Our Amazing Shepherd 16 February 2020 AM – Hebrews 13:20-21 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: The Psalmist referred to Jehovah God as his Shepherd. (Psalms 23:1) “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” The Prophet Isaiah continued that analogy, (Isaiah 40:11) “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather […]
Three Vital Duties 9 February 2020 AM – Hebrews 13:17 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: A lifeguard had vital duties to perform to save a drowning person’s life. Their life depends on his performance. As Christians, God gives us some vital duties to perform in order to please Him. Transition: The verse before us […]
Take Your Stand 2 February 2020 AM – Hebrews 13:9-16 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: An old proverb states, “You cannot have your cake and eat it too.” In other words if you keep your cake, you cannot eat it. However, if you eat it you cannot keep it. You must make a choice. […]
Fortifying Your Faith 26 January 2020 AM – Hebrews 13:7-8 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: Faith is acting upon trusted information. On more than one occasion, Jesus rebuked his disciples for their lack of faith. I can relate to that. Perhaps you can too. Our faith often needs fortifying. Transition: The apostle gives us […]
God is Enough! 19 January 2020 AM – Hebrews 13:5-6 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: Do you have enough money? G.K. Chesterton once said, “There are two ways to get enough: One is to accumulate more and more, the other is to desire less.” Think about that! (Read it again.) Read Hebrews 13:5-6. As […]
Loving Fellow Believers 24 November 2019 AM – Hebrews 13:1-3 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: God has made it so that we naturally love our family siblings. As youngsters, we may not have always showed it, but we did love our brothers and sisters. We were a family. We stuck together. We helped each […]
Urgent Warnings 17 November 2019 AM – Hebrews 12:12-29 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: When I was a boy, we lived in an area that occasionally experienced tornadoes. During tornado season, we would listen to the radio during stormy weather. Whenever the weather bureau posted tornado warnings, we had a special crawl space under […]
Enduring Spiritual Training 10 November 2019 AM – Hebrews 12:5-11 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: Read text. God’s chastening seems out of context here. As I pondered and prayed over why the apostle reminds these Jews of God’s chastening, I discovered that the word translated “chastening” (v.5) actually refers to the whole training and […]
Running with Endurance 3 November 2019 AM – Hebrews 12:1-4 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: In an athletic race, the prize is not for those who enter the race but for those who complete the race. The same is true in the Christian life. Living for Christ is like running a race. Building on […]
A Better Thing for Us 20 October 2019 AM – Hebrews 11:30-40 – Heb19 – Scott Childs Introduction: The entire eleventh chapter of Hebrews contains examples of men and women who had faith in God. By their faith in God, they pleased God. By their faith, they received many blessings from God. However, in the […]