ME: Superficial conversations - How are you? Fine! Good . Okay. I try to answer honestly. But sometimes it feels easier to tell a simple lie. There are some moments, some days, some seasons where when someone asks me how I’m doing I should say, I’m Not okay. I may look fine, talk/act normal. But if I’m…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, we come before you today with Joy in our hearts. Joy for being in this space together. Joy for being able to be together. And joy for the day itself which represents the day in which our new lives can begin. We thank you and praise you this day for all these things…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this first Sunday in Lent, we are standing at the stream of life and longing for your presence amongst us in this time that seems to be a never ending period of grief, despair, sorrow, and sadness. We are ready to celebrate and be able to praise you once again.…

Let us pray…God, may the words of my mouth, the meditations of all of our hearts, and the willingness of our spirits be pleasing unto you this day. Today’s time of reflection on this Psalm is going to be a bit different for us. I know I typically spend time relating the scripture to our lives but I want…

An absence of hope leads to a loss of vision, a sense of despondency and ultimately to despair. This contrasts sharply with the Christian hope.

Hello and welcome to our episode for today. I hope everyone is doing well. Staying in doors during this time of a sort of a shared national sacrifice. As we are deliberately working to stay away from each other with the threat of the pandemic we are currently experiencing . For some people this can bring…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this day that we celebrate Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem and immediately move to his passion, we ask that you help us to open our hearts, minds and spirits to your still speaking voice above the din of all other voices in our hearts, minds, and spirits so that…

Today there is a faulty perspective of Jesus that is extremely dangerous and very seductive. This is exposed by David Platt in his book Radical . In a blog David wrote, We American Christians have a way of taking the Jesus of the Bible and twisting him into a version of Jesus that we are more comfortable…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we gather this day, we are reminded that your love knows no limits and no bounds. Help us in this time to remember and reflect on this idea so that we can find comfort and peace in a time that is out of our control, and remind us that your time is perfect. Now,…

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Psalm 88 Introduction I enjoy blues music. I don't know why I like it because it is actually quite sad music. When the African people came to America, they were brought over as slaves and they suffered greatly. They sang songs which expressed their suffering and they used the term "blues" to describe…

ss=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>1) 7-21-09…AM…SBC 2)“A Ghastly Pandemic” Part 1 Mark 10:1-12 Introduction: 1- there is a battle going on today that reaches farther than the borders of Iraq, Afghanistan and North Korea 2- this battlefront reaches not only our borders but the borders…

Introduction Discouragement can cause fear, anxiety, confusion, sadness, anger and may just plain cause us to quit or leave. It is literally the opposite of inspiration and being encouraged. Discouragement usually hits when we are feeling pretty good about a situation and something or someone comes along…

February 17, 2012 By John Barnett Read, Print, and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org Jesus taught such a comforting, hope-filled message of His return to rescue His Church before the Tribulation, that His disciples went everywhere teaching this same truth. When Paul had only…

Introduction There are certain sights, sounds and smells that can immediately remind me of certain events or seasons in life. So, for example, the changing color of tree leaves, or the smell of a bonfire or pumpkin pie can immediately remind me of the Fall season or memories of Thanksgiving. The smell…

September 03/06, 2020 Dominant Thought: God’s great love wakes us up each morning to walk with Him. Objectives: • I want my listeners to understand the importance of expressing sadness. • I want my listeners to establish a morning practice to celebrate the mercies of God. • I want my listeners to limit…

Introduction We have now competed reading through the first book of the Psalms. As a reminder, or for those of you who have missed the first sermon, we are going to take a look at the Psalms through a different lens than what we have been use to reading the Psalms. The Five books of Psalms Arrangements…