Patrick Day

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Tuesday, December 19th, 2023

With all the wars and rumors of wars, the infighting among politicians, the personal pains and the hurts, the grouchy neighbor across the street, and the struggles to make ends meet – if you are a believer, know that God is saying to you

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

If you want to watch one of Billy Graham’s early sermons, when he still had the thick Southern drawl of a North Carolina preacher boy, click on the link below. If you want to know what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit, you’ll have direct evidence of it within a half hour. […]

Tuesday, December 12th, 2017

THE DIVINE ECHO Pastor Bill’s sermon this past Sunday was about The Divine Echo. The Holy Spirit speaks to you what God wants you to hear. Are you listening? The Holy Spirit continues to call us and guide us and minister to us, like an echo reverberating through the mountains. Are we listening? Do we […]

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017

JESUS AND PETER DOWN BY THE LAKE Pastor Bill started his sermon last Sunday by saying, “We are challenged by God to be something beyond ourselves.” The last chapter of the Gospel of John has Jesus talking to Peter down by the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Given that Pastor Bill is a good […]

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

OBEDIENCE At last Wednesday’s Bible study, Pastor Bill cited Philippians 1:16 where the Apostle Paul said, “I am put here for the defense of the gospel.” The pastor then looked up and said, “We are called to be obedient, not to accomplish results. That is the business of God.” My mind went back to a […]

Friday, December 2nd, 2016

A CHRISTIAN’S ONE FOUNDATION Pastor Bill gave an illuminating word picture last Wednesday evening at a Bible study on Ephesians 4. There is one body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God, and may I mention one Bible that clearly defines what is right and what is wrong. This is a sure […]

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

A DANGEROUS PRAYER I attended Crossroads Church in Woodbury, Minnesota, with my oldest son, his wife, and two children (who were safely deposited in the nursery). Near the end of his message, Pastor Phil gave us the following prayer – “Lord, take me deeper than my feet would ever wander.” I thought at the time, […]

Tuesday, October 4th, 2016

GOD’S FAVOR What does your heart long for? Is your main dream a happier family, a better home, a new job, a healing touch? Or is it the hope of God’s glory, which transforms all life? There is nothing wrong with seeking God’s favor for possessions, positions, acquisitions, and ailments. Yet there is more to […]

Tuesday, September 6th, 2016

HEAVEN “And I saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; and I heard a great voice from the throne saying . . . ‘Behold, I make all things new’” (Revelation 21:2-5). Everything is gone that ever made Jerusalem, like all cities, […]

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

ASKING THE WRONG QUESTIONS Why is terror gripping the world? What happened in Nice, Turkey, and Baton Rouge? Has God lifted His hand of protection on certain countries, ours included? Pastor Max in his sermon last Sunday proclaimed that these are the wrong questions. “Things happen in life. Are you ready for whatever happens? Are […]