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Greetings my friends. It is Sunday July 05TH 2026, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

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“Cain & Abel – Part 7”

And now – the conclusion of my old sermon on Cain & Abel that I preached to my church family in Homestead Florida in 2018.

Receive His grace – now and forever. It’s abundant. It’s everlasting. His grace is sufficient. His grace is all you need – when you’re broken – when you’re struggling – when you’re weak – when you’re weary. God’s power is made perfect in weakness. And God gets all of the glory.

Who here wants that abundant and everlasting grace ? I want you to bow your heads and close your eyes for a moment:

You say Pastor Chris – I’ve done some really bad things in my life, and God knows all about them, and no human can completely forgive them, but I know God has, and now I know that I’m on the right path towards His light with His undeserved favor. If that’s you – with every head bowed and every eye closed – just slip up your right hand.

You say Pastor Chris – I’ve been waiting awhile for something more from God – while overlooking the fact that He has already granted me with His ultimate gift of grace. I’ve been rescued and saved – through faith – by His grace. I didn’t have to pay for it – because Christ paid for it on the cross. If that’s you – with every head bowed and every eye closed – slip up your right hand.

Everyone look at me. Raise your right hand. Repeat after me:

I want Your grace Lord.
I need Your grace Lord.
I receive Your grace Lord.
I trust Your grace Lord.
Thank You Lord.
Thank You for Your great grace.
Your grace is sufficient Lord.
In Jesus name.
(Amen.)

You know no matter where we came from – no matter what we’ve done in our past – we simply need to ask God for His grace, and He will give it to us immediately. You can’t work for it. You can’t pay for it. It is a gift. No sin is too great for God to forgive. And remember this – this is so important. This gift of grace is not just for those of us in here. This gift of God’s grace – is for everyone out there as well.

If we’ve received God’s grace – then we must go out there – into the land of Nod – the land of Homestead – the land of Redland – the land all around us – and share His Good News to our neighbors out there – who have not yet received His grace – because – they just don’t know about it – yet.

That’s my message for you today. Please stand with me, as we continue to worship our loving God.

(And at that point we brought forth our Tithes & Offerings, and I closed the service with the Benediction.)

Next Sunday I’ll have a few final thoughts on my Cain & Abel sermon, and I’ll share what I’m planning in the weeks to come.

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#SundayScripture is published online every Sunday at 0300 U.S. East Coast time. It was created in its current form in February 2018. I share my testimony here each week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord – and get closer to Him with each new day. If you wish to learn more about the God I know – then stay tuned, for the best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and I pray that the LORD will bless you and keep you. May He make His face shine upon you, and may He be gracious to you. May He lift up His countenance upon you, and may He give you peace. I pray this in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN and AMEN.

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Happy 250TH Birthday U.S.A. !

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date July 4, 2026
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On this 4TH Of July holiday we celebrate this great nation of ours – this free nation that we call The United States Of America. We are free today because of our Founding Fathers – great Americans like John Hancock, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Let us never forget all of those great Americans who fought – and who continue to fight to this day – for the independence and the freedom that we continue to enjoy today.

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is – there is freedom.
(2 Corinthians 3:17 NLT)

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The Hoosier State

Welcome back to #TravelThursday. This post is all about the great state of Indiana. I have lots of neighbors and friends who are either from Indiana, or still live there during the Spring, Summer, and Autumn months as “snowbirds” who return to Sebring each winter season.

My first visit to Indiana was a drive-through way back at the end of October of 1985 as an 18-year-old. I had just graduated from Tech School at Chanute Air Force Base adjacent to Rantoul Illinois, and I was driving back to my teenage home in Fairfax County Virginia to visit my parents, brother, and cat. I entered Indiana via I-74, and I took that to the south leg of I-465. I picked-up I-70 on the east leg of the Indianapolis Beltway, and I took I-70 all the way into Maryland to I-270, I-495, and then home across the Potomac River.

