I decided to make last week’s message on wisdom the first in a series I have called Fortifying the Family. Each message will have something in it that can fortify or strengthen your family. Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company said, “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” […]
Kent Crockett wrote, “The attitude of gratitude is important for several reasons: Thankfulness acknowledges that God is our provider. Thankfulness prevents a complaining spirit. Thankfulness creates a positive outlook on life. Thankfulness invites joy to dwell in our hearts.” (Kent Crockett, Making Today Count for Eternity, Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 2001, pp. 161) Transition The […]
Do you make bad choices? Do you buy things that are a waste? Do you eat unhealthy food? Do you think about immoral things? Do you easily get tricked by sales people? Do you make foolish decisions? Do you react without thinking? Do you dress to impress people? Are your hair styles worldly? Are some […]
When we receive a letter or an email, one of the first things we do is look to see who it is from. No one wants to read a letter without knowing who wrote it. For this reason, our custom of signing the letter at the end is rather impractical. Letters in the New Testament […]
As we come to the final chapter of David’s life, we are reminded that life will one day come to an end. Advancing in years is a funny feeling. When I was young, death seemed like an unrealistic distant future event. In my middle years, death still seemed too far away to think much about […]
This morning we are going to go back in time to about the year 50 AD. This is about 20 years after Christ returned to heaven. We are going to travel with Paul and Silas on their second missionary trip. Turn with me to Acts 15:40. They travelled from Antioch of Syria through Cilicia confirming […]
Before David died he had a desire to prepare materials for the temple of the Lord that Solomon would build. David loved the Lord as we can tell from his Psalms. He wrote in Psalms 29:2, “Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” And […]
1st Reason to Study the Bible Daily So you can learn to Fear God Deuteronomy 17:19 “And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to […]
In 1835, Joseph Smith, the Mormon founder, claimed he learned in vision and by the Spirit that the coming of the Lord was nigh, 56 years should wind up the scene. History of the Church, vol. 2, p. 182 (Feb 14, 1835) William Miller, founder of the SDA religion, predicted that Christ would return before […]
As we begin, I want us to read the Christmas story found in Luke 2:1-7; 2:8-20. While it is exciting to read the story of how God took on a human body and came into this world, it is far more important that we understand why He came to the earth. Transition (Read John 3:17) […]