Watch and Pray Series
Preached at Minden Baptist Church
(14/5/2010 → 11/8/2013)
This was my first series as a Baptist pastor and lasted 3 ½ years from start to finish. The first eighteen sermons were recorded at my office desk after the series had finished because we didn't get digital recordings properly happening until some years after I had commenced the series. So from Matthew chapter 24 onward, the recordings are live at church. Unfortunately, there is a large chunk missing from Matt. 8:19 to Matt. 24:15. The "Watch and Pray" series was an outstanding success even though very long as we saw 13 baptisms of young people and teenagers a few weeks after the last sermon in Matthew chapter 28 in August 2013 at a nearby creek. It was started by 9-year-old Jordan Kinnear who responded in the middle of the last sermon in this series to my call and urging that there were people in that service who needed to respond to Jesus' call to believe and get baptised.
The Watch and Pray name for the series evolved over time towards the end of the series because of my repeated instruction to the church that we need to watch for the signs of Jesus' return and pray that we do not fall asleep. Initially, I was just preaching through Matthew because it seemed like a good overall book to do and it was my desire to communicate that the book of Matthew although Jewish flavoured is a book for both Jews and Gentiles. Specifically, the instructions in Matthew 24 are aimed at the church and therefore the tribulation warnings must be taken seriously by the church.
I hope you are blessed as you listen to this series and get a sense of the urgency to watch and pray which is a theme on the Luke 21 ministry website. I have also included the baptism testimonies of the young people too.
Attached Files
| File | Action |
|---|---|
| 1. Matt. 1 "The genealogy and name of Jesus" | Download |
| 2. Matt. 2 "Four key fulfilled prophecies of Jesus" | Download |
| 3. Matt. 3 "Lessons from John the Baptist" | Download |
| 4. Matt. 4:1-11 "The temptation of Jesus" | Download |
| 5. Matt. 4:12-25 "Fishers of men" | Download |
| 6. Matt. 5:1-7 "The Beatitudes part 1" | Download |
| 7. Matt. 5:8-12 "The Beatitudes part 2" | Download |
| 8. Matt. 5:13-48 "Pharisaical Externalism" | Download |
| 9. Matt. 6:1-18 "Three common acts of righteousness" | Download |
| 10. Matt. 6:9-15 "The Lord's Prayer" | Download |
| 11. Matt. 6:19-34 "Storing serving and stressing in the kingdom of God" | Download |
| 12. Matt. 6:32-33 "Seeking first the kingdom of God" | Download |
| 13. Matt. 7:1-5 "The judging ditches" | Download |
| 14. Matt. 7:7-11 "Ask Seek Knock" | Download |
| 15. Matt. 7:12-23 "The two ways" | Download |
| 16. Matt. 7:24-29 "Be hearers and doers" | Download |
| 17. Matt. 8:1-4 "Healing of the leper" | Download |
| 18. Matt. 8:5-13 "The faith of the centurion" | Download |
| 19. Matt. 24:15 "Abomination of Desolation the man part 1" | Download |
| 20. Matt. 24:15 "Abomination of Desolation the man part 2" | Download |
| 21. Matt. 24:16-28 "When you see them flee" | Download |
| 22. Matt. 24:29-31 "After the Tribulation" | Download |
| 23. Matt. 24:32-35 "The Fig Tree" | Download |
| 24. Matt. 24:42-44 "Being imminently ready" | Download |
| 25. Matt. 24:45-51 "Being faithful in the meantime" | Download |
| 26. Matt. 25:1-13 "10 Virgins part 1" | Download |
| 27. Matt. 25:1-13 "10 Virgins part 2" | Download |
| 28. Matt. 25:14-19 "Parable of the Talents part 1" | Download |
| 29. Matt. 25:19-30 "Parable of the Talents part 2" | Download |
| 30. Matt. 25:31-40 "The Sheep and the Goats part 1" | Download |
| 31. Matt. 25:41-46 "The Sheep and the Goats part 2" | Download |
| 32. Matt. 26:1-5 "God Set the Date" | Download |
| 33. Matt. 26:6-13 "Connecting the dots" | Download |
| 34. Matt. 26:14-19 "Judas' Betrayal" | Download |
| 35. Matt. 26:31-35 "Peter's Failure" | Download |
| 36. Matt. 26:36-46 "Jesus' Depression" | Download |
| 37. Matt. 26:47-51 "Kiss of Judas" | Download |
| 38. Matt. 26:51-56 "The arrest of Jesus" | Download |
| 39. Matt. 26:57-61 "The first trial" | Download |
| 40. Matt. 26:62-68 "The mistreatment of Jesus" | Download |
| 41. Matt. 26:69-75 "Peter's worst night" | Download |
| 42. Matt. 27:1-10 "Judas' suicide" | Download |
| 43. Matt. 27:11-18 "Pilate's Decision" | Download |
| 44. Matt. 27:19-26 "Crucify Him" | Download |
| 45. Matt. 27:27-32 "Via Dolorosa" | Download |
| 46. Matt. 27:33-37 "Calvary" | Download |
| 47. Matt. 27:38 "Which thief are you?" | Download |
| 48. Matt. 27:39-44 "Four kinds of wicked at the cross" | Download |
| 49. Matt. 27:45-49 "3 darkest hours in history" | Download |
| 50. Matt. 27:50-56 "The centurion believes" | Download |
| 51. Matt. 27:57-66 "The burial of Jesus" | Download |
| 52. Matt. 28:1-4 "The resurrection" | Download |
| 53. Matt. 28:11-15 "The Cover Up" | Download |
| 54. Matt. 28:16-20 "The Great Commission" | Download |
