Vienna Assembly Of God Sermons

As personal as it feels to me anytime I read, "The Lord is my Shepherd..." it also is true and available to whoever calls on the name of the Lord. Through the centuries, people from all over the world have found comfort and strength in Psalm 23.

As we long for revival, for an awakening that reaches to our children's generation, we work toward that. And we pray, "Lord! Make our efforts successful!" I pray for you, that all that you do in service to the King is blessed and anointed, that God's favor be poured out on you, and you receive that smile of God's approval, and the sense of God making your efforts successful!

Jesus taught that the Psalms spoke of him. We learn how Psalm 22 proclaimed the suffering and victory of Christ.

"You healed me!" "Joy comes in the morning." "Your anger lasts only a moment, but your favor for a lifetime." -So many memorable and important declarations are contained in this Psalm. Thanksgiving sets us apart as we experience orientation, disorientation and reorientation through the Psalms.

How good it is! when brothers and sisters live together in harmony. Jesus prayed that his followers would be one. That prayer has yet to be fully answered, yet we are invited to join ourselves to this hope.

Do you have a favorite Psalm? Or more than one? You may be surprised as you read through the Psalms to realize how familiar some are to you, because the Psalms serve as the lyrics for many hymns, anthems and songs of worship. As we spend a few Sundays looking closely at Psalms, my hope is that you are intrigued and inspired, and that through the gift of the Psalms come to deepen your love for the Lord.

Jesus gave us this prayer for the already and the not yet, for the right now, everyday following Jesus step by step, and the joyous anticipation of the glory that will be. It doesn't give us a key to destroy evil before God's time when that day will come, but it does give us the pattern for how to live in anticipation of that day.

In the Genesis account, we see an important correlation to the part of the Lord's Prayer that we are examining today. Genesis 2 illustrates two basic needs that we humans have had baked into us at creation: 1. Food. 2. Relationship. In current jargon, this need for food and for relationship is not a bug, this is a feature.

When we pray, "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven." we are expressing the hope that our hearts will align with God's heart. God is love. God is good. God is kind. God is holy and just. His will for you is love. His will for you is good. His will for you is kind. His will for you is holy and just.

This request - deliver us from evil - is profound. And full of hope. We are going to spend some time really unpacking this prayer, and seeing how Jesus teaches us to approach coming down to this final request - deliver us from evil.

Encouraging us all that we each have a destiny in God, founder and president of Heart to Hands International Debbie Gillispie shares the vision and opportunities before her for impacting communities in Africa by raising up leaders and providing resources for healthcare, education and empowerment. Learn more at https://www.h2hinternational.com/.

On the Day of Pentecost, the Spirit was poured out on all people. Every nation and ethnicity that was gathered there heard the praises of God in their own language. Men and women, servants and handmaidens, the young and the old, the sons and the daughters, it doesn't matter your gender or your age or your vocation or economic status - the Spirit of God has been poured out in these last days.

Announcing the Gospel is bringing the good news, proclaiming that Jesus has come to bring life and freedom!

Colossians 3:23-24: Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.

God cares about justice. How can you practice justice? Start where you are.

Practicing hospitality is the deeply intentional practice of presence. Being present to the people you are with, and being present to the Spirit of Christ, sharing that presence through hospitality.

People talk about heaven, a belief in a better place, a comfort, a solace that their deceased loved one is still alive in a new reality. What gives people this hope? It is only through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ that such a nonsense could even be considered.

The overwhelming, overpowering love of God was poured out in full through the cross. A love so deep, a devotion so strong, a purpose eternal from before the beginning - the cross is the power of God unto salvation. Journey with us through Holy Week as we remember Christ's path to the cross.

Missional Presence is about purpose and aligning our will with God's will, choosing to be 'on mission' with God, desiring to live in such a way that God's presence is revealed in us and through us.

"God...is the ultimate source of our lives, joy, and sexual desire. The starting point and the end point of our desires is God. This is the work of good theology and spiritual formation--believing that our bodies and sexuality were meant to point to something outside ourselves." -Rich Villodas