In Matt 26:41, the Lord’s instruction to his disciples in the garden of Gethsemane was not just to pray, but to watch and pray.  This watch is like a sentry on watch.  So, like a sentry, we need to be ready to respond to any situation with prayer no matter...

In 1 Cor 16:13, Paul gave the Corinthians four imperatives to follow.  These four orders are particularly important to us in these last days.  You know how you keep Phil 4:8 before you to guide your thoughts.  It’s an easy verse to remember.  Your thoughts must be true, honest, just,...

Paul, in his closing remarks in his letter to the Ephesians, Eph 6:18-24, asks for prayer, mentions that he is sending Tychicus to them, and blesses them with peace and grace.  In these closing remarks, he shows us what we ought to do.  We ought to:  Pray always in the...

Last Wednesday, Pastor Randy showed us that prayer puts God’s work in God’s hands.  God is in heaven with open hands waiting for us to pray.  He is ready to answer if we will just pray. In the Bible we find three things to do when you pray.  We are...

Watch unto Prayer 1 Pet.4:7 Peter, believing that the end of all things is at hand, encourages us to be sober, and watch unto prayer. The context of this passage would call for us to be attentive to the events around us and by doing that, cause us to pray,...

Paul’s Closing Remarks 1 Cor 16:1-24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the final chapter of 1 Corinthians, Paul deals with the following: The collection for the saints – 1 Cor 16:1-4 – many saints in Jerusalem were poor.  Gal 2:10 remember them.  Rom 15:25-28 Paul took the gift.  2 he gave...

As a Watch in the Night Ps.90:4   A thousand years are as a watch in the night. [2 Peter 3:8] says a thousand years are as one day. [1 Thes.5:2] states that the Lord returns as a thief in the night. As we all look “for that blessed hope,...

Timothy’s Charge II Tim. 4: 1-5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO As Paul winds down his letter to Timothy, he gives him a final charge before God and the Lord Jesus Christ.  To add gravity to his charge, he reminds Timothy that he will face the Lord and be judged for the...

Praying Always Eph. 6:10 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We are a body of believers.  As such we all have something that we must do for the body.  We are “fitly joined together,” [Eph 4:16].  There is something “which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every...