Merry Christmas - December 25, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: December 17, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: December 3, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: November 26, 2023

 

Happy Thanksgiving - Week of November 19, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: October 29, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: October 22, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: October 1, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: September 24, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: September 17, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: September 10, 2023

 

Happy Labor Day - September 4, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: August 27, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: August 20, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: August 13, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: August 6, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: July 30, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: July 23, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: July 16, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: July 9, 2023

 

Happy Independence Day - July 4, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: June 25, 2023

 

Happy Father's Day - June 18, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: June 11, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: June 4, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: Happy Memorial Day

Memorial Day

"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."
‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Thought of the Week: March 21, 2023

 

Happy Mother's Day - May 14, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: April 30, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: April 23, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: April 16, 2023

 

Blessed Easter - April 9, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: April 2, 2023

 

Listen to Right Voice

"So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, "You are a God of seeing," for she said, "Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.""
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭16‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Covenant

"On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram…"
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭15‬:‭18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Receive what God provides

"But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth, that I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'"
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭14‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Choose Wisely

"So Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley, and Lot journeyed east. Thus they separated from each other."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭13‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Thought of the Week: March 26, 2023

 

Abram Went

"So Abram went, as the Lord had told him..."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭12‬:‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Languages of Earth

"So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭11‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Hunter

"He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.""
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Covenant

"And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭9‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

God’s Time

"In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭8‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Commanded

"And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭7‬:‭5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Favor

"But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭6‬:‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Noah

"When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son and called his name Noah, saying, "Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.""
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭5‬:‭28‬-‭29‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Do Well

"If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Thought of the Week: March 19, 2023

 

Satan

"Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?""
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

God’s Work

"The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

God Created

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭3‬, ‭26‬-‭27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Preach the Word

"preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching."
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭4‬:‭2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Breath of Scripture

"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work."
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Word of Truth

"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Guard

"By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you."
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Thought of the Week: March 12, 2023

 

Fight the Good Fight

Godliness

"If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain."
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭6‬:‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Honor Widows

"Honor widows who are truly widows."
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Proper Training

"Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come."
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Godliness

"Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory."
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Qualifications for Deacons

"Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus."
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬-‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Qualifications for Pastors/Leaders

"The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil."
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

One God

"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time."
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

One Doctrine

"…you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith."
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Good vs Evil

"Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God."
‭‭3 John‬ ‭1‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Thought of the Week: March 5, 2023

 

Be a Man of God, not the soil

"Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard."
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭9‬:‭20‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Get Your Mind Right

"Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men."
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬-‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Thought of the Week: February 26, 2023

 

Be Worthy

"Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ…"
‭‭Philippians‬ ‭1‬:‭27‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Thought of the Week: February 20, 2023

 

Happy Valentines Week: February 12, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: February 5, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: January 29, 2023

 

Bless the Lord, O My Soul

¹ Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and all that is within me,
    bless his holy name!
² Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and forget not all his benefits,
³ who forgives all your iniquity,
    who heals all your diseases,
⁴ who redeems your life from the pit,
    who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
⁵ who satisfies you with good
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Psalm 103

Thought of the Week: January 22, 2023

 

Let Your LIGHT Shine

 

Thought of the Week: January 15, 2023

 

Thought of the Week: January 8, 2023

 

Happy New Year

 John 1:1-5, 14: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.  In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Happy New Year - 2023