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“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days o

They never saw it coming! By the time they realized what happened 24,000 souls were dead, Numbers 25:1-2. The text says, “While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab. For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.” Things seemed to be going well for Israel, but all of that would change. They disobeyed God and engaged in sexual immorality. How did this happen? Th

The church in Thessalonica was a great congregation, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-3. As the apostle Paul wrote to them, he reminded them of their work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in the Lord.  This congregation believed the words of the apostle as being the word of God, 1 Thessalonians 2:13. Paul wrote, “For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as

Last week, 20 people were shot and killed at an elementary school in Uvalde Texas. Let us pray for the families during this horrific time. Let us appreciate everyday of life we have, because sadly it can be gone in an instant. When tragedy hits, a question many have is “Where is God?” The problem of suffering will continue as long as the world exists. Questions about suffering will not go away. Christians and non-Christians alike struggle with the problem of suffering. Where

There are those who doubt the Word of God to be true and accurate. There are those who have read or have heard of stories in the scriptures and ask, “Did those things really happen?” For example: ·      Some doubt the creation account in Genesis 1-2. Were Adam and Eve the first humans? ·      Some doubt that the story of Jonah in the belly of a fish for three days really happened. How would you respond to people who have doubts regarding whether these things happened? There a

THE TEXT “Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.’” John 20:1-2 THE CONTEXT ·      Jesus was crucified in ` John 19 . Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus asked Pilate for

The apostle Paul in the book of Ephesians reminded the saints what God had done for them. 1.     “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ…”   Ephesians 1:3 2.     “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us…”   Ephesians 1:7-8 3.     “For by grace you have been saved through faith; a

Do you remember when you learned that you were a sinner in need of a Savior? Do you remember the sense of urgency you had when you realized your soul was in jeopardy of being lost? Do you remember when you came up out of the waters of baptism as a new creature in Christ? Things we think will be in our minds forever are sometimes lost with the passing of time. Or maybe we do remember those events, but the memories don’t have the same impact on our hearts as they used to. Have

People have great expectations for things like hotels, restaurants, movies, and more. People even have expectations when it comes to God. But, how often do we consider the expectations God has of us? 1.     God expects His people to be faithful in worship to Him .  In Acts 2:42  it says, “They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” Christians in the first century were consistent in their worsh

We are off to a great start with our new Bible classes. I began teaching “Pulling the Curtain back on Spiritual Warfare” this past Wednesday. We had a great discussion in our Bible class. I want to encourage you to do your best to be in attendance on Wednesdays. We are in a battle with the devil. He is like a roaring lion seeking to devour the people of God, 1 Peter 5:8.   As we go through this study, it will be important to remember Deuteronomy 29:29  which says, “The secret

Today is Halloween. Some people choose to dress up. Others choose not to. This month there has been a lot of candy eaten by both young and old! Many people have gathered together as well. Every year during this holiday we see and hear a lot about things like Vampires, Witches, and Zombies.   There are people who may dress up as one of these. There are scary movies about them as well. While there is a lot of emphasis on these kinds of things, it’s important to remember that th

How often do you revisit the empty of Jesus in scripture? How will it help us when we do?   What makes the resurrection of Jesus so important? Here’s why I’m asking.When you study the Bible, you will find that a lot of people were raised from the dead. Elijah raised the widow’s son from the dead, 1 Kings 17:21-22 . Elisha raised a boy back from the dead, 2 Kings 4:32-35 . In 2 Kings 13:20-21 , a dead man who was thrown in the tomb of Elisha came back to life! Jesus in Luke 7:

When the Lord’s church was established on the Day of Pentecost, we see the unity and love of God’s people. “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as

The reason why we don’t have musical instruments, a choir, a school, a dance team, a coffee shop, and more is because we don’t have Biblical Authority to have them. When we study the scriptures, we find a pattern for us to follow. In every age, God has given His people a pattern to follow. The challenge for many is whether they will be satisfied with God’s pattern and God’s way. Let’s consider some scriptures. 1.     God gave Cain and Abel a pattern to follow as they worshipp

Several years ago in Southeast Texas, some visitors asked me a question I will never forget. They asked, “Where are the instruments?”  We had just wrapped up our Wednesday night Bible class. The singing was great! It was a very encouraging night. But these visitors probably didn’t think so. They were probably disappointed.   Many find it weird to see a church without musical instruments in worship. But why? It’s because most churches have musical instruments and much more. Bu

“They said to him, ‘Your servants have come from a very far country because of the fame of the LORD your God; for we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt…”   Joshua 9:9   In our daily family devotional, we recently read from Joshua Chapter nine. In this chapter, we read about the Gibeonites and how they deceived Joshua and the people.  The Gibeonites along with others had heard about what God had done for Israel in Egypt and in other places.   “Now it cam

This righteous king for God was given a second chance. He led God's people back to doing the will of God. He saw God in action as him and the Israelites were protected by God against the Assyrians. I'm referring to King Hezekiah. He was a man of prayer, 2 Chronicles 32:20. He was a man of faith. He was also a man who was about to die. Yet he would pray to God again, Isaiah 38:1-2. "In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him

In Mark 2, it says, “And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’”   A few weeks ago, the Lee family read Mark chapter two as a part of our daily devotionals. There are a lot of people in this story: · 

This year our Bible reading is from the Psalms, Job, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon. I want to share some thoughts from our reading this week, Psalm 37-41 . I also want to encourage all of us to spend even more time in God’s word as we begin a new week.   1.     When God Laughs it is no laughing matter .  That’s one thing that stood out to me in Psalm 37:13 . The text says, “The Lord laughs at him, For He sees his day is coming.” Who is God laughing at and why? David was s

THE TEXT “Then the LORD said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel; you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.’   Joshua 11:6 THE CONTEXT ·      Joshua and the people up this point have defeated Jericho and Ai, Joshua 6-8 . ·      The Israelites had made peace with the inhabitants of Gibeon, Joshua 10:1 . ·      God defeated the five kings of the Amorites (by confounding