Have you ever felt alone in your suffering? Have you ever felt as though God was distant from you? Have you ever felt as though you were drowning in the depths of sorrow while experiencing a pain that seemed to have no end in sight? Have you ever experienced spiritual valleys in your life? Are you experiencing one now? Our …

While my family and I are out of town for the next couple of Sundays two of our elders will be preaching. This coming Sunday Marcus Young will be preaching and the following Sunday James D’Souza will be preaching. Please pray for them as they prepare to deliver God’s Word to His people. You will find Marcus’ sermon preview and …

The Missing Link Between Bible And Prayer Helpful little video! “The Bible is not a magic book. Too many Christians seem to treat their devotional times as a superstitious incantation. “If I just read the words in this book for twenty minutes a day, my faith will flourish, I’ll love my family more, and I’ll find more happiness in God’s …

This Sunday we march ahead in our journey through John’s gospel account. Our text for Sunday will be John 3:16-21. Since we spent last Sunday’s preaching time on John 3:16 we will simply review that verse and move into the rest of John’s comment that extends to 3:21. In John 3:16 we have a few categories set before us. We …

8 Rules For Growing In Godliness: Rule #8: Purpose To Be Godly “Our purpose is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. Godliness is the path to pleasure, for by godliness we glorify God, and in glorifying God, we enjoy God. There is no greater pleasure than close fellowship with our Creator and, therefore, no higher purpose than godliness….” How …

This Sunday we are back in the Gospel of John, and we will be considering what is unquestionably the most recognized verse in all of Scripture. It is the verse that everyone in the Church and outside of the Church is familiar with in some way. It may be the only verse in the Bible that some people know or …

8 Rules For Growing In Godliness: Rule #7: Fellowship With Godly People “An ember left alone will soon grow cold, but embers set close together will continue to glow, to burn brightly, and even to set others ablaze. Christians resemble embers, for we, too, must be set close together to thrive. “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise” (Proverbs 13:20), …

I will be out of town this Sunday, visiting family in West Texas. James D’Souza will be preaching this week and the preaching text will be Psalm 119:1-8. Please pray for James this week as you prepare your hearts for congregational worship. You can read his sermon preview below… Do you ever struggle with figuring out how to translate what …

8 Rule For Growing In Godliness: Rule #6: Redeem Your Time “The fact that we enter and leave this world empty-handed reminds us that there is nothing we actually own. Rather, all we have has been entrusted to us by our Creator who made it, owns it, and distributes it according to his good pleasure and good purposes. Our bodies, …

Our preaching text this Sunday will be John 3:1-15. Jesus is in Jerusalem for the Passover festival and during these festivals the city of Jerusalem swells some three or four times beyond its normal population. The point is, there are a lot of people in Jerusalem at this particular time. Jesus isn’t just another traveler among thousands of travelers. Jesus …