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A message by Rev. Dr. Mark S. Jordan Last Week – Moses and the Rock Matthew 10:32-39 (NLT) | 32 “Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.…
Tiffany and I had our first date 29 years ago today! It’s hard to believe all the time that has passed and the miles we have traveled. We had no idea all the highs and lows we would face, but we committed our relationship to God, and as a result, I believe we have experienced…
When was the last time you thought or said, someone ought to do something? Did you realize that you are someone? Let’s follow Isaiah’s example, and commit to act when we see a need. Let’s go and go with God!
We all too often get the wisdom in today’s verse backwards. We make our plans and ask God to bless them. God wants us to ask Him first about how to make our plans, then commit our lives to the Lord for follow-through. When have you tried living this verse in reverse? What were the…
The best way to experience the fullness Jesus promised is to open your life to be filled by God’s Holy Spirit. We are in the midst of a pitched spiritual battle where God’s enemy wants to unleash hell on us to hurt God. Jesus came to show us that we can experience God’s abundance even…
If you feel down by events in life, I want you to know that the same power that resurrected Jesus from the grave can raise you from the deepest depths of your life. God’s goal isn’t just to add years to your earthly life before eternity but add the joy of eternal life to your…
Today’s verse fits within a theme we see throughout the Scriptures. It got Jesus into a little bit of trouble because people were confused by what He said in John 6.55-56, “For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I…
You make plans. God has a purpose. When there is a struggle against the two, the Bible tells us it is God’s purpose that prevails. Does this negate free will? I don’t think so. God has some wonderful and mysterious ways to get us to live into the purpose for which we were created. Sometimes…
A message by Pastor Mark Jordan Scary Bible Intro Numbers 20:2-12 (NIV) | 2 Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. 3 They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord! 4 Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock…
Galatians 5:25 (NIV) | Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Today’s verse is an important one for the Jesus follower to keep in mind. The Apostle Paul was writing about how the Christian is not to be driven by the passions and desires of the flesh, but the…