Through Thick and Thinby: Pastor David WoodRomans 8:35-39 NIVWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[Psalm 44:22]No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am c...

Grace Abounded Much More!by: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 26:16, “This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not guarded your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the jug of water that was by his head.”Why did David take the spear and the jug of water? That spear was his scepter, so to take the spear was sym...

What does God want?by: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 26:8, “Then Abishai said to David, ‘God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!’”Davids’ soldier says, just give me one shot, David, I’ll make sure he gets the point. I’ll pin him to the ground! Abi told ...

Fear verses Faithby: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 26:7, “So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him.”David sneaks into the camp where 3000 IDF soldiers were camped all around King Saul. David and Abi snuck in and are standing over Saul. David and Abi went ...

Bold and Courageous!by: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 26:6, “Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, ‘Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?’ And Abishai said, ‘I will go down with you.’”I really like David’s bravery. He’s unafraid and fearless! David had holy courage and boldness. David could have sent another man on...

The Confrontationby: Pastor David WoodMatthew 16:24-26 NIVThen Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in excha...

Tumbleweed or Oak Tree?by: Pastor Ryan ScheibelPsalms 1, “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall...

Multiple Wives?by: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 25:39, 43, “David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives.”David shouldn’t have taken these ladies as his wives’ because he was already married to Michal Saul’s daughter.So now David has three wives which shows us again the fact that David was not perfect.Marriage w...

Bar of Soapby: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”When we are in trouble and sinning, it’s important to remember the Christian bar of soap verse to cleanse us from all of our sin often and frequently. Jesus encourages us to run into His arms for forgiveness as He is the only one who can...

Vengeance is Mineby: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 25:37-39, “So it was, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.  Then it happened, after about ten days, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died. So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has pleaded the cau...

A God Sendby: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 25:33-35, “Then David said to Abigail: ‘Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand. For indeed, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had...

New Year, New Me!by: Pastor David Wood2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, cre...

Words Fitly Spokenby: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 25:27-28, “And now this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord, and evil is not found in you throughout your days.”Her w...

Be Humbleby: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 25:23, “Now when Abigail saw David, she dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground.”If you picture this, David’s red hot, he’s angry, and they turn a corner and what do they see? David sees a caravan loaded with donkeys full of supplies, food and all these great things that Nabal should have been giving ...

The Fleshby: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 25:21-22, “Now David had said, ‘Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has repaid me evil for good. May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave one male of all who belong to him by morning light.’”Isn’t it interesting how one day you’re ...

Peacemakerby: Pastor Ryan Scheibel1 Samuel 25:18-20, “Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. And she said to her servants, “Go on before me; see, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal....

Just Passing Throughby: Pastor David WoodRevelation 21:3-4 NIVAnd I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things ...

The Ultimate Gift Exchangeby: Pastor Ryan ScheibelRomans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”God loves us so much that HE gave His only begotten son, the most precious thing that is possible to give! Jesus came on the greatest rescue mission in history to save us from hell.Jesus took the punishment of our sins on himself and in exchan...

The Bridge and Centerby: Pastor Ryan ScheibelJohn 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”It’s very interesting that John 3:16 has 25 words and the middle word is Son. Christmas is always on December 25th!The first 12 words of this verse are all about God and then right in the middle is the word...

The Most Famous Verseby: Pastor Ryan ScheibelJohn 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”This verse shows up in so many places like at football games on signs, the black things under players eyes, and In-n-out soda cups has John 3:16 on the bottom of every one of those cups.Throughout history b...