Our Bible verses tonight are addressed to children. David encouraged children to listen as he taught them the fear of the LORD, that is, how to live to please and honour God. He said, if you desire a good long life, you must fear the LORD. (Read text) For those who learn to fear the […]
My father on the farm became a fairly good welder. He taught me a little, but I never caught on. One thing I did learn is to protect my eyes around welding. The bright light can blind a person. The Psalmist also determined to protect his eyes, but in another way. Read Psalm 101:3a. Protecting […]
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No one is born humble. Our sinful natures lean toward selfish pride making humility is one of the most difficult virtues to develop. Humility does not just happen, yet it is very beneficial. When facing God’s judgment, wicked King Ahab humbled himself and even he experienced benefits of humility. (Read text) Transition This evening I […]
Show a picture of my parents. This is not my parents; it is a picture of them. It is a type of them. The same is true of the OT tabernacle. (Draw a picture of the tabernacle.) It is only a type of the real tabernacle in heaven. When Christ died on the cross and […]
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A young man spent an entire evening telling his sweetheart how much he loved her. He said that he could not live without her; that he would go to the ends of the earth for her; yes, he said he would even die for her. However, on leaving, he said, “I’ll see you tomorrow night […]
When Melody and I were first married, we had an old washing machine that had a wringer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed to remove the water from the clothes. Each piece of clothing was manually fed through the wringer. Today, we have a front-load automatic washing machine that washes […]
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When wolves hunt for prey, they usually work in packs. They may chase their prey until the young, weak, or sick lag behind making an easy target. Wolves often wound their prey and wait for exhaustion to wear them down. They hunt well in deep, crusted snow. Large animals like deer and elk break through […]