Psalm 23 is often used at funeral services. Many of you know that I am personally working part-time as a graphic designer to support the work of this church. A while back, I was asked to create a program for a funeral. An older lady had died and the family asked for a funeral program [...]
Nobody likes admitting that they messed up. Here is a picture of Natalie when she was a little kid. One night for dinner, Lara gave each one of the kids a little bit of cooked spinach to eat as their vegetable. They were instructed that they were not going to be able to get up [...]
Sr. Pastor Mark Stafford In Psalm 15, David seeks to answer the most important question of all. He is asking, “What type of people go to heaven?” David knew that a person didn’t go to heaven just because they were part of a certain people group. Although the Israelites were God’s [...]
ON June 4th, we will begin a 10-week survey of the Psalms. We will be looking at some of the many reasons why God is worthy of our praise. Our prayer is that you grow in your love for and delight in God as you learn more about who He is. It has been said that [...]
A meek person never says, “I don’t deserve this, God!!!!” Instead, they say to the Lord, “I can’t wait to see your power on display in this impossible situation.” Psalm 37:25 indicates that David was old at the time[1] and he had seen a great deal of trouble in his life. Evil people were trying [...]
Psalm 51 is the song that David wrote when he repented of his sin with Bathsheba. It says in verses 1-2: “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!” Man’s greatest need is for [...]
God comforts those He cleanses. When David was confronted about his sin with Bathsheba, he was not crying out against the punishment of sin, he was sick over the sin itself (Psalm 51). He was mourning over sin. He hated that sin had found a home in his heart and he grieved about what [...]
In 2 Samuel 12:7 when Nathan said, “You are the man,” David was cut to the core. He offered no argument. He never tried to justify his sin with Bathsheba. The Holy Spirit brought about an instant awareness of the seriousness of the situation. Look at what David wrote about his sin in Psalm 51:3-4: 3 For I know my transgressions, and [...]
Senior Pastor Mark Stafford Blessed Mourning A Study on God’s Comfort in Mourning from Matthew 5:4, 2 Samuel 12 and Psalm 51 The promise of happiness has been a favorite advertising method for decades. Look at these ads for popular products: Trident Gum: promises a “little piece of happiness: Coke: Claims that by [...]
To understand the Jesus of the holy scriptures, we must recognize that He was both fully human and fully divine. There are several direct scriptural claims that assert the deity of Jesus. THEOS The word for God the Father in the original Greek is “Theos.” There are seven examples of Christ being referred to [...]
