What price would you give to buy your spouse? What is he or she worth to you? In the USA, men give an engagement ring to express the surpassing value of their chosen. In other countries, a bride price is paid. What price would you give for the companionship of your God? I ask not […]
How big is your God? However big, however great, however glorious and magnificent, let me encourage you he is bigger, he is greater, he is more glorious, more magnificent, more powerful, more spectacular, more worthy of fear and awe than you have ever conceived or imagined before.
The Skillful Life 4 ~ Job and the Surpassing Greatness ~ August 7, 2022 Live Stream Read More »
The world and our flesh betray us and tempt us frequently to wickedness. It’s enough to drive anyone to despair. Psalm 5 is David’s answer, King David’s wrestling with this very thing. How is it that we should handle this battle? What should be the state of our heart, our inner being as we face
The Skillful Life 3 ~ Crave Goodness, Crave God – Psalm 5 ~ July 31, 2022 Live Stream Read More »
Sometimes, what Scripture doesn’t say says a lot. In the opening stanza of Psalm 2, rebellious humanity doesn’t demand of God a proof of his existence or his good will towards them or his right to rule over them. God’s right to rule over them is assumed, even by them. It’s the basic starting point
Proverbs 1:7 (and the verses around it, but particularly this one) highlights the fundamental difference between fools and wise people in this life. The one factor that dictates whether a man or woman is wise – that is, he or she is skillful in this life – or he or she is a fool –
What a privilege we have to worship God freely, to gather in his name, to study Scripture together, and to order our lives in obedience to his commands! The freedom we have is truly a rarity as one looks back through human history. May the Lord help us never to take it for granted! Many
Jerusalem’s Children in Babylon ~ 1 Peter 5:11-13 ~ July 3, 2022 Live Stream Read More »
Two thousand years ago, God the Father sent his Son to a world infested with darkness, a world filled with men and women who were set against his law placed upon their hearts, a world not entirely dissimilar to ours. The roughly 7 billion men, women, and children who currently occupy the globe today were
Plums and Cornerstones ~ Isaiah 28:16-18 ~ June 26, 2022 Live Stream Read More »
Being a mother is often difficult. To conquer the will of a child is not always a pleasant or easy task; it is made more difficult if you stand alone as you try to do so. How important it is that husband and wife are partnered in the task that is child rearing. Husbands are
The Christ-like Woman: God’s Good Design ~ June 19, 2022 Live Stream Read More »
Just as Moses and Israel could not go it alone facing the forces of Amalek in the wilderness, so too we cannot and need not face the challenges of this life alone. Thankfully, Christ has sent us his Holy Spirit, the Helper! He is our support in the face of trials and sufferings! And not
Supported, Strengthened, and Solidly Founded ~ 1 Peter 5:10 ~ June 5, 2022 Live Stream Read More »
1 Peter 5:10 gives us three perspectives that can help us endure while we suffer for doing good. First, we must remember that in the greater context, the suffering lasts for a short time compared to the glory to come; second, we must trust that God intends joy for us – because he does; and
Restored to “Better than New” ~ 1 Peter 5:10 ~ May 29, 2022 Live Stream Read More »
