Illustrated Message 3/13/2023
Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, “Go, eat festive food and drink sweet drinks, and send a share to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our lord. Do not be grieved because the...
View ArticleDaily Prayer & Praise 3/13/2023
Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we come to you with our lives, our thoughts, our hopes and our fears. We come with our plans, our dreams and our memories. We come with our time, our gifts and our skills....
View ArticleA Psalm of Confidence
“You are my Lord,” the psalmist acknowledges. “I have no good apart from you” (Psalm 16:2). We know that God is everything we need, but somehow the details still get in the way. We want to alleviate...
View ArticleFilipino Expat Encouragement 3/14/2023
March 14, 2023 Psalm 121:1-2, 8 I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. . . . The LORD shall preserve your going out …...
View ArticleIllustrated Message 3/14/2023
Numbers 6:24-26 “Yahweh will bless you and keep you; Yahweh will make shine his face on you and be gracious to you; Yahweh will lift up his face upon you, and he will give you peace.” Faithlife Verse...
View ArticleDaily Prayer & Praise 3/14/2023
Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, you are almighty, all-powerful and all-loving. We praise you, our creator God. You have given us eyes to see the signs of your handiwork. All around us we recognize your...
View ArticleThe Power Struggle
Every leader faces power struggles—from those who follow the leader and from those the leader follows. If there isn’t some sort of struggle, the leader probably isn’t doing his or her job well. It’s...
View ArticleFilipino Expat Encouragement 3/15/2023
Abram Must Also Trust God WE can also now understand why God permitted Abram to fail, why a famine came in the land of plenty. It was to test Abram and to bring out of it something greater than could …...
View ArticleIllustrated Message 3/15/2023
Philemon 6 I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing that is in us for Christ. Faithlife Verse of the Day Art, © 2023, Faithlife / Logos Bible...
View ArticleDaily Prayer & Praise 3/15/2023
Lord, hear our prayer: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we thank you for men and women who have been like John the Baptist for us; for those who have prepared the way for others to hear you speak, to...
View ArticleIt Will Seem Simple in Retrospect
We’re all faced with difficult tasks. When Paul wrote to the Corinthians, he was forced to confront their spiritual problems, which were slowly destroying God’s work among them. Paul was thankful for...
View ArticleFilipino Expat Encouragement 3/16/2023
March 16, 2023 Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. What shall God bring to pass? The thing that lies deepest in the heart—“thy way.” Does not thy …...
View ArticleIllustrated Message 3/16/2023
Philippians 1:6 Convinced of this same thing, that the one who began a good work in you will finish it until the day of Christ Jesus. Faithlife Verse of the Day Art, © 2023, Faithlife / Logos Bible...
View ArticleDaily Prayer & Praise 3/16/2023
Lord, hear our prayer: Father, forgive us our half-hearted commitment, the poverty of our worship and the frailty of our faith in Christ. Forgive our lack of hope and trust. Forgive our lack of...
View ArticleLetting Evil Burn
“And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying . . . ‘let them take to you a red heifer without a physical defect . . . And you will give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will . . … Continue reading →
View ArticleReflecting With God 3/17/2023
Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His...
View ArticleIllustrated Message 3/17/2023
Proverbs 1:7 Fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise. Faithlife Verse of the Day Art, © 2023, Faithlife / Logos Bible Software. Scripture used from the...
View ArticleDaily Prayer & Praise 3/17/2023
Lord, hear our prayer: Almighty God, all-loving and gracious, we pray for Christians who allow themselves to be divided from each other by church teaching or their own narrow ideas. Lord, we pray,...
View ArticleIs This “Bad” From God?
God has granted us incredible grace in the salvation that Jesus’ death and resurrection offers, but that very grace is often used as a theological excuse. It’s dangerous to say that bad things come...
View ArticleFilipino Expat Encouragement 3/18/2023
Obedience, Trials and Tribulations – 3 Scripture References – Isaiah 50:4-9; Luke 19:28-40 It is clear that there is one reason for the Servant’s suffering—because he is an obedient servant of God....
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