Educational, Teacher Resources
Tip#1 For Bible Study Teachers
RELATIONSHIPS FIRST The pastor was hurrying to the service, and passed two young men in the hall. “How are you guys”? He asked jovially. One of them mumbled a response, but the pastor was in a hurry. “That’s great!” He glibly replied as he rushed to the worship center. Later that day the pastor received… Read More
Devotionals
Confidence Through the Storm
” I will sing to the Lord Because He has treated me so generously.” (Ps. 13:6 HCSB) Ahithophel was a traitor. Initially King David’s chief counsel, he sided with David’s rebellious son Absolom in trying to overthrow the kingdom. Over a four year period Absolom gradually gained the confidence of the people, then established a new… Read More
Devotionals
Trusting Through adversity
“Many adversities come to the one who is righteous,but the Lord delivers him from them all”. (Ps 34:19 HCSB) “Help!!! Help!! Someone help me find my son!!” The young mother’s frantic screams could be heard above the roar of the flames, which by now completely engulfed the wood frame house. Suddenly a six-year old face appeared at… Read More
Devotionals, Worship
The Need for Nourishment
Taste and see that the Lord is good.How happy is the man who takes refuge in Him! (Ps. 34:8 HCSB) This morning I noticed something interesting at the birdhouse in our back yard. There were cardinals (both male and female), chickadees, bluejays, doves and sparrows ALL nibbling on birdseed either ON or just below the birdhouse. They… Read More
Church Choir, Church Orchestra, Devotionals, Worship
Press On
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal…(Phil 3:13 NIV) Several years ago I bought a motorcycle, but I needed some advice on coordinating clutch and gas. So I asked my friend Jim, who had logged over 100,000 miles on his Harley. His response was… Read More
Devotionals, Worship
Shepherds Keeping Watch
In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.(Luke 2: 8) In Kathie Lee Gifford’s book “The Rock, The Road and the Rabbi”, Rabbi Jason Sobel describes the shepherds of that first Christmas night: “ I believe these were no ordinary shepherds. They were Levitical… Read More
Devotionals, Worship
Milk and Honey
And I have promised you that I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt to …a land flowing with milk and honey. (Ex. 3:17) After four hundred years of living in Egypt, with the latter days characterized by slavery and brutality, God promised Israel that He would bring them to a land “flowing with milk… Read More
Church Choir, Church Orchestra, Devotionals, Educational
Leading by affirmation
What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness? (I Cor. 4:21) In 1971 I was one of a couple hundred young instrumentalists invited to participate in the state college honor band. Our conductor was a well-known band director from a major college, and was… Read More
Church Choir, Church Orchestra, Devotionals, Worship
Like a flock in the Wilderness
He led His people out like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. (Psalm 78:52- HCSB) Have you ever wondered why God had the children of Israel wander in the desert, rather than through the fertile plains of Egypt? If they had wandered through Egypt they would have had access to the nourishing plains of the… Read More
Devotionals, Worship
A House Divided
“Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and no city or house divided against itself will stand”. Matt. 12:25 HCSB The growing propensity in American politics toward attacking the person rather than the policy is of great concern. It is commonly understood that there are deep divisions between party platforms: divisions regarding healthcare,… Read More