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January 1, 2026January 1, 2026 admin Scott Henry

TRUST IN THE LORD

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and

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December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 admin Scott Henry

MY FIRST DAY IN HELL

—J.M. Humphrey, 1912 “The rich man also died and was buried. In Hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and

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December 30, 2025December 30, 2025 admin Scott Henry

DEALING WITH THE TONGUE

“But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.”—James 3:8 ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE, the tongue

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December 28, 2025December 28, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY AM PRAYER

My Father and My God, As I read Your Word, I am humbled by the magnificence of Your self-revelation.You are sovereign, holy,

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December 26, 2025 admin Scott Henry

DOERS OF THE WORD

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”—James 1:22 IN OUR TEXT, James tells us that it’s not

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December 25, 2025December 25, 2025 admin Scott Henry

JEHOVAH IS SALVATION

“And you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”—Matthew 1:21 JESUS MEANS “Jehovah is salvation”

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December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 admin Paul Tripp

CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL

—Paul David Tripp Christmas should be a beautiful, pleasurable time of year, but as we celebrate this season, we should always return

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December 24, 2025December 24, 2025 admin Scott Henry

MARY, JOSEPH, AND JESUS

MATTHEW 1:18-25 TELLS us that the humanity of Jesus was derived from His mother Mary. The Bible declares that “Christ partook of

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December 23, 2025December 23, 2025 admin ALISTAIR BEGG

WAITING ON GOD

By Alistair Begg “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” —Psalm 27:14 Do

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December 23, 2025December 23, 2025 admin Paul Tripp

THE WILLING HUMILIATION AND GREAT EXALTATION OF THE SON

—Paul David Tripp Humility Is HardIt’s important to confess that we love being exalted and dislike being humbled. None of us enjoys

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REDEEMED FOR DOXOLOGY

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.”
—Ephesians 1:3

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE Apostle Paul gives his opening salutation to the Ephesians and tells them they are saints in Christ who have received grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, he then breaks into a doxology, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The word “blessed” comes from the Greek word "eulogeo" from which we get our English word eulogy. A eulogy is a message of praise and commendation; it’s a declaration of one’s goodness. And since God alone is good, He’s the only one worthy of a eulogy. Therefore, when we gather to worship, our first and foremost purpose is to give praise and thanks to God. And this is appropriate behavior for every believer because we have received the grace of God and are now at peace with Him. The very thought of God’s saving grace coming to people who are utterly undeserving and unworthy of any good thing from God should cause every one of us to break forth in wonder, love, and praise to God. That’s what the realization of God’s grace does –it leads us to doxology. It leads the redeemed “to praise God from whom all blessings flow!”

PRAISING GOD IS THE main duty and privilege of every believer. Paul wrote in Ephesians 1:6 that we were saved “To the praise of the glory of God’s grace.” In Ephesians 1:12 we read, “…that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.” And in Ephesians 1:13-14 the Apostle Paul tells believers that we were sealed with the Holy Spirit “who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.”

DO YOU UNDERSTAND that praise to God is a fundamental duty and privilege in your life as a believer, or is going to worship on the Lord’s Day to praise the only blessed God a burden to you? When you realize the grace God has extended to you as one who is unworthy of the least of His blessings, does praise to God immediately spring forth from your soul? You see, the giving of praise and thanksgiving to God is a barometer of the Christian life. In other words, if praise and heartfelt giving of thanks to God is not something you delight in and continually practice in your life then you haven’t experienced the grace of God in Jesus Christ. Why? Because saving grace always leads to praise as the Apostle Paul demonstrates in our text, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ…” (Ephesians 1:3). Have you received God’s saving grace? Then diligently practice giving praise to God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Tuesday Encouragement: October 20, 2026
In Christ,
Pastor S. Henry
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