A Bible-believing evangelical church in the village of Wellington, near Hereford and Leominster.

Joy in Jesus

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Preached during the morning service on 12 July 2020 by .


Sermon Notes

Good morning all,

James 1:2-4 says:

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

I wonder if that is our first reaction when we are faced with trials? Oh, what joy!

As Christians we must trust that God is completely in control of everything. Especially the situations beyond our own control.

Matthew Henry once said: ‘our afflictions are in God’s hands!‘ Afflictions must not cause us to deflate into a dreary and sad state of mind, forever looking inward. God’s people look out and up to our LORD Jesus who reigns in glory, waiting to welcome us home.

A Puritan Prayer

If I should suffer need, and go unclothed,
and be in poverty,
make my heart prize thy love,
know it, be constrained by it,
though I be denied all blessings.
It is thy mercy to afflict and try me with wants,
for by these trials I see my sins,
and desire severance from them.
Let me willingly accept misery, sorrows,
temptations,
if I can thereby feel sin as the greatest evil,
and be delivered from it with gratitude to thee,
acknowledging this as the highest testimony
of thy love.
When thy Son, Jesus, came into my soul
instead of sin, he became more dear to me
than sin had formerly been;
his kindly rule replaced sin’s tyranny.
Teach me to believe that if ever I would have any sin
subdued
I must not only labour to overcome it,
but must invite Christ to abide in the place of it,
and he must become to me more than
vile lust had been;
that his sweetness, power, life may be there.
Thus I must seek a grace from him contrary to sin,
but must not claim it apart from himself.
When I am afraid of evils to come,
comfort me by showing me
that in myself I am a dying, condemned wretch,
but in Christ I am reconciled and live;
that in my self I find insufficiency and no rest,
but in Christ there is satisfaction and peace;
that in myself I am feeble and unable to do good,
but in Christ I have ability to do all things.
Though now I have his graces in part,
I shall shortly have them perfectly
in that state where thou wilt show thyself
fully reconciled,
and alone sufficient, efficient,
loving me completely,
with sin abolished.
O Lord, hasten that day.

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Looking ahead to next Wednesday, Phil Grasham will be joining us at the Mid-week Bible study/Prayer meeting and I will be interviewing him and putting any questions that you have from the last 5 weeks of studies in the Gospels. Please send your questions or any feedback from the studies to me at kdimond02@gmail.com

 

Pastor Kristian Dimond

Wellington Chapel

Wellington

Herefordshire

HR4 8AX

 

07810 442523

01432 830 002

https://www.wellingtonec.org.uk/

If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all” – Isaiah 7:9