Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

Who Has The Keys

Philippians 2:9-11 – Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”   THEME OF THE DAY: WHO…

Devoted To The Lord

Leviticus 27:28 – “But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.”   THEME OF THE DAY. DEVOTED TO THE LORD.  Are we devoted to the Lord?  I know that may seem…

An Encouraging Word for Discouraging Times

This Lord’s Day evening, Pastor Jim take us into one of the most encouraging and comforting chapters found in our Bibles – Isaiah 40. As we live in such discouraging times, God shows us how He is the God of all comfort, strength, and grace for such times in the lives of His children in the beautiful chapter of Isaiah 40.

Seeing Jesus

John 1:40-42a – One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.  He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ).  He brought him to Jesus.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SEEING JESUS. I stumbled across a book a few years ago entitled The Inner…

Beating the Blues

Psalm 119:164 – Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.”   THEME OF THE DAY. BEATING THE BLUES.  Every Christian goes through those spiritual experiences called “the blues”; those down times of sadness, maybe discouragement or depression, that just don’t have a cause.  We are not in sin. Nor are we totally dysfunctional. We simply are stuck in…