When my brother and his family lived in the Cincinnati area from 2013 to 2019 – we drove through Indiana often whenever I visited. A 3-mile portion of I-275 around Cincinnati is in southeastern Indiana. Whenever my brother picked me up or took me to the airport in Northern Kentucky we went around the west side of I-275 – to include that 3-mile portion of Indiana.

But we also visited Indianapolis in consecutive Novembers. In 2014 me and my brother went to Lucas Oil Stadium to see our Washington Redskins (at the time) take on the Indianapolis Colts. The following year we went to Bankers Life Fieldhouse (now known as Gainbridge Fieldhouse) to see a Tuesday night taping of WWE Smackdown (broadcast on Thursday nights back then).

My last day in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky was the day after Thanksgiving of 2018 when my brother took me to the airport for my flight back home to Miami. (My brother and his family moved back to the Dallas Texas area in 2019.)

Soon I’ll be visiting Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky again as part of my Ohio River cruise. On the second day of the cruise we’ll be docking in Madison Indiana – a historic Ohio River town that was founded in 1809. I’ll be part of a small group taking a guided walking tour of the Madison Historic Landmark District.

Next #TravelThursday – I’ll look back at past visits to “The Buckeye State” – Ohio. Let’s keep traveling together.

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 489

Post author By Chris M. Day
Post date June 29, 2026
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Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back almost 50 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday June 28TH 2026 – the 489TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW	LW	WKS	SONG TITLE	ARTIST / SITE
1	1	24	Finished [8TH week @ # 1]	Caleb & John
2	2	14	Everything Is Better	Hopeful.
3	7	5	Washed	Elevation Rhythm
4	3	11	Worthy Of It All (Worthy)	CeCe Winans
5	5	24	Where Would I Be	Peter Burton
6	4	8	I’d Do It Again	Andrew Ripp
7	6	9	demons	Josiah Queen
8	8	9	Somebody’s Praying	Bay Turner
9	9	7	Perfectly	Micah Tyler
10	10	5	Gonna Be Alright	Matt Maher

2025 – “Oh Death” – MercyMe
2024 – “Beautiful Life” – Pat Barrett
2023 – “Cornerstone” – TobyMac Ft. Zach Williams
2022 – “Me On Your Mind” – Matthew West
2021 – “Yes He Can” – Cain
2020 – “Keep Me In The Moment” – Jeremy Camp
2019 – “Church (Take Me Back)” – Cochren & Co.
2018 – “Do It Again” – Elevation Worship
2017 – “Home” – Chris Tomlin

ELEVATION RHYTHM – “Washed” was a surprise re-entry last week, and this week it surges 4 notches into my Top 3. Originally released online 9 months ago – it took a while to make it onto the radio. It’s been a slow climb to the top, but the hum-along sing-along anthem has become a favorite nationwide – now at # 3 in airplay from coast-to-coast.

SALVATION ERA – The #CountUp continues. Last week I revealed my # 5 hit overall from August 2006 to January 2010 – “Word Of Mouth” – from John Reuben. His longtime friend and collaborator – TobyMac – is at # 6 with what many consider to be his signature song – “Made To Love”. It still gets airplay nearly 20 years later. It’s appropriate for it to be my # 6 hit overall since it entered my chart the exact same week as “Word Of Mouth”. The two songs spent the exact same 26 weeks on my chart – both falling off my chart at the same time. When “Made For Love” was spending its 5 weeks at # 1 – “Word Of Mouth” was spending its 5 weeks at # 2. Both songs were one notch apart all 26 weeks !

SPOTIFY – You can hear “My Top 10 Hits” anytime by accessing my CountUp playlist on Spotify. All 10 hits are there from top to bottom. You can hear them in order from # 1 to # 10, or you can shuffle them. My playlist will be updated every weekend (usually before the actual chart is presented here on Mondays). You can link to it here.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. God used loud music on the radio in South Florida to reach me in August of 2006. I’ve been testifying about Him ever since.

Be blessed my friends ! May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.