Sermons by Jeff Cottone (Page 24)
Hope & Humility – Isaiah 2
Hope in God’s Promise; Humility in God’s Presence This next section of Isaiah’s prophecy starts out in v2 with the phrase “In the last days” Which is what we think of when we think about prophecy – future – but, it’s important to remember that biblical prophecy is not merely concerned with the future and when it is it is not merely predictive – as in, clues when certain things will happen at certain times, or signs that certain things were…
Seeing Ourselves – Isaiah 1
Do you ever feel spiritually dried up? Or that your enthusiasm for God and your thoughts about God aren’t what they ought to be? That you need to be reinvigorated with new spiritual vibrancy and life? That you don’t see God in the way you used to, or the way you ought to? Isaiah is the book to do this. Because Isaiah gives us new eyes to see. Isaiah’s prophecy has a fairly typical introduction for a prophetic book of…
Devoted to God’s Family – 1 Peter 2:1-5
19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” You might think that for God to state that he is there with the 2 or 3 gathered is a redundancy, because God is with all of us, with each of us, all the time, right? So of…
Devoted to Prayer – John 15:17
Intro: Growing in Grace 3 things about prayer and then some specific applications: What prayer is; What prayer does; What prayer expresses; What prayer is: Speaking to God (speaking praise & adoration to him. This aspect of prayer doesn’t change anything but our own hearts. It enables us to love him more). John 15:7: “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” Healthy relationships require communication.…
Devoted to God’s Word – Deuteronomy 29:29, 30:11-14
John Newton: “I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am” 2 Peter 3:18 “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.” We are in…