(15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
(16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
(17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
PRAY TO THE FATHER IN YOUR ROOM
Matt. 5:1,2
1.) Now when He (Jesus) saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain side and sat down. His disciples cam to Him.
2.) And He began to teach them, saying:
Matt 6:5 "But when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.
Matt 6:6 When you pray, go into your room, and pray to your Father, who is unseen.
Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matt 6:7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Matt. 6:8 Do not be like them (pagans), for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
Matt. 6:9-14
9.) This is how you should pray:
"Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name,
10.) Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
11.) Give us today our daily bread.
12.) Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13.) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever.
Amen.
14.) For if you forgive men when they sin against you, Your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.
1.) Now when He (Jesus) saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain side and sat down. His disciples cam to Him.
2.) And He began to teach them, saying:
Matt 6:5 "But when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.
Matt 6:6 When you pray, go into your room, and pray to your Father, who is unseen.
Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matt 6:7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Matt. 6:8 Do not be like them (pagans), for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
Matt. 6:9-14
9.) This is how you should pray:
"Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name,
10.) Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
11.) Give us today our daily bread.
12.) Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13.) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever.
Amen.
14.) For if you forgive men when they sin against you, Your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Monday, August 17, 2009
A Friend Called In Jesus
Heavenly Father, we give You praise, we give You honor, we give reverence to Your holy and devine name.
We lift Your name above every name Lord God and we sing praises to You in the highest.
We thank You Lord for all that we have and for all that we are.
We bless the name of Jesus. Thank you Lord for our salvation, for Your love, for the life that You have breathed into us.
Thank You for being a blessing to us all. In the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Our scriptures for this sermon are taken from the following:
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; John 15:12-17; Psalm 31:11-14;
Psalm 38:11; Psalm 88:18; Proverbs 17:16;
Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 27:10
What A Friend --- Jesus
Ecclesiates 4:9-12
The word given to Solomon Son of David
9} Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work;
10} If one falls down, his friend can help him/(her) up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
11} Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
but how can one keep warm alone?
12} Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves,
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Let us pause here in our walk with the Lord through His word to reflect on what a wonderful friend we have in Jesus.
Truly the Lord loves each and every one of us and cherishes us as His friends.
The word tells us that God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son,
that who ever believed in Him would not perish, but have eternal life. {John 3:16}
What a price to pay for someone you love. Yet the Lord Jesus Christ paid the price willingly.
Let us give the Lord praise and thanks for the sacrifice that He made so that we may be saved through Him.
Selah. Praise the Lord.
Section II of the Sermon - What A Friend We Have In Jesus
John 15:12-17 (The words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ)
12} My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13} Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
14} You are My friends if you do what I command.
15} I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business,
Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit ---- fruit that will last.
16} Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.
17} This is My command; love each other.
Not a suggestion, not a good idea, not a decision to make.
The Lord says, "This is My command: Love each other."
Let us obey the command of the Lord.
Selah. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 31:11-13
11} Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt
of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends --- those who see me
on the street flee from me.
12} I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
13} For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side;
they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Now you might assume from David's narrative that he is really really up against
a rock and a hard place.
But the word says; {Proverbs 18:24} A man of many companions may come to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
So even when your enemies and neighbors are against you;
Even as the writer says {Psalm 38:11}
My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
My neighbors stay far away.
Even if times seem so bad that you feel as though {Psalm 88:18...}
...The darkness is my closest friend.
Even when we think all hope is lost and we don't have any one to turn to.
We must {Psalm 31:24} Be strong and take heart, all you who hope
in the Lord.
The writer says, {Psalm 31:14}
But I trust in You, O Lord; I say, You are my God.
15}My times are in Your hands...
There is a spiritual song that says:
What a friend we have in Jesus, all our grief and pain
to bear.
What a priviledge to carry everything to God in prayer.
The Lord has called us His friend {John 15:15}
When we fall down, we have a friend to help us
get back up again.
That friend is Jesus.
When others dread our company, when those who
see us on the street avoid us. When we are forgotten
by many. There is a friend who will never leave or forsake us.
That friend is Jesus.
The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said,
{John 15:15} I no longer call you servants.... I have called you friends.
Do you have a friend in Jesus?
If your answer is anything but a definite yes, CLICK_HERE
We lift Your name above every name Lord God and we sing praises to You in the highest.
We thank You Lord for all that we have and for all that we are.
We bless the name of Jesus. Thank you Lord for our salvation, for Your love, for the life that You have breathed into us.
