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The Seven Churches: Ephesus
“Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!” Thomas Hood, English Poet Valentine’s Day has come and gone. With the excitement of romance, longing and chocolate. For many this is a day for roses, cards, and affection. For others,...
The Seven Churches – “Revealed”
“One despairing commentator said that there are as many riddles in Revelation as there are words, and another that the study of Revelation either finds or leaves the reader mad" (William Barclay, The Revelation of John, Vol. 1, p. 1). Since the time John wrote this...
Prayer: Daily
A final message the Apostle Paul gave the Thessalonians at the end of his first epistle was that they should. “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” 1 Thes. 5:16-18, NIV Within that final...
Prayer Deepening
Have you ever had a time of deep sorrow or even despair? In my ministry I have periodically had members ask if God was truly listening to them. In these moments of darkness it is typical to feel as though God doesn’t care for you because you feel as though He is no...
Prayer: Learning
I tend to be the type of person that will research and research things ad nauseam. Sometimes I will spend hours, days, weeks and months figuring out which direction to go. We should always do our research to be informed but there comes a point that we need to commit...
Prayer: Understanding
“The clearer our understanding of who God is, the better our prayers” (Timothy Keller) Timothy Keller suggests that our biggest struggle with prayer comes from understanding who God is. There is a connection between Bible study—or God study— and prayer. The more we...
Prayer
Prayer is hard. It doesn’t come natural and it is challenging with all the distractions that we have in the world. Even if we were to get rid of things like television, smart phones, social media, etc., there is another challenge that remains— mind clutter. Mind...
Prayer
What is prayer? Why should we pray? The majority of Christians agree that prayer is a very important thing to do but not all Christians tend to pray regularly. It has been said that the average person in America prays one minute a week. Even pastors find prayer to be...
Happy New Year
Soon it will be the beginning of the New Year, 2017! It seems impossible to me that we have already moved so far into the new millennium. It seems like just yesterday that preachers were hysterically warning congregations about the technological and economic meltdown...
Fellowship & Bread
Part 4 Jesus is not the reason for the season! This would be an appropriate moment to re-read that. No, I’m not advocating that Jesus should not be the focus during this holiday season. I want to draw our minds instead to the words of Jesus. Jesus mentioned in a...
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