This sermon from Luke 18, was preached at the People’s Church in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in August 2016. This is part 1 of the sermon and the video covers 2 points that show God’s great love and goodness and why we should persist in prayer. The balance 2 points of the sermon will be seen in our next post. Enjoy the video.
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This is a brief outline of a sermon that was preached at the Peoples Church, Sri Lanka, last Sunday, 16th October 2016. . The video of the full sermon will be available in a few days.
Every child of God faces temptation. That’s a given fact! As we look at the scriptures, we see that Esau gave up his birthright for stew, Ananias and Sapphira made shipwreck because of money, Samson lost his anointing because of a lady, Saul lost his Kingship because of cattle and the Prophet Elisha’s servant Gehazi lost his calling because of silver and clothes!
1 John 2:16 says, “For everything in the world – the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does- comes not from the Father but from the world.”
In an increasingly insecure world, people are living in tension and anxiety. The fear of death has gripped the hearts of people everywhere. Horrific scenes of death and destruction can be seen every day. However, in such troubled times, the child of God can rest assured in the fact that our future is always secure in the hands of the Lord!
In John 14, the disciples of Jesus were troubled because He had given a hint that He would be leaving them soon (refer John 13:31-38). Although, at that time, they couldn’t grasp all that Jesus meant, what they heard was enough to get their anxiety levels to rise rapidly.
Last week, we passed 150,000 sermon views (157k views at present), for our sermons that are posted on Sermon Central, one of the largest sermon sharing websites. God has been gracious to the little we have offered him. We thank Him for the lives that have been blessed as a result. Thank you Lord for blessing this online ministry from the beautiful island nation of Sri Lanka!
Introduction – I had just started working and was looking forward to building a career in the secular world. I was 24 at that time. About a year into my job, I started developing a pain at the back of my left leg, which kept getting progressively worse. Pain killers helped to take the pain away, but once they were stopped, the pain came back with greater discomfort. Eventually, my parents had me examined by a Surgeon. After checking me out, he asked me to be warded in hospital immediately since I had a problem on my spine.
Thus began a very distressing period of my life.
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So far in this series, we have discussed the following prayer strategies of Nehemiah.
- He prayed fervently
- He focused on the greatness of the One he was praying to
- He prayed for favor
- He prayed the promises of God
- He prayed against resistance
- He prayed for strength
- He personalized his prayers
Many years ago, the music band Starship recorded a hit song called ‘We built this city on rock ‘n roll’. However, Nehemiah built the walls of Jerusalem on prayer, and through the guidance, wisdom and courage he received as a result of his prayers.
This is a a sermon preached at the People’s Church, Sri Lanka recently. The sermon is based around the time when God was training Joseph in Potiphar’s house for the great task ahead!
This is the full sermon preached on Father’s Day. In this sermon we look at five qualities from the life of Joseph who had the responsibility of bringing up the Lord Jesus Christ.
Welcome to my Sermon/Devotional blog The Preaching Platform. My name is Palitha Jayasooriya and I am a Pastor from Sri Lanka.More About Me
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