Covenant of Hope
Ministries Sunday Sermon_6_23_2013
Good
afternoon, and welcome to this Sunday Sermon for Covenant of Hope Ministries. I
am Rev. Laura A. Neff, and the ministry knows me as the Rainbow Minister. You
can find us posted on Sundays. These are our locations online only:
Our Main Video Feed: Covenant_of_Hope
We have
email and Instant Messenger through Facebook available most Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
and Sundays 10AM to 2PM ET US. We’re still working this out between the two of us
as to what will happen, our Elder, Cal Jennings and I. I will be informing you
further in regard to changes being made. These changes were made due to health
reasons. There will be live sermons, and the sermon length will be shortened
dramatically, but we are unsure as to when that might be.
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 has grown from last week. This is our current prayer list for this week.
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 has grown from last week. This is our current prayer list for this week.
Please pray for my youngest brother, he is working toward his
dream job.
Please pray for many of those we know and those we have heard
about. Pray for their health and healing, financial balance, hope, faith, and
love.
Please pray that my health will balance out, or at least bring a
reason for what is going on. Add to that prayer the financial situation that is
getting worse, not better.
Pray for those we have lost in our ministry. Pray for those we
have brought as well.
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 answering prayers for all who would need lifting up. We pray for those
in need. We pray for those who suffer. We are praying for our friends, our
families, those who are unknown, and those who are enemies, as Jesus asked us
to. We do this in Your Holy Name, through the love of Jesus Christ, and the
gift of the Holy Spirit. Amen and so it shall be.
Opening Song: Great Is The LORD
Sermon: Yes, I’m writing a sermon. It’s a
very short one, but sends an awesome message. Great is the LORD. We shall flow
into the house of God, Mount Zion, up in the clouds. How amazing and inspiring
this gift would be. It is a gift. The reason this verse and those that coincide
would be a gift is quite simple. It proves His unconditional love in hope for
peace, love, not just in our hearts, but in our minds, our spirits, and our
souls. That gift would wipe out need, want, and all those that follow. We would
have all that can be given, shared, and experienced. See it in this verse.
Psalm 48:1KJV – Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city
of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
It is
interesting to see the words Great is the LORD. We sing songs with those words.
Great is the LORD! He brings us many things. There are gifts we don’t realize
He has given. There are others that are gifts we are able to realize if we
think about it. We wake, breathe, think, dream, love, hope, and many other
things.
There are
verses that coincide, let us look at those. The first is in Isaiah 2:2 KJV – And
it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house
shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above
the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
How
intriguing is that? We see here a premonition that is brought to Isaiah by God.
He speaks of a new home in the house of the LORD. What a beautiful place, high
in the mountains to see and understand the gifts He has brought us for all the
days of our lives. Let’s go look at this verse, Obadiah
17KJV – But upon mount Zion shall be
deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess
their possessions.
Where is
Mount Zion? Well, it is the LORD’S house, of course. It gives a name to the
mountain of the LORD’s house as shared in Isaiah. In our first verse we see the
words city of our God. Note that it is the city of OUR GOD. The LORD’S house,
this city, is as a house, a home, where those who love and believe and share
His truth would be when They bring us home, to Mount Zion, the city of God.
Micah 4:1 KJV – But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the
mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the
mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills’ and people shall flow unto
it.
I’m going
to use one of my favorite phrases here. Think about this. Realize it says
people shall flow unto it. That means there will be many who reach Mount Zion,
the LORD’s home. That is worthy of praise, now think about that. Think about it
as we pray in the prayer Jesus taught us saying: After
this manner therefore pray ye: 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: Oh Lord My God http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mHqgQjJrxI8
~Shalom~
Covenant
of Hope Ministries
Scripture
Excerpts: The New Open Bible Study Edition:Copyright © 1990: Thomas Nelson
Publishers, Inc.
Scripture
Excerpts: Holy Bible: Copyright © 1982: E. E. Gaddy and Associates, Inc.
Scripture
Excerpts: Holy Bible: Copyright © circa 1890-1910: International Bible
Press,The John C. Winston Co.; Philadelphia, PA., USA
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Our mission for Covenant of Hope Ministries and
Poetic-Expressions is not to exploit fear, but to conquer it, and overcome all
that is created through fear together as the rainbow in the darkness.
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