Watchword
(Proverbs 1.1-19; Mark 1.29-39)Ruth 3
If Boaz is a picture of masculine nobility, Ruth is certainly the perfect, feminine counterpart. The young widow had considerable challenges to overcome given her upbringing in a different social and religious culture. Yet, she was determined to prevail in the Lord.
Ruth becomes an outstanding heroine by exhibiting the virtues of [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
July 31, 2008 – 4:00 amWednesday, July 30, 2008
July 30, 2008 – 4:00 amWatchword
( Job 42.1-17; Psalm 73; Mark 1.14-28)Ruth 2
Boaz: godly, hardworking, and decent. No fault can be found in this son of Israel. Certainly, God blesses the righteous and this is apparent in the life of Boaz.
He is prosperous and happy for a reason. We see Boaz working along with his employees and treating them fairly; [...]
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
July 29, 2008 – 4:00 amWatchword
(Job 39.19-40.2; Mark 1.1-13)Ruth 1: 19-22
As Naomi’s life became harder, so did her heart. If there are “questionable characters” in this story, they certainly seem to be Elimelech and Naomi. One cannot help wondering exactly how concerned they were for the worship of the true God.
Elimelech gets his family into this whole mess by leaving [...]
Monday, July 28, 2008
July 28, 2008 – 4:00 amWatchword
(Job 39.1-18; Matthew 28.11-20)
Ruth 1: 1-18
Ruth is a diamond in the rough in every sense of the cliché. Judges leaves us disappointed and depressed. The final verse closes out with this downer of a statement: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”
The Hebrews had [...]
Singles Lunch 7.27
July 27, 2008 – 7:11 pmSome photos from today’s Singles’ Lunch at the Warners:
Singles Lunch
July 27, 2008 – 1:00 pmThe singles group will meet for lunch after church. Call for location and details.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
July 27, 2008 – 4:00 amMessage: Mark 10:13-16
Passage to Prepare Us for Worship: Isaiah 40
Saturday, July 26, 2008
July 26, 2008 – 4:00 am Watchword(Job 38.19-41; Matthew 28.1-10)
My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. Isaiah 56.7
Jesus entered the temple and drove out those who were selling and buying in the temple.
He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold
doves. Mark 11.15
Psalm 13
To the lead [...]
Friday, July 25, 2008
July 25, 2008 – 4:00 amWatchword
(Job 38.1-18; Matthew 27.57-66)
He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd his flock. Jeremiah 31.10
I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own and my own know me. John 10.14
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
A “hope deferred” is not [...]
Thursday, July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008 – 4:00 amWatchword
(Job 33.8-28; Matthew 27.38-56)
O Lord, you are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. Psalm 142.5
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By his great mercy he has given
us new birth into a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter [...]