This message was preached by Pastor Jesse Boyd on December 8, 2024 to New Testament Christian Fellowship in Conover, NC. It exegetically addresses 1:6-8 in the larger exposition of the Epistle of James by the shared teaching of the NTCF Elders.
Genuine faith works when it is conditioned to acknowledge (1:5a) to ask (1:5b), and to AVER (1:6-8). He who avers asks of the Lord confidently, asserting the truth without equivocation. He who asks in faith, nothing wavering, DOES NOT act before he asks, come before the Lord with his mind already made up, or hatch contingency plans. He who asks in faith, nothing wavering, DOES make simple and honest requests, continues instant in prayer, is willing to wait, and keeps occupied instead of preoccupied.
When we ask the LORD for wisdom amidst a trial or testing of our faith, we can look for that wisdom and find it in the Scriptures, godly counsel, and the ensuing circumstances of Divine Providence. God never guides where He does not provide. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. And, as once stated so eloquently by Confederate General Robert E. Lee: “In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible had never failed to give me light and strength.”
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This message was preached by Pastor Jesse Boyd on December 8, 2024 to New Testament Christian Fellowship in Conover, NC. It exegetically addresses 1:6-8 in the larger exposition of the Epistle of James by the shared teaching of the NTCF Elders.
Genuine faith works when it is conditioned to acknowledge (1:5a) to ask (1:5b), and to AVER (1:6-8). He who avers asks of the Lord confidently, asserting the truth without equivocation. He who asks in faith, nothing wavering, DOES NOT act before he asks, come before the Lord with his mind already made up, or hatch contingency plans. He who asks in faith, nothing wavering, DOES make simple and honest requests, continues instant in prayer, is willing to wait, and keeps occupied instead of preoccupied.
When we ask the LORD for wisdom amidst a trial or testing of our faith, we can look for that wisdom and find it in the Scriptures, godly counsel, and the ensuing circumstances of Divine Providence. God never guides where He does not provide. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. And, as once stated so eloquently by Confederate General Robert E. Lee: “In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible had never failed to give me light and strength.”
Paul Michael Boyd, age 70, of Newton, North Carolina, went home to be with Jesus, his Messiah, on September 7, 2023. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee on December 19, 1952 and grew up in Jackson, Mississippi and Greenville, South Carolina, the grandson and son of faithful Christian pastors, Jesse Laney Boyd (1881-1967) and Jesse Laney Boyd, Jr. (1916-1991). After many years as a dutiful accountant, successful business owner, and faithful church member in Catawba County, North Carolina, consistently serving and esteeming others before himself, he spent his last seventeen years faithfully shepherding the flock of New Testament Christian Fellowship in Claremont, North Carolina. He was a devoted husband, a beloved father, a committed pastor, a caretaker of the fatherless and widows, and a true servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. This, his last earthly message preached just four days before his death, exhorted the flock to PRESS ON and to BELIEVE GOD. For, “there remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9). How fitting and prophetic were his words:
“Are you longing for His rest? My friends, I am longing for it. I desire it.”
Indeed, the LORD granted him that great desire of his heart the morning after he witnessed the baptism of his granddaughter, Charlotte Hope Boyd, in obedience to the Lord’s command. She was converted in the hours following his last earthly sermon.
Hallelujah, this faithful shepherd has now received from the Chief Shepherd a crown of glory that fadeth not away (I Peter 5:4)!
Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus.
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This message was preached by Pastor Jesse Boyd on December 8, 2024 to New Testament Christian Fellowship in Conover, NC. It exegetically addresses 1:6-8 in the larger exposition of the Epistle of James by the shared teaching of the NTCF Elders.
Genuine faith works when it is conditioned to acknowledge (1:5a) to ask (1:5b), and to AVER (1:6-8). He who avers asks of the Lord confidently, asserting the truth without equivocation. He who asks in faith, nothing wavering, DOES NOT act before he asks, come before the Lord with his mind already made up, or hatch contingency plans. He who asks in faith, nothing wavering, DOES make simple and honest requests, continues instant in prayer, is willing to wait, and keeps occupied instead of preoccupied.
When we ask the LORD for wisdom amidst a trial or testing of our faith, we can look for that wisdom and find it in the Scriptures, godly counsel, and the ensuing circumstances of Divine Providence. God never guides where He does not provide. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety. And, as once stated so eloquently by Confederate General Robert E. Lee: “In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible had never failed to give me light and strength.”
