Archive for June 2010
Is the Bible Good History?
June 27th, 2010 Apostle’s Creed Series 10 Luke 1:1-4 1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having…
Read Moreby the Holy Spirit — from the Apostle’s Creed & John 3:34
June 13th, 2010 Apostle’s Creed Series 07 John 3:34 English Standard Version this sermon was reworked and preached again Oct. 16th of 2016 https://anthonyrlocke.com/2016/10/16/if-jesus-worked-miracles-by-his-divine-power-then-i-cant-follow-his-example/ 34 For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.[1] Jesus was sent from the Father to utter eternal words of life. The…
Read MoreWho Is Jesus?
June 06th, 2010 Apostle’s Creed Series 06 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. [1]…
Read MoreWhat Did the Ascension Accomplish?
May 16th, 2010 Apostle’s Creed Series 05 Ascension Sunday Ephesians 4:7-10 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” 9 (In saying, “He ascended,”…
Read MoreConsidering My Treasure
May 9th, 2010 Apostle’s Creed Series 04 Mother’s Day Luke 2:41-52 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. 43 And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind…
Read MoreIs FAITH the Necessary Good Works to get Into Heaven?
April 18th, 2010 Apostle’s Creed Series 01 John 6:22-40 22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats…
Read MoreJesus Suffered, But You Are Not Allowed to See!
April 11th, 2010 Apostle’s Creed Series 08 (1st Sunday after Easter) John 20:24-31 24 Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of…
Read MoreStories of Faith (Nicodemus)
February 28th, 2010 John 3:1-15 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God…
Read MoreDo You Believe This?
March 7th, 2010 John 11:17-27 17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus…
Read MoreA House of Prayer — John 2:13-17
In Isaiah 56:7 God says that He will use our prayers to bring in the unchurched. these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
Our world is in desperate need to be connected to God. Our effectiveness to connect others to God will only happen when we are fervent in our prayers.
We cannot reach out redemptively without the anointing of God’s Spirit which comes through prayer. We must pursue the Father’s business using the Father’s ordained and blessed methods.
God says in 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 that though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
If by faith we will pick up prayer as one of our chief activities as a church, then God promises divine power to pull down strongholds and establish His kingdom.
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