Sermon Audio
Principles For Life, Session #1 (Principles II-V)
Dr. Don Sisk
Dr. Don Sisk was called to preach at the age of 21. He has pastored several churches, including some during his college years and another in Kentucky four years after graduation. Before beginning his missionary work in Japan, he served as associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Harvey, Illinois.
In 1965, he went to Japan with Baptist International Missions, Inc.(BIMI) There the Lord established two churches, on in Osaka and one in Kobe. Dr. Sisk also helped to establish the Kansai Independent Baptist Bible School and became the first president of the school. He served as Far East Director with BIMI for ten years and then continued with the mission agency as President and General Director for nineteen years.
From 2003 to 2017, Dr. Sisk serves as the chairman of the Missions Department of West Coast Baptist College, a ministry of Lancaster Baptist Church in Lancaster, California.
Dr. Sisk currently serves as President/General Director Emeritus of BIMI. The mission has 800 plus missionaries serving in over 100 fields around the world. He has traveled and preached in approximately eighty different countries. He travels to preach in mission conferences, Bible colleges, seminaries, and churches around the world, encouraging and training missionaries.
Dr. Don Sisk, Series: Principles For Life, Principles For Life (Parts II-V), Sunday School, 7/22/2018
Outline:
I. Relationships are more important than things or fame. (Matthew 6:19-21)
- Personal Relationship with the Lord (John 3:1-18)
- Daily walk with the Lord (Psalm 46:10)
- Husband and wife relationship (Ephesians 5:22-33)
- Parent and child relationship (Ephesians 6:1-4)
- Employer and employee relationship (Ephesians 6:5-9)
- Relationship with the church (Luke 15)
II. Nothing anyone can do to me will harm me; only my reaction can harm me. (Romans 8:28)
* Joseph *
- Sold into slavery (Genesis 37:23-28)
- Served in Potiphar's house (Genesis 39:1-6)
- Lied on and put into prison (Genesis 39:7-20)
- He was placed in prison. (Genesis 39:22)
- He became the prime minister.
* Ahithophel * (II Samuel 16:23)
- David’s chief counselor (II Chronicles 27:33)
- He and David were very close friends.
- When Absalom rebelled, Ahithophel joined with him.
- He was the grandfather of Bathsheba.
Note: Compare II Samuel 23:34 and 11:3)
- He became bitter. (Hebrews 12:5; Colossians 3:19)
- He desired to kill David. (II Samuel 17:1-3)
- He killed himself. (II Samuel 17:23)
III. It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)
* How we should give? (I Chronicles 29: 1–14)
- Liberally
- Sacrificially
- Joyfully
- Willingly
- Humbly
* The results of proper giving.
- It provokes God’s pleasure
- It perpetuates God’s provisions
- It protects God’s people
IV. Each person is a creation of God and is unique. (Jeremiah 1:5)
- God created us
- God knows us
- God has separated us
- God has a purpose for us
V. Happiness is a by-product of relationship to God, not a goal. (Philippians 4:4-19)
* Contentment
- Where I am
- With what I have
- With whom I am with
- I can do all things through Christ
- I have everything
- I can accept anything
* How to prevent worry
- Right thinking
- Right living
VI. If I do the little things well, big things will take care of themselves. (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
- Do them promptly
- Do them pleasantly
- Do them persistently
- Do them passionately
- Do them prayerfully
- Do them patiently
VII. Change is always possible. (Ecclesiastes 11:4)
- Don't get too high when things are going well
- Don't get too low when things aren't going well
VIII. We must not take ourselves too seriously. (Romans 12:3; James 4:14)
- We must be serious about the Word
- We must be serious about God's calling
- We must be serious about His command
IV. Everyone and everything are my teachers. (I Cor. 12:12)
- Each of us are one, but only one
* Since God made me what He wanted me to be, that excludes:
- All boasting
- All jealousy
- All grumbling
- All unthankfulness
X. Be all that you can be all the time. (Esther 4:13-14)
