Giving is like sowing seed resulting in a great harvest. But we do not give to get. If we have been changed by the grace (gift) of God, our hearts desire to give as Christ gave by laying down His life for us. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
2 Corinthians 7 & 8
Paul is pleased to hear the report from Titus on the Corinthians’ godly sorrow and repentance and restoration. When confronted with sin, as believers we need to walk in the truth of the Bible and repent rather than making excuses to justify sin. Godly sorrow leads to joy!
2 Corinthians 5 & 6
The blood of Christ has made us holy… we are clothed in His righteousness. We have been invited to the great feast and have been given white robes. Let’s walk in this grace God has given!
2 Corinthians 3 & 4
The Apostle Paul asks the Corinthian church if he needs a letter of recommendation, or if they need one for him! The church knows Paul, and knows the Lord that Paul and others proclaimed through the Gospel. We are each other’s letters of recommendation… as Jesus lives and works in and through us. It sure…
2 Corinthians 1 – 2
Pastor Carl begins a study in 2 Corinthians, looking at the Apostle Paul as he suffered for his work in the Gospel. Paul would point us back to the cross, where the Lord suffered for us to set us free, He has now called us to preach the good news that sets others free, even…
Lamentations 5
Jeremiah wraps up the book with a prayer for help from the Lord. He is forever faithful, we are often faith-less and rebellious and reap what we sow. Only God can turn it around, pray for repentance!
Lamentations 4
As a consuming fire the Lord’s judgment fell on Jerusalem because the leaders and the people rejected the Lord and worshiped the gods of the surrounding nations… god’s that have influenced our nation today and added to it’s downfall. Pastor Carl calls out for repentance and shares from the National Gathering for Prayer & Repentance…
Lamentations 3:33-66
Cliff Sowa walks us through the second half of chapter 3 as Jeremiah points out that God does not take pleasure in judgment. Is not the Lord faithful and merciful? Let’s avail ourselves as a nation of His mercies by repenting and turning back to Him!
Lamentations 3:1-32
Jeremiah not only mourns the judgment upon Jerusalem, but he feels the affects. As ministers of the Gospel often we experience affects of the result of sin and God’s judgment on the world. We feel like we have been abandoned. However Jeremiah reminds himself and us that by the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed….
Lamentations 2
God takes Jerusalem to the “woodshed” to punish them for their disobedience after decades of ignoring the warnings from the prophet Jeremiah. Cliff Sowa takes us through this difficult chapter.