Monthly Archives: August 2020

Matthew 8:5-13 Most of us try to take authority for ourselves at a very early age.  When one of our granddaughters was just three years old, she was riding with us. When she got out of the car in the parking lot, her grandmother said to her, “Let me hold your hand.”  She said back to her grandmother, “My hold my own hand.”   She put her hands together and walked beside her grandmother.  She had taken on the authority…..

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John 16:16-33 We have many things that are recorded In our book of life.  We write a page each day in the book.  Some of the books of life are very short with few pages.  Other books of life are long and filled with many pages.  The common thing about our book of life is that we all begin with birth and we all will have an obituary dating our death.  Even a long life on this earth is but…..

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Daniel 3:1-30 In this journey of life, most of us will deal with some kind of hard times that will test our faith.  I was five years old when we entered World War II.  Our lives quickly changed.  We had to use ration stamps for many things: gas, sugar, shoes, and no new cars or trucks.  Tires were on the ration list.  Anything that was considered a luxury, such as nylon hose for women, was not to be found much…..

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II Chronicles 7:12-16 Sometime in the year of 1963, I preached my first sermon.  I was still in college and green as grass about what should be in a sermon.  A true Christian sermon comes from the power of God’s word.  The Bible contains God’s word, and even as a very green, unpolished preacher, I would focus the sermon on the power of the words in His Word.  As I prepare this message, it will focus on God’s Word to…..

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