Let us learn from this and seek to lay our agendas down daily that we might hear what the Lord has to say, including the warnings from God, and thus be better prepared for that which is in store; The blessings, and the Sufferings. Sermon Notes

But what I like about this story is Bartimaeus had a need, he had limitations, but he did not hide behind or excuse them or even worse, condemn himself because of his condition. Sermon Notes

They've Heard this before…, it's not new…  but the don't really get it … so they just set it on the back burner…. they focus on the things they want to and like. You know what happens when this happens? "SELF-tianity"! Sermon Notes

God alone brings about this grace...we have no hand in the creation or completion of God's grace. Planned from all ages, begun, message sustained by prophets, sovereignly guided, manifested, carried out, completed, and delivered by God. Sermon Notes

We are going to take time to ask the Holy Spirit for revelation on the present as we reflect on the past and look to the future. Sermon Notes