Life Lessons From The Bible
Kenneth Morvant's Sermons
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Victory in Jesus: The One-Two Punch of Fear and Doubt Part 2
Part 2 of the last lesson in the series "Victory In Jesus." Fear keeps us from experiencing full faith in Christ and fear of what accepting Christ will do to us personally is the greatest fear of all.
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Victory In Jesus: The One-Two Punch of Fear and Doubt Part 1
1 John 5:4. Faith is our victory. This two part lesson looks at the two stumbling blocks that prevent us from having full faith in Jesus. This lesson looks at doubt and how it robs us of true joy in Christ.
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Victory In Jesus: Faith, Our First Line Of Defense!
Faith is our only defense against Satan, trials and tribulations. We will not be successful in our walk if we do not build up a strong shield against our enemy. Doubt weakens that shield and we must rid it from our thoughts. Ephesians 6:16.
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Victory In Jesus, The Resurrection
Victory In Jesus Series: Last week we left Peter drowning in a sea of doubt. This week we see Peter experiencing victory in Jesus because of his faith. His faith in the resurrection that emboldened the disciples to preach the first sermon in Acts 2:14ff
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Victory In Jesus: Peter
This week we explore Peter's faith and doubt in the story of walking on water. As long as Peter keep his sight on Jesus he was fine. However, when he started to look at his situation he began to sink. Peter's faith won out over his doubts. In our own life, who is winning?
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Victory In Jesus: Joshua
Second in the Victory in Jesus series. Faith is the victory for Joshua and the Israelites against Jericho. Joshua 6:1ff
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Huh?
First in the series "Victory in Jesus": God's commands may seem out of the ordinary for some, but follow them we must. 1 Jn 5:4 says we are victorious because of our faith and faith leads us to trust and follow God even when the world is heading the other direction.
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Start With A Bang And End With A Fizzle
Solomon is remembered mostly for his great wisdom. However, his life went downhill because of his turning away from God. From 1 Kings 11.
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Going To Hell In A Handbasket And Loving It!
Introduction to my upcoming book by the same title. "My people perish for lack of understanding." That can apply to us today. We are bombarded by so much false information that our faith is eroded and many don't believe. We face assault from science, evolution, atheism, popular psychology, permissiv …
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Returning To The Mud
Isaiah 30:1-7 teaches us that the world is not a place to return to once we have accepted Christ. The Israelites desired to return to the slavery of Egypt rather than face the unknown with God on their side and at other times thought Egypt would assist them. People today return to the world for the …
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Walking Away Empty Handed
Empty hands and fat wallets may not be the best way to go. From Matt. 19:16ff
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Moments In Time
Jesus had many moments in time that caused those around him to take notice.
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That Depends On What Truth Means
Are there any absolute truths today? From John 8:31-32
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Take My Life, Please!
Are you perfect yet? From Matt. 5:44-48.
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Heaven's Wonder
Heaven is so wonderful, you wonder why anyone would not want to go there. Revelation 21:1ff
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Lord Willing
When making your New Year's resolutions, don't forget about God. From James 4:13-17
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Introducing Jesus
We can learn a lot from the Gospels about Jesus' coming into this world. We learn of his fulfillment of scriptures, his power and His activities from before the creation of the world.
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Sin Doesn't Affect Me
Lot while righteous, did not worship God like his uncle Abraham did. He chose the fertile plains by Sodom and Gomorrah. He prospered and became a magistrate, but that was all taken away when God destroyed the cities. What did he gain? Nothing. Abraham let Lot chose the direction he would go knowing …
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It Says What It Means and Means What It Says
2 Peter 1:20ff tells us that we can't twist the scriptures to our desires, but that we must "study to show ourselves approved" what was written.
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Someone Has Got To Do It!
In John 21:1-17 We see someone not unlike ourselves. He had given up and went back to doing what he used to do in life. That man was Peter and Jesus, in verses 15-17 makes Peter confront his apathy. The result was the first sermon in Acts chapter two that Peter preached to the multitude. It is said …
Life Lessons From The Bible
