Archive for February 2024
Hope for then is hope for now
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-k3un5-157ab6a We hope now for the promises which are to come, visions of his word which will become reality. But we are not left merely to hope. One day, we will have all we await. Hope will be fulfilled, and we will hope no more.
Read MoreS206P11 – How soon we forget: time is winding down
Gal. 6:9-10 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. He used to see this man every morning on the…
Read MoreS206P10 – How soon we forget: lowly beginnings
Eph. 2:11-13 Therefore, remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh‒who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands‒that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the…
Read MoreS206P9 – How soon we forget: the service of friends and strangers
Heb. 13:2-3 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. Remember the prisoners as if chained with them‒those who are mistreated‒since you yourselves are in the body also. When it comes to our acts of service, there are three different kinds of servers. I have known some who…
Read MoreS206P8 – How soon we forget: we need each other more and more
Heb. 10:23-25 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the…
Read MoreS206P7 – How soon we forget: look forward
Lk. 17:30-33 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn…
Read MoreS206P6 – How soon we forget: sacred rest
Exo. 20:8-10a Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. He had grown up in very dire circumstances, and he promised himself never to be destitute as an adult. As long as he…
Read MoreS206P5 – How soon we forget: our first love
Rev. 2:4-5 Nevertheless, I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place‒unless you repent. The church in Ephesus was located in a place of…
Read MoreLoaves, fish, and souls
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nfhhc-156e896 This Christian life is about surrender, which will require that we give everything to God. This expectation of generosity and willingness to let go should not make us nervous or bring thoughts of scarcity and need. God’s abundance is revealed when we abundantly surrender all to him.
Read MoreS206P4 – How soon we forget: when we saw God’s goodness
Job 2:6-9 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. And he took for himself a potsherd with which…
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