Author: Pastor Dan Nickerson

(Matthew 22:37-38)…..Jesus said to him, “`You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 “This is the first and great commandment.

The most important command is to love God with all your being. As with all His commands, God does not give this for His benefit, but for your benefit. Loving people, while important, is only secondary according to Jesus. In practice, because God loves people, loving Him will result in you loving people also. When you get your …

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, end of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)

For intercourse with God, His word and prayer or both indispensable; and in the inner chamber they should not be separated. In His word, God, speaks to me: in prayer, I speak to God. The Word teaches me to know the God to whom I pray: it teaches …

With His Word God gave us a firm foundation to base our life on. His word, something God Himself will never change, so we can be certain about God’s will. If we want to know God’s will, we only need to see what He said in His Word, the Bible. This morning let us who bear the name Christian praise His name for His unfailing love and faithfulness; for His promises are backed by all the honor of His name, the name above every other name, the name that belongs to …

(Psalm 77:10-20)…..And I said, “This is my anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.” ¹¹ I will remember the works of the Lord; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. ¹² I will also meditate on all Your work, and talk of Your deeds. ¹³ Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; Who is so great a God as our God? ¹⁴ You are the God who does wonders; You have declared Your strength among the peoples. ¹⁵ You have with …

(Psalm 5:4-12)…..For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You. The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity. You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my …

(13:5-6)….But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. 6 I will sing to the LORD, because He has dealt bountifully with me. David understood that no matter what was going on around him with his enemies, he had his trust in God (Psalm 25:1-2) (Psalm 34:8-10) (Psalm 34:22). What was the result of David’s trust in God? David trusted in God’s mercy, our God is a very merciful God. Before one can see how great mercy is, some questions must be asked.

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(Psalm 95:6-7)…..“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker: For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of His hand.” We find in this verse the correct object of our worship (the LORD). We find in this verse the correct attitude of worship (bowing ourselves before God). We find in these verses the foundation for the correct action in worship (hearing His voice). Webster defines “worship” as “courtesy or reverence …

Worship is the response of all that man is to all that God is and does. We are not to worship for what we can get out of it, but because God is worthy of it. The Bible brilliantly teaches us that God is to be the sole object of our worship (Matthew 4:8-10). Since God is to be the exclusive object of our worship, it follows then that we are not to worship the devil, angels, departed saints, religious leaders, any person including ourselves, or any made up god …

(Colossians 1:9-12)…..For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers …

(Colossians 1:9-12)…..⁹ For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; ¹⁰ that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹ strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; ¹² giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the …