Come into the Ark – This message was delivered in the morning service on October 22, 2023. Primary Text: Genesis 7:1 Supporting Text: Gen. 6:5-6, 11-12; Num. 10:29; Is. 1:18, 55:1; Mat. 22:4, 17; Rev. 22:17, 3:20 The text is connected with one of the most fearful judgments with which God ever visited the world.…

Wilt Though Revive Us This message was delivered in the morning service on October 15, 2023. Primary Text: Psalm 85:1-7 Supporting Text: Ps. 119:105, 130; 2 Chr. 7:14; Ps. 100:2; 1 Th. 5:17 Wise believers pray, “Lord, send revival, and let it begin with me!” How can we be God’s vessels to lead a lost…

This message was delivered in the morning service on October 8, 2023. Primary Text: Jeremiah 31:16-17; 1 Cor. 15:58; Heb 10:19-26 Supporting Text: Ephesians 4:16; 4:11; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Cor. 12-29-30 In chapters 30 & 31 of Jeremiah, God talks about restoration. The Lord is prophetically telling the church that those who are un…

Primary Text: Psalm 100 Supporting Text: Neh. 8:9-10; Ps. 22:3; Jn. 7:37-38; Jn. 4:10-14; Ep. 5:1-20 The hundredth psalm has for its title, “A Psalm of praise,” or “of thanksgiving,” and to this description it well answers. There is not a single mournful note in the composition. God is praised from the beginning to the…

Primary Text: Luke 9:23-25 Supporting Text: Luke 16:19-31; Ga. 2:20 And he said to them all If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Before sketching out the life that the true disciples of a suffering King Messiah must lead on earth, our…

Primary Text: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Supporting Text: 2 Pe. 1:16; Jer. 17:9; Heb. 2:4; Luke 18:8 1 Cor 2:1 He concentrated on the central truth of the gospel (redemption through Christ) and on the power of the Holy Spirit. He was quite aware of his human limitations, his personal inadequacy, and his inner fear and…

Go Forward Primary Text: Exodus 14:10-15 Supporting Text: Lu. 13:24; 1 Co. 9:25; Ph. 1:27; 1 Co. 9:24 The children of Israel have just been delivered from the strong, oppressive hand of Pharaoh. God’s mighty deliverance has brought them out of Egypt the land of slavery and oppression. They had started their journey with high…

We Have this Treasure in Earthen Vessels Primary Text: 2 Corinthians 4:6-9 A Christian is an “earthen vessel” who at times experiences sadness, tears, afflictions, perplexities, weakness, and fears. Yet because of the heavenly “treasure” within him, he is not defeated. Christianity is not the removal of weakness, nor is it merely the manifestation of…

Cry for Revival Primary Text: Psalm 51:10-12 Additional scripture: Ps. 16:11; Ne. 8:10; Rom 14:17; Is . 12:2-3; 2 Chr. 7:14; Ps. 85:6 “Restore,” etc. Two opposite kinds of experience are wonderfully blended in this psalm—the experience of a conscience-stricken transgressor, and the experience of a believer rejoicing in Divine mercy. Nothing can be more…

Let Us Go Up at Once and Possess It Primary Text: Numbers 13:25 – 14:8 Emphasis verse 13:30 Additional scripture: 2 Peter 1:3; Romans 8:37; Revelation 3:8; Hebrews 11:1-3 Numbers was written to tell why Israel did not enter the promised land immediately after leaving Mount Sinai. The primary message of numbers is clear: gods…