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December 2, 2025December 2, 2025 admin Scott Henry

SALVATION IS GOD’S FREE GIFT

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?”—Jeremiah 17:9 No two things are more contrary than

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November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God, You alone are the sovereign God of the universe.You rule over all things for Your glory and

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November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 admin Scott Henry

SELF-DENIAL: A MARK OF A TRUE DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST

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

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November 27, 2025November 27, 2025 admin Scott Henry

THANKSGIVING!

On December 4, 1619, a group of 38 English settlers arrived on the north bank of the James River about 20 miles

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November 25, 2025November 25, 2025 admin Scott Henry

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

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November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and my God, I come to You this morning through my Lord Jesus Christ and by the Holy Spirit. O

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November 21, 2025 admin Scott Henry

DELIGHT AND DUTY

“In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to

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November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 admin RJ RUSHDOONY

Excuses

By R. J. Rushdoony “Be sure of this, then, that God accepts no excuses for lack of faith and obedience, for failure

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November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 admin Scott Henry

LIVING THANKFUL

“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”—1 Thessalonians 5:18 THE BIBLE GIVES us

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November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God!You are my God, the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.You are awesome in holiness, majestic in

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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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