Tag: heart

Common Service

And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. John 10:41 An excerpt from Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman, Perhaps you are very dissatisfied with yourself. You are not a genius, have no distinctive gifts, and are inconspicuous when it…

By JEFF February 25, 2024 Off

The Greatest of These is Love

We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 5:13 Love! It is the most basic building block of Christian discipleship. It is both the simplest concept and the most difficult to actually practice, in its truest form. The Bible itself is based upon love as being the root of its message. At the…

By JEFF February 19, 2024 Off

Virtual Bible Study

November 30, 2023 @ 7PM Please join us for a virtual bible study that will explore God’s word and how to apply it in this day and age. If you wish to participate, please forward your email address and I will send the Zoom link. This is an opportunity to receive the Word in a…

By JEFF November 13, 2023 Off

Confronting Church Trauma: Time to Break the Chains!

Read John 9: 1-38 The definition of trauma can be summed up in the following: A deeply distressing or disturbing experience. It can also be expressed by the following: An emotional response to a terrible event. Trauma in the World The word “trauma,” derived from its Greek origin meaning “wound,” sets the stage for a…

By JEFF October 30, 2023 Off

Words Matter

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18: 21 There is an old children’s rhyme that goes, “sticks and stones may brake my bones but words will never hurt me.” The intent of the rhyme is to show resiliency and calmness…

By JEFF April 3, 2022 Off

Taking A Pause, Part 4 of 4

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Luke 15: 24 Revive The last stage of the Selah (Reflect, Reassess and Repent) is Revive. Oftentimes in the church world when one speaks of “revival” the thought that is conjured is one…

By JEFF March 13, 2022 Off

Taking A Pause, Part 3 of 4

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye…

By JEFF February 6, 2022 Off

Never Surrender

We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds,…

By JEFF December 22, 2021 Off

Caleb: Man of Strength

And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day…

By JEFF December 6, 2020 Off