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The Word Became Flesh John 1:1-18 Many of us have only a “snapshot” or two of the Jesus we profess to believe in and follow. Some only really know about the “Baby Jesus” of Christmas. Others only really know the “Crucified Jesus” of the Cross and Resurrection. Most of us have the Birth, Crucifixion and Resurrection aspects of Jesus down pretty well. Although His Birth, Death and Resurrection are a...

Extra Grace Required! - The Manipulators Matthew 2:1-8 Manipulating and controlling people – They’re all around us – In corporations, in politics, in the entertainment industry, in our schools, in our circles of friends, in our families, in our homes, and everywhere else. People all around us are attempting to control our lives. Some mean well, but still try to pull us from God’s will for our live...

“Extra Grace Required – The Needy” - Acts 3:1-8 We know the Lord wants us to care for those who are in need, but with some people, we find we must be careful to help without enabling. Sometimes this means that we must: 1. Give them what they need, instead of what they want. 2. Set healthy boundaries for ourselves and for them. 3. Allow them to face their consequences.

The Pilgrims who celebrated that 1st Thanksgiving were doing their best to live with their lives consecrated to God. As they endeavored to do so, GOD SHEPHERDED THEM. They were a people who had, through Jesus Christ, had the Creator/Creature relationship we were all created to live in restored, and were doing the best they could to live properly as HIS PEOPLE AND THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE. His prov...

Criticism is something we all face. Some mean well with their words while others mean to hurt us as much as they can. How we react is determined by how close we are walking with Jesus. Our normal, initial, prideful reactions to criticism usually come right from the flesh, and can cost us relationships, destroy our self esteem, and give our enemies power over us. As Christians, though, we have anot...

A lot of people want to have a very real, intimate faith with God, but don’t recognize that God will often use the valley to prove His faithfulness and bring you to this type of faith.

What Do You Do in the Valley? (Habakkuk 2:1-3) Habakkuk means to embrace or to wrestle. If someone who comes to a point of crisis in their faith will continue to embrace God, or even wrestle with Him through the difficult times they can grow much closer to God than they were in the past. In fact, if you look very closely at those who are closest to God, they are often those who have been through t...

Habakkuk is a man who believes in and knows God, but he is having a really difficult time understanding what’s going on in his country, and why God is allowing it to continue. As we listen to the situation that Habakkuk describes, he could very well be describing the United States in 2017. Habakkuk had a burden for his country and the way things were going. He grieved over the situation and cried...

“How Should We Approach the Old Testament?” Acts 15:22-29 As Christians, instead of “cherry-picking” verses or as some say, “Taking a supermarket approach,” to support our point of view, it seems to me that we should be doing just the opposite. Instead of grasping The Book, we need to let The Book grasp us. After all, it is God’s Word, and we are endeavoring to live a life pleasing to Him after ha...

Who Crowns You With Lovingkindness And Compassion by Rev. Joel D. McMahon III

Psalm 103:1-5 As David lists the Lord’s benefits in Psalm 103, one of the most important is the fact that “He redeems our life from the pit.” The two main pits that the Lord delivers us from are the pits of death and hell. Being redeemed from these pits by the precious blood of Jesus sets us free from the bondage and penalties of sin and gives us eternal life. How wonderful it is to be freed from...

In Psalm 103 David speaks to his soul, telling it to not forget the Lord’s benefits. Second in the list of benefits is the healing of all our diseases. Does the Lord still heal? Is this a benefit of salvation? This is the topic Dr. McMahon discusses in this latest message shared at the historic San Felipe United Methodist Church in San Felipe, Texas.

David’s spirit tells his soul, in Psalm 103, to first of all bless the Lord. Next, he tells his soul to focus on the benefits of the Lord. The first benefit he lists is the entrance to all the others. All the other blessings and benefits from God flow from our being forgiven by God for all our iniquities. So, how do we get there? How do we enter into this blessed life? It begins with a profound de...

In Psalm 103 David’s spirit tells his soul to do two things. First, David tells his soul to “Bless the Lord.” Then he tells his soul to “Forget not His benefits.” He then lists five benefits of a right relationship with The Lord, and the ensuing results of this: pardon for your iniquities, healing for your diseases; redemption of your life from the pit, crowning with lovingkindness and compassion;...

In Psalm 103:1 David expresses the very heart of his relationship with The Lord as his spirit commands his soul to bless the Lord. He has decided to intentionally make his thoughts, will, choices, and emotions a blessing to God. This should be the very essence of our Christian life, so I want to make how to do this as clear as I possibly can in this message.

As you study the Bible and then look at the news it is pretty obvious that we are living in the Last Days. As Christians, this should not be disconcerting, but exciting, since everything the Bible has predicted is coming true. The exciting thing is that if the description of the Last Days is true, it confirms all the rest of the Bible, and we know that we will soon be forever with the Lord. The re...

The Confident Christian I Corinthians 15:19 There are several different kinds of Christians that we see today: The casual Christian, worshipping occasionally, little interest, nonchalant. The comfortable Christian. Worship place better be comfortable, sermons better make them feel good, and they shy away from anything that goes against their comfort. The convenient Christian. Their faith is driven...

Jesus hasn’t called us to be better people. He has called us to take up our cross and follow Him. Dying to self is not just simply trying to be good for God. Instead, it is living daily the prayer that Jesus prayed at Gethsemane, “Nevertheless, not My will, but Thy will be done.”

In Ephesians 4:22-32 we see that anger is mentioned as something that must be handled rightly in our conduct and also in our relationships. Sandwiched between admonishments to holiness in living and wholeness in our relationships is the warning to not grieve the Holy Spirit of God. From this it is clear that handling anger in a right way is an essential to walking with God and having His power and...

Rifts occur in the best of relationships, and when they do, healing needs to take place for the relationship to be restored. God has demonstrated what we need to do to bring restoration to our personal relationships when damage has occurred through the steps He has taken to bring healing and wholeness to our relationship with Him. Just as repentance, confession, the giving and receiving of forgive...

“How to Forgive” Luke 4:16-21, Matthew 6:9-15, Matthew 18:21-35, Ephesians 4:30-32 In Luke 4:16-21 Jesus explains very clearly why He came to us. He came to set us free from our past so we can live in the present and look forward to the future. It is very clear that bitterness and unforgiveness keep us in bondage to our past, keeping us from the wonderful life of liberty and hope Jesus offers us....

It is clear from Scripture that God requires forgiveness. In fact, following the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13, Jesus immediately states in the following verse, “For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” Although the Bible makes it clear that this is an imperative from our Lord, many who bear His Name harbor bitterness and unforgiveness. Sad...

None of our relationships can be their fullest without God’s help, and He wants to help more than you could ever imagine! Follow “God’s Prescription for a Good Marriage,” and you and those around you will be blessed!

Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would be the Person of the Trinity that would indwell us as we endeavor to live as disciples of Jesus. Through Him, we would be in intimate contact with the Godhead on a moment by moment basis. "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, who...

The Holy Spirit of God is not just a contagious attitude, a frame of mind, or a sense of community. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, just as real as the Father and the Son, and just as important to us in our Christian lives. Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would be the Person of the Trinity that would indwell us as we endeavor to live as disciples of Jesus. Through Him we would...