“A Chasing After The Wind”

“Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 2:11).

Message summary: Today let us beware of chasing after the wind. Let’s make it our renewed and persistent goal to chase (seek) after the Lord above all!

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“When Truth Hurts”

Church sign in Bethel, PA

“Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?”  (Galatians 4:16). “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31,32).

Message summary: Today let us receive the truth, primarily the Gospel truth, even if it does hurt! Let us hear and heed our Lord’s words: “If you abide in my word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31,32).

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O Yes, He Cares!

“Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, ‘My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God?’ Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.  He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak”  (Isaiah 40:27-29).

Message summary: Let us realize God always cares!

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“When Justice Is Perverted”

Micah 6:8

“Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted” (Habakkuk 1:4). “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8).

Message summary: Let us as God’s people continue to reflect and demonstrate the holy character of God in being just.

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“One Name Holds Every Victory”

1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” (1 Corinthians 15:57). “In all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37).

Message summary: God’s Word says, “He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” and “in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us”. Let these blessed truths encourage you today as you consider our ultimate eternal victory!

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“The Redemption Transformation”

“So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:17-24).

Message summary: When one earnestly comes to Christ there is a redemption transformation. “You, however, did not come to know Christ that way” (Ephesians 4:20). Rather than having a continual lust for more wickedness may we become seekers of God’s Kingdom and desire more purity and righteousness.

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“There Is A River!”

Susquehanna River

A view of the Susquehanna River from Marietta, PA Click on photo to enlarge

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling places of the Most High” (Psalm 46:4). “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water’” (John 7:38).

Message summary: The full life doesn’t depend on our being young, strong, or physically healthy. No matter our physical condition our lives can be like “rivers of flowing water” as we invite the surging power of the Holy Spirit to channel through us as we exercise the spiritual gifts God has dispensed for all His people.

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“A Prayer For The Anxious Heart”

2 Thessalonians 2:16,17

“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up” (Proverbs 12:25). “Say to those who have an anxious heart, ‘Be strong, fear not’” (Isaiah 35:4). “May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word” (2 Thessalonians 2:16,17).

Message summary: Today we earnestly make Paul’s prayer our prayer for all our readers, especially those whose hearts are weighed down with heavy burdens. We offer this prayer as a kind word to cheer you up, saying to those with an anxious heart, “Be strong, fear not”.  

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“Rich In Mercy”

“But I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation” (Psalm 13:5). “Who is a God like You, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy” (Micah 7:18). “Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)” (Ephesians 2:3-5). “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).

Message summary: Let us respond to God’s mercy by offering our life to Him. “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship” (Romans 12:1).

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“Being Wronged”

“Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?” (1 Corinthians 6:7). “Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done” (2 Timothy 4:14). Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay, says the Lord” (Romans 12:19).

Message summary: We’ve all been wronged in various ways and our response to those wrongs is a key expression of our faith.

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