Being the Light in Your Marketplace (Epistle: Ephesians 5:8-14 | Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16) For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to...

A Broken and Contrite Heart (Psalm 51:17) 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold...

Put Fire in Your Censer (Numbers 16:41-50) 41 On the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.” 42 Now it happened, when the congregation had gathered against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the...

Thy Word is a Light Unto My Path (Psalm 119: 105) 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (KJV) INTRODUCTION The presence of light brings about illumination, guidance, revelation and direction. It also dispels darkness. In the same way, the word of God...

A City set on a Hill: Shining in Your Profession (Epistle – 2 Corinthians 4:1-7 | Gospel – Matthew 5:13-16) Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor...

Christian Motherhood (Exodus 2:1-10) And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. 2 So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. 3 But when she could no longer...

The midwives feared God, and saved the children alive (Exodus 1:8-21) 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we; 10 come, let us deal shrewdly with...

Learning from Jesus Christ (Philippians 2:5-11) 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in...

The Coming End of all Tragedies (Epistle – 1 Corinthians 15: 12-20 | Gospel – John 20:1-18) 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then...

Single Eye . . . Full of Light for Possibilities (Epistle – Philippians 3:7-14 | Gospel – Matthew 6:19-23) 7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for...