Video Sermons February 2015
February 22nd. 2015 "Love Is Greater Than All Gifts" 1 Cor 12:31 (Video)
By Pastor Ray Sleiman.
1 Corinthians 12: 31
31 But earnestly desire the best[a] gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
Acts 9: 6
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Hebrews 2: 4
4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
James 5: 14
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Zechariah 4: 6
6 So he answered and said to me:
“This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts.
James 4: 14
Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?
Ephesians 3: 18-19
18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
2 Timothy 4: 22
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long suffering and teaching.
Deuteronomy 33: 24
24 And of Asher he said:
“Asher is most blessed of sons;
Let him be favored by his brothers,
And let him dip his foot in oil.
Romans 5: 5
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
1 John 4: 16
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1 Corinthians 13: 1-3
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, it profits me nothing.
John 3: 16
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Revelation 2: 4
4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
Matthew 5: 44-45
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,[a] 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
John 13: 34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Romans 13: 8
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
31 But earnestly desire the best[a] gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
Acts 9: 6
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Hebrews 2: 4
4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
James 5: 14
14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Zechariah 4: 6
6 So he answered and said to me:
“This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts.
James 4: 14
Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?
Ephesians 3: 18-19
18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
2 Timothy 4: 22
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long suffering and teaching.
Deuteronomy 33: 24
24 And of Asher he said:
“Asher is most blessed of sons;
Let him be favored by his brothers,
And let him dip his foot in oil.
Romans 5: 5
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
1 John 4: 16
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1 Corinthians 13: 1-3
13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, it profits me nothing.
John 3: 16
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Revelation 2: 4
4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
Matthew 5: 44-45
44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,[a] 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
John 13: 34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Romans 13: 8
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
February 15th. 2015 "Biblical Leadership Principles" Hebrews 13:17 (Video)
By Pastor Ray Sleiman
Hebrews 13: 17
17 Yield to those leading you, and be submissive, for they watch for your souls, as those who must give account, that they may do it with joy and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you.
1 Corinthians 12: 15
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
3 John 1: 4
4 I have no greater joy than these things, to hear that my children walk in the truth.
Hebrews 10: 39
39 But we are not of those withdrawing to destruction, but of those who believe to the preserving of the soul.
Hebrews 10: 24-25
24 and let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 13: 7
7 Remember those leading you, who have spoken to you the Word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conduct:
1 Thessalonians 5: 12-13
12 And, brothers, we beseech you to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and who admonish you,
13 and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
1 Corinthians 9: 14
14 Even so, the Lord ordained those announcing the gospel to live from the gospel.
Galatians 4: 14-15
14 and you did not despise my temptation in my flesh, nor did you spurn it. But you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
15 What then was your blessedness? For I bear you record that, if you were able, plucking out your eyes, you would have given them to me.
Jeremiah 9: 1
1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Philippians 1: 3-4
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 always in every prayer of mine making my request for you all with joy
1 Thessalonians 2:19
19 For what is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are you not even to be in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
1 Timothy 5:19-20
19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder except before two or three witnesses.
20 Those who sin, rebuke before all, so that the rest also may fear.
17 Yield to those leading you, and be submissive, for they watch for your souls, as those who must give account, that they may do it with joy and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you.
1 Corinthians 12: 15
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
3 John 1: 4
4 I have no greater joy than these things, to hear that my children walk in the truth.
Hebrews 10: 39
39 But we are not of those withdrawing to destruction, but of those who believe to the preserving of the soul.
Hebrews 10: 24-25
24 and let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 13: 7
7 Remember those leading you, who have spoken to you the Word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conduct:
1 Thessalonians 5: 12-13
12 And, brothers, we beseech you to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and who admonish you,
13 and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
1 Corinthians 9: 14
14 Even so, the Lord ordained those announcing the gospel to live from the gospel.
Galatians 4: 14-15
14 and you did not despise my temptation in my flesh, nor did you spurn it. But you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
15 What then was your blessedness? For I bear you record that, if you were able, plucking out your eyes, you would have given them to me.
Jeremiah 9: 1
1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Philippians 1: 3-4
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 always in every prayer of mine making my request for you all with joy
1 Thessalonians 2:19
19 For what is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are you not even to be in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
1 Timothy 5:19-20
19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder except before two or three witnesses.
20 Those who sin, rebuke before all, so that the rest also may fear.
February 8th. 2015 "Two Very Critical Questions of The New Life" Acts 9:5-6 (Video)
By Pastor Ray Sleiman
Acts 9:5-6
5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6 But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
Acts 4:11
11 This Jesus[a] is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.[b]
Philippians 3:10
10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
John 10:27-28
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Isaiah 66:2
2 All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
1 Corinthians 11:1
11 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
Galatians 1:8
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6 But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
Acts 4:11
11 This Jesus[a] is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.[b]
Philippians 3:10
10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
John 10:27-28
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Isaiah 66:2
2 All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
1 Corinthians 11:1
11 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
Galatians 1:8
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
February 1st. 2015 "Clay In The Hands of The Potter" Jer.18:1-6 (Video)
By Pastor Ray Sleiman
Jeremiah 18:1-6
18 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words.”3 So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
Matthew 11:29-30
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
1 Corinthians 8:2
2 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Psalm 103:19
19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.
Hebrews 1:3
3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Isaiah 45:9
9 “Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
Genesis 18:27
27 Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
Luke 12:20
20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Daniel 4:30-33
30 and the king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?” 31 While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, 32 and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”33 Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails were like birds' claws.
Romans 12:1-2
12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b] 2 Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]
Ruth 1:20
20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi;[a] call me Mara,[b] for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
18 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words.”3 So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
Matthew 11:29-30
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
1 Corinthians 8:2
2 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
Psalm 103:19
19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.
Hebrews 1:3
3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Isaiah 45:9
9 “Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
a pot among earthen pots!
Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
or ‘Your work has no handles’?
Genesis 18:27
27 Abraham answered and said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.
Luke 12:20
20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Daniel 4:30-33
30 and the king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?” 31 While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, 32 and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”33 Immediately the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hair grew as long as eagles' feathers, and his nails were like birds' claws.
Romans 12:1-2
12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b] 2 Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]
Ruth 1:20
20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi;[a] call me Mara,[b] for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.