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November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 admin Scott Henry

STOP COMPLAINING

“Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning

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November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 admin Scott Henry

GOD IS FAITHFUL

“I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. Let, I pray, Your merciful

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November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 admin Scott Henry

SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR SALVATION

My Father and My God, You are the Sovereign of this universe: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, ruling and reigning according to

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November 7, 2025November 7, 2025 admin Scott Henry

OUR REFUGE AND FORTRESS

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say

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November 4, 2025November 4, 2025 admin Scott Henry

GOD’S LIGHT AND LAMP

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”—Psalm 119:105 OUR TEXT should be the confession of

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November 2, 2025November 2, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SIMPLE SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God,How Great Thou Art! Heavenly Father, with all that I am able, I thank You for redemption!I need

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October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 admin Scott Henry

THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

“The entrance of Your Word gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”—Psalm 119:130 BY NATURE, all people walk in darkness, and

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October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 admin Scott Henry

SENT INTO THE WORLD TO REDEEM

IN GALATIANS 4:4-5, the Apostle Paul declares that “God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to

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October 26, 2025October 26, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A BROKEN CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY AM PRAYER

My Father and My God! You have revealed Yourself in Scripture as the Sovereign God! One God in essence and yet three

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October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 admin Scott Henry

JOY & GROANING

“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give

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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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