MERRY TUESDAY BY PARRIS “For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus” 1 Tim. 3:13 The Christian life is one progressive whole. The more we advance spiritually in our spiritual growth the more we taste of his sweetness. …
“When Christ takes a hold of us!”
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS “I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize.” Phil. 3:12 CEV The Apostle Paul never looked back from the Damascus Road experience. If anything it grew deeper …
WORLD OF MYSTERY
MERRY TUESDAY BY PARRIS And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. Eph. 3:9 “He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. …
HE CROWNS THE YEAR WITH HIS GOODNESS
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS Ps.65:11- He crowns the year with His goodness. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a …
“EVEN THE ROCKS HAVE STORIES TO TELL”
MERRY WEDNESDAY BY PARRIS- “I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” Luke 19:40 There is no other worship greater than what comes from the heart. You can travel the world and see the wonders of the world but our words become rivers of beauty. When God …
“The Church is an anvil which has worn out many hammers”
MERRY WEDNESDAY BY PARRIS “For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” Act 4:20 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE OBEDIENT DISOBEDIENT? My response to “Let us Worship” and to our city. “Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came …
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“I SAW ABRAHAM’S STARS!”
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS “Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” Gen. 15:5 “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as …
“THE UNVEILING OF JESUS”
MERRY TUESDAY BY PARRIS “This is the unveiling of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to share with his loving servants what must occur swiftly. He clearly made it known by sending his angel to his loving servant John. I, John, bore witness to the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. A …
EVERY TRIBE, TONGUE, AND NATION
Merry Saturday “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our …
Showing up at the eleventh hour
MERRY WEDNESDAY- “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace …