Category: Bible

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday May 16TH 2021, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us continue to move forward towards the bright light of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.

This weekend I hope to finish writing my next sermon that I hope to preach to my church family in the coming weeks on the good Kings Uzziah and Jotham of the land of Judah. They were Father and Son, and they were even Kings at the same time – sharing a coregency for about 11 years. I’m looking forward to sharing what I’ve learned about them from the Bible.

I also want to get started on writing my next sermon after that – tentatively titled “Salvation & Hope”.

“Well there you go again Reverend Chris – preaching about that salvation !”

My next sermon after next will begin a new message series on the Apostle Peter – starting with his first letter. The first 12 verses are all about salvation from Christ, and how great it is.

This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you. (1 Peter 1:10 NLT)

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.

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Greetings my friends. It is Sunday May 02ND 2021, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us get closer to Christ our Savior than we were yesterday.

Last Sunday I wrote about having “writer’s block”. Soon after praying for God’s wisdom – I wrote a new sermon on two good Kings of Judah from the Old Testament. It’ll be my next sermon to preach to my church family in a few weeks.

This morning I’m preaching my sermon on Simon Peter’s denials and restoration. It’ll also serve as a wrap-up of John’s Gospel. My half-year program of reading, studying, writing, and preaching from John’s Gospel officially comes to a close with this sermon.

This will be my 40TH sermon to my church family over the past 4½ years. Today I’ll be preaching via a manner somewhat differently than I have previously. I’m a little nervous about it. Hopefully everything works out well with this modernized method. If so then it’s my way forward for future sermons (and communions).

Lately our Pastor has been delivering some amazing and powerful sermons on how great our God is. They’ve been longer-than-normal sermons too – with lots of slides via PowerPoint. I’m talking over 100 “quick-flipping” slides !

My sermon today will be of normal length – about 30 to 35 minutes – accompanied with about a dozen slides via PowerPoint.

Here’s what one of those slides will show:

Suddenly – Jesus’ words flashed through Peter’s mind: “Before the rooster crows – you will deny three times that you even know Me.” And he went away – weeping bitterly. (Matthew 26:75)

Once the rooster crowed – Peter realized what had happened. When Jesus told Peter that he will deny Him 3 times that night – before the rooster crows – Peter was astonished that Jesus would say such a terrible thing. “Why would you say something like that ?” And then it happened. And Peter realized that Jesus was really in control. And Peter left the courtyard. He went away – weeping bitterly.

I then compare Peter’s denials of Jesus with Judas’ betrayal of Jesus.

I’m looking forward to sharing with my church family what God has placed on my heart with this message.

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.

All rights reserved (c) 2021 Christopher M. Day, CountUp Ministries

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday April 25TH 2021, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us praise and worship Christ our Savior on this day – and every day !

You know sometimes I have “writer’s block”, and I don’t know what to write about. I have to take a break in my sermon-writing when that occurs. I know that it’s temporary, and eventually the thoughts will be pouring in to my mind so fast that my fingers won’t be able to keep-up on the computer keyboard to get it all in writing. I treasure God’s wisdom. I pray for it daily.

The good thing about being a blogger is that when the thoughts aren’t there to write I can always look back at the past for inspiration. This blog celebrates its 14TH anniversary at the end of next month, and it mirrors my fantastic journey along the way.

Here’s what I wrote here on my blog exactly 13 years ago this weekend:

God commanded that the baby born to Mary be named ‘Jesus’ which means ‘God saves His people from their sins.’ Jesus is a global Savior who is sufficient for all people, all races, and all nations. Christianity is exclusive in that there is only one God. It is inclusive in that Jesus is the Savior who invites all people everywhere to be saved by Him. If Scripture is true then we must be absolutely clear on this most important spiritual issue – that there is only one way to God.

AMEN. I wrote that in response to my Pastor’s sermon that Sunday titled “What Makes Jesus Superior To Other Saviors”. I was still in my first year of salvation. I was lit-up for Christ back then as a baby Christian.

One of my favorite quotes from the late great Billy Graham up in Heaven is – “Christ belongs to all people ! He belongs to the whole world !”

I truly believe that. He’s available to all people, all races, and all nations. He’s available right now. You don’t have to wait for Him. He’s within reach right now. You are not too far away from him. No matter what you’ve said. No matter what you’ve done. He’s right there where you are. Are you ready to believe in Him ? Are you ready to follow Him for the rest of your life ? Are you ready to be born again ?

For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal living word of God. (1 Peter 1:23 NLT)

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