Mid-Week Review 01/12/25
by Hernan Hernandez on January 14th, 2025
“Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.” – Psalm 37:1-2Have you ever found yourself looking at someone else’s life and thinking, “Why do they have it so good while I struggle?” It’s a question most of us have wrestled with, even as believers. I remember learning a hymn as a ...  Read More
0
Mid-Week Review 01/05/25
by Tom Bragdon on January 7th, 2025
Have you ever felt like giving up? Maybe life feels heavy, and you wonder if there’s any point in holding on to hope. The Bible is full of stories that remind us hope is never wasted, even when things seem impossible.Take the story of the woman with the issue of blood (Mark 5:25-29). For twelve long years, she suffered. She spent all she had on doctors, only to get worse. Can you imagine her feeli...  Read More
1
Mid-Week Review 12/29/24
by Tom Bragdon on December 30th, 2024
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” – Hebrews 6:19Do you ever feel like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh? He’s that gloomy donkey who’s always expecting rain or a forgotten birthday. Sometimes, life can feel like that for us too—filled with disappointment or struggle. But God has something far better in store: hope.Paul reminds us in Romans 8:18 that “the sufferings of this ...  Read More
0
Mid-Week Recap 12/15/24
by Hernan Hernandez on December 16th, 2024
An Extraordinary Love for Ordinary PeopleIn John 4, Jesus takes a path most Jews avoided—through Samaria. Why? He needed to meet someone—a Samaritan woman drawing water alone at Jacob’s well. She was ordinary: marginalized, broken, and cast aside by her own community. Yet Jesus chose her for a divine encounter.Jesus did not avoid her, though society deemed her “unclean.” Instead, He lovingly offer...  Read More
2
Ephesians 2:19-22
by Adam Adair on July 18th, 2024
Good morning. I hope you all have a blessed week.Matthew Henry commentary on Ephesians 2:19-22Verses 19-22 The church is compared to a city, and every converted sinner is free of it. It is also compared to a house, and every converted sinner is one of the family; a servant, and a child in God's house. The church is also compared to a building, founded on the doctrine of Christ; delivered by the pr...  Read More
0
John 19:31-37
by Adam Adair on July 18th, 2024
Matthew Henry commentary:  John 19:31-37 A trial was made whether Jesus was dead. He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did. It showed that he had laid down his life of himself. The spear broke up the very fountains of life; no human body could survive such a wound. But its being so solemnly attested, shows there was something peculiar in it. The blood and water that flowed out, sig...  Read More
0
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
by Adam Adair on July 18th, 2024
May your day be blessed. It’s hard not to be cynical in this old world but in Christ we have the victory.2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18while we do not look at the th...  Read More
0