- Mar 12, 2023Lessons From Lydia
Mar 12, 2023Lessons From LydiaBy: Bro. George RiekSeries: 2023March is Women’s History MonthOne of the historical women from the Bible is LydiaLydia was a business womanHer obedient heartHer heart was openedHer heart was overflowingWomen have always been an important part of the GospelFor all of us we have to be more than Godly, we have to give our lives to JesusLydia accepted Jesus and then spent the rest of her life serving HimAre you serving Him today?
- Mar 8, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 18
- Mar 1, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 17 pt.2
- Feb 26, 2023God Meant For Good
- Feb 22, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 17 pt.1
- Feb 19, 2023What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Feb 19, 2023What’s Love Got To Do With It?By: Bro. George RiekSeries: 2023
Valentine’s Day -
A day all about celebrating LoveGreeting card companies, florists, even candy companies spend much money on marketing for this one day
For everyone that is profiting off this holiday, it isn’t about love, it’s about greed.
Tina Turner famously sang “What’s Love Got To Do With It”
She said love was just a “second hand emotion”
Look with me to Colossians 3:12-14 NASBThose who have been chosen of God
Put on a heart of…
All of these attributes seem so easy to say, but, in reality, in this lost world, they are seemingly hard to live
Compassion is not just feeling for someone, but feeling so strongly that you are moved to action
Compassion literally means to suffer together
We are God’s people, and we are so hard that compassion is a distant reality
Kindness
Humility
Gentleness
PatienceBearing one another
Forgiving each other
Just as the Lord forgave YOU
Put on Love
In Corinthians 13 we find that love is basically all these things we just talked about
Galations 5:22-23 shows us all these things are the fruit of the Spirit
So as those who have been chosen of God, these things should be evident in our every day lives
In a world where selfishness, greed and hate seem to dominate; the world needs to see Love
Tina Turner was wrong! Love is not a second hand emotion. Love is the outpouring of the Spirit of God within us
Do you have that in you today?
- Feb 15, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 16
- Feb 12, 2023Where Are You Building?
Feb 12, 2023Where Are You Building?By: Bro. George RiekSeries: 2023
Where are you building, that is the question that came to my mind this week.
For all of us we need to know what we are building on
As I child I remember singing the song about the wise man and the foolish man
Most of us would understand the folly of building a house upon the sand, but, when we are talking about our faith, it changes
Just like building on sand would be cheaper and faster, so is shallow faith
Deep faith takes time and much effort, just like building on solid rock
It isn’t only the difference in the investment
It really is about the difference in the choice of foundation
We would probably all confess that Jesus is our foundation
But, is He really?
Often times, even for Christians, our faith and trust is in other people first and only Jesus as a last resort
Jesus is the chief cornerstone and because of that the best one to place our trust
Let’s look closely at this passage again
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.(NASB)
Hear the Word
Act
Wise
"And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.(NASB)
In every life some rain will fall
On the solid foundation, even through the rain you can stand
"Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.(NASB)
Hear the Word
Ignore
Foolish
"The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."(NASB)
Great was the fall
We all have a choice of what we build our life on
It isn’t just a nice picture or a few empty words
Houses that are still standing after a hurricane are examined and replicated
Not only will you building on the firm foundation make you wise, it can influence others as well
Where are you building today?
- Feb 8, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 15
- Feb 5, 2023Imitation Is The Best
- Feb 1, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 14 pt 2
- Jan 29, 2023Refuge
- Jan 25, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 14 pt 1
- Jan 22, 2023Death
- Jan 15, 2023Newness Of Life
- Jan 11, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 12 pt 2
- Jan 8, 20232023: God Is Bigger Than Me
- Jan 4, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 12 pt 1
- Jan 1, 2023Brotherly Love
- Dec 21, 2022Book Of Exodus Chapter 11
- Mar 12, 2023Lessons From Lydia
- Mar 8, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 18
- Mar 1, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 17 pt.2
- Feb 26, 2023God Meant For Good
- Feb 22, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 17 pt.1
- Feb 19, 2023What’s Love Got To Do With It?
- Feb 15, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 16
- Feb 12, 2023Where Are You Building?
- Feb 8, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 15
- Feb 5, 2023Imitation Is The Best
- Feb 1, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 14 pt 2
- Jan 29, 2023Refuge
- Jan 25, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 14 pt 1
- Jan 22, 2023Death
- Jan 15, 2023Newness Of Life
- Jan 11, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 12 pt 2
- Jan 8, 20232023: God Is Bigger Than Me
- Jan 4, 2023Bible Study – Exodus 12 pt 1
- Jan 1, 2023Brotherly Love
- Dec 21, 2022Book Of Exodus Chapter 11