The Word for the week is: “Holy” The Thought for the week is: God is Perfect in Holiness Isaiah received his call to be a prophet of God in the sixth chapter of the book of Isaiah. Isaiah described how he saw the Lord in the temple high and lifted up. Above him were six-winged…
Posts by admin (Page 6)
The Word for this week is: Forgive The Thought for this week is: God forgives Unfortunately, sinning is a universal experience of mankind. (Eccl. 7:20; Rom. 3:23.) Fortunately though, we serve a God who willingly extends His grace to all and forgives. When God presented His qualities to Moses in Exodus chapter 34, verse…
Dear Britton Road brethren, Hurricane Matthew caused the worst humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the devastating earthquake of 2010. In the southern peninsula, homes were shredded by the 145-mile-per-hour winds and families throughout the country lost rooftops. Additionally, food shortages and water contamination threatened to bring disease and starvation. Our prayerful goal was to deliver…
The Word for this week is: Truth The Thought for this week is: God is truth. God presented Himself to Moses (Exod. 34: 6) not only as one who tells the truth, but also to be Truth Himself. In a day when many believe that truth is relative and no one has the authority to…
The Word for the week is: Lovingkindness The Thought for the week is: God’s abundant lovingkindness endures forever. God used a hyphenated word to describe His fourth quality to Moses: abundant-lovingkindness. (Ex. 34: 6.) The Hebrew word “chesed” is one of the most used words in the Old Testament to describe God’s character. The best…
Charlie Powell has recently completed “Jesus on Trial”, a video lesson about the gospel of John. This can be a useful evangelism tool for our church. Please watch the video and you can send friends the link at: www.brittonroad.org/JesusOnTrial
February 12-18, 2017 The Word for this week is: Long-Suffering The Thought for this week is: God is long-suffering God uses two Hebrew words to convey His third quality to Moses: “slow” and “anger”. (Ex. 34: 6.) This quality of God indicates that while God is completely holy in his nature and abhors sin, He…
February 5-11, 2017 The Word for this week is: Gracious The Thought for this week is: God is gracious In Exodus chapter 34, God revealed to Moses His second quality: “graciousness.” (vs. 6.) God in the Old Testament showed His gracious spirit numerous time to the children of Israel. God delivered them from Egyptian slavery,…
January 29-February 4, 2017 The Word for this week is: Merciful The Thought for this week is: God is merciful. When God describes His attributes to Moses, the first quality He mentions about Himself is that He is “merciful”. (Exodus 34: 6.) The Hebrew root word translated mercy means “womb”. This word depicts the compassion…
January 22-28, 2017 The Word for this week is: “Bless”. The thought for this week is: God has the amazing quality to bless. In the first chapter of Genesis the term “blessed” is used twice. In verse 22, God blessed the fish and the birds so they could reproduce after their kind. Then in verse…
January 15-21, 2017 The Word for this week: “Speaks” The Thought for this week: God speaks powerfully to us today. The first verse of Genesis revealed two qualities of God: God is eternal and God has tremendous power to create. The third verse of Genesis chapter one reveals another quality of God: God speaks. “Then…
January 8-14, 2017 The Word for this week: “Create” The thought for this week: God is our creator and has the marvelous power to create. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”. (Gen. 1:1.) The second word of the Hebrew Bible is the word “create”. I am still trying to comprehend the…