Love God, love neighbor, make disciples. doug@pastordougolson.com
Our scripture this morning is Ephesians 4:2-6. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been …
Our scripture this morning is Proverbs 13:20-21. Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. Trouble pursues the sinner, but the righteous are rewarded with good things. We need the companionship and wise counsel of other Christians. However, we can’t ignore Christ’s command to seek those who are living …
Our scripture this morning is 1 Timothy 5:1-2. Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers. Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you …
Our scripture this morning is John 5:24-25. “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life. And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed …
Our scripture this morning is Matthew 4:1-4. Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these …
Our scripture this morning is Philippians 1:9-11. I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return. May you always …
Our scripture this morning is Psalms 94:17-19. Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave. I cried out, “I am slipping!” but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. This psalm reminds us …
Our scripture this morning is Hebrews 4:10-12. For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world. So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall. For the word …
Our scripture this morning is Luke 1:37-38. “For the word of God will never fail.” Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her. This passage ends the story of The Annunciation, the angel Gabriel coming to tell Mary of the blessing …
Our scripture this morning is John 1:1-3. In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The opening of John is unique among the four Gospels. All of …