“It only takes a spark to get a fire going…” So begins a devotional song with a timeless message. We all share in the task of taking the saving message of the gospel to all within our influence, and that number is far more than we realize.
Sermons by Billy Smith (Page 27)
When crisis invades our life, we must have an anchor to hold us sure and steadfast. That is exactly what God provides us.
The Bible speaks of walls that protect and support, as well as walls that divide. In this text, Paul speaks of Jesus as “our peace,” who has forever destroyed the wall separating us from God.
This evening’s lesson is from our daily Bible reading for today, the familiar story of God’s appearance to Moses in the burning bush. When God told him to return to Egypt to lead the children of Israel out of captivity, Moses gave a series of excuses that are exactly those we use today.
Simon of Cyrene is the story of a man who was not looking for a cross, but the cross of Jesus found him. Today, there are those who are intentionally looking for the cross, while there are others who find the cross accidentally.
Our study tonight is from the heart of our daily Bible reading for today, Psalms 30-32. From this psalm, Jesus used the familiar statement of verse five as His final words from the cross. We must live so that when it comes “our time” we may be able to say the same.
Did you know that when you encourage someone you give them a “courage transfusion?” As a child of God, you may save a life and a soul through the power of encouragement.
You claim to believe the Bible but how do you prove it? Paul commended the church at Thessalonica because they believed the Bible for what it is, “the word of God.” How can we demonstrate, congregationally and individually, that we believe the Bible to be God’s eternal truth on every subject?
This is the fifth and final lesson in the series on Isaiah 53, the 700 year old prophesy of the Lord’s tragedy and triumph. The chapter began by stating the Servant would be exalted in spite of His suffering now, the story ends by claiming He will be exalted because of His suffering. And He…
In this, the fourth of five lessons from Isaiah 53, we continue to be amazed by the prophet’s portrait of the promised Messiah. In accepting all the abuse of the cross, the Lord, “like a lamb led to slaughter, did not open His mouth.”