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This psalm is filled with prayer that is combined with a passion for the nations. The psalmist looks for God to bless His people. The hope is that the nations will the display of God's greatness and goodness and come to praise Him also. When the nations praise God, they are right with him. The New Testament believer also desires the nations to be reached. The hope is that people of every tongue, tribe, nation, and people will come to God through the Son and worship God.

The announcement to Mary displayed God's plan. It was going to be fulfilled by His Son taking on human flesh. The conception through a virgin is impossible from man's perspective. But the key statement in the passage that no word is impossible to God is designed to settle our souls that if God declares something it will happen.

The church is to be filled with active members. They should be a part of all the regular activities of the church such as preaching and fellowship. They must also exercise their gifts to minister and build others up. A church should be an every member ministering.

This psalm is filled with commands to praise God. All people should praise God. If they do not, they will be forced to praise. God's goodness to His people should be a testimony to the world. The believer at times suffers difficulty and refining at God's hand. In the end the believer should give testimony to God's goodness.

Luke's Gospel starts with smallest of movements indicating the start of God's plan of salvation. In this case a relatively unknown righteous priest and his wife are given a divine message that communicates God's plan for their future son. He is going to preach a message of repentance that will bring rejoicing to many. He will prepare people to meet the one who will bring salvation.

The church is Christ's display of Himself in this present age. Both in the universal sense and in the local context, Christ uses the church to magnify Himself and aid believers. This lesson deals with the many illustrations used to explain the church.

Sometimes we must be reminded that God is worthy of praise. In this psalm we are reminded of God's goodness and greatness that is displayed across the world. His goodness starts with atonement for sin to the clothing of all creation. His greatness is seen in establishing creation and calming the seas and nations.

Luke starts his Gospel with the purpose and organization of the Gospel. Luke, as a Gentile, wrote for a Gentile audience. He wrote specifically for Theophilus to understand what Jesus did and taught. It was an explanation of the origins of Christianity. Most importantly displayed that Jesus is the Savior of all the world, especially outsiders.

God uses the Word to communicate to us and prayer is what we use to communicate with Him. Prayer is often easily understood but hard to put into practice. This lesson gives some of the basic questions that people have and answers those questions from the Word.

This sermon connects our series in Philippians to our upcoming series in the Gospel of Luke. Paul had argued that a mind set on Christ and thinking like Christ would bring joy to believers. John in this letter starts with the importance of focusing on Christ. Any person can enjoy fellowship with Christ like any of the apostles experienced. They can have fullness of joy because they can know Christ in the same way.

Grace had the opportunity to minister in the Ukraine for two weeks. This report gives some of the details of her trip to Ukraine.

The Word of God is God's communication to us. It is necessary to learn of salvation, but also to grow in holiness. The Word is inspired by God and is valuable to the believer be what they should be and to know God well.

This sermon concludes our series on Philippians. It reminds us that this letter was written first to recognize the gift of the Philippians to Paul. It was a also a reminder that Paul and the church at Philippi were both helping to advance the good news of Christ. Ultimately, they were living their life with a focus on Christ and having a mindset like unto Christ. Their focus on Christ led to strengthening their joy.

Many things need to be considered at the end of sermon series on Hebrews. How the book is arranged, some of the highlights and warnings. Ultimately, this book presents that Christ is better than anything and anyone. You must not turn away from Him!

Communion is an opportunity for the church to unify to remember the sacrifice of Christ. This regular activity of the church is an ordinance that is often misunderstood.