Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Waiting On The Bank

EXODUS 14:10-14; 21-25 – When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord. 11 They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the…

Our Hiding God

ISAIAH 45:15 – Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. THEME OF THE DAY. OUR HIDING GOD. Sometimes it feels like it – God hiding Himself especially during trying times when we cry out for His comforting presence and we are met with a silence and no relief. We feel abandoned, even ignored by the…

Humility: The Chief Virtue in the Christian Life – Part 4

This Lord’s Day evening, we continue our study of the wisdom book of Proverbs with the theme – humility; the most important virtue in the Christian life. Without humility, one cannot become a Christian or grow as a Christian. In the evening study, we will look at humility taught, commanded and rewarded by Jesus and the Apostles Paul, James and Peter.

Nighttime Visitations

ISAIAH 26:9 – My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. THEME OF THE DAY. NIGHTTIME VISITATIONS. All of us experience sleepless nights. Believers and unbelievers alike. There are multiple reasons for being kept awake at night. Some of these reasons are common to both believers and unbelievers; work, stress, anxiety, worry, sickness, physical discomfort,…

It Begins In The Mind

ISAIAH 26:3-4 – You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. THEME OF THE DAY. IT BEGINS IN THE MIND. One of the most important impacts Christians may have in our world is to live out the promise Jesus gave…

Suffering And The Christian Life

ISAIAH 25:8-9 – He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. 9 It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.…