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Two weeks before he turned 51, Daniel Holbrook sensed that God was telling him that he needed to leave his job at a transmission manufacturing plant. Daniel had worked at the plant for many years and had worked his way up the corporate ladder to become a general manager at the plant. All the while, he…

Acts 5:41 "So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name." (NASB) In the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, Ray Kinsella hears a voice saying, "If you build it, he will come," and interprets the mysterious message to mean…

Acts 12:18-19 "In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. [19] After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed." (NIV) The odds were 16 to 1. Sixteen guards were watching…

Ephes. 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (NASB) Today I want to being by saying something that may seem trite, but I'm going to say it anyway because it is a foundational truth. Here it is: life is worth…

Hebrews 11:8-22 “By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was going. [9] By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, co-heirs of the same promise.…

Fresh Sermon by Jim L. Wilson www.freshministry.org Man Overboard! Jonah 1:10-16 Last week, we left our young hero, Jonah on the deck of a ship headed toward Tarshish The ship was in danger of sinking because of a great wind God hurled against the sea. Jonah, a prophet of the Lord, rebelled against God's…

James 1:19-27 "This you know, my beloved brethren. But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; [20] for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God." At first reading, these verses appear to me to be good home spun advice-you know, the kind of thing your grandmother…

2 Samuel 7:18-29 For some people it is hard to say; to others it is hard to hear-it is a small word, only two letters, but with atomic power it can crush people's hopes and dreams and quickly send them into an emotional tailspin. I've seen children throw tantrums in public because their mothers used…

Luke 14:26 The pictures in Susan's "picture box" range from snapshots of church functions to pictures of our children when they were tiny, but they do have one thing in common--Susan isn't in the picture. Why? She's the official family photographer. Recently, while thumbing through the pictures, I remembered…

Acts 20:18-38 ”And when they came to him, he said to them: ‘You know, from the first day I set foot in • Asia, how I was with you the whole time— [19] serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews— [20] and that I did not shrink back…

Acts 3:1-10 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. [2] And a certain man who had been lame from his mother's womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those…

1 Samuel 16:1-13 "Now the Lord said to Samuel, 'How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.' [2] But Samuel said, 'How can I…

James 4:17 "Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin." (NASB) Have you made your New Year's Resolutions yet? Though he is only four years old, Cole Robbins is getting in the spirit of New Year's Resolutions. He said that putting away toys "is a good idea…

1 Samuel 19:1-7 "Now Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants to put David to death. But Jonathan, Saul's son, greatly delighted in David. [2] So Jonathan told David saying, ‘Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place…

2 Samuel 7:1-17 "Now it came about when the king lived in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, [2] that the king said to Nathan the prophet, 'See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.' [3] And Nathan said to the king,…

1 Samuel 17:1-11 "The Philistines now mustered their army for battle and camped between Socoh in Judah and Azekah at Ephes-dammim. [2] Saul countered by gathering his troops near the valley of Elah. [3] So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them.…