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SEPT. 8: REMEMBERED

September 2, 2019

By Scott Brown
First Baptist Church, Waverly.

Focal Passage: Ephesians 1:15-23

It’s nice to be thought of. A thoughtful note, an e-mail, or just a quick text can really change your day. Paul was reminding the Ephesian believers that they were on his mind and in his heart.

He wanted them to know they were prayed for. Paul is enduring his first imprisonment for proclaiming King Jesus, and rather than waste his time he spends it praying and encouraging believers to proclaim Jesus even more. [Read more…]

SEPT. 8: A DAILY PURSUIT

September 2, 2019

By Jerry Price
Retired pastor

Focal Passage: Philippians 4:4-9

I met one of my best friends in 1964 at Park Avenue Baptist Church in Nashville. We have been to school together twice, worked in the same place twice, and shared an apartment together at one school. He was the best man at my wedding 46 years ago. There is not a lot that we don’t know about each other. Someone once asked me if he and I were brothers. I replied, “Only in the Lord. But if you want to know anything about him, ask me. If you want to know anything about me, ask him.”

If someone had asked me if I knew him a month or so after we met, I would have said, “Yes!” In hindsight, it would have been more correct to say we were acquainted. But over the last 55 years, I truly have gotten to know him. How did that happen? We have spent hours upon hours talking about life, our likes and dislikes, our hopes and dreams, our highs and our lows, our families, etc. [Read more…]

SEPT. 1: REJOICE

August 26, 2019

By Scott Brown
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly.

Focal Passage: Ephesians 1:3-14

This passage is a beautiful statement revealing each member of the perichoresis of God at work in salvation and our blessed receipt of that work. This beginning passage of Ephesians establishes that each person of the Triune Godhead is fluidly and actively working interdependently in our salvation.

The Father, having predestined the gift of salvation according to His good pleasure, established the plan before the foundation of the world that all who would come to Him would do so only through His Son. [Read more…]

SEPT. 1: A CENTERED LIFE

August 26, 2019

By Jerry Price
Retired pastor

Focal Passage: Matthew 6:25-34

Merrill Tenney, my major professor at Wheaton Graduate School, often admonished those in his classes with this familiar statement: “Any text, taken out of context, is nothing more than a pretext.” He hammered that point home so often that it became ingrained in me and my fellow-students. So, it has become natural for me to ask: “What is the context of the passage under consideration?”

The tip-off in this passage is the word “Therefore” (literally, because of this) in Matthew 6:25. The word always points backwards. It indicates that what follows is related to that which came before it. In the preceding verses (vv. 22-23), Jesus indicated that a person can serve God or material things (“mammon”) — not both. [Read more…]

AUG. 25: LIVING TO DO

August 20, 2019

Mickey D. Brackin
Senior Pastor, Mars Hill Baptist Church, Lawrenceburg

Focal Passage: Titus 3:1-11

Found throughout the pages of the New Testament is the glorious truth and simple fact that nobody meets Jesus and stays the same. A crazed demoniac, living in the shadows of the tombs, an outcast Samaritan woman of questionable character and even a zealous religious Pharisee on the Damascus road, all became living testimonies of this truth. All of these had a personal faith encounter with Jesus Christ and as a result their lives were forever changed. [Read more…]

AUG. 25: LEAVE A LEGACY

August 20, 2019

By Mike Kemper
Retired Baptist Pastor & Director of Missions

Focal Passage: II Chronicles 17:1-13

Living life that sets a good example for others, especially for your own children and family is a worthy effort. King Asa, though he had his failures, had sought to do what was right in the eyes of the Lord.

He had acted with courage strengthening himself and his people commanding religious reform, destroying idols and renovating the temple. The result was blessings from God, giving victory over enemies and a time of peace and prosperity. [Read more…]

AUG. 18: LIVING WITH INTEGRITY

August 12, 2019

By Mickey D. Brackin
Senior Pastor, Mars Hill Baptist Church, Lawrenceburg

Focal Passage: Titus 2:1-15

In today’s focal passage (Titus 2:1-15), Paul presents a level of godly expectations, not only for church leaders but for all believers. According to Charles Ray, “The goal of his instructions was for believers to be above reproach (v. 5), to preempt opponents from having reasons to accuse believers (v. 8), and to make the gospel inviting to the world (v. 10).”

Paul begins chapter two with a contrasting exhortation for Titus (v. 1) “but as for you.” The words that Paul continues to write in chapter two are in direct contrast to the words of Titus 1:16. Paul instructs Titus to be different. [Read more…]

AUG. 18: REMEMBER GOD’S FAITHFULNESS

August 12, 2019

By Mike Kemper

Focal Passage: II Chronicles 16:1-13

In review, we have learned that King Asa was the third king of Judah, the first “good” king. He had determined to do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, torn down idols, renovated the temple and commanded the people to seek the Lord. As a result, Asa and the people of Judah had times of peace and they strengthened themselves and prepared for future enemies.

When the Ethiopian enemies came against them, they were greatly outnumbered, and Asa did the right thing by calling on the Lord God to “help.” Indeed, God did help and gave them victory plus the spoils of victory. [Read more…]

AUG. 11: LIVING WITH OPPOSITION

August 6, 2019

Mickey D. Brackin
Senior Pastor, Mars Hill Baptist Church, Lawrenceburg

Focal Passage: Titus 1:1-5, 10-16

Are you familiar with the term “smokejumper?” A smokejumper is a highly trained firefighter who specializes in fighting wildfires. Often, they must parachute into rugged and remote areas to provide a frontline defense against raging wildfires. Upon examination of a young pastor named Titus, I believe he could have been given the title “pastoral smokejumper!”

Just like the U.S. Forest Service Smokejumpers, Titus on more than one occasion, was given the assignment of being a frontline firefighter, fighting against the fires of false teachers and false doctrine (II Corinthians 7:6-16, Titus 1:5, 10-16). [Read more…]

AUG. 11: WORSHIP CONTINUALLY

August 6, 2019

By Mike Kemper

Focal Passage: II Chronicles 15:10-19

As King Asa began his rule he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. However, before his time, worship and an obedient relationship with God had been token if at all. King Asa repeatedly insists that the people “seek the Lord.”

Though Asa had been successful to a degree, turning the hearts of the people back to their God, Asa obviously felt the need to “take it to another level.”

The timing was right, as it was time for the Festival of Weeks also known as Pentecost. By “seeking the Lord” they had been blessed with peace and plunder over enemies, so they had every reason to worship God and express their gratitude by sacrificing to the Lord. [Read more…]

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