Cornerstone Chapel - Video Podcast

Discouragement comes in many forms. Heartache is no respecter of persons. In the book of Jeremiah, a guy by the name of Baruch is experiencing his share of discouragement and describes it with words like “sorrow”, “pain”, “being worn out”, “groaning”, and “without rest.” Could that describe you? Have you ever felt so discouraged that it was palpable and painful? Have you ever been so worn out with grief and sorrow, so exhausted with discouragement, that you couldn’t sleep? Have you ever cried so much that you had no more tears? Pastor Gary brings a word of encouragement today from Jeremiah 45 in a teaching entitled, “Courage for the Discouraged.”

An in-depth study of Hebrews 11:31-32.

Biblically speaking, a remnant is “a small group of the LORD’s faithful followers who represent Him in a larger setting.” The Church is the remnant in the world to represent God’s righteousness. We have been given that mandate and privilege of being His ambassadors in the earth. Looking at Jeremiah 42 and other Biblical examples, Pastor Gary makes four observations about the role of the remnant in the world today and how we can fulfill our God-given responsibility of representing His righteousness.

An in-depth study of Galatians 6.

The long-prophesied, tragic result of disobeying God has finally come to the Jewish people with the destruction of Jerusalem as outlined in Jeremiah 39. It was all avoidable, but God’s people did not heed the warnings of the prophets, so God’s discipline came upon them in the form of the Babylonian army in 586 B.C. One sad story in the midst of this scene is that of King Zedekiah of Judah whose sons were killed in front of him and whose eyes were then gouged out by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Truth is, Zedekiah had lost his vision long before his eyes were put out. The loss of his physical eyes was only symptomatic of a larger problem—Zedekiah had lost sight of God. Join Pastor Gary today as we see four points from Zedekiah’s life as a warning to us about not losing sight of God.

It’s possible to live principled lives in an unprincipled world. We have a great example of that in Jeremiah 35 among some people known as “the Recabites.” God commends them for the way they live their lives with the courage of their convictions despite how the rest of the world is living around them. God uses the Recabites as an example of principled people who refused to compromise their standards. Join Pastor Gary as he tells the story of the Recabites and how their story applies to our lives today.

An in-depth study of Hebrews 11:22-30.

Sin separates us from God and we feel estranged and distant from Him. But God is a God of restoration. Like a skilled craftsman who takes an old piece of furniture and restores it to its original beauty is our Lord who takes our old, sinful lives and makes us brand new! Jeremiah 29 describes the hopeful future God had in store for the Jewish people who had sinned and rebelled against Him, and it’s a reminder for us that He does the same for us too. After David had sinned he prayed to God, “Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me” (Psalm 51:12). He understood that God restores broken lives for His glory. This is the topic of our study today with Pastor Gary out of Jeremiah 29.

An in-depth study of Hebrews 11:1-21.

We are living in a time when Christians need to stand for what is right and live for what is true without the fear of man. In Jeremiah 26, the prophet Jeremiah was threatened with death at the hands of his own countrymen simply because he spoke the truth and stood for what was right. Nevertheless, Jeremiah remained faithful to God and stood his ground without regard to the personal cost. God protected him that day, and his life was spared. But another prophet by the name of Uriah did not fare as well. While Uriah was a good prophet who spoke the truth like Jeremiah, he ran in fear when people opposed him and threatened his life. In the end, he was killed. It’s a sharp contrast for us between those who stand for what is right and enjoy God’s protection, and those who run in fear and are cut down. Join Pastor Gary in Jeremiah 26 for today’s study, “Stand for What is Right.”