Luke 11:14-28 |             The year was 1781 during the month of October. George Washington and his troops were on the verge of victory. British General Charles Cornwallis had just retreated to Yorktown Virgina in order to maintain naval communications. In light of this, George Washington and the American troops took to Yorktown by land and by sea.

Matthew 26:57-68 | The eighth commandment (some call it the ninth the number doesn’t matter) teaches us not to bear false witness. We have the ultimate example of this in our text today. The chief priests paid people to purposely tell lies in court about Jesus so that they would have an excuse to put him to death.

| In our sinfulness we so often betray even those we love the most. In our sinful we refuse to forgive those who have betrayed us, even though we can not possibly claim to be any better. But Christ accepted betrayal by the Father and death for the sake of those who had betrayed him. The hands of Judas as well as the betrayal of our own hands are washed clean in the blood of Christ.

Matthew 26:36-45 | There are some skills we learn as children that we ought to cultivate throughout our life. Unfortunately, we allow many of these skills to fall by the wayside. One such example would be learning to keep a food dairy in high school. It would be good to do a better job keeping track of the

Mark 9:2-9 | From the Top of the Mountain Jesus Shows Us

- The Valley

- The Goal

- The Glory

Mark 1:14-20 | Jesus does not find preachers but rather creates them. Since we are in desperate need of faithful preachers and since it is Christ alone who can give us what we need, we must pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers.

Mark 11:1-10 | It is easy to miss his coming if we don’t know what we are looking for. He rode a donkey in lowliness. He came for sinners. He came to die.

Philippians 4:8-23 | Opportunity - Contentment - Faith

Philippians 4:1-7 | The truth that Christ is near at hand changes the way we think and act.

John 14:15-21 | While we wait for Christ He fills us with His gifts: His word, His Spirit, His appearance.