Read: Genesis 18:1 – 21:7 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. (John 1:9) Relate: The one who is the true light… There truly is only One who is the light. Yes, there are all kinds of false lights. Buddha is a false light. He preached that…
Read: 2 Kings 23:31-25:30, Acts 22:17-23:10, Psalm 2:1-12, Proverbs 18:13 Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession. (Psalm 2:8) Relate: Right at the beginning of his ministry, Jesus went out to the desert to fast and pray. After forty days of this the devil came to Him…
Read: 1Kings 9:1-10:29, Acts 8:14-40, Psalm 130:1-8, Proverbs 17:2-3 I am counting on the Lord; yes, I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word. (Psalm 130:5) Relate: All he wanted to do was join the army and serve His country. All he got was discouragement. Over and over again he would go to a recruiting…
Read: 1Kings 1:1-53, Acts 4:1-37, Psalm 124:1-8, Proverbs 16:24 There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12) Relate: In the book Radical, David Platt writes: I remember sitting outside a Buddhist temple in Indonesia. Men and women filled the elaborate, colorful temple…
Read: 1Samuel 17:1-18:4, John 8:21-30, Psalm 111:1-10, Proverbs 15:11 Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God? (1 Samuel 17:26) Relate: Growing up I loved numbers. That’s an understatement. I loved statistics to the point I was definitely a bit OCD about it. OK… more than a bit. I remember sitting there in…
Read: Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20, Luke 11:37-12:7, Psalm 78:1-31, Proverbs 12:19-20 I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I…
Read: Habakkuk 1:1-3:19, Revelation 9:1-21, Psalm 137:1-9, Proverbs 30:10 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) Relate: What does glory look like? “We have seen His glory.” When…
Read: Daniel 11:36-12:13, 1 John 4:1-21, Psalm 123:1-4, Proverbs 29:2-4 But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here… Those people belong to this world,…
THE RIVER WALK 