By Pastor Lee Hemen
June 29, 2008 AM
What does independence mean? For some it is the ability to do what you want, when you want to do it. For others it means the ability to vote, to peacefully protest or assemble. Still others see it as a means to be able to speak your mind openly [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 29, 2008
Celebrating Our Independence! – Luke 4:15-30
June 26, 2008
Today’s Thoughts, 1 Peter 1:3-8
By Pastor Lee Hemen
June 26, 2008
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature [...]
June 25, 2008
Today’s Thoughts, Genesis 8:9
by Pastor Lee Hemen
June 25, 2008
But the dove could find no place to set its feet because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. (Genesis 8:9)
I [...]
June 22, 2008
The Church, Part Four – 1 Timothy 5:17-22
By Pastor Lee Hemen
June 22, 2008 AM
I have to be honest with you because it is difficult for me, as a pastor, to share with you exactly what Paul was trying to teach Timothy. Why? Because I do not want you to think I am saying our church does not treat me well as your [...]
June 20, 2008
Today’s Thoughts, Mark 1:18
By Pastor Lee Hemen
June 20, 2008
At once they left their nets and followed him. (Mark 1:18)
I like this verse. It is simple. It shows loyalty. It gives us a picture. “At once,” it says. No time to debate. No thinking it over. No weighing of options. Simple. Quick. That’s how God often works. He gives [...]
June 19, 2008
Today’s Thoughts, Acts 2:4
By Pastor Lee Hemen
June 19, 2008
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. (Acts 2:4)
There is so much utter unadulterated garbage taught concerning the Holy Spirit it should make one absolutely want to run around and scream, “Doesn’t anyone ever actually read [...]
June 18, 2008
Today’s Thoughts, Isaiah 54:5
By Pastor Lee Hemen
June 18, 2008
For your Maker is your husband— the LORD Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. (Isaiah 54:5)
What Name do you know the Lord by? As we are affected by the presence and power of God we [...]
June 15, 2008
What Love Means to a Real Man – 1 John 4:19
by Pastor Lee Hemen
June 15, 2008 AM
In a world where love has been reduced to rutting and acting like mere animals, we have lost sight of what this word truly means. Oh, I have heard the myriad of sermons that discuss ad nausea the different Greek words for “love” in the Bible and in Greek [...]
June 12, 2008
Today’s Thoughts, Daniel 5:27
By Pastor Lee Hemen
June 12, 2008
You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. (Daniel 5:27)
Can you imagine standing before a holy God and have Him say, “You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting”? Wow! Where would you run to? Where could you hide? Being found by the Creator of the [...]
June 11, 2008
Today’s Thoughts, 1 John 4:19
by Pastor Lee Hemen
June 11, 2008
We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)
Such a simple verse, yet it carries with is such a huge truth and its implications are far reaching for our lives. In a world where love has been reduced to rutting and acting like mere animals, we have lost sight [...]
