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July 20, 2025July 20, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

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

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July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 admin Scott Henry

THE MOST DANGEROUS BOOK IN THE WORLD 

By Daniel McIlhiney When I walk into my local bookshop, they have a table labelled “Banned Books.” On it there are offerings

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July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 admin Dan Graves

Henry Bullinger Was a Popular Reformer and Prolific Writer

By Dan Graves Henry Bullinger was illegitimate when born on this day, 18 July 1504. Since his father, Henry, Sr., was a priest and

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July 18, 2025 admin Scott Henry

GOD’S ALL-SUFFICIENT WORD

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may

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July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 admin Scott Henry

Christ’s Resurrection

By Pastor Scott Henry For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our

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July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 admin FRANK WALKER

How to Listen to Sermons

By Rev. Frank Walker As a retired pastor, my relationship with sermons has undergone a profound shift in recent months. Instead of

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July 15, 2025July 15, 2025 admin Scott Henry

THE WORD OF GOD

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”—Psalm 119:105 AS BELIEVERS, the Word of God guides

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July 13, 2025July 13, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A PRAYER FOR PEOPLE IN TEXAS

My Father And My God! We have sinned against You!We have broken all Your commandments!To us belongs shame of face because of

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July 13, 2025July 13, 2025 admin Scott Henry

A NEEDY CHRISTIAN’S SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER

My Father and My God, Hear my feeble prayer for the sake of Your Son, my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.Holy Spirit,

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July 12, 2025July 12, 2025 admin SARAH WALTON

Suffering with hope

THE WRINKLES OF PAIN I glanced in the mirror this morning and something immediately caught my attention. Two prominent wrinkles were etched deeply

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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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