Church and the Legalization of Weed, Part 2 (with Timothy Quek, Lead Pastor) Within the first week of the legalization of marijuana, long lines formed in front of cannabis-selling stores quickly exhausting the in-store supplies in just short periods of time after opening. Canadian cannabis operations were buying up American...
(by Timothy Quek, Lead Pastor) At midnight on October 17, 2018, Canada became a nation that altered its laws to allow the recreational use and possession of cannabis. Under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the option of the decriminalization of cannabis was bypassed and the legalization of...
DO I REALLY PRAY? “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer” (Mark 9:29) “The prayer that the Lord Jesus has in mind is ‘not merely a pious exercise,’ rather it is ‘the sense of complete dependence on God from which sincere prayer springs.’ A life of prayer...
This was the request of the disciples after they had observed the Lord at prayer privately (Luke 11) This must also be our desire, to grow in prayer. Here is a list of ten items that we must pray for specifically. 1. Salvation of the lost (Rom 10:1) 2. Sanctification...
Many Christians are bogged down between Calvary and Pentecost. They have been to Calvary for Pardon, but they have not been to Pentecost for Power. Bethlehem means God with us. Calvary means God for us. But Pentecost means God in us. What can the Holy Spirit do for us today?...
“Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on servants—men and women alike. But...
Weep like a bride dressed in black, mourning the death of her husband.9 For there is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of the LORD. So the priests are in mourning. The ministers of the LORD are weeping.10 The fields are ruined, the land is stripped bare. The grain is destroyed, the grapes have shriveled, and the...
Please read through 1 Samuel 7 1. Recognize your sad, perilous spiritual condition (7:2) Shed tears of deep regret and remorse and Seek God passionately. 2. Return to the Lord sincerely (7:3a) 3. Repent thoroughly of all known sin (7:3b) 4. Reverence Him (“Serve Him only”, 7:3c) 5. Readily obey...
“There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit” (Isaiah 11:1 ESV) Isaiah 10 talks about God’s judgment on Israel where the nation would be reduced to a state of near nothingness. But in chapter 11 we find words of hope....
Every time I read this story I am encouraged as to how God works in the heart of a sinner who is seeking truth. In order for that sinner to come to the Lord Jesus the Gospel MUST be proclaimed to that sinner. This is where you and I come in, as...