Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” (Matthew 7:9) Question: When is getting a stone better than getting bread? Answer: When it is our Savior who is giving us the stone! Why? Because … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. (Ephesians 1:22-23) We hear a lot of talk … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Yesterday at Cross Community Church, we opened services with our First Annual Patriotic Special to praise God and thank our armed forces for safeguarding the freedom we enjoy each day. Mrs. Sharon Griffin played a patriotic prelude; Mac McConnell... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Jesus said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23) Is there anyone reading these words who does not like to wake to a day when the sky … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. (Deuteronomy 11:11) Notice that the Promised Land God was giving to His people Israel was a land … Continue reading... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. (Habakkuk 3:18) The prophet Habakkuk had a “yet” mind-set in the midst of unimaginable lack and scarcity; he refused to respond to his circumstances rather than … Continue reading... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” (Matthew 8:20) Today’s passage comes from a conversation Jesus had with a religious scribe who professed a desire to … Continue reading... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
My God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) One of the most important life lessons that we must learn as disciples of Christ is this: with God all things … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“And a sword will pierce your own soul too.” (Luke 2:35) These were the prophetic words that Simeon, a righteous man who had been waiting for the promised Messiah, spoke to Mary, the mother of the child Jesus. Simeon’s prophecy … Continue... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
