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The Spirit’s Power In Us (1)

Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Pastor Harry on “The Spirit’s Power In Us (1)” (1 Corinthians 12:3; John 15:26; John 16:8-11; Titus 3:5; John 4:14) . The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel: Last week I was comparing God’s work of salvation of a person’s soul with the cleaning of a dirty cup. The cup represents us, who the Bible tells us are desperately wicked, and stained with sin. If God wants to dwell in us, He can’t do so, unless our cup is cleaned. I was saying that the One who cleans up our stains is Jesus Christ – and He does that in two stages. Firstly, His atoning death on the cross is like the washing-up liquid that removes all stains. And it is indeed effective in making us clean; but in itself it’s not enough, unless someone is using a cloth to scrub away the stains, and make the cleansing real. So a strong hand is needed – and that strong hand is Jesus Part Two. In other words, His Holy Spirit, who comes to us and has the power to re...
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From the sermon “Hell”

 by Dwight Moody (1837-99) My friends, will Christ ever be more willing to save you than He is now? Will He ever have more power than He has now? Why not make up your mind to be saved while mercy is offered to you?   I remember a few years ago, while the Spirit of God was working in my Church, I closed the meeting one night by asking any that would like to become Christians to rise, and to my great joy, a man arose who had been anxious for some time. I went up to him and took him by the hand and shook it, and said, "I am glad to see you get up. You are coming out for the Lord now in earnest, are you not?"   "Yes," said he, "I think so. That is, there is only one thing in my way."   "What's that?" said I.   "Well," said he, "I lack moral courage. I confess to you that if such a man [naming a friend of his] had been here tonight I should not have risen. He would laugh at me if he knew of this, and I don't beli...
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The Source Of Our Salvation

Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Pastor Harry on “The Source Of Our Salvation” (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Ephesians 5:25-28) . The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel: When I was younger, I used to think that the Bible was a book about everybody. In a sense it is, because it tells us about everybody’s sickness – and everybody’s destiny. But above all, it’s a book that many people will open, try to read, and quickly close again and leave on the shelf, because it doesn’t speak to them. The message of the cross is foolishness to them. That’s because the Bible is first and foremost about God’s people. It’s about God’s chosen people: the people who are called, not just by name, but by My name: God’s name. In a literal and symbolic way: the people of Israel.   In the old days, God made an agreement or covenant with the Israelites. He said: “You are My chosen people; and therefore, if you keep My laws and commandments, I will bless yo...
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Questions To Those Who Hunger For Spiritual Awakening

  by Joshua Bradley (1819) Have you hungered after a spiritual awakening in your life? Then the following questions should stir your heart with a new sense of earnestness for the great power of God to set you ablaze.   1.   Have you ever seen yourself by practice and inclination to be a lost sinner? Have you seen that your own will and heart is the fountain of your sin, that in the natural, there is no good thing in you? Has a picture of this led you to realize you cannot help yourself and that you must be altogether indebted to Christ for your salvation, and to the Holy Spirit for the strength and motivation to correctly perform your Christian duties?   2.   On what have you based your acceptance with the Lord? Is it based on your reformed lifestyle, on your sorrow for your sins, on your prayers, on your tears, or on your obedience and Christian observances? Or has it been on Christ alone, as your all in all?   3.   As far as you can tell,...
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Called By Name

Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Brother Kevin on “Called By Name” (Isaiah 43:1 and Psalm 139:13-16) . The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel . Here are the points that Kevin made: Let us study God's love for us in 1 simple verse taken from Isaiah 43:1. - God's Word is alive. The same scripture that we browsed past so many time - even comitted to memory - can have new deep and profound meanings when God uses it to speak to us. - In The Chosen, Jesus uses this verse which Mary Magdelene knew from childhood to pierce through her suffering.  - When God speaks those same words to us, the context changes. God Made Us Perfect - God says He created and formed us. - He created us with a plan and a purpose. We are not here by accident - rather He sees us and has a specific purpose for us. - In that same way He formed us to His specifications. - Every thread of our being was carefully crafted by Him - knit together as David so beautifully sings in ...
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Is The World Tired Of Ukraine’s Suffering?

  By Taras Dyatlik ( “Christianity Today” )' On July 7, 2024, my phone rang early in the morning. My older brother Misha’s voice was shaking: “Andriy is critically or even deadly wounded by Russians—yesterday late evening—on his birthday.”   A Russian drone had hit my younger brother, a military medical doctor who had spent two and a half years saving wounded soldiers at the front, on his 33rd birthday—the same age as Christ when He went to the cross.   The next two weeks were filled with waiting. We received hospital updates, held on to a hope that kept rising and falling, and prayed even when it felt like no one was listening. On day 5, I wrote in my journal, “Lord, You are silent. Why?” On day 12: “Does prayer actually change anything, or is it simply our inability to accept what we cannot control?” Początek formularza   On day 15, his heart stopped.   During those days of waiting, I kept thinking of the story of Isaiah prophesying to King H...
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How To Pray II: Blessings

  Last Sunday’s sermon was preached by Pastor Harry on “How To Pray (Part Two)” (Matthew 6:7-8; Luke 18:1-8 ; Luke 11:2-4 ) . The sermon and the whole service can be watched on our WIC YouTube Channel :   I want to focus today on the words of Jesus Himself. There’s a remarkable consistency in Jesus’ own words, which is not fully appreciated. If you read a Bible that has Jesus’ words in red, you might well be surprised by what you read – especially in two main areas: Jesus’ moral teaching, most of which is in His so-called Sermon on the Mount (in other words, Matthew chapters 5, 6 and 7); and His teaching on how people are saved (most of that is in John’s Gospel). In fact, both a lot of His moral teaching and His teaching on salvation actually go against what is taught in many churches. Check it out for yourselves and draw your own conclusions. Jesus and Christian religion are not the same.   Today I want to say more about Jesus’ words on prayer: we only touched o...
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