Remember, O LORD, that My Life is But a Breath!
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany February 4, 2018 Job 7:1-7 Remember, O God, that My Life is But a Breath! Does not man have hard service on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired man? Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages, so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me. When I lie down I think, “How…
Temper Your Freedom with Love!
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany January 28, 2018 I Corinthians 8:1-13 Temper Your Freedom with Love! Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God. So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at…
Proclaim the Message I Gave You!
The Third Sunday after Epiphany January 21, 2018 Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Proclaim the Message I Gave You! Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city—a visit required three days. On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: …
Come and See!
The Second Sunday after Epiphany January 14, 2018 John 1:43-51 Come and See! The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.” Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael…
It’s 2018– Are You Ready?
New Year’s Eve December 31, 2017 Luke 12:35-40 It’s 2018— Are You Ready? “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have…
Come, Lord Jesus…to Fulfill God’s Promises!
The Fourth Sunday in Advent December 24, 2017 2 Samuel 7:8-16 Come, Lord Jesus…to Fulfill God’s Promises “Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture and from following the flock to be ruler over my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now, I will make your name great, like the names of…
Come, Lord Jesus…to Set Us Free!
The Third Sunday in Advent December 17, 2017 Isaiah 61:1-3, 10, 11 Come, Lord Jesus…to Set Us Free! The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to…
Come, Lord Jesus… to Comfort Us!
The Second Sunday in Advent December 10, 2017 Isaiah 40:1-11 Come, Lord Jesus…to Comfort Us Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. A voice of one calling: “In the desert prepare the way for the LORD, make straight in the wilderness a highway…
Juanita Campbell Funeral Devotion
Funeral Devotion Juanita Campbell December 3, 2017 Revelation 7:9-17 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ— especially you, Juanita’s family: Since I had the pleasure of knowing Juanita for just a little over two years, I asked her family if there was anything they would want us to remember about her. They gave me a list of what they call “Juanita-isms.” Let me share a few of them with you today. Best soup maker— ever Knowledgeable in so…
Come Lord Jesus… To Give Us Confidence!
The First Sunday in Advent December 3, 2017 Isaiah 64:1-8 Come Lord Jesus… To Give Us Confidence! Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you! As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the nations to quake before you! For when you did awesome things that we did not expect you came down, and the…