Help for Everyday Life
Ken Moore
WCF (1979)
Life often brings with it burdens of pride, guilt, temptation, weakness, and uncertainty. In this practical and spiritually grounded series, the speaker draws from Scripture to show how God’s word provides real help for everyday struggles. Each class explores a theme central to discipleship, offering encouragement to keep our minds on higher things, to trust in God’s mercy, and to grow in faith as we walk with Him.
Keeping Ourselves Holy
The opening class emphasizes the call to holiness. Using passages from both Old and New Testaments, the lesson shows that just as God is holy, faithful, and humble, so too His people are called to reflect His character. Pride, self-preservation, and worldly thinking are contrasted with the humility and obedience of Christ, reminding us to leave self behind and discover our true identity as sons and daughters of God.
Temptation, Sin, and Peace with God
This class addresses the universal experience of temptation and sin, and the feelings of guilt that often follow. The speaker shows how forgiveness through Christ provides peace that the world cannot give. Believers are called not to deny sin but to place faith in God’s provision for it, trusting that His grace covers our weakness and that faith—not works—secures our standing before Him.
Prayer and Communion with God
Here the focus turns to prayer, not as a mere duty, but as communion with God. True prayer involves faith, humility, and sincerity, whether offered in words or silent meditation. Drawing on scriptural examples, the lesson highlights the power of persistent prayer, the importance of praying for one another, and the fellowship believers share with God and with Christ through prayer and worship.
The Mercy of God
This study reflects on the vastness of God’s mercy, which is described as from everlasting to everlasting. The lesson shows that mercy is not license for sin but a call to repentance, humility, and reverence. Using examples from both Old and New Testaments, the speaker reminds us that mercy is extended to those who fear God and put their trust in Him, and that we are called to reflect that same mercy toward others.
The Love of God
The series concludes with the ultimate theme—love. God’s love is unselfish, unending, and at the heart of His purpose with mankind. The lesson traces the love of God for His people, our response of love toward Him, and the outworking of love in our relationships with each other. Love, the speaker explains, is the badge of true discipleship and the atmosphere in which all other virtues thrive.
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