Micah 4:1-5 {Prayer} Two years, before his untimely death, the Los Angeles Lakers retired both of Kobe Bryant’s numbers … number eight and number twenty-four. At the event, an ESPN announcer said, “They will hang in the Staples Center forever.” Uh, no, they won’t. Kobe’s numbers won’t hang there forever because in a sports world…
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens has become a well-known story throughout the world. Originally published on December 19, 1843 in England, the story has come to life in many different renditions over the years. As we go through our Family Midweek Advent Series, we are going to take this beloved classic and look at…
Micah 1:1-4 {Prayer} John Glenn learned how to fly fighter jets as he completed 59 missions in World War II and 90 missions in the Korean War. John Glenn learned to fly fast as he was the first pilot to fly at supersonic speed. John Glenn learned how to fly into outer space. In…
Deuteronomy 8:1-10 {Prayer} When everything is going along great, it’s easy to just keep on going and act as if nothing could possibly go wrong. Listen to this story I found as I was working on this sermon. Among the thrilling stories told in connection with the search of gold in the Klondike, in the…
Revelation 5:1-14 {Prayer} When you hear of heaven, what do you think of? Clouds, chubby little cherub angels flying around with cute bow and arrows? Maybe brilliant colors far richer than anything found on earth? Where do we get these ideas of what heaven will be like? For most people, their ideas come…
Matthew 25:1-13 {Prayer} As we draw closer to the end of the church year, you might have noticed that our readings take a turn toward the end times, to that “Day of the Lord” as Amos put it in our Old Testament reading. Well, you all know how my mind likes to wander at…
{Prayer} To refresh our memories, I want to read our sermon text again from 1 John 3. “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not…
Psalm 46 {Prayer} I’m a fan of storms, a huge fan of storms. I was really enjoying the ones we had this past week as they produced a great light show with some good rumbling thunder. It’s fun and relaxing at the same time to just sit in our sunroom when theirs a storm and…
Matthew 22:15-22 {Prayer} Ever feel like the world is out to get you? Like no matter how hard you try, you find yourself on the bottom, you find yourself beat up and tired? No matter how hard you try to get ahead in life, bam, the car breaks down or a storm damages your…
{Prayer} Listen to these opening words of our Old Testament lesson again from Isaiah 25. “On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples. A banquet of aged wine – the best of meats and the finest of wines.” I don’t know about you, but I…