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August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 admin Scott Henry

PLANTING GOD’S WORD IN THE HEART

“Your Word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You!” —Psalm 119:11 THE PSALMIST had a true

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August 17, 2025August 17, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A THANKFUL CHRISTIAN’S PRAYER

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

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August 16, 2025August 16, 2025 admin JOHN PERRITT

I SEE PORNOGRAPHY EVERY DAY

HOW MUCH DO YOU SEE? By John Perritt I was at the gym the other day and was struck with a thought

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August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A GODLY ROUTINE

DEAR CHRISTIAN, WE NEED TO have a godly routine as we roll out of bed in the morning lest we drift off into

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August 15, 2025August 15, 2025 admin Scott Henry

AFFLICTION AND GOD’S WILL

“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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August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 admin Scott Henry

JESUS GAVE HIMSELF FOR SINNERS

“…who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our

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August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER  

My Father and My God, I bow before You this morning through the Lord Jesus Christ and His righteousness, and by the

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August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 admin Scott Henry

GOD’S FAITHFULNESS IN AFFLICTION

“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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August 5, 2025August 5, 2025 admin Scott Henry

SCRIPTURE ALONE FEEDS THE SOUL

“The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.”—Psalm 119:160 THE HYMN WRITER described the Bible

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August 3, 2025August 3, 2025 admin Matt Powell

GRIEF

By Pastor Matthew Powell I’m reading a book that my niece gave me. On Grief and Grieving, by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and David

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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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