-
Persistence in Prayer
Most people want to believe that there is someone greater than themselves who will help them in their time of need. Jesus taught us to pray to our Father in heaven. Perhaps you have prayed to God for things and He has answered your prayers and given you what you desired. But it may seem […]
-
Guard Against Unbelief
The Old Testament tells us about God and His plan for mankind. It also describes the people of old with their successes and failures and how God dealt with them. We can learn a lot from reading and studying the Old Testament. From those who walked in faith, we can learn how we should walk. […]
-
Pure and Undefiled Religion
People can claim to be Christians when in reality their religion is useless. They may attend all of the church assemblies and other activities; they may wear a necklace with a gold cross; they may give generously to the church; they may use the accepted words that Christians use. But their profession of religion may […]
-
Priorities In Life
Martha, Mary and Lazarus were two sisters and a brother that lived in the town of Bethany which was approximately two miles from Jerusalem. Jesus apparently stopped at their house occasionally when He came to Jerusalem and grew to love the family members. This was the Lazarus who became ill and died and Jesus raised […]
-
The Tongue
God has blessed mankind with the ability to talk. Animals have the ability to make noises and communicate with one another, but people are unique in their ability to express themselves in complex languages. While God has blessed us with the ability to speak, what comes out of our mouths is not always good. James […]
-
The Good Samaritan
The following is known as the story of the Good Samaritan. Luke 10:25-37 “And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, ‘Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?’ So he answered and said, ‘’You […]
-
Philippine Report August 2020 to January 2021
First, we would like to express our thanks to the many that have contributed to the work and needs in the Philippines, as the requests for help continues. Food is still a primary need in 2020, since many are still not working, but the medical needs are not far behind. The islands were hit with […]
-
Mexico Report February 20, 2021
Sierra Vista, Arizona, February 20, 2021 Brethren, Relative to our work for the Lord in Mexico, my last report was February 2020. This is a report for the past year. We had planned to make trips down into the interior of Mexico last year, but all trips were cancelled due to COVID. The country of […]
-
Jesus Came In The Flesh
Jesus was both a physical man and also the Son of God. But not everyone believes that. There was a problem with a false doctrine in the first century described in 2 John 7 “For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This […]
-
A Doer of the Word
James encourages us to be doers of the word. James 1:22-25 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and […]