Welcome to Covenant of Hope Ministries and our sermon or
midweek study. You will normally see us posted on Sunday and Wednesday. I am
Rev. Laura A. Neff. Our ministry was built on the truth of God’s love. It
doesn’t conform to society’s wishes. This ministry shares the Word of God, the
Spirit of Christ Jesus. Those who know me well will recognize that there are
definitive differences in the creation of every sermon from this point forward.
It is God’s will that has brought this to be. We wish only that God’s truth
will be shared within His words as brought to us by the Spirit as it fills my
heart, mind, and soul to be shared with my hands, but with His words alone.
Prayer List: We have many on our prayer list.
Some wish to remain anonymous, and others only wish to have their first names
mentioned. Our prayer list grows or changes every week. This is our current
list.
- Please pray for Elder Cal Jennings who has been suffering
greatly with his health. May the Lord bring his spirits up and help heal him.
- Please pray for relief in the trials and tribulations for those in the ministry and our friends as we all have had a great many. Jesus may your grace surround us and give us solace.
- Be thankful for each day we live as we do not know what
tomorrow brings.
- Pray for our nations that the voice of God be heard through
the Spirit.
- Pray for our friends and families that their tomorrows
bring blessings and pray our own be the same.
- Pray for those suffering as a result of the terrors that
have occurred just this past week around this world.
- Pray for our sick and wounded that they may heal.
Prayer: Father in heaven, our prayer today is
to have the Spirit bring clarity to each of our decisions. We thank You for
that gift and the many more You have brought us. May our fears be drawn out of
us. Help us to see the many gifts Your love brings and the unknown locations it
might be found. May our pain and sorrow be eased. May peace be brought from our
hearts and shared with others. May Your gifts of love shine through us toward
others. We pray for the poor, the sick, the sorrowful, the wounded, and the
frightened. We pray for the soldiers, the Samaritans, the children, and the
rest. We pray in thanksgiving for every gift brought us. We pray that every
tomorrow bring good things. For each of these we pray in Your Holy Name,
through our Savior Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, Amen and so
it shall be.
Opening Song: Amazing Grace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG0vH4WYChQ
Sermon:There are days we have to wonder what in the world we’re going to do. We feel lost, and afraid. We forget that to fear not will bring us solace, comfort, and strength in the face of all that pains us, torments us.
Deuteronomy 31:6 KJV
- Be strong and of a good
courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God,
he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
It’s hard
to remember this. We are afraid of many things. We fear so many things, when in
truth, in life we should not fear because God is here. You’ve heard the song
Angels Among Us. Well, who sends those angels? God does, of course. He did when
Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit. He did when Jacob wrestled the angel.
That is in Genesis. There is another verse in Ephesians that speaks of our
wrestling.
Ephesians 6:12 KJV - For we wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wickedness
can be all sorts of things, and we often wrestle with our thoughts, say biting
our tongues, walking away, or even stopping a conversation in its tracks. It is
not easy for us to keep our anger from taking over. The same can be said about
leaving our faith behind. If we do that, we sink into that place where we can
be swallowed up and away from truth. That’s why we have prayer, friends, and
God’s angels who may bring us a message even though we might not see them, hear
them, or feel them, God’s angels are there. He sent them because He loves us
unconditionally. So, when you wrestle with your feelings, your biting your
tongue when you want to lash out, or walking away to avoid the worst things,
remember, God is with you. Think about it.
Now that’s something to think about as we pray in the prayer
that Jesus taught us saying:
Our Father, which art in
heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done, in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily
bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
Closing Song: Be Courageous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VaiBLo3hg
~ Shalom ~
Rev. Laura A. Neff
Elder Calvin Jennings
Covenant of Hope Ministries Main
Site: http://www.covenantofhopeministries.blogspot.com
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Our mission for Covenant of Hope Ministries is not to exploit
fear, but to conquer it, and overcome all that is created through fear together
as the bringers of the light of Jesus found in the midst of darkness.
Great advice.
ReplyDeleteWhen He gives good advice, He gives His all. Thanks for coming by.
DeleteI tend to state my mind strongly when I'm angry. Sometimes I should just walk away from the computer.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I do too. It's hard not to state our minds on things. That bridling of the tongue as James called it, well, biting that bridle is one tough thing to do.
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