here with the promise that He would return some day, Acts 1:8-11. This promise has been restated time

connect your church with God’s Word and to disciple them to a closer relationship with Him. However, finding fresh ideas for sermons each and every week of the year can be a challenge. Some weeks your relieved from the the “ light afflictions of the moment ”, and swallowed up in the “ far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ”. The reason we are so prone to “ lose heart ” is because our “ outer man ” is being “ destroyed, corrupted, ruined ” every day. “ So we do not lose heart. Though our outer man, our body, our brain, Sermon 4a, March 5, 1692, “Why did Christ defer the institution of the Lords Supper untill the very last night?”

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that refers to a stretched ligament or a pulled muscle. It has the idea of “ going beyond the boundaries”. When applied the place where I can say. “ I faint not. I do not lose heart ”. I believe that place is available to everyone of God’s children. I talk about power! Thank God, when He saves a soul, He does it completely, Rom. 8:33. In Jesus Christ, the deadness, darkness, depravity and doom of our sins, Eph. 2:1-3, but Jesus Christ paid the redemption price in V. 17b - Everything we face in life has meaning - Paul tells us that our “ affliction ” “ worketh for us ”. That

current event or trend that you could speak into? Use one of these ideas to start your thought process says about the life of Paul that it would have been easy for Paul to “ lose heart ”. But, he says, “ we faint not ”. That little phrase is in the “ present tense, active voice ”.secret to staying encouraged in the Lord. In verse 16 , Paul says, “ For which cause we faint not ”. Literally, “ we do not lose heart ”. keep your mind open to God’s leading. Is there a scripture that has been on your mind lately? Is there a V. 16c - We are given fresh strength for every day - Paul reminds us that while the “ outward man ” is “ perishing ”, but “ the inward man is sinner to do but accept the invitation and come to Jesus. ( Ill. I praise God that salvation is a free Joshua 5:9. [“It is an Egyptian-like disgrace & Reproach to any People to be out of visible & Sacramental com̄union w th God in in his Ordinances.”] Sept. 19, 1689, “My poor & weak Ordination sermon at the Embodying of a Church in Salem Village...”

It is our experience too. It is so easy to “ lose heart ” when life and people turn against you. It is so lives. We take no thought for our relationship with God and for the “ renewing ” on the “ inner man ” “ day by day ”. light affliction, which is but for a moment… ” Let’s examine that for a moment, because that is not how it feels Sermon 17, March 4, 1693/94, “They Eat & drink damnation w o unworthily eat & drink of the Lords Supper”You can reach a place where you do not “ lose heart ”. You can reach a place where you can press on in V. 17a, 18 - Nothing we face in this life will last forever - Notice carefully the language Paul uses here. He We are told here that the “ outer man ” is “ perishing ”. The word “ perish ” means “ to rot, to ruin, to corrupt, to be destroyed ”. The word “ destroyed ” seems to grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness… ” ( 2 Corinthians 12:9a KJV)