By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 11, 2012 in Devotions
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. (Psalm 103: 1-5) IN this psalm we […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 9, 2012 in Devotions
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15) Look narrowly at the causes or excuses for defection. Why do they renounce the religious profession they once espoused? The fundamental reason is a want of grace, a lack of true faith, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 7, 2012 in Devotions
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. (Revelation 7:15) A true idea of heaven is that it is a place of uninterrupted service. It is a land where they serve God day and night in […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 6, 2012 in Devotions
And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “ Take courage,son; your sins are forgiven.” (Matthew 9:2) Jesus’ ultimate words to the paralytic, “your sins are forgiven,” represent the greatest of all divine miracles and definitely the most desirable for the one who hears them. This is the holy […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 5, 2012 in Devotions
Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (1 Corinthians 5:6) Oh, if our mother Eve had shut her eyes when the serpent pointed out yon apple on the tree! Oh, that she had shut her eyes to it! Oh, that she had said, “No, I will not look at it.” Looking leads […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Aug 3, 2012 in Devotions
When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Himas they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. And they cried out, saying, “What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 30, 2012 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Devotions, Features
And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 28, 2012 in Devotions
“Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.” (Proverbs 3:25-26) When God is abroad in judgments, He would not have His people alarmed. He has not come forth to harm but to defend […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 28, 2012 in Current Issues, Devotions, Features
By Christian Research Network contributor Jon Cardwell This is a repost of an original article on Justification By Grace “And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Jul 20, 2012 in Devotions
That part of the line of battle which is most fiercely assailed by the enemy is sure to be that which he knows to be most important to carry. Men hate those they fear. The antagonism of the enemies of the gospel is mainly against the cross. From the very first it was so. They […]