First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi Recently Added Resources First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi Recently Added Resources https://www.fpcjackson.org/resource-library The Christian Life in a Word (or Two) Wiley Lowry Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.fpcjackson.org/resource-library/sermons/the-christian-life-in-a-word-or-two https://www.fpcjackson.org/resource-library/2/4389 The Christian Life in a Word (or Two) Audio of The Christian Life in a Word (or Two) Singing of Sadness David Felker Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.fpcjackson.org/resource-library/sermons/singing-of-sadness https://www.fpcjackson.org/resource-library/2/4390 Singing of Sadness Audio of Singing of Sadness The Means of Grace: The Word and Prayer Billy Dempsey For the next several Lord’s Days, some of our assistant ministers will be examining what we call “the means of grace,” that is, the means that God has given us for our use in spiritual growth - the Word of God, both in preaching and teaching and personal devotion, prayer, the sacraments, that is, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, corporate worship. These are the tools that God has given to us for our growth in grace, for our coming closer to Him, and His coming closer to us. They happen to be the very tools that God uses to grow us. So our growth in grace isn’t a willy-nilly, maybe so-maybe not random experience. If we use these means, we’ll grow spiritually because He’ll bless our use of them. And if we don’t use them, we won’t grow, and our spiritual formation will be weak and sickly, we’ll never be strong, never be able to bear up under the trial of difficulty inevitably God sends to us, never be able to experience the fullness of the joys that He sends as well. Without our using the means of grace, we’re not spiritually healthy. If you quit eating today, didn’t eat that large wonderful lunch that’s waiting for you in just a few minutes, if you quit eating today your body would wither. Spiritually it works the same way. If we don’t use the means that God has provided for our spiritual health and nourishment, spiritually we wither; our souls wither.
For the next several Lord’s Days, some of our assistant ministers will be examining what we call “the means of grace,” that is, the means that God has given us for our use in spiritual growth - the Word of God, both in preaching and teaching and personal devotion, prayer, the sacraments, that is, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, corporate worship. These are the tools that God has given to us for our growth in grace, for our coming closer to Him, and His coming closer to us. They happen to be the very tools that God uses to grow us. So our growth in grace isn’t a willy-nilly, maybe so-maybe not random experience. If we use these means, we’ll grow spiritually because He’ll bless our use of them. And if we don’t use them, we won’t grow, and our spiritual formation will be weak and sickly, we’ll never be strong, never be able to bear up under the trial of difficulty inevitably God sends to us, never be able to experience the fullness of the joys that He sends as well. Without our using the means of grace, we’re not spiritually healthy. If you quit eating today, didn’t eat that large wonderful lunch that’s waiting for you in just a few minutes, if you quit eating today your body would wither. Spiritually it works the same way. If we don’t use the means that God has provided for our spiritual health and nourishment, spiritually we wither; our souls wither.
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