Category Archives: Sovereignty of God

God Opens the Way and Opens hearts – Acts 15.36-16:15

In this passage we look at how God sovereignly guides Paul at the beginning of his second missionary journey to Philippi. In that city Paul preaches and God sovereignly transforms a woman named Lydia.   That is the topic of this morning. The sovereignty of God. God’s sovereignty over our plans involving God’s mission—sharing the […]

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Security in Challenging Times – Acts 11:27-30-12

How to deal with these difficult situations? In today’s passage we saw that even though the church, the Christians, had already enjoyed some time without being persecuted for their faith, this was not the case with some of them. During the persecution instigated by Saul or Paul, the entire church had fled except for the […]

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The Sovereign God of History – Reflecting on 1 Kings

I am reading through the books of Kings in the Bible. I just finished 1 Kings.  This book along with others are considered historical, more precisely dealing with the relationship of Israel (the divided Kingdom, which was a direct result of Salomon turning away from God) and God.  It is easy to read these books as […]

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