Buffalo City Church

Blaze Culliton \\ We have overwhelming joy because of God’s restorative work on behalf of His people. We often pridefully forget the need we had for restoration in Christ, but He has graciously restored us to right relationship with Him through the person and work of Jesus.

Mark Reeves \\ God promises to be a refuge and protector for his people. Though evil has been accorded–-by God’s sovereign will--temporary rule in this present age, it will not ultimately rule in the lives of His people. We enter into God’s protective custody when we learn to trust Him in all things and surrender our will to His leading.

Caleb Drahosh \\ We sometimes buy into the notion that we need to make a name for ourselves in order have worth, or to be liked, or revered, or honored, etc. However, David sums up Psalm 124 by writing: “our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.” All we need is found in who God is, not the name we can make for ourselves; the name we make for ourselves will never be enough. Bu...

Caleb Drahosh \\ The Psalmist pleads with God not based on what he thinks he deserves, but according to God’s merciful character.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Gathering as God’s people to worship God provides us an anchor in the liturgy of life.

Caleb Drahosh \\ The Psalmist asks from where his help comes. It's not the hills; it's God.

Caleb Drahosh \\ The Psalmist finds himself sojourning in a place he doesn't want to be, longing for a better day.

Caleb Drahosh \\ The book of Ruth mirrors redemptive history and pictures final fullness promised to us in eternity.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Your plans are fallible; God’s can’t be foiled.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Make God’s Word your food and you won’t compromise in moments of temptation. Boaz made God’s Word his food and he honored God even at midnight.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Boaz is a worthy man in the light of day, will this pattern continue in the dark of night? It will; Boaz's godliness overshadows the flawed, reckless plan of Naomi. "The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps (Proverbs 16:9)."

Caleb Drahosh \\ Ruth demonstrates wisdom by persisting in her mission and not losing heart despite having nothing.

Blaze Culliton \\ Christ is the cornerstone, the One whose excellencies we proclaim.

Caleb Drahosh \\ We are welcomed into God’s family through God’s favor displayed in a worthy man.

Caleb Drahosh \\ We are welcomed into God’s family through God’s favor displayed in a worthy man.

Caleb Drahosh \\ When food is scarce, vitality dwindles; therefore, feast on the bread of life.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Grace moves us to recognize that we are called to devote ourselves to other followers of Jesus because we have been shown an immense measure of grace ourselves

Caleb Drahosh \\ What’s happening in your life that you’re convinced you understand, but is simply unknowable by your finite mind?

Caleb Drahosh // A spirit soaked in the Word of God will be assured by God as one who has been sealed by the Spirit of Christ.

Caleb Drahosh \\ "The apostle Paul sought assurance chiefly this way…He obtained assurance of winning the prize more by running than considering." –Jonathan Edwards

Caleb Drahosh \\ "Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination, as by action." –Jonathan Edwards

Caleb Drahosh \\ We are united with Christ in his death and his resurrection which is all made possible by an empty tomb.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, just days before His death, was only a taste of the triumph that would come: "Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied (Isaiah 53:11)."

Caleb Drahosh \\ Just as God sent His Son to reconcile the world to Himself, Paul sends Onesimus back to Philemon to reconcile their broken relationship.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Although Onesimus stole from Philemon, Paul takes the debt on himself. By doing so, he paints a picture of the redemption that comes through the Gospel.