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Category: Matthew

  • What’s In A Name?

    A “Life Talk Devotion” – 09/30/2023 Many of us at our church are working on a Read-Through-the-Bible-in-a-Year plan that walks you through the Bible according to how the events took place.  I enjoy the Old Testament, but it is admittedly a breath of fresh air when you turn that final page from the Old Testament…

  • Signs of Christmas Future: Reign of Messiah

    12/22/2022 / updated 12/18/2023 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. Isaiah 9:6-7a (NIV)…

  • Signs of Christmas Past: The Overshadowing

    12/09/2022 / updated 12/18/2023 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 Signs are an integral part of our daily life. They surround us everywhere we go; on the highways, in buildings, on buses, etc. Signs have…

  • The Ultimate Planned Deception and End Times Lies

    07/4/2022 “As Christ has a Gospel, Satan has a gospel too; the latter being a clever counterfeit of the former. So closely does the gospel of Satan resemble that which it parades, multitudes of the unsaved are deceived by it.” A.W.Pink Deception is a strategic tactic that has been used in warfare since Biblical times.…

  • Whose Clothes You Got On?

    5/07/2022 There is nothing on earth that does not show either the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God; either the weakness of man without God , or the strength of man with God. Blaise Pascal “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or…

  • Not Everyone Who Says…

    5/03/2022 Repentance doesn’t come from the lips in a prayer of forgiveness. It comes from the heart in an attitude of sorrow and humility. Determine now to be done with sin so that you may live for Christ. Amir Tsarfati “Revealing Revelation” “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of…

  • The Heart of the Matter

    4/12/2022 Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure; Where your treasure is, there is your heart; Where your heart is, there is your happiness. St Augustine I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a…

  • Who Me, Worry?

    4/7/2022 “When I set God at the center of my life, I realize vast freedoms and surprising spontaneities. When I center life in my own will, my freedom diminishes markedly, I live constricted and anxious.” Eugene Peterson “Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your…

  • Only Say the Word

    4/6/2022 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a…