Fight the Good Fight On Memorial Day, the flag is first raised to full-staff and then slowly lowered to half-staff where it remains until noon.  At noon, it is raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day.  When the flag is at half-staff, we commemorate the sacrifice of the...

Hear and Keep the Word In reply to a woman in the crowd, Jesus said, “Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it”.  That’s the theme of this passage today, Lk 11:27-36.  Hear and keep the word. Those who hear and keep the word… They are...

A True Assessment In 2 Ki 8:7-15, Hazael went to meet Elisha to inquire whether the Syrian King, Benhadad, would recover from his disease. Elisha said, “Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover”.  Then Elisha added to Hazael, “howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die”....

Whom You Will Follow At some point in your life, you must decide whom you will follow.  If you decide that you want to follow Jesus, then you need to count the cost of being his disciple.  Following Jesus will likely affect your family relationships and friendships, even to the...

Casting Out A Devil On this day in Jesus’s ministry he was casting out a devil.  What he said to the people after the devil was cast out is what we are studying today. This was a dumb devil.  The devil manifested itself in the man.  When it was gone...

Ways To Witness In the Bible we find several ways to witness to your friends.  You can: Show them, 1 Thes 1:6-10.  The Thessalonians had such a testimony that Paul wrote, “in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad”.  The news of your salvation spreads when you have...

The Kingdoms and Religion In this study of the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God, we want to understand where we are today with these kingdoms. This will help us to understand the kingdoms and religion. We have seen thus far that the kingdom of heaven is a...

Appreciation For Mothers This is Mothers Day and we usually give our mothers special attention on this day.  We show our appreciation for mothers.  The best thing you can do for your mother is to: Honor her – Eph 6:1-3 is the first command with promise.  To honor is to...

Teach Us To Pray One of Jesus’s disciples said to him, “Teach us to pray”.  And he did.  He taught them what to say, and how often to say it.  He also gave them a prayer promise and proof of that promise. Jesus taught his disciples that prayer should address:...

The Way Which Thou Shalt Go The Lord said that he will do three things for you in the way which thou shalt go. He said: I will instruct thee.  Throughout our lives, we are faced with choices that we must make.  And these choices are usually like the proverbial...