Friday, May 27, 2016

Psalms 119:133 - "Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me." This is something to pray for daily, not just for ourselves, but for our children as they grow up, to follow paths of righteousness. - Phil Dann 

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Amos 5:24 - "But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."  The book of Amos is a warning of God's coming judgment on a people that claim to be God's people but disregard His direction in worship.  In the previous verses God states the their worship is despised because there is no righteousness.  As we go to worship this weekend, remember God want us to live righteously and exercise godly judgment of right and wrong so our worship will be acceptable to Him. True worship is really on the inside, but manifested by our actions. - Matt Stephens

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Psalm 84:11 - "For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly." What an incentive this is to just live and love a holy life. We like to blame God sometimes for the way things go in our lives, but imagine how much has been withheld because we weren't walking uprightly. This just proves that God is waiting  for us to do right so He can bless us. - Steve Boots

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Titus 1:16 - "They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate." We all profess to know God, but what do our works, public and private, prove? We know what is right; we prove our love for God when we just do it. - Steve Boots

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Joshua 8:34 - "And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law." - Israel has just been given a great victory after their first defeat at Ai. Joshua knew that right after thanking God for the victory he needed to remind the people it was not they who had won the battle. As we pray and ask for victories, let's not just thank God for that "big win" but also thank Him for who He is. Let's remember both His goodness and His demand for righteousness. - Matt Stephens

Friday, November 13, 2015

Proverbs 11:20b - "...but such as are upright in their way are His delight."  In a day of so much wickedness and evil it is comforting to know that God has given us the ability to live for Him. "Upright" is referenced back to Psa. 119:1 which tells us that uprightness comes from walking after God's Word. When we live after God's Word not only are we living right we are also God's delight. It is amazing that God in Heaven would delight in us! - Matt Stephens