Nothing Can Hinder the LORD
I SAMUEL 14:1-23
I. The Boldness of Faith (verses 1-7)
II. The Victory of Faith (verses 8-15)
III. The Rally of Faith (verses 16-23)
Nothing Can Hinder the LORD
Pastor Bruce Brown
Jonathan is the one man other than Saul in Israel's army to possess proper battle equipment, and he employs his sword not by sheathing it in besieged safety but by wielding it in daring faith. While Saul sits, Jonathan acts. While Saul's pious inactivity inspires no help from the LORD, Jonathan's faith-driven intiative receives God's mighty aid. ~ Richard D. Phillips
JULY 23, 2017 WORSHIP MESSAGE 10:00 AM
PROSPERITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 5533 PPC DRIVE, CHARLOTTE, NC 28269, 704-875-1182
Tried, Tested, and Tarnished
July 16, 2017 Worship Message 10:00 AM
Prosperity Presbyterian Church, 5533 PPC Drive, Charlotte, NC 28269, 704-875-1182
Rev. Bruce Brown
I Samuel 13
I. A Clue of Trouble in the Test (verses 2-7)
II. A Failure to Follow Through on Obedience (verses 8-15)
III. Our Hope in a Hopeless Situation (verses 16-22)
I will glory in my Redeemer
My life He bought, my love He owns
I have no longings for another
I’m satisfied in Him alone
I will glory in my Redeemer
His faithfulness my standing place
Though foes are mighty and rush upon me
My feet are firm, held by His grace
My feet are firm, held by His grace
Steve & Vicki Cook
A Farewell of Renewal
July 9, 2017
Rev. Bruce Brown
I Samuel 12:1-25
I. The Case Made (verses 1-15)
II. The Verdict Passed (verses 16-19)
III. The Grace Given (verses 20-25)
“There is then a dual emphasis in chapter 12: You must see your great evil (vv. 16-19) and yet you must see the LORD’s great steadfastness (vv. 20-25). Only the latter can keep you from despair over the former. It is not only by grace alone that we become God’s people but by grace alone that we remain his people.”
D. R. Davis
Sunday Worship Service is at 10:00 AM -- Everyone is welcome to attend.
Prosperity Presbyterian Church - 5533 PPC Drive - Charlotte NC - 704-875-1182
A Savior to the Fight
I Samuel 11
Rev. Bruce Brown
July 2, 2017
I. Why Deliverance is Needed (verses 1-4)
II. When Deliverance Comes (verses 5-11)
III. What Deliverance Renews (verses 12-15)
“I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold; I’d rather be His than have riches untold; I’d rather have Jesus than houses or lands. I’d rather be led by His nail-pierced hand; Than to be the king of a vast domain or be held in sin’s dread sway. I’d rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today.” Rhea F. Miller
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Prosperity Presbyterian Church, 5533 PPC Drive, Charlotte NC.
Sunday School is at 9:00 AM and the Worship Service is at 10:00 AM
God's Wonderful Providence
I Samuel 9:1-25
Rev. Bruce Brown
i. The Circumstances for God's Providence
(verses 1-14)
II. The Compassion Behind God's Providence
(verses 15-17)
III. The Certainty of God's Providence
(verses 18-25)
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never failing skill
He treasures up His bright designs
And works His sov’reign will.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
~ William Cowper, God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Our Worship Service is at 10:00 AM each Sunday.
Prosperity Presbyterian Church
5533 PPC Drive, Charlotte, NC Phone 704-875-1182
Trading God for Substitutes
I Samuel 8:1-27
May 28, 2017
Rev. Bruce Brown
I. Our Desire for Substitutes (verses 1-9)
II. God's Warning of Wisdom (verses 10-18)
III. Be Careful What You Ask For (verses 19-22)
Israel Demands a King
8 When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. 3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah 5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.”6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8 According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you. 9 Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”
Samuel's Warning Against Kings
10 So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him. 11 He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.12 And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. 15 He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16 He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men[a] and your donkeys, and put them to his work.17 He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. 18 And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
The Lord Grants Israel's Request
19 But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us, 20 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” 21 And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord. 22 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey their voice and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”
“God has given us a King. He died upon the cross to bear our sin. He rose from the dead to reign in resurrection power and glory. Let us rejoice in him.” Gordon J. Keddie
Prosperity Presbyterian Church, 5533 PPC Drive, Charlotte, NC 28269
Sunday School is at 9:00 AM
Worship Service begins at 10:00 AM