Treasured Truth

As we start a new study in Hebrews, Pastor Ford will begin to explain that our ultimate destination as believers is to come to a place in our lives where are like Christ.   As preparation for that destination, God uses means in our lives to accomplish His will.  Part of that process includes God not avoiding our pain to accomplish what pleases Him.  Learn more about this when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.

We need to acknowledge that valleys are a part of the Christian walk.  We’re going to encounter them because they’re inevitable.  Valleys are also impartial, because they don’t care who we are and they don’t consult our schedules.  So, Pastor Ford reminds us today that we better just be prepared for them.

Today, we take a break from our normal programming line up so Pastor Ford can answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life.  The topics he’ll be explaining today include how to become more intimate with Jesus, the role of women in ministry, and the qualifications necessary for someone to be a pastor or elder within the church.

Our motivation to praise God should be our appreciation for all that He’s done.  And because He’s done so much for us, we should be passionate about praising Him.  According to Pastor Ford, perfect praise is personal, pervasive and must be a priority in our lives.

Wherever we are—at home, on the job, or any place else—we’re to be praising God.  As we continue to look at Psalm 103, Pastor Ford will share with us how praise is supposed to be continual and it’s actually supposed to be the lifestyle of believers.

Praise is not supplemental.  Praise is fundamental.  Pastor Ford will explain that it’s not optional, but rather, praise is essential.  As we begin to look at Psalm 103 today, we’ll discover what perfect praise looks like.

Pastor Ford will explain today that the irony about Jesus is that He is both the medicine and the Physician.  He’s the Lamb and the High Priest.  And the children of Israel mistook His positive and powerful presence and did not accept Him as their Messiah.  We’ll learn more from our study in the book of Jeremiah when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.

If you want to get to a greener pasture, you sometimes have to go through the valley to get there.  There’s no escaping the path through the valley.  It’s the best way, and often it’s the only way you can go.  Pastor Ford will explain to us why on today’s Treasured Truth.

At the time of Jesus’ birth, the Jews were expecting a king to be born, who was promised to them in the Old Testament.  But they missed their king because He was not born in the pomp and circumstance they were expecting, but in poverty.  He was not born to a princess, but to a peasant.  He was not born in a palace.  He was born in a barn instead.

Pastor Ford wants to remind us as we celebrate this Christmas, that we can believe the promises of God, because the baby in the manger is Deity in a diaper.  God came in the flesh, fulfilled the promises in the Old Testament and He kept His word!