Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people, from this time forth and forevermore. Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart. As we have just […]
Genesis
The Defiling of Dinah
Lord, we ask now that You would give us grace to hear what we need to hear, learn what we ought to learn from this difficult passage. Teach us Your ways. Keep us in Your paths. Forgive us our sins. Grant us mercy when others sin against us. Open our ears, O God, that we […]
The Generations of Adam
O God, our Father, God of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God of the prophets, priests, and kings. God of Isaiah and Jeremiah, God of Daniel and Ezekiel, God of Moses and Joshua, God of David. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, your only Son, our Lord, begotten, not created. We […]
The Judge of All the Earth Will Do What is Right
Father, we come to You because we need Your help, not merely because this is what we normally do before the Word is preached. I need your help that I would speak clearly and humbly and boldly from Your Word in a way that people can understand and we all need your help that we […]
The Promise is Born
O Lord, we ask because we are needy, that You might bless us as we read Your Word. Help us to pay attention. Our minds wander, our stomachs growl, we get restless in our pew. Give us grace. Give us eyes to see, ears to hear. May Jesus reign during this sermon and during the […]
The Righteous From The Unrighteous
Our gracious God, we pray once again coming not of mere habit or custom, but asking genuinely from our hearts that You would help us. I need Your help as a preacher that I might decrease and Christ would increase. We need Your help as Your people that we would have ears to hear, that […]
The Sacrifice of Isaac
The Sins of Sodom
Please turn in your Bibles to Genesis chapter 19. One of the great advantages of preaching through books of the Bible, which is what we normally do, is that you have to go to next verse and to the next chapter and no one can accuse you of just riding hobby horses, cherry picking what […]
The Tower of Babel
The Way Things Are and Were Not Meant To Be
Your Word, O Lord, is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. Your testimonies are our delight forever, for they are the joy of our heritage. We are Your servants; give us understanding that we may know Your testimonies. Open our ears, we pray. In Jesus’ name. Amen. I imagine many […]
The Wonderful Works of God
O Lord, You have dwelt well with us according to Your Word. Teach us good judgment and knowledge, for we believe in Your commandments. You are good and do good. Teach us Your statutes. The law of Your mouth is better to us than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. Speak to us, we […]
Trust and Obey: Is There Really No Other Way?
Father in heaven, this is our prayer, as we have just sung. That You would send Your Holy Spirit, Your living breath, to breathe new life into us, to bring to us the presence of the risen Lord, to renew our hearts, to make us whole. That Your Word, which is living and active, would […]
Water and Worship
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense. Lord, we pray according to Your Word that You would give us righteous words from Your lips. We know that we can count on only righteous words from You, and so ask that we would not be fools who die for […]
Well Pleasing to God
Scripture: Genesis 5:1-32, Hebrews 11:5-6, Jude 14-15
What Goes Around Comes Around
Your Word, O Lord, is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. Your testimonies are our heritage forever. They are the joy of our hearts. We incline our hearts to perform your statutes forever to the end. We open our mouths and pant because we long for Your commandments. Turn to […]
What Is This You Have Done?
Almighty God, grant that as You shine on us by Your Word that we may not be blind, staring into the sun, that we may not seek darkness in the middle of the day, but may we be awakened by Your words, stirred up more and more to fear You, to worship You, to obey […]
When Desires Deceive
O Lord, we pray that You would deal bountifully with us, Your servants, that we may live and keep Your Word. Open our eyes that we may behold wonderful things out of Your law. Your testimonies are our delight. They are our counselors. Speak to us, God, for we are listening. In Jesus we pray. […]
When Dreams Become Nightmares
Our Father in heaven, we do not want to be our own interpreters, either of Your Word or of our own experiences, and so come to Your Word that You might teach us, that You might open Your most hallowed lips, and give us ears to hear, so that You would interpret our own lives, […]
When We Get In The Way
Father in heaven, give us now ears to hear, speak that we may understand, send Your Spirit to illumine our minds and quicken our hearts, help us learn what we do not know, see what we have not seen, remember what we may have forgotten, and do what we should do. Give us grace to […]
When We Try Things Our Own Way
Father in heaven, give us ears now to hear and eyes to see. Give us faith to believe that You are a God who hears and sees, a God we can always trust, no matter how long it may seem to take, and give me strength to preach Your Word, that I would be faithful […]