Deuteronomy 6:5-9    (NLT) 5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on…

Joshua 4:4-7     (NLT) 4 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had chosen—one from each of the tribes of Israel. 5 He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the Lord your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on…

The arrival of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost confirmed God’s promise of both forgiveness and eternal life in Jesus. Peter preached the first sermon of Jesus’ Church in explaining God’s plan of salvation and the fulfillment of the Passover in Jesus’ death and resurrection, as well as the Pentecost and the promise of the Holy…

Pentecost – The Birth of the Church In the Old Testament the first celebration in the Jewish year was Passover. Fifty (50) days after the Passover the Jews celebrated the feast of Pentecost or “First Fruits” in memory of the first new grain harvested from the land after their exit from Egypt. Now some 1500…

The Promise of Pentecost  – Sunday May 20, 2018 John 16   (NLT) The Work of the Holy Spirit 5 “But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going. 6 Instead, you grieve because of what I’ve told you. 7 But in fact, it is best for…

MARY  – The Mother of Jesus LUKE 1 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her…

2 Corinthians 5:7   For we walk by faith, not by sight. “Faith does not require us to move the mountains but just get out of our own way so God can move them”

BELIEVE Do you go through life with continual questioning and doubt – do you find yourself always looking for logical  answers to satisfy your reason and mind ? I want to see it to believe it.  We on many days could be considered a  “Doubting Thomas” John 20:26-27   NLT 26 Eight days later the disciples…

 Worry and Fear. Luke 24 : 35-38       Jesus Appears to the Disciples  35 Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how they had recognized him as he was breaking the bread. 36 And just as they were…

Questions are satisfied with answers and good answers create more questions …………… Gospel of John 20:  24 – 27 24 One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not with the others when Jesus came. 25 They told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I…