Sermons by Howard Martin (Page 8)

Jesus and His Prayer Life

Mark 1:22 Mark 2: Mark 11 Mark 5:18-20 Prayer changes man’s life Luke 11:1-4 No matter where you are in your spiritual life it’s very important to imitate Jesus in his prayer life. If you want to humble somebody, ask them about their prayer life. We can fail sometimes to see that Jesus needs as…

To Serve and to Give His Life

The world may measured by things you have the ability to control, accomplishments, position, possessions. What are some common characteristics of people who are considered great. Matthew 20:20-28How does God measure greatness. In His kingdom greatness is determined by amount of people you serve. Slave and servant are the two lowest positions in the society.…

Commitment to God

Matthew 19:16-30 The young man wasn”t ready to give God every area of his life. By holding on to his money he missed out on much bigger treasure. He made a bad choice. What about choices that I make on an every-day basis? Our every day decisions are affected by our way of thinking. (…

Humility

Matthew 18:1-4 We cannot be successful with God without humility. 1. Dependence on God When Jesus talks about being like children he wants us to be dependent on God like children depend on their parents. John 5:30 Jesus was totally dependent on his father. 2. We need to have a teachable heart Matthew 11:28 We…

What do you have?

Matthew 15:29-39 We can look at the obstacles in our life and think why miracles cannot happen as opposed to why they can happen – We tend to forget the miracles that happened in the past. Instead of focusing on what we have and what God can do with it we can only think about…

Holding to the Commands of God

Matthew 15:1-20 Why do we do the things that we do for God? Why do we go to church, why are we helping people? Jesus was looking for the people who would be committed to God, not religious activities. What are the reason that may have put aside the commands of God? Popularity, personal gain?…

Stepping Out

Matthew 14:22-36 1. Stepping out requires faith God expects us to step out in faith with whatever faith we have, because this is how we can experience the power of God. Jesus wants us to experience something great in our lives. Peter had to make s decision to step out. We too have to make…

Father’s Day Message

Before today’s Sunday’s sermon we all watched a video about Team Hoyt, consisting of father and son Rick and Dick Hoyt. This story is about courage, strength, sacrifice and most of all – love of a father to his son. God wants that we develop spiritually. He uses His word, life circumstances and relationship with…