Faith & Worship

Trusting God through every season, prayer, and the daily walk of worship.

  • Even Good People Can Have Bad Experiences

    Bad things can happen to us because we are bad people, or we are in a bad place, or both. When we are bad, bad things happen to us, as punishment and God’s displeasure. However, bad things can also happen because we are in a world of sin, we are in a bad place. Zechariah and Elizabeth were not bad people, but they were in a bad place, a world of sin. Because we are all in a world of sin which is a bad place, bad things can happen to any of us whether we are good or bad. Even good people can have bad experiences!

  • Tempted After Affirmation But Perfectly Attended To

    While in the wilderness it seemed that Jesus was alone with the wild animals. At times during temptation, it seems everyone has abandoned us. While it is true that Jesus was alone without any human support, He was not alone. While it is true that people can abandon us and they really do, but God though not visible never abandons us. In our text, today the Bible tells us that angels were attending to Jesus. In the lonely and fearful wilderness, angels attended to Jesus and they still attend to us. Tempted after affirmation but perfectly attended to.

  • The Mind-Boggling Story of Three Women in Two Texts

    Many things boggle our minds. These are women in our religious standards we wouldn’t think deserve anything. Foreigners! Widows! Prostitute! We wouldn’t allow them to even sing in the choir. We would totally deny them religious joy, believing we are doing God a service. Yet the people we are vehemently denying access to religion are the people God prefers. This is the mind-boggling story of three women in two texts!

  • Even Beyond The Borders Of Israel

    The Bible is full of evidence that God is great even beyond the borders of Israel. God went to Egypt a foreign powerful land and saved His people. God went to the Philistine territory through Samson and crushed them. When Philistines stole the Ark and took it to their country, God did miracles, they became afraid and returned it. God sent Jonah to Nineveh and proved to be great even in that ruthless scary foreign country. God performed miracles in Babylon through Daniel, Shadrack, Meshack, and Abednego. There is enough evidence that God is great even beyond the borders of Israel!

  • Think Carefully Seemingly Unrelated Things Are Related

    Are you having endless problems that are responding to no solution? Are you wondering where the current crisis came from? Are you trying to trace from where the rains started beating you? Are there situations you do not like that are not making sense? Think carefully seemingly unrelated things are related!

  • Let All Backsliders Know…

    God does not excuse backsliders depending on what caused them to backslide. Regardless of what caused the backsliding, God tells us that they are liable to serious punishment. A backslider is a backslider. Some backslide in order to provide for the family. Some backslide because the church has bad members and leaders. Some backslide because they were so offended by someone. Some backslide because they do not want to be hypocrites like other members. Some backslide because of just laziness. Some backslide because they are angry with God.

  • I Am Going To Do Something

    Do it LORD, do it in my days, respond to the wicked who have made my life unbearable. Do it LORD, do it for my studies, my business, my employment, my social life, and ministry. Do it LORD, for the glory of your name, do what no one would believe even if they are told, unless they experience it. Do it for my health, do it for my finances, do it for my spiritual life. Do it God, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

  • God is Good, But…

    The God of the Bible is good. The God that Christians worship is good. This God is much more real and powerful than all other gods. This God manifests Himself as greater than any other gods. He is the God of gods. Yet this most powerful God is not just great but good.

  • What About The Tradition of Shaving Hair?

    Does God prescribe how we should attend to our hair? Does God allow us some liberty on how to attend to our hair? There are traditions around us on how hair is handled, should we follow those traditions?