Let’s pray. Give us now, O Lord, what we do not have in our natural selves: Love for one another, forgiveness for our offenders, wisdom to understand the times, generosity for the poor, compassion for the needy, heads that know how to show mercy, hearts that love the truth. Grant that we would be submissive […]
John
The Helping Holy Spirit
As you sit down, please turn with me to the Gospel of John, chapter 14, and we are going to be looking that second half of this chapter this evening, which is verses 15 through 31. John 14, 15 to 31. Here the Word of our Lord. ““If you love Me, you will keep My […]
The Holy Spirit Applies & Glorifies
The Holy Spirit Awakens
The Hour
The Increase of Christ, the Decrease of Self, and the Privilege of Gospel Proclamation
Let me again start by saying thank you for the invitation to be here this morning, but even more so, for your support of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in downtown Detroit. As a church, you, Christ Covenant, should be very encouraged that there is a brand new, particularized church. We have our own deacons, we have […]
The Invisible God Made Visible
Let’s pray. For I know whate’er befall me, Jesus doeth all things well. Help us, Father, to really believe that. Some of us need that later and some of us need that right now. Whatever comes our way, Jesus does all things well. We thank you for all that we have in Jesus. We thank […]
The Invisible God Made Visible
The King and His Cross
The King Cries Out
Let’s pray as we come to God’s Word. The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is […]
The Light Has Been Lifted Up
Let’s come before the Lord in prayer once more. Shine Thou, upon us, Lord, true light of men today, and through the written word Thy very self display, that so from hearts which burn with gazing on Thy face, Thy little ones may learn the wonders of Thy grace. We’ve just sung these words, and […]
The Messiah and the Manuscripts
The One They Have Pierced
The One They Have Pierced
37 And again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they have pierced.” (ESV)
The Only Way to the Father
O gracious Father, we humbly pray for Your holy universal Church, that You would be pleased to fill it with all truth and all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in er-ror, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it; where it is right, establish it; where it is […]
The Other Lord’s Prayer
We come this morning to John chapter 17, and it is a majestic and a massive task to preach in one sermon from the high priestly prayer. It is certainly too high and too holy for me, for us, but we will at least try to touch it, though we won’t do justice to it, […]
The Paradox of Jesus
Let’s pray. Stronger than darkness, new every morn, our sins they are many, but O Lord, Your mercy is more. With trust, O Lord, that these are not just words, but they represent the affection and the conviction of our heart, that our sins, indeed, are many and we need Your mercy for things we […]
The Promised Holy Spirit
Well, good morning. I invite you to turn with me in your Bibles today to John 14. John 14. We are going to be reading together verses 15 to 31, and before we read that together and pray, just want to thank you for your warm welcome. Be patient with us as we try to […]
The Spirit Awakens and Glorifies
Our gracious heavenly Father, we pray that You would extend Your kingdom and Your Spirit would be at work in this room. We pray that Your Spirit would be at work to anoint the preaching of Your Word and to give to Your people ears to hear. We pray that we would see our sin, […]
The True Vine
Our gracious heavenly Father, we come again because we need to hear from You again. Would You free us from distraction, would You help us to listen? Our minds can so easily be in 10,000 other places, even after a half hour of worship this morning. And so fix our attention because we need to […]
The Truth that Sets You Free
O Lord, that is our prayer. Not simply that we would leave here in 40 minutes feeling good or bad or knowing something we didn’t know, or even understanding Your Word better as important as that is. Our prayer ultimately is that you would show us Christ. You would reveal your glory through the preaching […]