Stepping out in faith…
In his letter to the Philippians, Paul talks to them about Timothy who has been such a big help to Paul. 19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. 20 I have no one else like him, who …
This blog post is what I gleaned from the sermon on 2/26/23 by Tom Walters. 5But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.6For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my …
As I prepare to write the blog post about our sermon each Sunday, I look over my notes and references from the Bible text. I look to God for his guidance before I start to type and ask him to guide my words. This sermon series has been a tough one personally. When I look …
This is my take on the sermon for 10/2/22. That may seem like a strange title for a blog post about Genesis 26, but that’s what caught my attention right away. Callouses can make things easier, but it takes time and hard work to build them. Our pastor talked about building callouses as a drummer …
We all have faith in something. When you sit down in a chair, do you examine it first to see if it’s sturdy enough to hold you or do you just sit down with faith that it’ll do what it’s supposed to do? Do you take the medicine you got at the pharmacy having faith …
In this desert we’ve been in for the past 2 years, it’s easy to keep our focus on the darkness that had settled in around us. But, it’s time to do a new thing! 18 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it …
Imagine what it must have been like early in the morning on the first day of the week as the women took spices to the tomb of Jesus. They had worked the day before the Sabbath on the preparations to follow the observance of the law. Their Savior had been crucified, but they continued their …
Image by Devon Breen from Pixabay What would be a temptation for you after fasting for 40 days and 40 nights? I would be famished! Food would be the first thing on my mind, I feel for sure. But this morning as we looked at the temptation of Jesus in Matthew 4, I saw it …
Our Sunday morning service normally starts with music as we begin our worship service. But in this morning, there was no music, no singing. I am in the praise band and I choose to use music in my personal worship time. But as our pastor, Jon Porter, pointed out this morning, music or singing are …
Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. - Matthew 28:19-20 We find ourselves living in troubling times. As long as I can remember, I've believed in God. …
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