07/25/2021 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 26 Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. 27 Instead, God chose what the world considers nonsense to put wise people to shame. God chose what the world considers weak to put what is strong to shame. 28 God chose what the world considers ordinary and what it despises--what it considers to be nothing--in order to destroy what it considers to be something.

7/18/2021 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (AMP) 4 Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no accoun

07/11/21 Matthew 6: 25-26 – 25 “ Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” Last week we celebrated our nation’s birthday: the day we officially declared ours

7/4/21 Psalm 119:45 NIV I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments. The American Revolution can teach us lessons that pertain to our own personal freedom at the spiritual level. The struggle for freedom from anything, at any level, requires a deep commitment and willingness to give our all, persistently and without resignation. Independence requires us to face challenges with courage and determination, and a deeply engrained belief that what we str

06/27/2021 Psalm 118:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Have you ever received a gift you feel you did not deserve? The gift was given to you out of love. God does this for us; He gives us blessings, favors, and His Grace. God is so great that He gives us gifts because of His love for us. Grace is God showing His love to us even though we do not deserve it. God also shows His grace by giving us strength and guidance, and by taking care of us

06/20/21 Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord....

06/13/2021 Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way...

6/6/2021 1 Peter 3:8-11 8And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous, 9not...