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- January 26, 2003
- February 2, 2003
- February 9, 2003
- February 16, 2003
- February 23, 2003
- March 2, 2003
- March 16, 2003
- March 23, 2003
- April 27, 2003
- May 4, 2003
Heaven waits for the church to pray in faith. The book of Revelation shows how the opening of the first six seals was related to the prayers of the saints, and that the prayers of the saints precede and accompany the opening of the other movements of history as well. This sermon on Revelation 8 gives an awesome description of what happens in heaven when the whole church gathers for prayer.
- May 11, 2003
- May 18, 2003
- May 25, 2003
- June 1, 2003
- June 8, 2003
- June 15, 2003
- June 29, 2003
- July 6, 2003
- July 13, 2003
- July 20, 2003
This sermon covers a rarely-discussed aspect of spiritual warfare prayers: taking Satan and evidences of his mischief in your life before God's courtroom to ask for God's justice. It's one thing to ask for protection from demonic attack, but what about the harm or loss that has already taken place? This sermon makes a case that God delights in doing justice, and gives us procedures for asking for justice. I believe part of why we don't more frequently see God avenge us for Satan's attacks on us is that we fail to follow God's procedures to ask for justice. The nuclear weapons of the church, imprecatory prayers and psalms, can be seen as spiritual lawsuits in the court of heaven. Every war psalm is a petition for justice before God's courtroom for something evil that has been done against the author or against some group of people. If you look at the imprecatory psalms — in other words, the psalms that ask for God's judgments against the wicked — as presentations before God's courtroom, it will give you a whole new perspective of not only why they are important, but how they can be consistent with the kind of love God commands of us. I am convinced that God does not arraign Satan or any other demons before His courtroom unless we bring charges. This sermon shows how God calls us to do that.
- July 27, 2003
Why should we always be on the _defensive_ against Satan? If we take him to court enough times, he might leave us alone. The one offensive weapon that God has given to us is the sword of the Word, and we need to understand that Word, including the principles of court procedure, if we are to be effective in our offensive maneuvers. This sermon continues laying out Scripture's principles for arraigning our enemies before God's heavenly courtroom.
- August 10, 2003
- August 17, 2003
- August 24, 2003
- August 31, 2003
- September 7, 2003
- September 14, 2003
- September 28, 2003
- October 5, 2003
- October 12, 2003