Jan 26, 2025
God Rewards – Hebrews 11:6 Who is God? What is God like? How does God interact with us? “And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” –...
Jan 19, 2025
Matthew 6:25-34 Jesus teaches that Father God is a Provider. (return to Sermon on the Mount context) “So I tell you, don’t worry about the food or drink you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is more than food, and the body...
Jan 12, 2025
We can all “seek first” the Kingdom of God in our prayer and daily living. “From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, ‘Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is near.’” – Matthew 4:17 NCV What did this subject of Jesus’ teaching mean...
Jan 5, 2025
Marked by pain, and yet Jabez asked God for blessing, expansion, God’s presence (guidance), and protection from “trouble and pain”. “There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth...
Dec 29, 2024
“There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth had been so painful. He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be...
Dec 22, 2024
Matthew 2:1-12 3 kings “magi” – men of wisdom who studied the stars, a person noted for unusual capacity of understanding, combining both the secular and religious, one with special wisdom about the meaning of the course of the stars and its interconnection with world...