Posts by Pastor Roger Emmons (Page 26)

Time for Grace – September 26, 2024

Psalm 28:6-7  Blessed be the Lord, because he has heard the sound of my plea for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield. In him, my heart trusts, and I am helped. My heart also celebrates. With my song, I will give thanks to him. Dear Heavenly Father, It is hard to understand how you can be blessed, but it happens when someone asks for your mercy and forgiveness for their sins. You created us to be with you in heaven,…

Time for Grace – September 25, 2024

Psalm 25:4-5  Make known to me your ways, O Lord. Teach me your paths. Make me walk in your truth and teach me, because you are the God who saves me. In you, I hope all day long. Dear Heavenly Father, As we live in the world, it attempts to devise many ways to overcome all the world’s problems, like placing the blame on those who are different. Or they like to get in touch with one’s inner self to be…

Time for Grace – September 24, 2024

1 John 1:5-9 This is the message we heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light. In him, there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him but still walk in darkness, we are lying and do not put the truth into practice. But if we walk in the light, just as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us…

Time for Grace – September 23, 2024

Psalm 121 I lift up my eyes to the mountains. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot stumble. He who watches over you will not slumber. Yes, he who watches over Israel will not slumber. He will not sleep. The Lord watches over you. The Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will watch to keep you from…

Time for Grace – September 21, 2024

Isaiah 40:31  But those who wait for the Lord will receive new strength. They will lift up their wings and soar like eagles. They will run and not become weary. They will walk and not become tired. Dear Heavenly Father, Forgive us when we become impatient and place those deadlines upon ourselves: “I have to get this done, and that finished now!” We become anxious and worried over our limitations. Yet when we look at the big picture of life, we have…

Time for Grace – September 20, 2024

2 Timothy 2:11-13  This saying is trustworthy: Indeed, if we have died with him, we will also live with him; If we endure, we will also reign with him; If we deny him, he will also deny us; If we are faithless, he remains faithful, because he cannot deny himself. Dear Lord Jesus, If we have died with you, you have also promised that we will live with you, going to heaven and reigning alongside you in your heavenly kingdom.…

Time for Grace – September 19, 2024

Psalm 30:4-5 Make music to the Lord, you his favored ones, and give thanks when you remember his holiness, for we spend a moment under his anger, but we enjoy a lifetime in his favor. In the evening, weeping comes to stay through the night, but in the morning, there is rejoicing! Dear Heavenly Father, Let us sing and make music to rejoice in the peace You have brought us. When our first parents fell into sin, each person was condemned…

Time for Grace – September 18, 2024

Proverbs 19:20-21 Listen to advice and accept discipline, so that you will be wise in the future. There are many plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that will prevail. Dear Heavenly Father, It is often hard to listen to advice and receive discipline because we like to think we have it all together. We look in the mirror with pride and imagine ourselves as being deserving. Forgive us when our pride gets in the way; humble…

Time for Grace – September 17, 2024

1 Corinthians 1:22-25  Yes, Jews ask for signs, Greeks desire wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified—which is offensive to Jews and foolishness to Greeks, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. We preach Christ crucified, because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for the simplicity of your will for us.…

Time for Grace-September 16, 2024

Isaiah 55:10-11 Just as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and do not return there unless they first water the earth, make it give birth, and cause it to sprout, so that it gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater, in the same way my word that goes out from my mouth will not return to me empty. Rather, it will accomplish whatever I please, and it will succeed in the purpose for…