Prayer brings together love and power: the relation of love that grows up between God and the person who prays, and the flowing of power from God to, and especially through, that person. Our world is afraid & discouraged . Think coronavirus-19. Think politically. Relationships are marred by fear to the…

Question: Where is God ? Who is God? God wants to be known . This is to some extent the story of the Bible. God making himself known to individuals like you and me. Paul talks about the mystery of God which is the Gospel being proclaimed to Gentiles. God is the revealer . The content is from God but…

Images in passage: far away and near; alienated and citizens; past versus present; Our world divides & separates . Some of this may be necessary and helpful. However, because of our humanity it becomes a way or excluding others. Alienation is powerful . We are all in the same “boat”. Paul’s solution—…

The human dilemma: good or bad? The question is by nature are we as humans basically good or basically bad? At least, this is how we tend to view things. We walk contrary to God, by desire and default. This is the first couple verses of chapter 2. This sums up to some extent what Paul means by sinful…

“Faith is patience with the lamp lit.” Tertullian These verses are one long sentence. This is Paul’s prayer for Christians of Asia Minor. I am called & blessed ! This is the main point this morning. We will come back to this in a few moments but I want you to see and hear everything I say this morning…

Who am I? It is a great question with the answer having a great influence on day to day actions. As I have said before, and am constantly being reminded, belief leads to action. Where do I live? What time do I live in? Where did I come from? Where am I heading? These questions help us to answer our first…

What is your goal for 2020? Where do you want to head in this year? How will you get there? In our elementary school they are teaching our kids to begin with the end in mind. Helping them to see the importance of planning and preparing for what you want to accomplish. I could take this trait and sum…

What do you believe about the Bible, Scripture? This is a great question we must ask often. We must ask ourselves this question. If you do not have an answer right off the top of your head, spend this week observing how you interact, or don’t interact, with Scripture. Is it a manual to live by? It is…

Our world has, and is, changing . Just think since 2010 we have seen the creation and expansion of tablets, especially the iPad. Phones did not have the cameras they do know, a front facing camera. Amazon and Alexa were not a thing yet. Uber and Lyft just came on to the scene around 2012 but was unheard…