God has been very good to us all. The fact that we are here today in this country, living in this beautiful part of this free nation, sitting in this comfortable building, clothed in the fine clothes each of us have worn today, with bellies comfortably satisfied, with a Bible that we own in our…
These are some of the saddest words in the Bible in my perspective. God giving anyone or anything up from Himself is a sad place to be indeed. The phrase is found in one of the most poignant declarations of God’s truth regarding justice and judgment in the Bible, Romans 1:18-32. It is about the…
Exodus 22:22 — Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. Psalm 82:3 — Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. James 1:27 — Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. This week we had a…
If we are going to have success in any endeavor, we must be focused in our efforts. If a student is going to succeed in their studies, they must focus their attention on their studies to learn, understand, and recall the information and facts when they are called upon to utilize them. When a hunter…
Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. John 1:1-3 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that…
Psalm 103:1-2 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: The Hebrew word that is translated “bless” in these two verses, literally means to kneel yourself before another or to lift up another. It speaks of honoring…
This is the original name for what we currently call Memorial Day. It began as an act of honor and recognition of the sacrifices made by those who gave their lives in the battles of the Civil War. It began by grateful American citizens who would decorate the graves of soldiers who gave their lives…
The root of the word “memorial” is linked to the “memory,” therefore memorials remind us of something or someone by focusing our mind on what once was. It is the reminder of something or someone of or belonging to our past. It has to do with the record or memory of the past that we…
I heard this phrase on a radio program, “Focus on the Family, that I was listening to this week on KOLU 93.7FM. I loved that phrase because it is so true of motherhood; it is truly a ministry. Sadly, our society has been drifting from a mentality of service, but there is a bit of…
Once again, God has been very good to His church here at Summerville. God answered every one of our prayers that we have been lifting up to Him the past several weeks and months in regards to the Northwest Bible Conference. The weather was incredible, the preaching was phenomenal, the spirit of the services and…