Archive for August 2010

Resisting Evil Spirits

Luke 4: 31-37 1 Cor 2:10b-16 / Ps 145 With authority and power He orders evil spirits and they come out! (Luke 4: 36) Be firm in faith, to God submit, From all the world’s pleasures abstain; Strengthened by His Holy Spirit, Freedom from evil is our gain. Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a [...]

Rejection in Nazareth

Luke 4: 16-30 1 Cor 2:1-5 / Ps 119:97-102 …no prophet is accepted in his hometown. (Luke 4:24) Everytime we give in to sin We cast Christ out from His “native place”. Lord, let Your Spirit live within, And be with us in all our days. Jesus went to Nazareth, where He had been brought [...]

Putting Talents to Work

Matthew 25: 14-30 1 Cor 1: 26-31 / Ps 33: 12-13, 18-21 For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. (Matthew 25:29) For the talents God’s entrusting May we gainfully parlay, So that we may be [...]

Foolish and Unprepared

Matthew 25: 1-13 1 Cor 1: 17-25 / Psa 33 …keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. (Matthew 25:13) Keep watch, we do not know the hour The Bridegroom comes, and lamps grow dim; He comes in majesty and pow’r, Have we prepared ourselves for Him? (Jesus gave another parable): [...]

Prize of Vigilance

Matthew 24: 42-51 1 Cor 1: 1-9 / Psa 145 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. (Matthew 24:46) Be vigilant in all your ways, Evil lurks Like a hungry lion; [...]

Hypocrisy

Matthew 23: 27-32 2 Thes 3:6-10,16-18 / Ps 128 Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! (Matthew 23:27) Don’t be deceived by what may seem So innocent, no trace of guilt … Remember those who lie and scheme Are whitewashed tombs hiding their filth. (Jesus said), “Woe to you, teachers of [...]