Philippians 2:68 reveals the way Jesus thought at his incarnation when he took a human body. SO it helps us to understand how he wants his redeemed followers to live our human lives."Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And...

Paul the Apostle in his epistles often used athletic metaphors to help explain spiritual truths to the readers. He spoke of boxing in I Corinthians 9:26, wrestling in Ephesians 6:12, fighting in II Timothy 4:7. Paul's favorite much-repeated metaphor wasFOOTRACE,which he used in Acts 20:24, Romans 9:16, I Corinthians 9:24-26, Galatians 2:2 5:7. In Philippians 3:12-21, he r...

I wanted to share a few moreAMAZING GRACE STORIESthis week. God is moving in powerful ways here at Liberty Baptist Church in Sweetser, In. My purpose in sharing these stories is not to bring glory to man but to God and to encourage others by seeing that our Lord is building His kingdom here and around the world. God is graciously working through the lives of His children.A...

This week on our church web sight, we've added a new page entitledSHARE YOUR STORY.We are asking our congregation to share stories about how the Lord is working in their lives and the lives of others with whom they are connecting. All of us love a good and positive story, especially one that reveals the power and grace of our Lord as He works mightily in the lives of peopl...

Reasons for Scripture Memorization Committing to our memory is beneficial in every arena of life. It is especially important for the follower of Christ to regularly work at storing up God's Word in our hearts and minds.It definitely requires much effort and time to accomplish such but all the effort will pay off in both earthly and eternal dividends. Following are a few r...

THE GOSPEL TO ALL PEOPLE AND ALL GENERATIONSI received a wonderful message from a mother yesterday. She shared how her 9 year old daughter came to her after church this past Sunday evening. We had just preached a message on theBlood and Bread of Christand had received theLords Table. After hearing the message and seeing the testimony of God's people declaring what they bel...

Break The Stranglehold of Fear Worry!There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 1st John 4:18We all know what it's like to be strangled by worry and fear. Fear teams up with its good friend, worry. More often than less these two work together in an attempt to bring misery to our live...

Those who have left the greatest impact on our world usually had one thing in common: personal discipline! People of impact are willing to do things that most people are unwilling to do. They have become people of great self discipline!1.Impact people train their temperaments.They live by their Bible based conviction not their emotions. They live by faith not feelings...

Does Your Temple Need Cleaning?And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves,And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.Matthew 21:10-13And the Jews' passover was ...

The Divine Birth AnnouncementAnd there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. . . . And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people."Luke 2:8, 10Each mother and father remember when they announced that they were expecting with a child. And whe...