Greater Life Church

David’s early life can be divided into three parts. Part was spent in the country, part was spent in the courts of Saul and part was spent hiding for his life in cave. In the country, he learned how to connect with God in worship. The country made a saint of David and taught him that no matter what came his way, he could worship God. Many of the psalms were written about this part of his life. The...

In our familiar story, Goliath challenges the army of Israel. For forty days his voice struck fear in the Saul’s army. He not only controlled the battle field, but he controlled God’s people by his very presence. How many times have we been controlled by the enemy just by him speaking to us? We all have known fear in our lives. There are times when we are worried about our situation and fear contr...

Ahaz took Israel back into darkness. When he did this, he undid all the accomplishments that David had done. When things began to go wrong for Israel, Ahaz did not turn from what he was doing, and even went further in doing evil in the sight of the Lord. Ahaz even had a second altar made and place into the house of the Lord. However, this altar was not consecrated by the blood. He no longer wanted...

After David was anointed King, he could have started his life of Royalty by relaxing and sending others to do his bidding. That is not what he did. He was ready to take on what God had for him and did so. The enemy mocked him and even said that the blind and lame could defeat him in his quest to take over what God had promised. The enemy likes to deceive and confuse. If we even give him the opport...

Light is essential to life. All the growing living things on earth rely on light for survival. God’s initial words were Let there be light. Then He divided the light from the darkness. The line that God drew between light and darkness is important. He called light good, but He did not say that about darkness. Scripture is replete with references to the drastic difference between light and darkness...

Our text this morning is from long ago, but the message in those words transcend time and are applicable to us today. Hezekiah had assumed the leadership from his father, and was faced with picking up the pieces after a people had turned away from God and had put out the lights in God’s house. The times were exceedingly wicked and vile. Hezekiah inherited a nation in peril from many sides. There w...

Our text is one of a trio of Psalms that scholars believe was written by David as he ran from Absolom. David was facing a threat from his family and fellow countrymen who had once been his closest confidants. David was desperate and had no idea how he was going to make it through the next few hours much less the next day. David wakes early in the morning after what was likely a sleepless night and...

On Feb 15 1546, Martin Luther offered what would be his final writing on a small piece of paper. The last line of his note read We are beggars. While we use different words today, beggar is still a common term. In biblical times, a beggar was something that a person was. The dictionary definition is one who makes their living by asking for money or food. In essence the definition has not changed o...

NOTE: Due to a power failure, the beginning of this message was not recorded. The audio picks up just after Bro. Hart read his scripture text. The bible references many names of God. One of them is Jehovah Roi: God who sees. On our currency, we have included the “eye of providence” to symbolize that God always has His eye on us. Not one time have our problems or struggles escaped God’s notice. The...

Our text is from the end of Jesus’ earthly ministry. They thought to frighten Him, but all it did was to create a greater determination in Him. At some point in life, we will face a moment where we will have to say “I Must Do this.” If we rise to the challenge, or fail to meet it; that moment will define our life. Very few people like to be compelled to face things, but there are issues that we mu...

At some point every child of God needs to go to the book of Job to study and conseder. Job was not perfect, but he is a man who always kept his grounding. Even when all the trouble beset his life, it did not change who he was or his relationship with God. He seemed to have a sense of what to do in the most critical junctures in life. In chapter two when the messengers came to come and bring bad ne...

God created the garden. He created a perfect place for us to live. Adam and Eve were innocent and were created near perfect. God created man to love him. However even in that perfect setting, there was a carnal nature to man. There are not many verses, about how the serpent came around, but we can guess that he had been coming around for a while. Over time, the serpent was able to subvert the word...

We live in a world that does not need much of anything. We have wealth and abundance. Yet far too many don’t know what they don’t have. We in the church take Jesus and His presence for granted. Imagine a lost world who do not know HIm. To Far too many, church is a few songs and a three point sermon. They do not have a real understanding of what it is to be in the presence of Almighty God. In our t...

It is easy to look at life and conclude that even as much as we have that we are still missing so much. It can be finances, health or our spiritual lives, we feel that we do not have enough. What we do not realize is that even though we may be in a drought and that our resources are not sufficient, if we turn what little we have to offer to HIm, it is more than enough. When we place it in His hand...

Paul had an understanding and insight into the struggles and battles in living for God. He understood all these because he had endured them all himself. In all of that he learned that there were some things that were indispensable to a life living for God. God knew all that we would need in order to face life’s challenges and He has graciously provided all that we need. The church at Colossae was...

The world is changing rapidly. At one time human knowledge doubled every century. By the end of World War II, human knowledge was doubling every twenty five years. Today, it is estimated that knowledge doubles every 13 months. Every aspect of life is experiencing change at a rapid pace. Centuries ago, Daniel predicted the rapid expansion of knowledge. The word used in that writing was not only an...

The island of Patmos is a barren, rock of an island that was used as a prison. Isolated in the Aegean sea, it was desolate, hopeless place. Men were sent there to die. If the forced labor did not get them, the utter loneliness would. John had not committed a crime, but was there because of his preaching the gospel. While we may not physically go to Patmos, we often find ourselves there spiritually...

Our nation is engaged in a great political battle as we move to elect the next president. No matter who wins next November, the end result will not change. What we are dealing with goes much deeper than what political party is in power. As bad as it seems now, the bible tells us that it will get worse before we get better. We will soon all be focused on the Olympics. There on display will be the m...

In our world, it is too easy to speak what is wrong rather than focusing on what is right. We speak things into (or out of) our lives by what we say. Our mouth and the things that we say can sabotage our own desires and the plans that God has for us. Our words often betray us. We need to work to remove the negative from our conversation. More than the negative, we often express doubts, fear and un...

Sometimes, even when enjoying something good, we hunger for more. It isn’t that what we have is not good, but we know that there is better. There are times in life that we hunger for more. We may have a good life, but we know that God has more for us. This desire and hunger can consume us. We have had good services and good worship, but we know that there is more. Bro. Hughes explains that he is h...

We will all weather storms. Like the disciples in our text tonight, we will never weather a storm without Him being there. We often fail to recognize when He is there, but he still bids us: Be of Good Cheer. When they heard “It is I”, they all knew who it was. On land “it is I” could be anyone, but on the water it could only be Jesus. Peter jumped out of the boat in the middle of the storm. Peter...

Societal change happens slowly over time. There are things that are commonplace now in our life that not so long ago would have ever been considered. The change happens incrementally and slowly. One of these is the degradation of men. Popular culture and television portrays men as lazy, incompetent and stupid. Television shows do this in a humorous way but over time, men are seen as disconnected a...

There is a common phrase to explain our uncertainty about a situation: God only knows. Scripture tells us that is literal truth. God knows all. He taught the sun how to shine each day. He placed all the mountains and all the stars and planets. God knows all things. What a comfort to know that the God we worship is the same God who knows all things from the beginning to the end. As humans we become...

Lot was given a choice. He looked around and chose the greener grass. He chose the already developed area. The reputation of Sodom and Gomorrah were known, and Lot chose to live near these wicked cities. Lot made a choice to live near a sinful place and believed that he could do that and not be affected by the sin. He never intended to live in Sodom, but he wanted to live close enough to enjoy the...

We often attribute things in our lives to our heritage. We say our physical and emotional characteristics came from our genes, or our upbringing. With phrases like “The apple didn’t fall far from the tree”, we explain how our behaviors or customs are like those of our parents. Some people use this to excuse their temper or their disposition; they blame it on their mom or their dad. As a child of G...