Psalm 42:5, “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? Why art thou disquieted in me? Hope thou in God.” The enemy and our own thoughts would cause us to be disheartened, disquieted, discontented, and eventually destroyed. To avoid disappointment, to avoid discouragement, to avoid depression or despair, have the right EXPECTATION. What do we … Read more
Dear friends, family and co-workers, The pathologist told the sisters today that Krista’s injuries were so severe that even doctors on the scene immediately would not have been able to save her. Her broken body will be laid aside but her Christ-like spirit and purified soul will live on forever. We are very grateful that … Read more
In the 16th chapter of Deuteronomy, in the latter part of the 16th verse, it says, “…they shall not appear before the Lord empty. Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which He hath given thee.” This verse speaks about the feast, and it would … Read more
Hymn 82, “Follow Me, Come Follow Me” Matthew 2. Who is Matthew? Matthew was a man who knew Jesus personally; he talked to Him, listened to Him and loved Him. Matthew had a job as a tax collector but, one day, he realized that God wanted him to tell people about Jesus and God … Read more
Acts 10, we may be familiar with the story of the Gospel helping Cornelius and his family, and the common thread through this story is that it involved praying people. It seems to fit all the encouragement we have had here so far, to pray. Cornelius had the responsibility of 100 soldiers. He wasn’t a … Read more
Luke 15, we read of a lost sheep, coin, and the prodigal son. I would like to talk to you today about some lost sheep; people who were spiritually lost. Why were they lost? Because they were bad? No. Or had done something wrong? No. A sheep is lost if it is far from the … Read more
I have a favorite story and I try to tell this story every place I go. So, I have a choice of telling the story either here or next week. Anyway, we don’t want to put it off until next week. The story is about my father during the second World War. He was on … Read more
There was a young worker over there in the Ukraine and every year at convention he said the same thing. And what did he say? “Another year.” And the next year he would say the same thing. So, maybe I’ll say it to you here, because he is not here – it is another year. … Read more
“We would see Jesus”, the theme of my thoughts this morning. We came here with the prayer that we would see and I think we have seen Him, high and lifted up. We need to see him as our salvation; seeing and following after Him. I’ve enjoyed looking at some in the scripture who saw … Read more
Sometimes we have our Bible study and we read it over and we have nothing. What can I say about that chapter? So we read it over again and I still do not see anything I could say in the chapter. Maybe you don’t have that chapter? Sometimes you read it over again and a … Read more