Your Prayer Has Been Heard

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Your Prayer Has Been Heard

Dave Riddle - 12/10/2023

Key Passage: Luke 1:5-17

Zechariah and Elizabeth

- Luke 1:5-7

- Their faith was great, but there is a disconnect between the way they lived and the life they were experiencing.

A Great Honor Turns to Great Fear

- Luke 1:8-12

- Do not be afraid

- Do not be troubled

- Do not be seized or gripped by fear

Don’t Be Afraid. Your Prayer Has Been Heard

- Luke 1:13

- God has heard your prayer

I’m going to need a sign

- Luke 1:18

- How do I know this is true?

- Despite this amazing visit from an angel, and despite his knowledge as a priest, Zechariah had a hard time trusting without reservation.

- Luke 1:20

- Zechariah gets his sign.

God’s Message Is Always Good News

- Luke 1:19

John The Baptizer

- Matthew 3:1-6

Spiritual Parents • Mother’s Day

Spiritual Parents • Mother’s Day 

Dave Riddle - 5/14/2023

Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 4:14-21

10,000 Guardians

• 1 Corinthians 4:15

• paidagogos: literally, a child-leader. A guardian and guide for children

Not many fathers

• 1 Corinthians 4:15

• gennao: literally to procreate. Used of women who gave birth or men who fathered.

I became your father through the gospel.

• 1 Corinthians 4:15

Truth

• 1 Corinthians 4:14

• Commuted to the truth out of genuine concern.

• “Not to shame you but to warn you”

Love

• 1 Corinthians 4:14

• Matthew 3:17

• agapetos: “dearly beloved”

A Living Example

• 1 Corinthians 4:16

• “Imitate me”

• 1 Corinthians 11:1

A Collaborator

• 1 Corinthians 4:17

• 2 Timothy 2:2

• This is a group effort; a team sport 

Gutsy 

• 1 Corinthians 4:18-21

• it takes courage!

• “If you’ve never been hated by your children, you haven’t been a parent” - Bette Davis

• “If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk… but by all means keep moving” - MLK Jr. 

Our Need for Repentance is Unchanging

Unchanging Truth: Repentance
Dave Riddle - 8/15/2021
Key Passage: Mark 1:14-15

The Problem: Sin

• We can’t do anything about it.

• Only Jesus can.

The Solution: Repentance 

• it’s deeper than being sorry.

• It’s more than regret due to the consequences.

  • Worldly sorrow vs godly sorrow

    • Godly sorrow leads to repentance

• Repentance = Metanoeo: literally to know, after. It signifies a change of mind consequent to the after knowledge; indicating regret for the course pursued and resulting in a wiser view of the past and future. Implied within us a “turning from” and a “turning to”.

John the Baptizer

• Matthew 3:2

  • Repent the Kingdom of God is near

Jesus

• Mark 1:14-15

  • Repent and believe

Peter

• Acts 2:36-39

  • Repent (to those who have not yet believed)

Paul

• Paul’s epistles

  • Repent (to believers)

John the Revelator

• Revelation 2 and 3

  • Repent (to churches)

We are a people who are called to repent.

• not about guilt and shame

• It’s about life!