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.
You will find us in the following location: http://www.covenantofhopeministries.blogspot.com
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.
- Pray for those near and far who have
been suffering in battles that do not have to be. Pray that peace can be found
amidst the fear and anger, frustration and more. May hope blossom and bring
that peace once more.
- Pray for our friends and our
enemies, may they all find that the gift of God’s Son, Jesus, holds the hope
and faith everyone seeks.
- Keep hope alive in your prayers no
matter the pain or strife we might suffer.
- May God bless every one of us as we
continue on.
Prayer: Father in heaven, we thank You for this day and for
these who are here to share it with us. We thank You for the blessings brought
and for those yet to come. We pray that You can remind us always what we should
be looking forward to. We bring prayers for those who have been seriously ill.
Help those who are working to fight serious illnesses the ability to find
solutions. We pray for those lost and those who mourn. We pray for all those
who are victims of violence. We pray for patience and courage for those we love
and care about, and ourselves as well. We pray for peace to reach out from the
heart and be heard, felt, and understood. We pray that Your grace and love
would fill the hearts of the many in this world. We pray all this in Your Holy
Name through the Savior Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, Amen and
so it shall be.
Opening Song: Every Good Gift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncnz3M-wCnc&list=PL614A115BF39E5936&index=58
Sermon: Good afternoon. Today’s inspiration came very late
last evening after getting something finished we had waited a long time to
manage. In that work managed we have realized there is a good reason we waited,
in many, many ways. When providence comes to those who wait, it is worthy of
celebration. With that, let’s seek out the times we celebrate, and how often we
should do so with Christ Jesus as our guide and God waiting for us. So what
should we celebrate? Well, many in Scripture celebrated His gifts to each and
every one. Now there are several types of gifts. There are the gifts of grace,
life, and respect. One of these gifts is spoken about in today’s gift of the
Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 2:4
KJV – God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and
with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
So what are the gifts of God?
Faith, hope, charity, humility, peace, wisdom, knowledge, and all of those
equal love. They sound so very simple, and yet they mean so much. These are the
gifts that we often forget exist. So many times there are troubles that eclipse
the strength of these very virtues, gifts of God.
Hebrews 11:4 KJV
– By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than
Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his
gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Notice, Abel, regardless
that he died as a result of jealousy and rage, is still, even to the Apostles
of Christ, God, and Christ Himself considered a righteous gift of God, for God,
and even by God. There are several who are thought of in this respect. The
reason for choosing Abel is a simple one. He was the first to die for reasons
of jealousy. You remember those seven terrible sins, vanity, envy, lust,
enmity, wrath, shame, and doubt would be in that list. Notice they are the
absolute opposite of the gifts of God’s unconditional love. This is one thing
both God and Jesus worked toward, teaching us the difference, and the ones that
would be better for our hearts, bodies, minds, and spirits. Signs and wonders, miracles
great and small, these are the gifts God brings us. Notice, all of them are
gifts of love. Now that’s something to think about as we pray in the prayer
that Jesus brought us.
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 KJV)
Closing Song:
~Shalom~
Rev.
Laura A. Neff ~ The Rainbow Minister
Covenant of Hope Ministries
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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.
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