Christians have long struggled to understand the various ways the Bible, especially the New Testament, talks about “the world.” In John 16:33, for example, Jesus tells His disciples that “in this world (they) will have trouble,” but to “be of good cheer” because He has “overcome the world.” The Greek word here for “world” is “kosmos,” … More God (Still) Loves His World
PSALM 86 CONTEXT: We find the following in Spurgeon’s Treasury of David: TITLE. A Prayer of David. We have here one of the five psalms entitled Tephillahs or prayers. This psalm consists of praise as well as prayer, but it is in all parts so directly addressed to God that it is most fitly called “a prayer.” A … More Sunday Sermon Series – 01/09/2022
Prayer Series VII A Prayer for When the Rogue Waves of Life Hit And his mercy is for those who fear him, from generation to generation. – Luke 1:50 After a beautiful day out on the water, we headed to the island for dinner. On the way, our Great Lake threw us a surprise, as it … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/08/2022
As many of you know this ministry started in 2006 as a “Prison Ministry” writing to a couple of inmates left behind with no one caring for them. all these years later we have see the fruits of our labor being greatly blessed by God in so many ways. If you know a man or … More God Continues to Work Behind Bars
Prayer Series VI Last time in this series we looked at an article entitled Getting Started on Prayer. Today I would like to add to that by looking at the topic Prayer: Sense or Nonsense? Have you ever caught yourself lost in prayer, by that I mean praying and then lost for words, your train … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/07/2022
American Minute with Bill Federer Jan. 6-Epiphany: Christ’s manifestation to the world! — Celestial Prophecies & History of the 12 Days of Christmas “Epiphany” is a Greek word meaning “appearance” or “manifestation,” celebrating Christ’s “manifestation” to the world, as foretold in Isaiah 49:6:“I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.”Epiphany commemorates the Wise Men, who were gentiles, visiting the infant Jesus, resulting … More Jan. 6-Epiphany: Christ’s manifestation to the world!
Prayer Series IV The photo above was one we used a few times back a decade or more ago when we were still publishing our bi-monthly prayer list. It is appropriate to today’s subject matter on prayer, as I thin we are never to young to begin a prayer regiment. It is only when we … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/05/2022
Prayer Focus Update is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and inclusion in church bulletins. Printable Version Large Print VOM’s iCommitToPray is a place to gather and pray for the … More Pray for the Persecuted Church – Jan 2022
I found this article very interesting. The vast majority of commentaries I have ever read all agree that Paul’s “thorn” was some type of physical ailment. Pastor Ortlund has a different take But what was the thorn? Speculation does us no good. We do not know. And that is just as well, lest those whose … More What Was Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh? (2 Corinthians 12)
Prayer Series II ISAIAH 26 CONTEXT: Matthew Henry provides an overview of this chapter as follows: This chapter is a song of holy joy and praise, in which the great things God had engaged, in the foregoing chapter, to do for his people against his enemies and their enemies are celebrated: it is prepared to … More Devotional Thought for Today – 01/03/2022
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