Church Blog (Page 285)

Church Blog (Page 285)

Do Not Compromise

Do Not Compromise By Billy Graham   •   September 29, 2016 Out of his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you the mighty inner strengthening of his Holy Spirit. —Ephesians 3:16 (TLB) Horace Pitkin, the son of a wealthy merchant, was converted and went to China as a missionary. He wrote to his friends in America, saying, “It will be but a short time till we know definitely whether we can serve Him better above or here.” Shortly afterward, a mob…

Verse of the Day – Jeremiah 33:2-3

² Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name. ³ Call unto me,  and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

The Beginning of Jesus

The Beginning of Jesus By Billy Graham   •   September 28, 2016 Before Abraham was, I am. —John 8:58 Jesus did not begin in Bethlehem. The Bible says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Jesus said that He existed before the foundation of the world. He was there when the moon and stars were flung out into space from the Father’s flaming fingertips. He was there when God created this…

Letters from Roscoe – My Garden in Heaven

My Garden in Heaven In my Father’s house are many mansions:  if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  – John 14:2 KJV   Tonight I watched a movie called ‘Miracles from Heaven’.  Based on real events the story chronicles the sickness of a small Burleson, Texas girl and her miraculous healing when she fell thirty feet onto her head inside of a hollow oak tree.  While she was unconscious…

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit By Billy Graham   •   September 27, 2016 Your body is the home of the Holy Spirit . . . —1 Corinthians 6:19 (TLB) Who is the Holy Spirit? He is God, just as God the Father and God the Son are also God. We speak of them as the Trinity. You ask me to explain the Trinity. Our minds can but dimly grasp these great spiritual facts, because we are finite and God is infinite. It may…

Verse of the Day – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV

What?  know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  For ye are bought with a price:  therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

You Can Preach!

You Can Preach! By Billy Graham   •   September 26, 2016 And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world . . . —Matthew 24:14 (TLB) We are stewards of the Gospel. The power to proclaim the greatest news in heaven or on earth was not given to the angels. It was given to redeemed men. This was addressed to humble laymen. Some think that only ministers are to preach, but that is wrong. Every Christian…

Verse of the Day – 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 KJV

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not: charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

Letters from Roscoe: It’s really a Simple Subject. Why Do We Make it so Hard?

It’s really a Simple Subject.  Why Do We Make it so Hard?  Howdy folks!  Today we were back in our Church for the first time in several months.  It felt good! It felt good to know that we had been missed.  It also felt good to be together with our Church Family and rejoin the fellowship and wholeness that we feel when we are together in His house.  So many smiling faces, so many friends and loving neighbors.  God is…

Symptoms of Guilt

Symptoms of Guilt By Billy Graham   •   September 25, 2016 Cleanse me from this guilt. Let me be pure again. — Psalm 51:2 (TLB) Guilt is a prominent word among psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and ministers too. The dictionary calls guilt “the act or state of having done a wrong or committed an offense.” The symptoms of guilt are many, but the root cause is one. We have broken the moral law of the universe as expressed in the Ten Commandments and the…