Posts by Jay Ditty (Page 3)

Heirs of Christ

Galatians 4:1-7 My Father is rich in houses and landsHe holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands!Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold,His coffers are full, He has riches untold. My Father’s own Son, the Saviour of men,Once wandered on earth as the poorest of them;But now He is reigning forever on…

New Identity In Christ Jesus

Galatians 3:26-29 Can Anyone Help Me? “Help,” the man cried as he dangled helplessly from the edge of thecliff. “Can anyone up there help me?” “Yes,” answered a heavenly voice. “I’ll help you, but first you mustlet go.” “Let go!” gasped the man. “But then I’d fall!”“I’ll catch you,” replied the voice.After a long pause,…

Gracious Father

Luke 15:11-32 Happy Father’s Day!I’m grateful that you are here to worship our heavenlyFather this morning. No matter how you feel about yourearthly father, you have a heavenly Father who loves youand wants a relationship with you. Today we are going to discover several lessons from thefather in the parable of the prodigal son. This…

God’s Promise and the Law

Galatians 3:15-26 In his book, Up From Slavery, Booker T.Washington tells of meeting an ex-slave fromVirginia who exemplified the kind of sacrifice thatis sometimes involved in keeping promises. Thisman had entered into a contract with his masterwhereby he would be allowed to purchase freedomfor himself by paying so much for so many years tohis master.…

The Righteous Live By Faith

Galatians 3:6-14 During one of his great campaigns, D. L. Moody wasaccosted by a man who had been to a number ofthe services and who, although convicted of hisneed for Christ, had kept on postponing a decision.Now the last night had come. The altar call wasover, the people were going home, the work crewwas busy…

Faith is Greater than the Law

Galatians 3:1-5 A young couple invited their pastor for Sundaydinner. While they were in the kitchen preparingthe meal, the minister asked their son what theywere having. “Goat,” the little boy replied. “Goat?” replied the Pastor, “Are you sure about that?” “Yes,” said the youngster. “I heard Dad say toMom, ‘We might as well have the…

Mother’s Day 2024

Mom Quotes Silence is golden. Unless you have kids. Thensilence is suspicious. Licked a dark smear off my finger and thenthought, “Phew, it’s chocolate!”Russian roulette, mom style I don’t want to sleep like a baby. I want to sleeplike my husband.He doesn’t even wake up when the baby cries. When your “mom voice” is so…

Standing Against Hypocrisy

Galatians 2:11-21 In Christian Reader Jim Corley tells of a conversation hehad with a friend named Alex who attended his church.Alex was struggling over his many failures to live theChristian life the way he knew he should. One day theymet at the car dealership where Alex worked. Corleywrites:That day in his office Alex got straight…

One True Gospel of Grace

Galatians 2:1-10 Three men were being chased. Suddenly, theycame to a cliff top with the ocean waters far below.Seeing the moon shining brightly in the night sky,they agreed that if they could jump to the moon,they would be safe. The first man, a cripple,hobbled as fast as he could and leapt from the cliff.He jumped…

Paul’s Testimony of His Salvation

Galatians 1:11-24 F B Meyer – Some young men belonging to theSalvation Army came to old Andrew Bonar, andthey said:” Dr. Bonar, we have been” all night with God.Can’t you see our faces shine? “ The old man said: “Moses wist not (was not aware)that his face shone,” “When you have got the real article…