Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Every road has two dangers; two ditches. One ditch is a lazy worker. The other is a workaholic. Which ditch do you want to be in? Neither! I want to be on the main road. Let’s read Colossians 3:22–25.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Introduction: We have all seen the signs that say “Repent or perish” or “Repent, the end is near!” We’ve also seen caricatures of those who carry such signs in cartoons. The picture usually includes a man wearing a ragged robe and an even more ragged beard.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Introduction: Jeremiah and Zephaniah prophesied before the Babylonian captivity; Ezekiel and Daniel during; Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi afterward.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Introduction: No prophet sacrificed more for his God than Hosea. He married a woman, Gomer, who would later become a harlot. She would dishonor her husband, violate her vows, and break his heart.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. The world often has interesting counsel. From Dr. Phil, Dr. Laura, and Oprah, to the experts of academia, and the self-help gurus whose profit-making works line the shelves of our local bookstores—everybody has advice for us. Some of it may be helpful. Some of it definitely is not.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. The Book of the Revelation is one where mystery and the hidden things are revealed to John. It is a story of how wrongs are made right. It is the ultimate picture of justice. The final chapters in Genesis are also ones of great revelation.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. The idea of an “awakening” implies a preceding slumber or passivity. The Great Awakening in America occurred in the mid 1700s and was fueled with the fiery preaching of George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards. The Grain Awakening occurred when Jacob’s family got hungry and was fueled by the providential working of God through Joseph.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Introduction: No man seeks to be filled until he is first aware of his hunger. And, the deeper his hunger, the more diligently he seeks to be satisfied.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Joseph’s name was changed to Zaphnathpaaneah. A.W. Pink says that this name, to the Egyptians, would have meant, “savior of the world.”
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Why had God waited so long? In part, we can say, “Only God knows.” Yet, God does give us some insight into why He waits.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. We remember that Joseph is a picture for us of the Lord Jesus Christ. Joseph was about to enter a period of time of great importance. And, this time of learning and “schooling” would last for years. It was the “school of affliction.”
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Some of the most encouraging words that we will read in the life of Joseph are “and the LORD was with Joseph.” No matter where we find Joseph, we also find the Lord.
There is a book that has divided families, devastated philosophies, and destroyed the following of some of the world’s best-known religions. It proclaims itself to be superior to science, more honest than historians, and the only firm foundation on which to build our lives. People have been derided for believing it, attacked for possessing it, jailed for disseminating it, and martyred for refusing to deny it. Liberals loathe it, courts outlaw it, politicians run from it, the media scorns and fears it simultaneously.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. During WWII, a soldier angrily demanded, “Why doesn’t God stop this war!” A Christian soldier standing nearby answered, “Why should He? He didn’t start it.” People blame God for things in life that they don’t like. They accuse Him of the trouble that they find themselves in.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Much of Joseph’s early life consisted of God preparing him for what was to come. There was certainly a storm brewing on Joseph’s horizon, and the preparations to handle that storm were essential.
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. What we face in life is out of our control. Who we face it with is not.
I’m amazed at how many Christians do not have joy. We ought to have a realization that “I’m saved, I’m on my way to Heaven, and if nothing else in this world, I will see Jesus Christ, and I will be with Him and live eternally in Heaven and all else does not matter; I have the joy of the Lord.”