Thank You for being a blessing to us all. In the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Our scriptures for this sermon are taken from the following:
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; John 15:12-17; Psalm 31:11-14;
Psalm 38:11; Psalm 88:18; Proverbs 17:16;
Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 27:10
What A Friend --- Jesus
Ecclesiates 4:9-12
The word given to Solomon Son of David
9} Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work;
10} If one falls down, his friend can help him/(her) up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
11} Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
but how can one keep warm alone?
12} Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves,
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Let us pause here in our walk with the Lord through His word to reflect on what a wonderful friend we have in Jesus.
Truly the Lord loves each and every one of us and cherishes us as His friends.
The word tells us that God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son,
that who ever believed in Him would not perish, but have eternal life. {John 3:16}
What a price to pay for someone you love. Yet the Lord Jesus Christ paid the price willingly.
Let us give the Lord praise and thanks for the sacrifice that He made so that we may be saved through Him.
Selah. Praise the Lord.
Section II of the Sermon - What A Friend We Have In Jesus
John 15:12-17 (The words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ)
12} My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
13} Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
14} You are My friends if you do what I command.
15} I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business,
Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit ---- fruit that will last.
16} Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.
17} This is My command; love each other.
Not a suggestion, not a good idea, not a decision to make.
The Lord says, "This is My command: Love each other."
Let us obey the command of the Lord.
Selah. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 31:11-13
11} Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt
of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends --- those who see me
on the street flee from me.
12} I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
13} For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side;
they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Now you might assume from David's narrative that he is really really up against
a rock and a hard place.
But the word says; {Proverbs 18:24} A man of many companions may come to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
So even when your enemies and neighbors are against you;
Even as the writer says {Psalm 38:11}
My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
My neighbors stay far away.
Even if times seem so bad that you feel as though {Psalm 88:18...}
...The darkness is my closest friend.
Even when we think all hope is lost and we don't have any one to turn to.
We must {Psalm 31:24} Be strong and take heart, all you who hope
in the Lord.
The writer says, {Psalm 31:14}
But I trust in You, O Lord; I say, You are my God.
15}My times are in Your hands...
There is a spiritual song that says:
What a friend we have in Jesus, all our grief and pain
to bear.
What a priviledge to carry everything to God in prayer.
The Lord has called us His friend {John 15:15}
When we fall down, we have a friend to help us
get back up again.
That friend is Jesus.
When others dread our company, when those who
see us on the street avoid us. When we are forgotten
by many. There is a friend who will never leave or forsake us.
That friend is Jesus.
The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said,
{John 15:15} I no longer call you servants.... I have called you friends.
Do you have a friend in Jesus?
If your answer is anything but a definite yes, CLICK_HERE
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Comfort And Encouragement
How many of us find ourselves suffering on a daily basis because we are Christians? Suffering not at the hands of others, but by trials brought on by things happening in life.
How many times do you feel insulted because you reverence the name of Christ and find yourself ridiculed and put down verbally?
How many times have others tried to make you feel ashamed of being Christian?
If some of the above or all of the above are your experiences, you need to embrace the Word of God given through the Apostle Peter in regards to "Suffering For Being Christian."
1st Peter 4:12-19
12) Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13) But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14) If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of Glory and of God rests upon you; on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified.
15) But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
16) Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17) For the time is come that judgement must begin at the House of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18) And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19) Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
How many times do you feel insulted because you reverence the name of Christ and find yourself ridiculed and put down verbally?
How many times have others tried to make you feel ashamed of being Christian?
If some of the above or all of the above are your experiences, you need to embrace the Word of God given through the Apostle Peter in regards to "Suffering For Being Christian."
1st Peter 4:12-19
12) Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13) But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14) If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of Glory and of God rests upon you; on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified.
15) But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
16) Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17) For the time is come that judgement must begin at the House of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18) And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19) Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
At MatGloCo Ministries we've accomplished a great deal in the eight years that we have obediently honored the call to provide encouragement, information, and support to our friends and visitors.
But so much more must be done. To continue our work, we need help -- urgently from the people who care about sharing and embracing the Word Of God --- people, I hope, like you who are willing to support us in this struggle.
Think about it. Then think about using our PayPal Donation link and giving the largest financial contribution that you can.
You don't have to give until it hurts --- just give until it feels good.
Your contribution will help us expand our resources and do a far more extensive job of sharing the Word Of God with our online friends and visitors.
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