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The Voice of God Leads My Life (Psalm 23)

March 22, 2015 By ray

How do you make decisions? The Lord wants to guide your life in paths of righteousness. As sheep, we need to cultivate an ability to hear the Shepherd’s voice. Discussion Questions – What’s your reaction to all of the occurrences of “rhema” (spoken word) in the New Testament? – Read Psalm 37:23.… Read more

1 Thess 5: Speak Carefully and Love Properly (pt2 of 3)

February 4, 2014 By ray

Idle speech is an important theme in this letter. Words have power. What comes out of our mouth, our speech is critical. With words, we are to encourage and build each other up. 1 Thess 5 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing.… Read more

Christmas 2013 – Be a Worshiper (pt3 of 3)

December 23, 2013 By ray

Luke 2 14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people He favors! Putting it altogether, you can read it like this. May God, the Glorious One receive all glory and honor and praise and splendor because He is more real than Herod, He is stronger than Satan, He is higher than any power in heaven or on earth.… Read more

Christmas 2013 – Be a Worshiper (pt2 of 3)

December 23, 2013 By ray

What about Joseph? Matt 1:18-19 [READ] Joseph’s first Christmas did not start very peacefully either. Matt 1:18-19 [READ] Put yourself in Joseph’s shoes. He is about to marry the love of his life. Then, he gets the news. I wonder how that conversation went down. Uh, honey, I have something to tell you.… Read more

Christmas 2013 – Be a Worshiper (pt1 of 3)

December 23, 2013 By ray

Luke 2 14 Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people He favors! This is a famous verse during the holiday season. You see it on Christmas cards. We sing it in our Christmas carols. Today, I want us to try to understand this verse in the context of the first Christmas.… Read more

Philippians 2: Humility (pt2 of 3)

September 30, 2013 By ray

How come we treat our relationship with Christ as equal to the church or equal to the work we do at church? In fact, it may be more accurate to say, why do we treat Christ as LESS important than church? Didn’t Paul say in Phil 1:23 that departing this life and being with Christ was FAR BETTER than the fruitful work for Christ, but it was NECESSARY for Paul to remain here for the sake of people?… Read more