July 2024
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One morning on my way into the church office I noticed several pieces of trash at our entrance. It’s not uncommon for it to collect daily as we are on a busy road. I stopped my truck, got out, and collected the trash. I greatly care about the appearance of our church property as its
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The gospel is for everyone! Jesus told us in Acts 1:8 to share it with those like us and not like us. All those who heard Jesus that day were all the same ethnically and culturally – local Jews. Jesus didn’t want the gospel for just a few, but for all! The love and good
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When we are in trouble, why do we foolishly return to evil practices and places thinking they have somehow changed and will now bring us comfort and peace when our past experiences have proven to us they never can? Why don’t we instantly seek the Lord? The introduction to Psalm 56 tells us it is
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Strength is when I admit I’m not strong. It’s just the opposite of the world’s way. The world will say, “You’ve got this. You can do it. You’re strong enough”. But when you can’t and you aren’t, you feel pressure to do it anyway so you have to fake it. And so the spiral of
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Read Psalm 55 if you’re in trouble. Verses 1-5 tell us David’s problems. So much of a problem he wants to run away and he even says the heat of the lifeless desert would be an escape (vv. 6-7). He’s been betrayed by a friend (vv. 12-14). He resorts to asking God to destroy his
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Most of my counseling deals with communication and conflict in relationships. Did you know that 50% of wives say their husbands don’t talk to them enough? 25% of children say then have never had a meaningful conversation with their dad. Most married couples only spend about 3-4 minutes in meaningful conversation each day. 80% of
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Do you treasure Jesus more for what He does or who He is? I like to think I praise Him for who He is, as a goal of my daily Bible study and prayer is to be reminded of God’s incredible and unmatched nature. However, I recently found myself a little “bitter” towards God. I
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How do we respond as Christians to theinjustice? We must allow the Spirit and His Scripture be our guide: “Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression.” Isaiah 1:17“Be angry and do not sin.” Ephesians 4:26“Blessed are the peacemakers.” Matthew 5:9“Weep with those who weep.” Romans 12:15“Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17“He heals the brokenhearted
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I was adopted. After being in foster care for awhile, my foster parents decided to adopt my sister and I. At the young age of three, I had no understanding, much less any thoughts, towards the complexities of the legal system, foster care, or the adoption process. All I understood was love, stability, and honey-nut
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What is the Christian’s motive when worshipping God? Hopefully, it is to adore God and grow in relationship with Him. Perhaps others worship out of duty and ritual, not giving much thought to God’s pleasure. Still others may worship to appear holy, ignoring their sin, in attempts to convince potential onlookers of their self-righteousness. In
stephen R Harrison 