Pastor Al Hughes | May 3, 2012
REASONABLE SERVICE “…which is your REASONABLE service.” —Romans 12:1 When God asks you to give your body to serve Him, He is not asking for anything unreasonable. After all, He created it and purchased it with His blood. It belongs to Him (1 Cor. 6:19-20). It is only logical that you serve God with your [...]
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Pastor Al Hughes | May 2, 2012
Presenting Your Body To God “…PRESENT your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God…” — Romans 12:1 God wants your body. God gave His body for you as a sacrifice on the cross, therefore we should present God our body to Him as a living sacrifice. The word “present” means “to place near the [...]
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Pastor Al Hughes | April 25, 2012
God’s Love Personified In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, — 1 John 4:9 In the book Make Your Life Worthwhile, Richard Armstrong relates the story about a man in Wales who sought to win the affection of a certain lady [...]
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Pastor Al Hughes | April 24, 2012
A Great God = Great Praise “And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD.” —Ezra 3:11 God is great, and therefore deserves great praise. Why is it then, that the praise of many Christian is so shallow and small? Could it be that many have such a little God. [...]
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Pastor Al Hughes | April 23, 2012
The Growing Apostasy Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. — 2 Timothy 3:13 A recent article in The Week magazine titled “The Rise of Atheism in America” claims between 25 to 30 percent of present day skeptics were once members of various “Christian” denominations. This does not necessarily [...]
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