1 Thessalonians 3:11-4:2 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy … (1 Thessalonians 3:12) 1 Thessalonians is an epistle, a public letter in the sense of being addressed … [Read more…]
Joshua 24:14-15 “But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 The last chapter of the book of Joshua, chapter 24, concludes the life and reign of Joshua. In this … [Read more…]
Joshua 24:22-25 Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord…”Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.” (Joshua 24:22-23) In this passage from Joshua, he asks people to make … [Read more…]
Genesis 9:9-17 “I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life” (Genesis 9: 15) We live in an age where we engage in various short and long-term commitments. The vows that we make lack permanence and the … [Read more…]
Podcasts Sermon Link – Cost of Discipleship (by Rev. Christopher Daniel ) Worship Services Next Sunday: July 1 – Holy Qurbana service in English at 10:15 AM Sunday School There will be no Sunday School for summer starting next Sunday July 1st until Sept 2nd. Weekly Prayers Intercessory Prayer on Wednesday at 6:30 PM at Church. Fasting … [Read more…]
Luke 10:1-11 “Go I am sending you out like lambs among wolves” ( Luke 10:3) In Luke chapter 9 we read about Jesus sending out his 12 apostles. In this chapter we read about sending another 72 apostles (70 in some manuscripts). Some theologians suggest that 70 represent the number of nations known … [Read more…]
Joshua 3:1-8 Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” (Joshua 3:5) Joshua the chosen leader: Joshua has become the leader of Israel after the death of Moses. In Joshua Chapter 1:1-9, we read Yahweh re-commissioning Joshua. The Lord asks him, to be strong and courageous … [Read more…]
Psalms 119:105-112 “Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105) God gave us the Bible as a light to shine through darkness in the world. In Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible, the psalmist shows us his reasons for loving the Bible: it … [Read more…]
Mark 10:32- 34 “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles.” (Mark 10:33) As parents of a two year old little girl, … [Read more…]
Luke 24:13-35 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him. (Luke 24:15-16) Luke’s narrative of the journey to Emmaus by the two followers of Jesus is a unique and beautiful compilation of the post resurrection appearances of Jesus. … [Read more…]