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Upcoming Sermons & Devotional Message
March Sermons 2026
3-29 - A Crown of Thorns
Isaiah 53:1-10 , John 19: 1-7
April Sermons 2026
4-2- Maundy Thursday Service - “ The Body and The Blood” Matthew 26:26-29
4-3- Good Friday Service - “It Is Finished” John 19:8-42
4-5 - Easter Sunday Service - “The First Day”
John 20:1-10 John 20:11-16
4-12 - The Other Road”
Luke 24:1-14 Luke 24:27-35
4-19 - “Jesus and the Doubter”
John 20:24-29 John 20:30-31
4-26- “ Redemption”
John 21:1-14 John 21:15-19
Devotional Message : These will change 1-2 times a week. Stop by often to read the new message.
Some Thoughts on Imperfect People
I’ve always enjoyed reading the Old Testament. Since reading the biblical account as a small child in an animated children’s Bible, the life stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses, the prophets, priests, and kings have fascinated me.
Now that I'm an adult, I realize the children’s versions of those life stories were often sanitized to protect my innocent eyes. Now I read them differently, but with no less appreciation. For one thing, I appreciate their imperfections. When I read the Old Testament, I see God calling and using imperfect, sinful people—just like me.
One of those imperfect people with a sordid life story was Samson. You can read the full account of his life in Judges chapters 13-15—he was a disobedient handful! Judges 14 begins:
“Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. When he returned, he said to his father and mother, ‘I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife’” (Judges 14:1, 2).
Samson had many flaws, including a weakness for Philistine women. God forbid intermarriage, but that didn’t bother Samson at all. Even though she was an enemy of God’s people, his parents objected, and God had forbidden it, Samson was determined to marry this woman. He wanted what he wanted. God’s people can be willful.
Yet God used Samson as a judge over His people for 20 years—the good, the bad, and the ugly. If God can use someone like Samson, He can use you and me.
An honest believer put it this way: “I know the badness of my heart. There are times when I'm more than willing to cross the Almighty. Never mind that Jesus bled and died for me, has forgiven my sins, and promised me a home in heaven. There are times when I want to do what I want to do, and I go ahead and do it. This kind of behavior is never advisable, but it underscores the depth of our depravity and need for God’s grace.”
God can use anyone—even you, my friends!