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March 2, 2025March 2, 2025 admin Scott Henry

THE PRAYER OF A BROKEN CHRISTIAN…

My Father and My God! Lord, as You have revealed in Scripture, You are the Sovereign God.One God in essence and yet

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February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 admin Scott Henry

WHAT ROAD ARE YOU ON? HEAVEN OR HELL?

“And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment…”—Hebrews 9:27 WHEN A LOVED one dies it

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February 26, 2025February 26, 2025 admin Scott Henry

BROOKLYN’S JOURNEY HOME 

Brooklyn’s post below is from 2022, but it’s still a powerful, edifying, and encouraging witness to Jesus Christ from a courageous young

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February 25, 2025February 25, 2025 admin Scott Henry

WHAT LOVE DOES

“Love rejoices in the truth.”—1 Corinthians 13:6 IN 1 CORINTHIANS 13, the Apostle Paul lists a few things that love does not do.

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February 23, 2025February 23, 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 have created all things in

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February 21, 2025February 21, 2025 admin Scott Henry

IN CHRIST

“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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February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 admin Scott Henry

PATTERN OF GOOD WORKS

“…in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works…”—Titus 2:7 THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES that true faith and good works are

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February 16, 2025February 16, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God, You are righteous. I am unrighteous! You are holy. I am defiled with sin!You are wisdom. I

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February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 admin D. JAMES KENNEDY

THE SUPERIORITY OF LOVE

“It is hard to believe, but arranged marriages, for example, those in India, have often fared much better than marriages in the

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February 14, 2025February 14, 2025 admin Scott Henry

STEWARDSHIP

“There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting

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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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