Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday July 06TH 2025, 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.

As I wrote last #SundayScripture – it’s been a while since I refreshed and posted one of my past sermons on here. Starting with this edition – and continuing through September – I’ll be doing just that.

I’ll be transcribing my original sermon that I preached to my church family in Homestead Florida on Sunday October 16TH 2022. The title of the sermon is “Blessings & Benedictions”, and it’s my 50TH sermon as identified on my SERMONS page.

Here’s Part 1:

You know – I don’t think that I have a good singing voice. There’s a reason why I’ve never been on “America’s Got Talent”, or “American Idol”, or “The Voice” – if you’re familiar with those long-running talent competition shows on TV.

I don’t think I sound good when I sing. But my God – our God – well He thinks that my voice is beautiful. He thinks that all of our voices are beautiful – especially when we sing to Him. I love to sing to our Lord – especially as part of traditional Praise & Worship up here with Ben, and Jen, and Betty. And I love to sing to our Lord in my car – while driving all around Homestead. You know it’s also a great time to pray to our Lord – while driving all around Homestead. (I do some of my best praying to God – while driving.) Sometimes I sing my prayers to God – while driving all around Homestead.

And I love to speak of our Lord – to anyone who will listen to me – even if it’s only the Lord Himself. He’s the One that truly matters. And I know that He is listening.

A couple of weeks ago we sang “I Speak Jesus” to our Lord during Praise & Worship. I had never heard it before Pastor Bob played the video for it. I love it. Next Sunday morning it’ll be one of the videos that I’ll play for Praise & Worship.

You know our God has given us a voice. It’s His gift to us. We must not waste it. We must use it to bless others. We must use it to glorify our God.

Today I want to talk to you about “Blessings & Benedictions”. This is a little bit of a different type of sermon that you may be used to from me. I’m gonna be all over the Bible with this message – both Old and New Testaments, so let’s go on this journey together through God’s Word.

You know at the end of every service I stand up here, or I stand down there, and I recite specific intentional verses of Scripture. That’s the Benediction.

Most churches – no matter their respective denomination – or no denomination – most churches – close their services with a Benediction. At some churches the Pastor will have everyone stand up and recite it with him or her. At other churches (like ours) we don’t do that. I’m not really a big fan of having everyone stand up and recite or repeat something over and over again. I’d rather you hear the Benediction rather than say it. You tend to absorb or take-in speech (or words) more so when you are listening rather than talking. You know – 2 ears – 1 mouth – twice as much listening than speaking.

(To be continued next week.)

My testimony is featured each week here on #SundayScripture – whether it’s part of a sermon, a testimony, or just me writing about the events of the past 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 to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.