Location and TimesPsalm 49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: Yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. Men live for Read more […]
Archives for August 2017
God is a giver of pleasure
Psalm 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. I think that too often we do not think of God being Read more […]
Those that do not love God do not last
Psalm 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. People Read more […]
His name’s sake
Psalm 25:11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, Pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. God is so good to us because He is good. It is not about us but about Him. It is His character. The psalmist Read more […]
The Word of God is sweet
Psalm 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. The psalmist had a desire for the Word of God. He found the Scriptures to be sweeter Read more […]
God has been good to me
Psalm 13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. All of us can say the same thing if we are born again. He saved us. He has heard and answered our prayers. He Read more […]
God sees and knows
Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, And he seeth all his goings. We can’t hide from God. He sees us and knows us. There is nothing hidden from him. He knows my rebellion. He knows Read more […]
Be honest about your sin
Job 31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: Job said that he had confessed his sin and been honest before God. He didn’t try to hide and not confess. Read more […]
Should be ashamed of themselves
Job 19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. Job is tired of his “so called” friends trying to correct him. Maybe if they had Read more […]
I can’t
Job 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. There is no way for me to fix myself. If I try to say that I am right Read more […]
Sunday in Review
It was another exciting week here at Vision Baptist Church! Thursday we had the ordination service for Micah Rastelli our missionary to Bosnia. It was a blessing to be able to ordain this young man Read more […]
Member Spotlight: The Gibbys
This week we are spotlighting Joe and Rhonda Gibby, who have been members of Vision Baptist Church almost from the beginning! I have greatly enjoyed learning about the Gibby’s story and I Read more […]
God thinking on us
Job 7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? God is so good to even consider us. God, who created it all, who is above all, who is Read more […]
Fasting and praying
Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will Read more […]
Not concerned about God’s men
Nehemiah 13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. Nehemiah was checking Read more […]
Confusion and every evil work
James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, Read more […]
Think about it
Nehemiah 6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. Don’t just accept that someone who says Read more […]
Trash hinders the work
Nehemiah 4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. If we do not get rid of the trash, the Read more […]
The eye of God
Ezra 5:5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this Read more […]
Sunday in Review
This Sunday was a very exciting and special one here at Vision Baptist Church. It was Levi’s Luau; a time for us to invite all of our friends and neighbors to hear a clear presentation of the Gospel Read more […]
Humbling ourselves
II Chronicles 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself Read more […]
Encouraging God’s people
II Chronicles 31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. They Read more […]
False gods that can’t
II Chronicles 25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could Read more […]
Seeking doctors instead of God
II Chronicles 16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. Read more […]
Forsaking God has great costs
II Chronicles 7:22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, Read more […]
Where is your affection
I Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all Read more […]
Sundays in Review
July 30th was another wonderful day in the House of the Lord! We had 254 in Sunday School and 267 in the morning service! Bro. Gardner finished his message on How to Resist Satan and have Victory from Read more […]
Satan has direct influence
I Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. I think it is easy for us to ignore Satan but we do so at our peril. He is real. He has real power. Read more […]
He is greatly to be praised
I Chronicles 16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the people are idols: But the LORD made the heavens. God Read more […]
Understanding the times
I Chronicles 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren Read more […]
It was the Lord
I Chronicles 11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him. David was becoming stronger and stronger. His influence was spreading. People were realizing that Read more […]
Dad’s influence
II Kings 24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. Dad’s influence is amazing. Jehoiachin does wicked things because he was Read more […]
They were faithful men
II Kings 12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. This is wild. The men that were working Read more […]
He knew before hand
II Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young Read more […]
How crazy can you be?
II Kings 5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, Read more […]