Shadrach

Luke 12:40, “Be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect”
1 Thessalonians 5:6, “Let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober”
__________

The story has been told of a teacher who told his class that he would be going away for several weeks, and he offered to give a prize to the student whose desk he found in the best order when he came back. But he didn’t tell them what day he would return. Because the prize was big, each ...

Amos 4:12, “Prepare to meet your God”
John 14:2, “In My Father’s house are many mansions”
__________

I have seen them curled up on park benches around Chicago and Washington DC, have observed them asleep in doorways and even slumped against the walls of a New York subway. They huddle in the alleys of Los Angeles and other major cities in our country. They are the homeless, restless, furtive and often sick. I don’t know about you but to me, homelessness illustrates ...

John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”
__________

I wanted to share with you today a hymn entitled “Face to Face” written by Carrie E. Breck in 1898 and composed by Grant Colfax Tullar. Carrie was born on January 22, 1855, in Walden, Vermont. Her family moved from Vermont to Vine¬land, New Jersey, and spent most of her life in southern New Jersey. She married Frank Breck, and then moved to Oregon between 1910 ...

Ephesians 3:20, “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us”
__________

The Bible describes God as omnipotent, all powerful, able even to create all things from nothing (Hebrews 11:3). Whereas, the individual is portrayed as totally insufficient to do anything but fail. Yet, the Bible also teaches that God often accomplishes great and powerful things through a few weak people. In that ...

Proverbs 16:23, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death”
Romans 5:8, “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”
__________

Whether you want to admit it or not, the most defining moment in anyone’s life is the decision to surrender to God by accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. The Bible, God’s Breathed Word tells us that our greatest need isn’t simply guidance ...