You are saved to make a Difference on earth. Making a difference is your covenant and creative right. God and creation are waiting for your manifestation. Rise! Shine!

God’s Character Commands our Joy, Trust and Submission Let’s go ahead and turn to Psalm 100 this morning and as we look at the what God’s Character demands of us. A Psalm for Thanksgiving. 1 Shout joyfully to the Lord , all the earth. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.…

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without…

What is the Image of God?

John Macarthur and further back the SBC have made Women’s roles in the life of the church a front and center issue. The SBC had knuckle heads making statements like… a women in my pulpit… never . Then a couple of weeks ago, John MacArthur made the satement about Beth Moore… stay home. Unfortunately today…

Priestly Blessing 22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: 24 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; 26 The Lord lift up His countenance…

What do you think of when you think Pride? There has been a big controversy lately in the news having to do with athletic ware. Now I am not going to dig into this silly controversy but what I do want to mention is something important about it. The real issue that is at the surface of all this is arrogance.…

Intro Today we are looking at Psalm 51 . As you turn there in your Bibles or look it up on your device, I want to tell you about Timothy Keller and his brother-in-law. Timothy Keller tells this story in his book Preaching to the Heart: “My brother-in-law would never wear a seat belt in the car. I berated…

We continue our study through the book of Genesis.

intro Text - Genesis 22.6-8 6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. 7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” Then he said, “Look,…

God has favor towards you. Just because we don’t see the full plan doesn’t mean God isn’t in control.

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of…

The word “test” doesn’t have the most positive associations in the English language, even though it is technically neutral. It can refer to a formal exam given by an instructor or a task from someone genuinely seeking to discover some truth—a test of strength or testing a hypothesis. It can also refer…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is just two verses. Once again we focus on Ruth’s profession of faith found in Ruth 1 . But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your…

Soli Deo Gloria- Glory to God Alone

Good Morning! How’s everyone doing today? Awesome! Let’s pray together. Father, we thank You for being such a good, good God. We thank You for not abandoning us when we rebel against You, and for always pursuing us. We thank You for Your unending love for us that drove You to leave Your throne in heaven…

Where is your Sword? 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and…

Since I have been with my wife Christina she has tried and tried to get me to love and enjoy some of the old movies, mainly the ones that are called musicals. In fact, I can honestly say I enjoyed watching some of them with her and of course I have my own personal favorites, like “Singing in the Rain…

Naked and afraid. What do our emotions and defense mechanisms mena foir ouyr relationship with God?

One Blood 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 And hath made of one…

We return to our study of Genesis.