Sermons from October 2024

Sermons from October 2024

A Prayer of Dedication

SCRIPTURE READING 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:27-30,41-431Now King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heardthat they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram hadalways been a friend to David. 2Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying,3‘You know that my father David could not build a house for the name ofthe Lord his God because of the warfare with which his…

God’s Promise to David

SCRIPTURE READING 2 Samuel 7:1-171Now when the king was settled in his house and the Lord had givenhim rest from all his enemies around him, 2 the king said to the prophetNathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of Godstays in a tent.” 3 Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that you have inmind, for the Lord is with you.”4 But that same night the…

1 Samuel 1:9-11, 19-20; 2:1-10

SCRIPTURE READING 1 Samuel 1:9-11, 19-20; 2:1-109After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presentedherself before the Lord. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat besidethe doorpost of the temple of the Lord. 10She was deeply distressed andprayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly. 11She made this vow: “O Lord ofhosts, if only you will look on the misery…

Golden Calf

SCRIPTURE READING Exodus 32:1-141When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from themountain, the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come,make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the manwho brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what hasbecome of him.” 2 Aaron said to them, “Take off the gold rings that areon the…