While Jonah may have foolishly thought he could run away from the presence of God, Brother Norris Clarke points out that we are always in His presence. As we meditate on this truth, as seen beautifully in Psalm 139, we can take great comfort in knowing that He will never leave us or forsake us.
Brother Collin shared this meditation on the different ways people saw the Lord Jesus as He died on the cross. May our eyes be continually fixed on Him throughout the week.
The experience on the Mount of Transfiguration must have been a spiritual high for the three disciples. But they soon encountered the confusion, challenges, and conflicts of life as they descended back into the valley. Like them, we can use our mountaintop experiences with the Lord to keep us going when things get hard.
During a visit to Lake Worth, Brother Viv John shared this encouragement from the disciples’ experience with Jesus in the storm, reminding us to lean on Him as the source of our calm, comfort, and ultimate victory.
As we reflect on the celebration of American independence on July 4th this year, it can be a good opportunity for us as believers to remember our utter dependence on the Lord. For, while we are certainly free in the deepest sense of the word, we are also called to use that freedom to serve God and others.
Speaking on Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3, Brother Luke Harriman emphasizes the importance of pressing forward in our comprehension of the incomprehensible love of Christ.
Brother Laurel Smalling shared this message from 1 Kings, warning that there is a time for everything and we need to wait on the Lord when it is time to wait, rest when it is time to rest, and run when it is time to run.
This Mother’s Day, it is encouraging to look to the first evangelists: the women at the empty tomb. Specifically, Brother Luke Harriman considers “the other Mary” in Matthew 28, highlighting the fact that God sees all that we do, even we might feel overlooked by the people in our lives.
Reading through John 20, Brother Collin shared some encouraging thoughts concerning the resurrected Lord.
The description of the Lord Jesus in Romans 8:33–34 assures us that He is for us to an extent that nothing else could ever stand against us.
Looking to the Mount of Transfiguration story in Matthew, Brother Collin directs our gaze toward the Lord Jesus alone, allowing for no distractions or competition.
Reflecting on the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4 helps to remind us that Christ’s death on the cross is the truly acceptable sacrifice that opens the way for us to approach God in worship.
Many times in Scripture, we encounter the word “therefore,” and it is always a good idea to ask, “What is it there for?” Brother Laurel Smalling considers three of these instances as he encourages us to commit afresh to draw near to the Lord.
The cross of Christ stands at the center of all eternity, and we can see that mirrored in the structure of the most well-known of Isaiah’s “Servant Songs,” found in Isaiah 52:13–53:12. We we learn to focus on and orient our lives around the true center of God’s purposes.
Brother Collin Beckford shared a few thoughts from our Thursday night Bible Study on 2 Timothy at our Lord’s Day meeting. As Paul says to Timothy, we have this confidence: that the Lord knows those who are His. May those of us who belong to Him depart from iniquity.
As a demonstration of the way truths of the Old Testament are revealed in the New Testament, Brother Norris Clarke shared this meditation on the bronze serpent from Numbers 21.
Looking at the examples of Abraham and Moses, we can see the importance of having God as our ultimate treasure and reward. All else fades in comparison to this “one absorbing treasure that fills our heart and eye,” as the hymn puts it.
The opening verses of each of the first seven psalms hold much for our encouragement when it comes to living lives of prayer and devotion to the Lord. (The recording begins a few minutes into the message, just after Brother Laurel had read Psalm 1:1.)
At the end of Romans 8, Paul presents us with three powerful rhetorical questions that, as we meditate on them, can give us the confidence to face any difficulty in our lives.
In the well-known prophecy about the coming of the Lord in Isaiah 9, we read five beautiful names of the Messiah that speak of His matchless, incomparable character.