The Local Church Pastor Tonight we will begin a short series on the benefits of being a member of a local church. The topics in this series will cover subjects like the pastor, a body in which to grow and function (Eph 4:11-16), fellowship and mutual support through prayer and...
When They Turn On You What to do when your friends start trashing you with their tongues, like Job’s friends did to him, or try to destroy you like Joseph’s brothers did to him. What to do when they turn on you. Don’t listen to or answer their words. Prov...
How to Live in Perilous Times Hab. 3:18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There is no question that the world is in perilous times. And the topic among Christians often concerns how to live in perilous times. Some want to hunker down and await the coming “storm,” some want all the...
In God We Trust Ps 18:2 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you walk into the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., you see a remarkable testimony to God in that building. In the Rotunda you see 8 large paintings of the Exploration and Colonization of America and of the American Revolution. One...
In My Days When Isaiah prophesied to Hezekiah what the Babylonians would do to his house and his sons, Hezekiah replied, “Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days”? His response reveals a selfish attitude that as long as I have peace and truth in my...
My Peace The Lord gave his disciples peace and told them, let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. This was immediately before his crucifixion. They were going to be severely troubled and horribly afraid. Yet, Jesus said, “My peace I give unto you”. There is no...
When Ye Pray Believe In Mk 11:24, Jesus told his disciples, “when ye pray believe”. In Mk 11:22 he said, “Have faith in God”. So, we are to pray in faith, believing. Yet, there are three things that can prevail against your faith and weaken it. We’re going to talk...
In Matt 26:41, the Lord’s instruction to his disciples in the garden of Gethsemane was not just to pray, but to watch and pray. This watch is like a sentry on watch. So, like a sentry, we need to be ready to respond to any situation with prayer no matter...
If we do not reproduce ourselves and bear fruit we will die out. The seed in the good ground “beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” The seed sown among thorns was choked out and “he becometh unfruitful.” So, it is evident that the Lord...
Pray for Others 1 Sam. 12:23 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO As a judge in Israel, Samuel considered the failure to pray for others in Israel a sin. Samuel said, “God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you…” [1 Sam 12:23]. Perhaps, it is not...
