Posts from October 2024

2 Ordinances

Baptism and Lord’s Supper Today we are going to talk about the two ordinances ofthe church. We observed one at the beginning of the service whenAlyssa was baptized. The other one we are going to observe near the end ofour service, the Lord’s Supper. What does the word ordinance mean?It means an authoritative command or…

Habakkuk’s Prayer of Praise

Habakkuk 3:1-19 If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed.If you look within, you’ll be depressed.If you look at God you’ll be at rest.Corrie Ten Boom The past several weeks we have been studying the wordsof the prophet Habakkuk. In the first chapter Habakkukasks God how long he will have to cry out to…

Woes of Warning

Habakkuk 2:6-20 Many of us have seen the TV game show, “FamilyFeud.” Here are some actual, but not so good,answers from contestants who have appeared onthat game show:Name something a blind person might use: a swordName a bird with a long neck: a penguinName something that floats in the bath: waterName a number you have…

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

Habakkuk 2:1-5 Faith honors God and God honors faith! A story fromthe life of missionaries Robert and Mary Moffatillustrates this truth. For 10 years this couple laboredfaithfully in Botswana without one ray ofencouragement to brighten their way.They could not report a single convert.Finally the directors of their mission board began toquestion the wisdom of continuing…