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Listen in as we hear how David experienced solid and substancial pleasure by making the pleasures of God his source of joy.

Have your own efforts provided you an insufficient rest in God?

1. God is Our Provider (vs. 1-3) 2. God is Our Portions (vs. 4-8) 3. God is Our Pleasure (vs. 9-11)

what is 1 Corinthians all about, from a bird's eye level? In a word, "so many issues, so little time." Paul had a LOT of things he needed to inform and correct the Corinthian believers on. But he did so becaused he dearly loved them. Scripture tells us that "faithful are the wounds of a friend." The issues Paul deals with are as contemporary as tomorrow's news and as timeless as the days in the Garden of Eden. Come with the Grace United crew to be encouraged, and perhaps rebuked and corrected and challenged as we view 1 Corinthians in a Nutshell.

The American Rx for the Happy life is to look inward and medicate as necessary. Our Creator invites us to the Happy Life by looking upward and meditating.

Ecclesiastes 2

The question whether to get married or not has plagued people for centuries. As we see in today's message, it was certainly on the mind of those living in Corinth. In response to questions they had, Paul writes to give them advice about marriage and relationships between men and women.

WILL WE EAT IN HEAVEN based on Rev. 22:1-6 By Glenn Pease Benjamin Franklin formed a very close friendship with a Frenchwoman, who was 40 years younger than himself, when he was the American Minister in Paris. They wrote numerous letters to each other and though she refused all his proposals, she did…

Some would call the generation we live in today the “me” generation as though this was something new under the sun. Yet the “me” generation has long and continuing roots in the past. The Preacher shows this thinking was in his heart well over 2,000 years ago. The Preacher had just noted in the previous…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Clovis Chappell, the great Southern preacher, told this story of a Christian man who bought a lovely home in the suburbs in one of the big cities of the South. He had his furniture moved in one day, and the next day he arrived and was out walking over the wide lawn of his new property.…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Back in 1991 Glamor Magazine had an editorial about a woman who drove up to the toll booth of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and said, "I'm paying for myself and for the 6 cars behind me." One after another the next 6 drivers came up to the booth with dollars in hand only to be…

By Pastor Glenn Pease One of the reasons that Ferdinand and Isabella supported Columbus in his scheme to find a new world was their hope that he would also find the fountain of life. When Columbus landed he searched for it, and he questioned the Indians about the legendary fountain that would make old…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Every day of your life you enjoy the pleasure of power. The power to flip switches and give light in the darkness, and heat in the coldness. The power of electricity is the source of abundant pleasure. When we lose that power we are deprived of all our electric devices, and it is…

By Pastor Glenn Pease An engineer, a psychologist, an a theologian were on a hunting trip in Northern Canada. They came across a cabin deep in the woods, and sought shelter there. The cabin was not occupied, and the front door was unlocked. When they entered they noticed something quite unusual. A large…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Christians have always had mixed feelings about pleasure. They know God made us to enjoy many pleasures of life, and yet there are also the forbidden pleasures. These are often just extremes of what is acceptable. Sex is good, but immorality is bad. Food is good, but gluttony is…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The legend is told of the servant whose master left him a bag of blessings when he died. The bag will always be full said the master if you remember the four magic words. The servant went off so delighted as he partook of the blessings of the bag. But finally he came to the point…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines sex as "The character of being male or female, or of pertaining to the distinctive function of the male or female in reproduction." This sounds like a rather simple, harmless, little word with a clear and obvious meaning, but no one can…

By Pastor Glenn Pease A doctor, an engineer, and an attorney were debating whose profession was the oldest. The doctor said, " it's obvious the medical profession was the first. The Bible refers to God creating Eve from Adam's rib, and that is surgical procedure." But the engineer said, "No! before that,…

BY PASTOR GLENN PEASE A snowstorm made it impossible for a guess speaker to get to the church where he was to preach. Therefore, a local man was asked to come in as a substitute. The speaker began by explaining the meaning of substitute. If you break a window he said, and then place a cardboard there…

Intro – A very rich lawyer was showing his new Lexus to his friends. As he opened the door, a truck hit it and tore it off! When a cop arrived he was screaming hysterically that his car would never be the same. The cop said, “I can’t believe how materialistic you lawyers are. You’re so focused on things…

Intro – Truly saved. That is the theme of this passage. It asks and answers 3 great questions – Who is Jesus? (18-20); What Did He Do? (21-22); and What Must I Do? There is no salvation if we deny the deity of Christ. That’s the cost to God the Father – He gave His Son. There is no salvation if Jesus…

| ! Captives of Desire? Colossians 2:6-15 (NIV) | Selling desire is the biggest threat to American Christians. Ours is a culture based on selling desire. That being a fact, we who are Christians must beware of the subtle, negative effects such a view of life can have on our faith. In 2:8, Paul urges…

Sermon audio available here. 1. INTRODUCTION i. First Clarification – Under the Sun As we considered last week, Solomon is engaged in a great experiment. It is important, therefore, that we understand the scope of his enquiry. Solomon uses the phrase ‘under the sun’ twenty eight times throughout Ecclesiastes…