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2016-05-08: How To Praise A Woman

Sermon Audio: How To Praise A Woman
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Proverbs 31:10-31
Duration: 25:32
Size: 11.6 MB

How To Praise A Woman
Mother’s Day 2016
Proverbs 31:10-31

  1. Verse 11: “The heart of her husband trusts in her.”
    TRUSTWORTHY
  2. Verse 12: “She does him good…all the days of her life.
    COMPANIONSHIP
  3. Verse 13: “She works with her hands.”
    Verse 27a: “She does not eat the bread of idleness.”
    HARD WORKING
  4. Verse 15: “She rises also while it is still night.”
    Verse 27b: “She looks well to the ways of her household.”
    CARING
  5. Verse 16: “She considers a field and buys it.”
    Verse 26 even says, “She opens her mouth in wisdom.”
    WISDOM
  6. Verse 20: “She extends her hand to the poor, and she stretches out her hands to the needy.”
    COMPASSIONATE
  7. Verse 21: “She is not afraid of the snow for her household, For all her household are clothed with scarlet.”
    PREPARED
  8. Verse 22: “She makes coverings for herself; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.”
    ATTRACTIVE
  9. Verse 23: “Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.”
    REPUTATION
  10. Verse 25: “she smiles at the future.”
    OPTIMISTIC
  11.  Verse 26: “the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.”
    PLEASANT WORDS
  12. Verse 30: “a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.”
    DEDICATION
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2016-05-01: Luke-The Investigative Gospel – Learning To Be Thankful

Sermon Audio: Learning To Be Thankful
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Luke 17:11-19
Duration: 19:03
Size: 8.72 MB

Luke-The Investigative Gospel
Learning To Be Thankful
Luke 17:11-19

From these ten lepers we can learn some valuable lessons about being thankful.

1. We learn to be thankful when…we think about the fact of how desperate our situation is before we met Jesus.

They were thought to be unclean, and incapable of having a right relationship with God.

2. We learn to be thankful when…we think about the fact of what we have gained.

By obediently making their way to the priest, the lepers were demonstrating that they had faith in the words of Jesus.

3. We learn to be thankful when…we think about the fact that what was done for us could not have been done by us.

This one leper was different than the others. He did three things; he turned back, he began praising God and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus thanking him.

The more you train yourself to be one who praises, the less mistakes you’re going to make and the less regrets you’re going to have.

4. We Learn To Be Thankful When…We Think About How Much Our Ingratitude Grieves The Heart Of God

There should not be any doubt that when we are not thankful, it grieves the Lord.

While all ten lepers had received physical healing, only this Samaritan had the faith for spiritual healing as well.