hell.mp3 by Raymond Warfel
Read MorePlanning Your Life
by P.D. Wilmeth These seven teenage years are a great adventure in experiences, with all the risks and hazards of unknown paths. They are tremendously important years this is a journey that we make only once. There is no roundtrip ticket, most of us according to the calendar will be on this road for about…
Read MoreOur Part Is to Try and Trust
by Gary Henry Reaching Forward 31 October 2012 “In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both alike will be good” (Ecclesiastes 11:6). One of life’s great discouragements is the thought that it “won’t…
Read MoreJesus, the Stone of Stumbling
by Doy Moyer “But the LORD (Yahweh) of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants…
Read MoreI Wish Someone Had Told Me
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/I-Wish-Someone-Had-Told-Me.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Proverbs 5:7-14 I. I ran across an article by Chuck Lawless about “Ten Conversations I Wish Someone Had with Me as a Teenager.” A. Hindsight generally reveals that mistakes could have been avoided B. I constantly get told: “I wish someone had told me just how bad this could get” C. And…
Read MoreA Good Mate
A Good Mate – Part 1A Good Mate – Part 2A Good Mate – Part 3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I Peter 3:1-7 I. Introduction A. Many, if not most people, spend a fair chunk of their life trying to reach a decision regarding who they will marry B. Sadly, most leave this important choice to…
Read MoreWhat is God’s Will for Me? Part 3: Making a Decision
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/What-Is-Gods-Will-for-Me-4-Making-a-Decision.mp3 Text: Deuteronomy 10:12-14 I. Numerous people are convinced through repeated teachings that there is a specific plan that God has for each person’s life A. You would think that would make life easier. If God has laid out the perfect life for me, then I just have to conform my life to God’s will and follow…
Read MoreWhat Is God’s Will for Me? Part 2: Is There a Unique Personal Will?
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/What-Is-Gods-Will-for-Me-3-Is-There-a-Unique-Personal-Will.mp3 Text: Proverbs 4:1-10 I. What we’ve seen A. There are groups which teach that there are three different wills of God 1. A sovereign will in which God has laid down the course or direction of the universe 2. A moral will in which God has defined what people should and should not do. 3. An individual will…
Read MoreWhat Is God’s Will for Me?
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton What Is Being Taught Is There a Unique Personal Will? Making a Decision Dealing with Uncertainty
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