We sent this out with the Prayer Prods yesterday... Thoughts for a New Year: From Psalm 51 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall... Continue Reading →
I Peter 1 – Christmas
I Peter 1:10-11, Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. And it was all brought together... Continue Reading →
I Peter 1 – Greatly Rejoice!
I Peter 1:6a, In this you Greatly Rejoice! Rejoice in what? The context will tell us... I Peter 1:1-9, Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to... Continue Reading →
Exodus 34 and Christmas
34:5, Now the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. The Lord came down and His name was declared. Sounds like Christmas! Luke 2:9-11, And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not... Continue Reading →
The Gospel
Based on a sermon given by Pastor John MacArthur with annotations by PK... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MExTc_SpQ0Q God’s people are to be about the Gospel. I Corinthians 1:17, For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. Be about the... Continue Reading →
Mental Health
Psalm 139 1 O Lord You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought afar off.... 1. 13, You formed my inward parts - knit me together - caused and developed all systems 2. 13, You covered me in my mother's womb... Continue Reading →
Bad Church
This was a recent men’s small group study: Zephaniah 3:1-51 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, to the oppressing city!2 She has not obeyed His voice, She has not received correction; She has not trusted in the Lord, She has not drawn near to her God.3-4 Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are evening wolves that leave not a bone till morning. Her prophets are insolent... Continue Reading →
JESUS!
“World Economic Forum and Klaus Schwab all get to be god except Jesus”, Pastor Jack Hibbs. Jesus! A name so very common, so very divisive, so powerful, so differently defined. Many people believe in Jesus as the founder of a great world religion. Many people believe in Jesus as their Savior giving them rights and... Continue Reading →
Righteousness Exalts
Proverbs 14:34, Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. By Ray Stedman, 1971 “I have never forgotten something I learned years ago when in Hawaii. It is recorded in the motto of that fiftieth state. This motto is a result of the work of the early Christian missionaries who came from... Continue Reading →
Jesus’ Touch
In Mark 5, Jesus entered a demon-infested, deathly dark and worldly place to transform one man into a follower and to commission him to show and tell those around him about Jesus. Jesus came as a missionary and left behind a missionary. The area was a place once given to hearing God, obeying God and... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 