A grandmother was looking after her two little grandchildren – a 7-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy. They were naughty. When it came time for their mother to pick them up, the little girl said, “Are you going to tell Mummy?” The grandmother replied, “No, I’m not. But if she asks me, I can’t tell […]
Today is Mother’s Day. It is a day to thank, praise, comfort and encourage our mothers. In our message this morning, we are going to learn how Jesus brought comfort to a burdened mother. Every mother daily carries motherhood burdens on her shoulders of sleepless nights, crying children, and exhaustion, but the burdens of some […]
Ahab’s Death Sentence Date: 6 May 2020 Text: 1 Kings 21:21-29 Key Lesson: There will be payday someday. Elijah’s Pronouncement (v.21-24) § God will bring evil upon you. Evidently, by this time Elijah had told him what God had said in verse 19. The last thing any of us want is to have God say […]
The next king in our study of the kings of Israel and Judah is a young man named Joash (Jehoash). He was a good king during the first part of his 40-year reign, but then turned bad. What went wrong? He lacked personal godly character. What is character? “Character can be defined as what makes […]
Throughout the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon makes many contrasts using the words “better … than”. We have noted several already. However, here in chapter 7, he gives us a cluster of these contrasting statements. On the first read of them, they may seem backward to your thinking, but as we examine them more closely, I […]
Ahab’s Last Straw Date: 29 April 2020 Text: 1 Kings 21:1-20 Key Lesson: God’s patience will eventually run out. Ahab’s Selfishness § Naboth had a vineyard in Jezreel (v.1). King Ahab wanted it and offered to buy it or to trade for it (v.2). This was a selfish demand. Naboth refused because of God’s law […]
We live in an age of compromise. Many Christians are taking a soft stand and leaning toward the world. The Apostle Paul wrote these helpful words to the carnal church at Corinth, (1 Corinthians 16:13) “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.” Like the Corinthian believers, we must watch […]
Children often lack the wisdom to discern what is good for them. Given the choice, they will choose to eat sweets rather than veggies, to stay ignorant rather than go to school, to play rather than to work, and to be selfish rather than to share. Unfortunately, many adults are just big kids. They too […]
Key Lesson: God is still seeking men to preach the Word. Elisha’s Call to Preach (v.19) Obeying God’s orders, Elijah, having found Elisha, walked out into the freshly ploughed field. As Elisha’s oxen pulled their plough passed where Elijah was standing, he took his old hairy mantle and cast it upon Elisha’s shoulders. In those […]
Psalm 107 reminds me of the cycles found in the book of Judges (prosperity > sin > oppression > repent > mercy > prosperity). However, in this Psalm, the emphasis is on God’s sovereign ways to get us to do right and to praise Him for his lovingkindness. These are two lessons that we often […]