RW | Letting God Lead – Exodus 13:17-21
In Exodus 13:17, we are told of God “leading” Israel and this was their first experience of being led by God. He gave them three things to go on: Vs. 19 He would lead them by faith: Joseph’s bones were…
RW | We Already Have Every Spiritual Blessing Eph. 1:3
In Ephesians 1:3, Paul tells us that, “the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ”. There are four powerful truths in this verse that you…
RW | Blessed Is The Storm That Draws Us Closer To Christ
In Luke 8:22, Jesus said to the disciples prior to them getting into the boat; “Let us cross over to the other side of the lake.” And they launched out.” These words should have been very important to them. So…
Root Words | Genesis 39 – Strong Shoes
In Genesis 39, we look into the life of Joseph and see how he compared with his brother Judah in dealing with temptation. Corrie Ten Boom, a Dutch woman who helped protect Jews from the Nazis during the Holocaust in…
Root Words | Staying Healthy To Help Others – 1 Thess. 5:14-24
In 1 Thessalonians 5:14-24, Paul gives seven keys to make sure we are spiritually healthy before we can help someone else: Vs. 14b – BE PATIENT: Notice that Paul says that they need to be patient “with all”. The goal…
Root Words | John 6:1-14 – The Lord’s Math
In John Chapter 6, we are told the story of the feeding of 5,000 people. When we compare John’s account with that of the other three gospel writers, we discover that four proposals were brought forth (three by the disciples…
Root Words | Different, Faithful and Joined
Recently I was reading the book of Romans and I have again realized the wealth of teaching just in the introductions of Paul’s letters. Take for instance his letter to Ephesians where Paul writes, “To the saints who are in…
Root Words | 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 – Paradox of Power
In 2 Corinthians 12:7-8 the apostle Paul doesn’t specify specifically what the “thorn in the flesh” was but what we do know is that Paul didn’t want it affecting his life as he went to the Lord about it three…
Root Words | Philippians 4:6-7 – Antidote the Anxiety
The last few weeks of 2021 have been full of challenges and uncertainty, and I find when I go through seasons like this that it’s easy for me to worry, how about you? What do you think? I’m reminded of…
Root Words | New Year’s message from BVCC