Each week our pastors study diligently to deliver practical, thought-provoking messages from the Word of God.
In the Christian life, brothers and sisters in Christ are running together and along side one another. We all slip up; we all stumble. It is only human. When that happens, it is the responsibility of those brothers and sisters around us to help. We are to help one another. However, we cannot help one another if we are not close enough to do so. We cannot bare burdens at arm’s length. It requires connection.
Read MoreHow you come to the Lord matters. How you respond to Christ determines His response to you. No one loves you like the Lord, but the response you get from Him will be a direct result of the response you give to Him.
Read MoreWhen was the last time you needed God to do something special in your life? When was the last time you really needed God? The challenge from this message is simple: live in such a way that you need God. We all need stories to tell about what God is doing in our lives and if we don’t have them, maybe we are not doing all we can and should for God.
Read MoreAs a church family, we are instructed to give to the work of the Lord equally. If one member (or group of members) gives more than another, less is being accomplished, and some are being over burdened. Christ desires everyone to be involved in accomplishing his mission for the church.
Read MoreWe have a choice before us regarding our giving. Our choice will reflect what we esteem, what’s important to us. We make choices about what’s important to us every moment of every day. We choose what to invest our limited resources in.
Read MoreThe paradox of Proverb 11:24 runs throughout the Word of God. Open hands lead to more, and clenched hands lead to less. When it comes to generosity or the lack thereof, you will live in the environment you create.
Read MoreAs Children of God, we all face very big moments, moments in which someone's eternal destiny may be on the line. However, when faced with these moments, we often make excuses. If you say "yes" to the excuse, you say "no" to the opportunity. We must focus on the opportunity, not the excuses.
Read MoreThere are many things in life we may wish we could forget. At the same time, there are many things we better not forget. We are to have compassion on those who have not because we were once those who had not. God is saying, "Have mercy on the have nots because you used to be one too." God forbid we ever lose sight of what we were.
Read MoreOur response to a blessing matters. God cares how we respond to His blessing. We have all been blessed by simply knowing Christ. However, Christ said that it is more blessed to give than to receive. The blessings we have received should compel us to give to others. Through our giving, God blesses others.
Read MoreAs God blesses, we are obligated to be a blessing to others, we are to contribute to a cause outside our walls. How will the gospel go forth if we don't think outside ourselves and outside our walls?
Read MoreMission effects how we live and behave. Your heart will be effected by the mission you choose to serve. If your heart is given to a mission, that will effect what you do. Our mission effects our decisions. Deciding what our mission is in advance can have an effect on the direction of our lives.
Read MoreThere is a temptation to be ashamed of the gospel message. But there is nothing to be ashamed of; it is a powerful message. It has the power to change the world, and because of its power, we have an obligation to share it.
Read MoreJesus was busy in His ministry, but He still took the time to stop and observe. He saw people in there condition and was moved in His heart. There was no one to help them. This led Jesus to command us to pray that more people would go to help them.
Read MoreThe word of God repeatedly warns us against believing the deceptive teachings of false prophets. There is perhaps no greater danger to God’s people than the intentional mixing of truth and falsehood. As God’s timetable for our planet draws to a conclusion, there will be a proliferation of those who will teach a compromised version of God’s word for selfish gain and self aggrandizement. The apex of all those who distort the truth of the Bible will be the Antichrist and his false prophet.
Read MoreWe can't go into God's presence and expect Him to receive our worship if we dishonor and abuse those He loves and those who are created in His image. Your treatment of others is a reflection of your estimation of the value of God.
Read MoreJosiah's ambitions exceeded God's direction. We have to remember God's sovereignty. We have to do things God's way. A failure to do things God's way will mess up happy. Lean on your own understanding, and you will pay the price.
Read MoreThe inevitable cannot be escaped. Life in a fallen world has inevitable hardship and hurt. We can't escape all things, but by the grace of God, we can survive all things. The things that hurt us do not have to destroy us. We win by dying in faith. A world of darkness and God-hating is inevitable. Be prepared for the inevitability of hardship, and be ready to endure it in faith.
Read MoreThe second great offense in the book of Malachi was that the priests were allowing the first to take place. They were accepting and facilitating faulty worship. Because the Levites were provided for by the people, they were literally hurting themselves by accepting the pathetic offerings from the people. So the people were being lead to stumble, and by their stumbling they were hurting those who were leading. Our failure to do right hurts ourselves and others. We diminish our lives and the lives of others by failing to uphold the truth.
Read MoreThe temple did not and could not function apart from the service of good people. Just as the temple did not and could not, our church cannot function without the service of good people.
Read MoreEven against the most hostile attack, God is greater. We overcome our spiritual deficit and fate not though ourselves or anything we do, but by the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. It was that event on the cross that allows us to stand before God one day cleansed by the blood of the Lamb. Nothing Satan can do will take that away. It does not matter if it looks like Satan is winning both on earth and in our lives, we don’t have to be discouraged because we know that God is greater and that He has already won. However, even though Satan’s doom is sure, that does not mean he is not fighting and causing casualties. What are you doing to help the winning side? You can’t win a war you won’t fight in. We need to be soldiers in this life.
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