Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Jim Sole
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already…
In our continuing series “When I am Afraid”, we will be looking at a time in a young pastor named Timothy’s life when he was afraid. Yes, even pastors, even the greatest of servants, like all Christians, fight fear of difficulties and tough circumstances. And the Apostle Paul provides Timothy and us, sound Biblical and encouraging ways to overcome fear.
After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, 3 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they…
This Lord’s Day is Resurrection Sunday – the day our Lord rose from the dead conquering sin and death! And when it comes to overcoming fear, here is the ultimate fear-destroyer – living out our union in the One who rose from the dead. To that end, we hope see how the resurrected Lord on the very day of His resurrection conquered fear in the lives of His very afraid disciples.
This Lord’s Day is Palm Sunday – the day our Lord made His triumphant entry into Jerusalem beginning His last week of life on the earth. Though we are going to continue our sermon series WHEN I AM AFRAID looking at Nehemiah, the importance of this week – Palm Sunday through Resurrection Sunday must be emphasized and remembered. Without this week of our Lord’s life we have no ability to overcome fear in this life, and especially during this pandemic.