“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God.” Psalm 92:12-13 Often we describe the journey of a Christian life as a growth process. We grow from the moment we enter into this new life in …
Weekly Message: Making Disciples
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit …
Weekly Message: The Harvest is plentiful
But the fact is, it was our pains he carried— our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. We thought he brought it on himself, that God was punishing him for his own failures. But it was our sins that did that to him, that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins! He took the punishment, and that made us …
Weekly Message: Light of Life
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12 On the last evening of the Feast of Tabernacles, the Temple in Jerusalem is lighted for the last time on all its wall in the year. Early the next …
Weekly Message: Celebrating God’s Presence
Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord. 35 On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it. 36 For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. …
Weekly Message: Day of Atonement
“On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.” Numbers29:7 The Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur, was regarded as the most holy day of all. Lev. 16 describes this as a day of fasting rather than feasting, of solemnity rather than rejoicing. Once …
Weekly Message: Abiding in My Love: Obedience
John 15:10 “If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in His love.” Yesterday we learned that remaining in Christ’s love requires us to faithfully hold on to the truth of the Gospel of Christ. Today, in the verse above, we learn another means to remain in …