Sermons by Penny Haynes (Page 4)

Shame

WHAT IS SHAME? Shame, guilt, and condemnation are similar in that they all have to do with sin, but different in degree, duration, and scope. Shame is an intense feeling of angst that makes you wish you could evaporate; extreme humiliation and remorse; a despairing of life from abject embarrassment. Guilt is realizing you have…

Relationships

Philippian 2   2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit,if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do…

Exhaustion

In my Christian Counseling courses, there was one thing in common with every type of hurting person.  They are EXHAUSTED.  They expend all of their time, effort, money and relationships on trying to meet their own needs, and it fails every time.  As physical, emotional, mental and spiritual exhaustion sets in, hopelessness starts to rear…

Brokenness

Brokenness   Would anyone like to share what God has shown them about themselves during this first week of fasting?   Fasting results in the awareness of our brokenness.  As we remove from our lives the things we use to cover up our pain or to feed our gnawing, endless desire for pleasure, or distract…

Self-Control As The Culmination of the Fruit Of The Spirit

Self-Control: The Culminating Grace Gift   Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a]; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[b] 15 If you…

No Room At The Inn

  Luke 2 New International Version (NIV) The Birth of Jesus 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from…