Luke 15:11-12 In our Wednesday night Bible class, we have been studying the parables of Jesus.  I have truly enjoyed our study.  When you are trying to get the most out of the study of a parable, we do a three things: Understand the Context. The context provides one of the biggest clues to opening our […]

Do you dream? Do you remember your dreams?” Those who know tell us that we all dream, but do not always remember them. If you do have dreams, how much weight do you give them? Do you wake up and have trouble getting back to sleep? Do you adjust your schedule or make decisions based […]

Most of us were raised to show gratitude when some-thing was given to us or done for us. This was a matter common courtesy, taught to us as part of our home training. Human nature reveals, however, that our level of gratitude and our show of appreciation is many times tied to our perception of […]

2 Corinthians 6:18 We get our first identity from our fathers.  That last name they put on our crib in the hospital and that name they call out in gym class comes from our father.  It has been said that Dads are a young man’s first hero and a young girl’s first love.  This morning […]

Jesus said He came to give us lifeabundantly (John 10:10). God has aplan in mind for you—a life that’sworth living. Yet so often we settle for less. Sorrow, misery, crushed dreams, broken relationships, guilt, and shame plague us when we choose to sin. We find ourselves in rut,facing a series of wrong choices that take […]

In 1 Corinthians 9:24, Paul compares the Christian life to a lifelong race. Just as one runner receives the top prize in a marathon, so every Christian should run in a way that they may obtain the prize. Paul told Timothy that he has “fought the good fight, finished the race, and have kept the […]

1 John 5:3 There are times in life when the teachings of God can feel inconvenient, restrictive or even unreasonable. Those times typically come when Christian teachings conflict with the desires of our hearts.  Figuratively speaking, we want to go East but the Bible teachings say go West.  Every fiber in us wants to go […]

Ezra 3:1-4 This morning we are starting the slow process of restoring our worship and fellowship, but we are not the first to have to do this. It has been over a year since many of us have been able to participate in the congregational singing of the church.   It has been over a year […]

1st Timothy 1:15 Some of us wonder what would have happened to us if we had continued down the path we were on earlier in life. There were times that our lives could have been irreparably altered and maybe a few times when our lives could have ended. We have to be truly grateful for God’s […]