Psalm 41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. God blesses and makes happy those who consider the poor. What poverty should most move you—economic poverty or spiritual poverty. We should hurt for them. We should desire to see many people have help in their poverty. […]
Archives for February 2014
Deaf man–Don’t hear it!
Psalm 38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. As they spoke evil he was as a deaf and dumb man. He did not hear and neither did he respond. There is a good lesson for the missionary or disciple trainer. Often […]
All the Earth
Psalm 33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. The Psalmist prays and asks God to allow all the earth to fear the Lord. He wants the world to know. I wonder how often we pray and ask God to get His gospel […]
For thy goodness sake
Psalm 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness ‘sake, O Lord. The psalmist asks God to not remember his past sins because he understands that God is good. He wants to be remembered for His goodness. He acknowledges that he did […]
I have a problem with stinking thinking
Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. I want my meditation of my heart to be pleasing to God. I must admit, however, that I often have a very wrong thought life. To paraphrase a friend […]
Sunday in Review
Helpful links for Sunday, February 23rd Sunday Video AM | PM Sunday Audio AM | PM It is always exciting to see our Adult Bible Fellowship and Sunday School teachers arriving to the church early to get ready for the 9:30 am hour. Here at Vision many of our classes meet in round circles due […]
He hears when we pray
Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. David knew that God heard and answered prayer in his day. He knew that he had been in trouble. He didn’t know […]
Ask for the gospel to go to the world
Psalm 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. This is a promise from the Father to the Son. He is not the God of the Jews and Israel alone but the God of the heathen also. The Son […]
Righteous living
Job 29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and […]
Coming forth as Gold
Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job was under harsh and intense testing. His life was literally falling apart. His family has basically been destroyed. Everything he owned has basically been lost. His friends and family have turned their backs […]
New Series in Connect
Connect is one of the Adult Bible Fellowships that meet at 9:30 am before our morning worship service on Sundays. The class is designed to help young couples connect first of all to Christ and secondly to the community of other believers in our church. Below you will find an article written describing a new […]
Life has fallen apart
Job 19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. Job’s life has basically fallen apart. He has lost his glory. His family and friends don’t seem to respect him. […]
Helping friends in trouble
Job 16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. Job’s friends were in many ways his tormentors. He is so tired of hearing their words that he responds to them harshly in these verses. […]
How can a man be just with God?
Job 9:2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. Job asks the age old, tremendously important, question. How can a man be right with God. There is nothing that a man […]
Sunday in Review
This Week’s Bulletin: Church Bulletin (02/16/14) Video: Sunday AM, Sunday PM Audio: Sunday AM, Sunday PM (To be uploaded later this week.) We were excited and grateful to see several guests with us this Sunday! We have been continuing our series through Matthew on Sunday mornings and the book of Exodus on Sunday evenings and Thursday nights. […]
Discipline
Job 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. Though these words are […]
Abusive husbands
Esther 1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace; Ahasuerus the king was an abusive husband. His story is found in the book […]
Yet!
Nehemiah 9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead […]
What has God put in your heart?
Nehemiah 2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. What has God put in your heart to do […]
Embarrassed
Ezra 8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is […]
Is everyone responsible
Ezra 1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. Cyrus says that God has charged him to build a […]
Can we go too far!
II Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. They mocked God’s Word, His messengers, and His prophets till there was no remedy. They went too far! What is our attitude […]
Bad investments can cause more bad investments
II Chronicles 25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. God’s people had hired foreign armies to protect them. […]
Business dealings can be your ruin
II Chronicles 20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber. 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, […]
What a compliment
II Chronicles 2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. Huram looked at the way God was using Solomon, the wisdom that Solomon had and gave him the highest possible compliment. He said, the […]
Your heart affects your children
I Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready […]
Carry your own weight
I Chronicles 21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. There are no short cuts in the service of the Lord. We must not live off of […]
He likes things done His way
I Chronicles 15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. No matter what good we are trying to do for God we must be sure that we do it the way He wants it […]
Live steam Debate
Join me (Trent), Ty, Santiago, and others as we watch this debate tomorrow night at the church. It starts at 7:00 pm but we are encouraging you to get there by 6:45 pm for some discussion and prayer. 100,000,000 people watched the Super Bowl last night. That is also the number of Americans that claim […]
Sin has consequence
I Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; Salvation is forever. Salvation is by grace, totally undeserved and unearned. But to […]
Only He is God
II Kings 19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. God was to answer the prayer to prove that He was and is the only God. There are […]
Doing right in God’s sight
II Kings 18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. Hezekiah is doing the right thing. He is getting rid of the idols. He is loving God and only God. He hung on to God and would have no other. Right […]