Jesus came for us because God loves us! It is His desire that we show His love one to another.

This all began back in the Old Testament when a man heard the voice of God to Sacrifice his only son. Because of Abraham’s faith and obedience to follow God even when he did not understand, we have received redemption and eternal life. We know that redemption and eternal life comes through Jesus Christ, but it all started in a father called Abraham. God asked him to do the unthinkable! Willing and obedient he followed the Lord’s instructions.

Commerce Community Church, located in West Des Moines, IA, uploads Sunday sermons each week. Now you can listen to the weekly sermon anytime, anywhere using the RSS feed. You will be blessed by hearing Dr. B. L. Rice present God's Word each Sunday.

Worry, distrust, negative attitudes, unfaithfulness to read God’s Word, or pray daily is not seeking Him. Just wrong attitudes in general. God has asked us to have a ‘Thankful Spirit’ – to enter His gates with Thanksgiving! His thoughts toward us is: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of Peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

Commerce Community Church, located in West Des Moines, IA, uploads Sunday sermons each week. Now you can listen to the weekly sermon anytime, anywhere using the RSS feed. You will be blessed by hearing Dr. B. L. Rice present God's Word each Sunday.

In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.

I believe God is speaking to His followers, the ones who are called by His name. Is our conversation “Gracious?” Is it Christ-like? Does it magnify God? Does both blessings and cursing come from our lips? “…be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” ~ 1 Tim. 4:12

It is important to take a good look at Jesus after His death. We often focus on the resurrection and then after resurrection Sunday move on to other subjects. But it is good to focus on Jesus life after His death and after His resurrection. When we focus on this period of His life after everything we learn some powerful information.

As Paul related this to Timothy He said; “I am persuaded that such Faith is also in you! To all the Mothers, we love and appreciate you! Blessed are the Mothers of today and tomorrow, for they have been summoned to a great heroic hour.

“And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them….” Jesus went and preached unto the spirits in prison; and He said: “I Am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I Am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.”