PRAISE AND POWER                               SALT AND LIGHT                             January 20, 2022
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” (Matthew 5:13) One of the most significant forms of making a covenant in the lands and times of the Bible is the covenant of salt. As an example with...

PRAISE AND POWER                       GOD’S BLESSED PEOPLE                January 12, 2022
“Blessed is the man [man, woman or child] that walketh [conducts one’s life] not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” (Psalm 1:1) To conduct one’s life according to the counsel of the ungodly, a person would need to seek that counsel. The God blessed one does not look for, find and then follow the counsel...

PRAISE AND POWER                              THE GRACE OF GOD                          December 31, 2021
“Therefore being justified [our justification is a state of being] by faith [believing], we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” (Romans 5:1) We are not at odds with God. We have peace with God. “By whom [by Jesus Christ] also we have access by faith [believing] into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:2) Christian believers...

PRAISE AND POWER                       KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM               December 24, 2021
“The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; [It is thought that some of the book of Proverbs was written by Solomon and some for Solomon. Whether for or by, these writings are included in the Scriptures. God is the Author, so they are all God-breathed.] To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment,...

PRAISE AND POWER                        The Greatest Giver Of All Time                   December 17, 2021
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) God gave His only begotten son so we could live forever with Him. “. . . the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23b) Eternal life! Think about that time when...

PRAISE AND POWER                               BELIEVE ALL SCRIPTURE                      December 12, 2021
“For unto us was the gospel [joyful proclamation regarding Jesus Christ] preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith [believing] in them that heard it.” (Hebrews 4:2) Because of the “us” and “them,” the implication here is that “we” believed but “they” did not. The best situation is to be among the “we” and not the “they.” For...

PRAISE AND POWER                          THOUGHTS OF GOD                            November 30, 2021
Where are your thoughts this morning?  As Christian believers where should our thoughts be? "If [since] ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.  Set your affection [thoughts] on things above, not on things on the earth." (Colossians 3:1-2) We seek those things that are above and...

PRAISE AND POWER                Therefore Get Wisdom                November 26, 2021
Some Christian believers have, at times, been silenced by the disapproval and ridicule of the world. Believers in the Old Testament often suffered opposition as well. Sometimes we can't distinguish Christians from other people in the world. Could this be true because some fail to turn to the wisdom from God as their source for direction, deliverance, comfort and forgiveness?
Spiritual wisdom is...

PRAISE AND POWER              THE ULTIMATE BLESSING               November 22, 2021
Think about all that God has blessed you with in this life, and your mind may go through many things. Times when He has healed, delivered, enlightened, protected and watched over you and ones you love must really bless you. I am sure you are thankful as you think on what our God has done for you.
Ephesians 1:3: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord...

PRAISE AND POWER                        BLESSED BY GOD                    November 17, 2021
‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:’ (Ephesians 1:3) We are blessed by God with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. We did not earn these blessings God did it. He blessed us.
Another way that God’s people are blessed by God is that...

PRAISE AND POWER                               FIRST THINGS FIRST                                  October 31, 2021
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon [material things].” (Matthew 6:24) When a person becomes a Christian, he or she changes lordship. Romans 10:9 says confess that Jesus is lord. When Jesus Christ becomes our lord and master, our focus...

PRAISE AND POWER                  THAT YE SORROW NOT AS OTHERS                 October 25, 2021
I Thessalonians 4:13 says: “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.” There are people who do not have the hope of Christ’s return. Many people believe in of life after death. As Christians, we have the hope of the return of Christ and the promise of eternal life....

PRAISE AND POWER                       HEARING OF BELIEVING                   October 21, 2021
“This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit [new birth gift of holy spirit] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith [believing, what is to be believed]? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit [new birth gift of holy spirit], are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” (Galatians 3:2, 3) Our perfection is in what God accomplished in the...

PRAISE AND POWER          THE SIMPLICITY OF GOD’S WORD         October 18, 2021
Have you ever wondered about how to tell if a person or a cause or movement is wise or not. How should we determine if something is the result of Godly wisdom or not? James 3 declares what God says about two kinds of wisdom.
“Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation [manner of life]...

PRAISE AND POWER            THINK LIKE CHRIST             September 30, 2021
“If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit [gift of holy spirit], if any bowels [compassions] and mercies, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded [thinking the same thoughts], having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind [souls together thinking as one].” (Philippians 2:1, 2) Is there consolation in Christ? Comfort of love?...