View Full Content Source:
http://www.stoneridgechurchofchrist.com/resources/bulletins/2023/08/05/bulletin-august-6-2023

    This past week I witnessed kids of all ages attend Vacation Bible School to worship God and to learn about how they can be "Serving One Another." It was amazing to see young men anxiously wanting to be picked to lead a prayer or to see a little one excited as they recited the Memory Verse of the week with ease. Seeing their enthusiasm and excitement to learn about God shows that we have many young people who will continue to grow in their love towards serving the Lord.

    You may have heard this phrase spoken about young people…

On Patience and Perspective:Thoughts from Ecclesiastes

I once heard it said, that “patience is simply the art of concealing your
impatience.” Most of us will recognize the humor in that statement
because, if you’re anything like me, impatience is an oft reoccurring
struggle. Finding patience, being patient and staying patient can be
frustrating, discouraging and sometimes just downright hard.
Sound familiar? I would guess that it does. And even if you don’t
necessarily wrestle with impatience to the same degree I do, I’d suspect
most can relate or think of a time in the recent past where patience proved
to…

Do you think juvenile delinquency is an evil that is peculiar to our day? If so, then you would do well to read your Bible, particularly such passages as are found in the book of First Samuel.

Eli was judge in Israel and a priest of the living God. When he grew old, instead of his children being a source of joy to that religious leader of olden days, they caused him much heartache and grief. After Eli had heard of the almost unimaginable sins which his sons committed—as recorded in First Samuel 2:22—he said unto them, “Why do…

How painful is the thought expressed by one of the great poets, John Greenleaf Whittier: "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: `It might have been!"'

Many a person has thrown away his life in drug addiction, (including alcohol). Numerous are those who have thrown away their marriages by becoming involved with others. Parents have often lost their children by neglecting them, or even granting them excessive freedom. Many are those who have thrown away a good name by some ungodly behavior. Do you not suppose that a vast majority of these later…

Lost Generations

 

The Israelites were in the wilderness, poised to march into Canaan, The Promised Land. Their conquest was imminent, their victory sure. God had been alongside them all through the desert, putting on awesome displays of power. The mightiest army in the world, the Egyptians, had been humbled at His hands. The Canaanites were trembling in fear at their arrival. All the Israelites had to do was put their lives in God’s hands, believe in his promises, reach out and take it.

Is Your House in Order?

 

In 2 Kings 20 we read the account of an unusual event in the life of good king Hezekiah.  With the prophet Isaiah at his side, Hezekiah had worked hard to turn the nation of Judah back to Jehovah.  One day Hezekiah became very ill. Isaiah was sent to him with a message from God:  “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die.’ ”  In answer to the king’s fervent prayer, God delayed…

    The text for this article comes from 1 Peter 4:9, “Be hospitable one to another, without complaint.”

    Hospitality has been demonstrated many times throughout both the Old and New Testaments.  Hospitality can be defined as “the quality or disposition of receiving and treating guests and strangers in a warm, friendly and generous way.”  In the New Testament the Greek word literally means “love of strangers.”  Hospitality is a virtue that is both commanded and commended throughout the Scriptures.

    In Genesis 18:1-8, Abraham saw three strangers, ran to them, bowed and offered them rest and refreshment.  He also gave them…