1 John 3:1-3,“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purif...  Read More

Well, I'm going to have three different scriptures tonight and as we hear our brethren read them, I want you to listen for one word in particular. There's one word that pops up in every one of these passages that are going to be read. Exodus 33:18, 19,Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name, ‘The Lord.’...  Read More

I think it's very beneficial for us to look at and learn from the prayers that we find in the Bible. I think that in these prayers we find there are patterns to imitate and examples to follow. We find examples of things to pray for and even sometimes in the prayers in the Bible we find types of Christ, particularly in the Old Testament. Recently, I've been looking through some of the first prayers...  Read More

1 Corinthians 14:33,"For God is not a God of disorder, (or confusion) but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints."1 Corinthians 14:40,"But all things should be done decently and in order."If you know anything about the church in Corinth, you know it was a church in pretty bad shape. They were denying the resurrection. I don't think they were denying the resurrection of Jesus, but denying t...  Read More

Philippians 4:4-6,"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."Psalm 92:1-4,"It is g...  Read More

Good evening, brothers and sisters. I was thinking about how helpful it is to look at the prayers that God has given us in scripture, as far as how they inform our own prayers and how they can encourage us and how they can give us principles to remember in our own prayers. So there's one specific prayer that I wanted to look at from the life of Abraham.Genesis 18:20-2,32.Then the Lord said, “Becau...  Read More