How can a tree remind us of Christ? If you were a child who like to climb trees, then you may want to check this message out. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares a story of a backyard tree and how it reminded him of Jesus.
Category: Messages (Page 19 of 41)
As we wrap up this series on Song of Songs we hope you’ve found a new way to find Jesus on every page even on the harder to comprehend sections of the Old Testament. This week Pastor Derrick shares how great an image we see of Christ in the message of Solomon and his bride.
When we begin to see Jesus the way the woman saw Solomon we’ll be even more in awe of His power and presence in our lives. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick gives us a glimpse into the woman’s heart. Then be ready to see the whole message get turned on its head.
When we know the story of the Bible, we’ll get a better understanding of how great God’s love for us truly is. Even when we didn’t want to be loved, he pursued us and loved us in-spite of ourselves. When we push him away and live lazy faith lives, Jesus knocks and calls us to let him in. He desires us to live passionately pursuing him. It’s time to let the love of Christ transform the way we think, speak and act. Listen as Pastor Derrick shares the importance of this portion of Solomon’s love song and what it means for us today.
When Solomon describes his bride, he uses very specific imagery. How do all of these weird descriptions apply to Christ and the church? Well this is the focus of our time together this week. In this week’s Living Word Galena podcast we’ll take time to study the meaning behind teeth like a flock of sheep, hair flowing like a flock of goats, eyes like doves and cheeks like pomegranates. What could all of this mean? Listen as Pastor Derrick helps us dig a little deeper into these and many more treasures in this week’s message.
When the longing to be together is finally realized, Solomon and young woman in the song share the wonders of their love story. But nestled in this story is a much bigger love story between Jesus and his church. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares more depth of the story, greater connections between the text and the life of the church today and then some practical ways we can experience this kind of love in our relationship with God today.
Sitting on my desk is a paper with the heading Kaleidoscope. And it got me thinking, what is a kaleidoscope? If you think about it, a kaleidoscope is a small tube like structure into which broken bits and pieces of color are seemingly haphazardly placed. Each colorful shard is rough around the edges. They appear sharp to the touch yet when they are placed in the midst of the other bits of brokenness and light is cast on them something beautiful begins to happen. An image, a colorful image appears. Continue reading
This week we begin a series inside of a series. As the next several weeks unfold we’ll be looking deeper into the book of Song of Songs. We’ll be challenged by its content and seek to gain a more full understanding of how this love song between Solomon and a young woman can help us better understand God’s love for us and for his church. This week Pastor Derrick shares insights on chapter 1:1-7. Read through chapter one before listening to this episode.
We hope that you are drawn closer to your Savior through these messages and remember God loves you more than Solomon loved this young woman.
This week in worship we looked at a bible word that may be familiar to many, but misunderstood by some. We’ve probably heard it spoken. Maybe we’ve even read it a time or two. But do we really know what it means? The word is Sabbath. It’s a word that we often translate as day of rest or something along those lines. Continue reading
All too often we let the load of life exceed our limits or capacity to carry. This week we dig into one of the 10 Commandments and look for the underlying message. When we pull the words off the page, what comes with it?
This week Pastor Derrick leads us deeper into an understanding of the commandments. Why did God give them? What does it mean that Jesus fulfilled them? How are we to now live in light of them?
The laws less about rules and more about relationships.