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Pastor Ryan’s Fall 2023 sermon collection “Nuggets and Pearls” is based on the book of Proverbs. Each sermon is on a different topic and they can be listened to in any order.

October 15: Learning for Life (about learning)
October 29: Well… I Heard… (gossip)
November 5: It’s a Zoo in Here (wisdom from a few unlikely beasties)
November 12: The Long View (the godly prosper while the wicked suffer, or do they?)
November 19: A Prayer for Enough (“two things I beg of you…”)
November 26: Invitations to Feast (Wisdom and Folly and how to tell them apart)

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“A Prayer for Enough” by Pastor Ryan Emmons is another sermon in a collection on various topics from the book of Proverbs.

Proverbs 30:7-9 (NLT) ; 箴 言 30:7-9 (CUVS)
1 Timothy 6:6-10 (NLT) ; 提 摩 太 前 書 6:6-10 (CUVS)

7 O God, I beg two favors from you;
    let me have them before I die.
8 First, help me never to tell a lie.
    Second, give me neither poverty nor riches!
    Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
9 For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?”
    And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.

7 我 求 你 两 件 事 ， 在 我 未 死 之 先 ， 不 要 不 赐 给 我 ：

8 求 你 使 虚 假 和 谎 言 远 离 我 ； 使 我 也 不 贫 穷 也 不 富 足 ； 赐 给 我 需 用 的 饮 食 ，

9 恐 怕 我 饱 足 不 认 你 ， 说 ： 耶 和 华 是 谁 呢 ？ 又 恐 怕 我 贫 穷 就 偷 窃 ， 以 致 亵 渎 我 神 的 名 。

Sermon Notes

Here is a PDF of Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript) from the sermon.

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“Be Thankful for Who You Are” by Pastor Zabiak Cung of the Chin Christian Fellowship of Saskatchewan. Pastor Zabiak preached in a joint service with our church and their fellowship.

Job 1:13-22 (NLT) ; 約 伯 記 1:13-22 (CUVS) ; Job 1:13-22 (Lai (Hakha) Common Language Bible)
1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 (NLT) ; 帖 撒 羅 尼 迦 前 書 5:12-22 (CUVS) ; 1 Thesalon 5:12-22 (Lai (Hakha) Common Language Bible)
Psalm 100 (NLT) ; 詩 篇 100 (CUVS) ; Salm 100 (Lai (Hakha) Common Language Bible)

Sermon Notes

Here is a PDF of Pastor Zabiak’s sermon notes (not a transcript) from the sermon.

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Pastor Ryan’s Fall 2023 sermon series “Generosity” is inspired by a series of videos put out by the CBWC Foundation on that topic. You can watch the videos there.

The key verse for the series, chosen by the Foundation, is the words of Jesus in Luke 6:38: “Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”

路 加 福 音 6:38: ” 你 们 要 给 人 ， 就 必 有 给 你 们 的 ， 并 且 用 十 足 的 升 斗 ， 连 摇 带 按 ， 上 尖 下 流 的 倒 在 你 们 怀 里 ； 因 为 你 们 用 甚 麽 量 器 量 给 人 ， 也 必 用 甚 麽 量 器 量 给 你 们 。”

(Pastor Ryan notes that this is not an invitation to bargain with God by giving with the expectation of getting more financial return. It is an attitude of the heart and part of the larger principle of treating others with compassion, the way God treats us.)

  1. Why Give?
  2. How Should We Give?
  3. Where Should We Give?
  4. How Much Should We Give?
  5. Giving: A Transformation of the Heart

He also did some other sermons on the general topic of Giving:

Pastor Ryan recommends these three books as good resources on the topic of giving and generosity:

  • God and Your Stuff (The Vital Link Between Your Possessions and Your Soul) – Wesley K. Willmer
  • Your Money Counts (now more than ever) – Howard Dayton
  • How to be Rich (It’s not what you have…it’s what you do with what you have) – Andy Stanley

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