Sermonette: Do The First Works <\/p>\n
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description: (hide) Richard Ritenbaugh, aspiring to give some advice for when this fast is over, focuses on some practical strategies for overcoming. As the congregation of Ephesus was admonished, we also need to return to our first love and diligently do the first works, including fellowship, continuing in the doctrine, and doing things properly. The Ephesians initially had steadfastness, keeping on keeping on, undeterred by every new wind of doctrine. They remained loyal to the apostles doctrine, the faith once delivered, embracing the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The Ephesian congregation received commendation for fellowshipping with one another as well as with the apostles, breaking bread with one another. When they prayed continually for one another, there was cohesion and unity. They also pooled their resources to help one another as they have need. Initially, the Ephesian congregation regularly and abundantly praised God. We need to praise God regularly and spontaneously in our prayers, singing hymns occasionally. We need to brag about God, thanking God for intervening in our lives. Hebrews 13:1- 14 highlights these essential first works <\/p>\n
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Sermonette: Do The First Works #294s Richard T. Ritenbaugh Given 21-Jun-97; 26 minutes listen: description: (hide) Richard Ritenbaugh, aspiring to give some advice for when this fast is over, focuses on some practical strategies for overcoming. As the congregation of Ephesus was admonished, we also need to return to our first love and diligently do … Continue reading “Sermonette: Do The First Works”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}