New Year with an Invitation from Jesus
by Brad Jolly Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe how fast 2022 went by. I don’t know how your year has been, but if yours was like mine, it was a mixture of blessings and challenges. So when a new year comes around like we have at our doorstep right now in 2023, I […]
Learning to Discern
by Larry Browning Recently, I was reading a book about Satan and his ways. One thing I learned is that the enemy of truth is subtle and cunning. We shouldn’t be surprised by the increase in lies and spiritual error as we near the return of Christ. The Bible says this will happen (Matt. 24:11), […]
Motivating Other Believers
by Brad Jolly Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. Hebrews 10:24 OK, all you parents and grandparents, when was the last time you intentionally set aside some time to think of ways to motivate your kids or grandkids to do those things which the Lord […]
The Dawning Moment for Jonathon Edwards
by Larry Browning “Absolute Sovereignty is what I like to ascribe to God. But my first convictions were not so.” Reading this verse is the first instance Jonathan Edwards can remember the sweet inward delight of God and divine things. He had struggled with the Sovereignty of God as a very young person but late […]
The Source of Perfect Peace
by Chris Hodges The steadfast of mind you will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 NASB If you are not careful, when you think about perfect peace, you may think, “What must I do to be peaceful?” This is the wrong way to think. There is only one way you […]
The Link to Faith
by Brad Jolly I was reading and dwelling on the following passage in Romans 10. “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can […]
The Greatest Relationship Ever
By Brad Jolly God wants a relationship with each of us. And as I ponder on this truth, it is just so hard to fathom. I find myself in awe that He didn’t just stop with a desire, but that He also made that desire into reality through Jesus and the cross. Think about that […]
Our God of Abundance
by Brad Jolly Abundance. In Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, the word abundance means to have an adequate amount; affluence or wealth; or a relative degree of plentifulness. When you think of God, do you think of Him as one who works or gives in abundance? As one who is excessive or abounding in what He does for […]
Tasting the Lord – Finding the Answer
by Brad Jolly In last week’s blog post (read here), we saw that David challenged us to, “Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!”. Psalm 34:8 We learned that David wanted us to discover for ourselves what he had learned, which is that “the […]
Tasting the Lord – A Personal Challenge
by Brad Jolly “Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!” Psalm 34:8 As I have read over this verse numerous times recently, I think I am beginning to understand it in a way that the psalmist wants me to. Those words, “taste and see” […]
