There are some things you just can’t throw away in the garbage. They have to be disposed of properly because they contain hazardous materials such as chemicals that harm the environment when buried. Aerosol containers, paint thinners, old paint cans, chemical bottles, medications, batteries. These are things we can’t just throw in the garbage. They […]
Psalm 23 is so beloved and familiar that you probably don’t even need to open our Bibles to it in order to study it because you know it by heart. It is a popular reading at funerals, during crisis and in times of depression. When we started the book of Psalms, we talked about how […]
The book of Psalms is one of the most beloved books of the bible. This is one book you do not need to give people directions to locate in the bible. Everyone knows how to get there by simply opening their bibles, they naturally open up to the book of Psalms being at the center […]
“Receive every inward and outward trouble, every disappointment, pain, uneasiness, temptation, darkness and desolation with both hands as a true opportunity and blessed occasion of dying to self and entering into fuller fellowship with thy self-denying and suffering. Savior. Look at no inward or outward trouble in any other way. Reject every other thought about […]
We read the bible differently than we read any other book. One reason is because of it’s sheer size. We can’t read the bible in one sitting. It’s too much to take in. Sometimes an entire chapter or even a short verse can be too much to take in during one sitting. We have to […]
“It is easier to keep the enemy out than it is to expel him after he has gained entrance.” – Author Unknown Charles Spurgeon preached a sermon entitled  Little Sins on April 17, 1859.  It’s a warning about the danger of little sins in our lives. How we have a tendency to let them slide […]
Tonight we start a new letter written by John to a Christian lady. In it we will have many of the truths we learned in 1 John repeated and demonstrated. “This epistle is more remarkable for the spirit of Christian love which it breathes than for anything else. It contains scarcely anything that is not […]
 Last week we talked about four birthmarks identifying the children of God. The children of God are marked by: A belief that Jesus is the Christ. (John 5:1) A love for God the Father. (John 5:1) A love for all those born of God. (John 5:1) A love for God the Father (1 John 5:2) […]
