Ephesians 1:4. Before he formed the world, God chose us in Christ as a people for himself.
Making and maturing disciples of Christ
Making and maturing disciples of Christ
Sermons by Aaron Prelock (Page 2)
In times of difficulty, we must cry out to the Lord, acknowledge the trial and return to hope.
Romans 8:32. God gave us Jesus. Can we lack anything else?
2 Samuel 13. The disastrous story of Amnon and Tamar is the beginning of God’s judgment on David’s house.
2 Samuel 12. After David’s dramatic fall in 2 Samuel 11, God graciously restores him and accepts his repentance.
2 Samuel 11. David’s fall into sexual sin and murder gives Christians warnings about the nature and progression of sin. Yet God’s grace is still evident.
2 Samuel 10. God continues to give David victory. David’s kingdom seems to be on an unstoppable rise.
2 Samuel 9. David’s kindness and covenant loyalty to Mephibosheth flows from God’s covenant kindness to him.
2 Samuel 6. David brings the ark to Jerusalem, and in so doing, learns about both holiness and joy.
2 Samuel 5. God fulfils his promise to David and gives him a kingdom, a city, and a victory.
2 Samuel 4. The beginning of David’s reign is filled with violence. This shows us that men are wicked. But there is hope: God is just.
2 Samuel 2-3. David assumes the throne, but the nation is plunged into chaos.
Job 33:28. Elihu’s speech to Job reminds us to hope in the Lord.
John 3:36. Belief brings life, but unbelief brings wrath.
1 Peter 3:18 and 1 Peter 1:3. Jesus suffered for sins, but God raised him to life.
Isaiah 40:26. The Lord calls his people to look around them to see his great power. This leads to their remembering that he holds all power and strength, and he will accomplish his plan.
Revelation 4:11 and Romans 3:10-12. In our first Sunday in the ‘Two Ways to Live’ series we see the first two essential truths of the gospel: God is the creator king, and man has rebelled against that king.
Matthew 27:4. Judas’ wordly sorrow over sin provides a warning on the nature of true repentance.
1 Samuel 31. Saul finally receives the consequences of the promised curses on his dynasty.
1 Samuel 30. The story of David and Saul rushes to its finale. But first, David must undergo one more crisis. How will he respond, and what can we learn from it?