Dear River Reach Family, And they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support such men, so…
The other day my daughter and I were riding home from a dentist appointment. My mind was mulling over some distant thought as we waited for the light to switch. As we pulled away from the stop light we heard a massive train horn sound! It was one of those sounds that immediately grabs your attention and and pulls you into high alert. We were not anywhere near railroad tracks! Another car had pulled an illegal turn directly in front of a lifted heavy duty pickup. The driver took full advantage of his aftermarket train horn to get the delinquent driver’s attention and let him know his opinion. The world of our day is living as if life as they know it will continue uninterrupted forever.
Dear River Reach Family, For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet…
Dear River Reach Family, For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Death is the ultimate evil and enemy for the natural man. Death is the ultimate thief robbing people of the fun and freedom they…
Dear River Reach Family, But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more, 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,” 1 Thessalonians 4:10-11 Your love for others will be visible in many areas of…
Dear River Reach Family, Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.” 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Have you seen all the garbage lying along the roads here in town? Some people love themselves so much…
A few weeks ago the world marveled at the daring rescue of young child dangling from a fourth floor balcony in Paris. The toddler seemed ready plunge at any moment to certain death. Many stopped and cried out for help. Others pulled out their phones and began recording. One 22 year old man courageously jumped out of his car and daringly scaled the exterior of the building pulling the young child to safety. Praise God for the courage and love of that man! Whether we realize it or not, every child is dangling precariously over the pit of impending destruction! (Genesis 6:13, 17; Matthew 7:13)
Dear River Reach Family, For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 Our society is…
Dear River Reach Family, Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more.” 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Several years ago after preaching on the vine…
God displayed great wisdom in giving us mothers! I don’t want to imagine a world without mothers. Sadly God’s perfect design has been marred by the corrosive and destructive nature of sin. The Bible’s premier picture of a godly woman is found in the last chapter of the Old Testament book of Proverbs. Even 3000 years ago an excellent wife and mother was an extremely rare commodity (Proverbs 31:10). Marriages and families are exceedingly enriched by women who love God and invest their lives in their families for the glory of God.