Pastor Jeff Anders picks up Elijah — God’s Praying Prophet on Sunday evening right where the morning service left off: with God’s praying prophet sitting under a juniper tree, telling the Lord it is enough and asking Him to take his life (1 Kings 19:4). This morning’s question was why a sovereign God would let…
Pastor Jeff Anders continues Elijah — God’s Praying Prophet on Sunday morning, and the series takes a turn. The same man who prayed down fire and rain on Mount Carmel is now sitting under a juniper tree in the wilderness, praying that God would take his life. Pastor Anders asks two questions: how did a…
Pastor Jeff Anders continues Elijah — God’s Praying Prophet on Sunday evening. After walking again through what happened when Elijah kept praying, and after reminding the church of eight things that do not happen if God’s people quit, this message adds a ninth: there is cleansing that just will not occur if we do not…
Pastor Jeff Anders continues the series on David by looking at King Asa, David’s great-great-grandson — another king who followed David’s example. The message draws from 1 Kings 15 and 2 Chronicles 14–16. The Choice The Character The Covenant The Conquests Asa’s story moves through cleansing, construction, consecration, conquest, confirmation, and covenant (revival), then shows…
Pastor Anders explains how King David was a conqueror because he walked by faith, sought forgiveness when he failed, and feared God more than man. That pattern became the standard for later kings of Judah. After reviewing Hezekiah (from Wednesday), Pastor Jeff holds up Jehoshaphat (~100 years after David) as another conqueror who walked “in the ways of his father David.” The…
Pastor Anders explores King David’s lasting example of victorious faith — walking by faith, seeking forgiveness, and fearing God more than man. A look at King Hezekiah in 2 Kings 18–20 shows he followed David’s pattern, tore down idols (even the brazen serpent from Numbers 21, linked to John 3), trusted and cleaved to the Lord, faced Sennacherib by spreading the letter…
While your circumstances and struggles differ from David’s, you might still feel misjudged, exasperated, or dejected. Perhaps David’s Psalm of prayer will provide encouragement.
Tonight, we continue learning what made David a great conqueror. We can learn, like David, that if we do things God’s way, we will have victory over the battles in our lives.
Even though we enjoy being on the mountaintop spiritually, things grow best in the valley. Tonight’s lesson is on trust and the blessings we enjoy when we fear the Lord.
“Faith not only informs your emotions, but also informs your feet and hands.” As we examine Psalm 31 and 32, we find David an encouraging example of faith and forgiveness.