Key Text: 1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-37 Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and… Continue reading Fighting Your Goliath
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Gathered Home
Key Text: Psalms 107:1-3 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. It speaks… Continue reading Gathered Home
No Night
Key Text: Revelation 21:22-25 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will… Continue reading No Night
The Day Is Yours
Key Text: Psalm 74:12-17 But God is my King from long ago; He brings salvation on the earth. It was you who split open the sea by your power; You broke the heads of the monster in the waters. It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as… Continue reading The Day Is Yours
Do You Want To Get Well?
Key Texts: John 5:1-18 Sometime later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame,… Continue reading Do You Want To Get Well?
Is Anybody Listening?
Key Texts: Psalm 78:1-4 My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old— things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their… Continue reading Is Anybody Listening?
God’s Light
Key Texts: Isaiah 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will come and say,… Continue reading God’s Light
A Fresh Start
Key Texts: Romans 8:1-8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,… Continue reading A Fresh Start
Dry Bones
Key Texts: Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor… Continue reading Dry Bones
Marvelous
Key Texts: Psalm 98 Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness… Continue reading Marvelous
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