The Particulars of the Promise
Our text this morning is Joshua chapter 15. We’ve been in a series in this book since the beginning of the fall/end of the summer, and we’ll go one more week, next week Joshua 16 and 17, Lord willing, and we’ll take a three-week break. Yes, we will take a little break from land allotment…
An Old Man of Faith and Courage
O Lord, I wonder if we have really thought about the words we just sang, Your blood has washed away my sin, Father’s wrath completely satisfied, once we were Your enemies and now we have been seated at Your table, Jesus, thank You. We give thanks for so great a salvation, for this indescribable gift. …
Do Not Be Conformed
Father and our God, as we come now into Your Word, may we remember, may we recognize that we are standing on holy ground as we hear Your Holy Word. May You enlighten the eyes of our understanding, may You illumine our hearts, may we hear Your Word, understand Your Word, love Your Word, and…
Behold Your God!
Let’s open our Bibles together and turn to the prophecy of Isaiah, chapter 40, and our text to study this morning is verses 9 through 11. Isaiah, chapter 40, verses 9 through 11. Let’s pray together that the Lord would illumine our minds and shed light upon our hearts as we prepare to read this…
Rest from the Battle
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. In Jesus we pray. Amen. Our text this morning is Joshua chapter 11. After the first five books of Moses we have the book of Joshua. We’ve been here for…
The Lord God Fights for You
Blessed Lord, who caused all holy scripture to be written for our learning, grant that we may in such a way hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of Your Holy Word we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which You have…
The Folly of Man and the Mercy of God
Our Father in heaven, as we have just sung, so we wait on Thee, the sweet hour or moment as the case may be of prayer. So we ask now that You would give us ears to hear, You might anoint the preaching of Your Word by Your Holy Spirit to sound forth with great…
The Graciousness and Greatness of Christ
Well, good morning. We are stepping out of our series in Joshua this morning, coming to one of the great passages in the gospels. Our text will be Mark, chapter 5, Mark, chapter 5. If you pay attention to the bookmark, it said Psalm 56. That’s me, I threw the curveball there, so we’ll be…
The God of Second Chances
Father in heaven, we pray for open eyes that we may see, open ears that we may hear, open hearts that we may believe, and as I venture to open my mouth, would You speak through it, not the mere words of a man but the Holy Spirit speaking through the Scriptures that we might…