Advent season began this past Sunday, November 28, and for the next four weeks, I (Matt), want to give you passages of scripture, a few thoughts to ponder and a song of worship that will match with the theme of each week. I pray these advent meditations will help guide...
“We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thess. 1:2-3) Early on in our current Sunday morning sermon series...
“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Romans 15:13 (NLT) The other day I left the hose on to fill up...
One of the most ignored commands of Jesus is this: “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,” (Matthew 5:44) Notice there isn’t an “enemies” section in our prayer list. I say that with my tongue firmly in my cheek, after all I...
Unless you have pulled the plug from all sources of outside information you are probably fully aware of the fact that the state of Texas has not been winning any popularity contests lately. A few recent changes in our state laws have not gone over well with many in our...
