Four Questions:

1. A Ransom From What?
2. A Ransom By What?
3. A Ransom To What?
4. A Ransom Paid to Whom?

Text: 2 Kings 6:24-7:20

1. We become selfish about good stuff
2. We become silent about good news
3. We become skeptical of a good God

1. Outline of the Swedish Method
2. Joshua 1

1. Outline of the Swedish Method
2. Philippians 4

1. Outline of the Swedish Method
2. Psalm 65

Resources mentioned:

• You Can Change by Tim Chester

• Devoted to God: Blueprints for Sanctification by Sinclair Ferguson

• The Hole In Our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung

• The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul

Series: Acts: The Advance of the Kingdom
Text: Acts 12:1-19
Theme: We must utilize prayer as a weapon for the advance of the kingdom.

Kingdom-advancing prayer is...

One: Combative.

Two: Focused.

Three: Loving.

Four: Trusting.

• In God whose will included the death of James.
• In God whose power accomplished the deliverance of Peter.

Five: Unifying.