Category: Bible

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday July 12TH 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.

Volume 9, Number 20, Edition 420
“Cain & Abel – Postscript”

For 7 weeks through last Sunday I presented an update of my old sermon on Cain & Abel that I preached to my church family in Homestead Florida in 2018. Truthfully – I didn’t really update it all that much. I still liked the way that I originally preached it. I enjoyed reading it again. I enjoyed learning from it again. It was a unique sermon for me back then, as it was from the Old Testament – Genesis 4:1-17. (Most of my sermons through the years have been from the New Testament.)

I hope that you enjoyed reading my sermon – presented in 7 mostly equal parts. (All of my blog posts throughout the week are about a 3-to-4-minute read.)

Later this year I hope to bring back another old sermon and update it here.

I miss writing sermons. For many years I was regularly writing that next sermon – or that sermon after next. I also miss preaching sermons. I was recently asked if I would accept an opportunity to preach at another local church (not my home church) if I were given it. The answer is likely “YES” – if it were a Bible-believing and teaching church. (We have churches in our local area and beyond that are not Bible-based, so I personally wouldn’t go anywhere near them.)

I probably will eventually restart my sermon-writing ministry, for even if I never get the chance to preach again from the pulpit – I can still preach online – starting right here on #SundayScripture. I’ve also been asked to start a podcast featuring my messages. I’d consider doing that, but first I need to learn how podcasts work. (I know very little about them.)

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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.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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.

Volume 9, Number 19, Edition 419
“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.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday June 28TH 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.

Volume 9, Number 18, Edition 418
“Cain & Abel – Part 6”

I’m up to the penultimate edition of the update of one of my old sermons on Cain & Abel that I preached to my church family in Homestead Florida in 2018. Let’s go:

As the story goes – Cain wandered eastward from Eden. He eventually settled – he dwelt – in the land of Nod. (“Nod” in Hebrew means wanderer, exile, or fugitive.) Cain decided that he would wander no more. He found a woman. He got married. She became pregnant. She gave birth to their firstborn. They named him Enoch. Enoch means to initiate, to create, to dedicate. Cain created a city. He named that city Enoch. It was the first city in the creation.

Now about that city – named and dedicated to his firstborn Enoch. Cain founded the city to protect him. He was in fear of his life. It was a city founded in fear of death. It was the anti-Eden. Sin ran rampant. You could’ve called it “Sin City”. Sin separates man from God.

It was the first manmade civilization. It was outside of the presence of the LORD – by design. So Cain was away from God for the rest of his life – by choice. The city and all of its residents – were just like Cain. All of his descendants – were just like Cain. They didn’t know the LORD. Cain had built his own kingdom. A lot of good things were initiated and created in that kingdom, but sin surrounded it all. Sounds like every modern city today.

God gave Adam & Eve grace. God gave Cain & Abel grace. God has given each and every one of us His gift of grace. It’s the greatest gift that He has given us. And nobody has been excluded from God’s grace. Nobody. It’s the same grace then. It’s the same grace now. Grace for our sinful past. Grace for the here and now. Grace for what lies ahead of us – out there – on our respective journeys.

You know some of us are still waiting – waiting patiently – or otherwise – for a gift from God to come down and enter our heart and soul, but God wants you to know that you already have the greatest gift of them all – His gift of grace. Don’t miss His gift of grace because you’re so focused on some other gift that you want from God. Maybe some other gift that someone else has that you don’t have.

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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.

All rights reserved (c) 2026 Christopher M. Day, CountUp