Do all Christians have the joy of the Lord in equal measure? Do all believers make the same progress in their faith? Are all believers equally committed to walking daily in obedience to Christ? How does each believer grow in the joy of the Lord?
How Is Spiritual Fruit Produced in Christians? – John 15:1-6
How is spiritual fruit produced in the life of a Christian? What about plants? Have you ever seen a branch or leaf that can survive without the stalk of the plant? No. That’s not the way it works is it? Have you ever seen a child that after birth cares for himself and feeds himself […]
Why Is It Important That Christians Love One Another? – 1 John 4:11
Have you ever carefully thought about why it’s so important that Christians love one another? We’ve started the year with eight days of prayer because prayer is a life blood of the church. We began the year with this emphasis on prayer because we will not be a church that grows spiritually, we will not […]
Why Pray – Luke 18:1-8
We’re beginning today, as we start the new year, our 8 days of prayer as a church. But why the emphasis on 8 days of prayer? And maybe the better question is: Why Pray as God’s People? Isn’t God in control? Doesn’t God already know all about our needs? So why pray? Photo by: Trevor […]
Christmas Joy – Part 2, Luke 2:8-20
Date: December 25, 2011 Title: Christmas Joy, Part 2 – Luke 2:8-20 Speaker: Kevin A. Pierpont, Higgins Lake Baptist Church Download MP3 http://www.archive.org/download/ChristmasJoyPart2/12-25-2011am-luke-2_8-20-kap.mp3 Christmas joy. I asked you last week to think carefully about whether you’d be able to find reason for joy at Christmas, even if we had none of the Christmas celebrating, like […]
Christmas Joy – Part 1, Luke 2:1-7
Christmas Joy, Part 1 – Luke 2:1-7 Speaker: Kevin A. Pierpont Listen now to this sermon from the December 18, 2011 AM Service at Higgins Lake Baptist Church. Download MP3 http://www.archive.org/download/ChristmasJoyPart1/12-18-2011am-luke-2_1-7-kap.mp3 The other night our family was watching a Christmas movie together called The Man Who Saved Christmas. It was about a toy maker who’d […]