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July 13, 2025July 13, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A PRAYER FOR PEOPLE IN TEXAS

My Father And My God! We have sinned against You!We have broken all Your commandments!To us belongs shame of face because of

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July 13, 2025July 13, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A NEEDY CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God, Hear my feeble prayer for the sake of Your Son, my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.Holy Spirit,

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July 12, 2025July 12, 2025 admin SARAH WALTON

Suffering with hope

THE WRINKLES OF PAIN I glanced in the mirror this morning and something immediately caught my attention. Two prominent wrinkles were etched deeply

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July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 admin VANEETHA RISNER

BETRAYAL  

—Vaneetha Risner “It makes us doubt our own judgment. Why didn’t we see the signs? When did things change—or were they ever

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July 11, 2025July 11, 2025 admin Scott Henry

KNOWING CHRIST

“Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.”—Psalm 37:3 THE MEASURE of our trust

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July 9, 2025July 9, 2025 admin Seth Lewis

A Time To Be Tired

By Seth Lewis In Ecclesiastes 3, Solomon famously says that “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity

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July 8, 2025July 8, 2025 admin Scott Henry

LOVE

“Love thinks no evil…” ~1 Corinthians 13:5 SO OFTEN what we think comes out in our words and actions. We often think that our

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July 6, 2025July 6, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY AM PRAYER

My Father and My God! YOU alone are the sovereign God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! You exercise all Your good will

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July 4, 2025July 4, 2025 admin Scott Henry

IMPERISHABLE INHERITANCE

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to

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July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 admin Scott Henry

SAVED BY CHRIST

“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”—James 2:10 THE LAW of

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THE MARK OF A TRUE DISCIPLE OF CHRIST (PART 2)

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.”
—Matthew 16:24

In Matthew 16:21, Jesus said, "I have to go to Jerusalem to be killed and be raised the third day." But the disciples did not hear the words, “be raised the third day.” All they heard was "be killed." Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!" But Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan.” Jesus was not saying that Peter was Satan. Peter was just the instrument of Satan’s attack. Satan had been trying to turn Christ away from the cross since the first temptation in the wilderness. Jesus knew where this attack was coming from. Jesus then says at the end of vs. 23, "You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." Peter was thinking the way of the world. He was thinking about the crown without the cross, glory without suffering, reward without the sacrifice.

And so, once again, Jesus teaches His disciples the principle of self-denial. The word "deny" in our text means to disown or renounce oneself. Jesus is teaching His disciples what it means to be in union with Him. In other words, to be a believer is to be spiritually united to Jesus Christ by true faith, and because of this union you now live a different life. You are a new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17), born from above by the Spirit of God (John 3), a true branch engrafted into the vine (John 15). Simply put, you now belong to Christ and as a result you begin a life-long journey of forsaking your sinful passions and desires to follow Jesus. As a true disciple of Christ, you recognize you are not your own, but you belong to your faithful Savior Jesus Christ, who with His precious blood has fully satisfied for all your sins (Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 1). “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's” (1 Cor. 6:19-20). Does your life demonstrate that you are a true disciple of Jesus Christ? "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow Me.”

Friday Devotional: March 6, 2026
In Christ,
Pastor S. Henry
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