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April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING 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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April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 admin Scott Henry

SUFFERING & THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD (4)

IN PSALM 119:67-71, David speaks of his affliction as a blessing from God, since before he was afflicted, he went astray from

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April 22, 2025April 22, 2025 admin Scott Henry

BE RECONCILED TO GOD

“God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.”—2 Corinthians 5:19 PAUL SAYS IN our text that God was performing a work of

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April 20, 2025April 20, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God, Thank You for who You are, for what You have done, and what You continue to do!You

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April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 admin Scott Henry

CHRIST OUR SCAPEGOAT

“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”—Matthew 27:46 GOOD FRIDAY is the day when believers remember the suffering and death

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April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 admin Scott Henry

TROUBLE IN THIS WORLD

Sickness, suffering, cancer, death, tribulation, trials are all inevitable in this fallen world. The Bible tells us that “man is born unto

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April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 admin Tim Challies

Drowning in an Ocean of Encouragement

—Tim Challies There are not many in this world who are at risk of drowning in an ocean of encouragement, of being

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April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 admin WES BREDENHOF

When A Good Thing Turns Deadly

—Dr. Wes Bredenhof There are only about two more weeks left in the Tasmanian trout season. For the first time since 2015,

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April 13, 2025April 13, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God! YOU are awesome in holiness, wondrous in truth, glorious in goodness, infinite in understanding, and abundant in

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April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 admin Scott Henry

SUFFERING AND THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD (3)

ONE OF THE means used by the Lord to conform the Apostle Paul into the image of Jesus Christ was suffering. When

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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
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Pastor S. Henry
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