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What does a commitment to serve your spouse in love look like? Well, it looks like getting up in the morning and committing to searching for concrete ways to love your husband or your wife. Where does he tend to be discouraged or overwhelmed? What are the daily tasks in which she could use assistance? In what special way can you communicate your affection? Perhaps an unexpected card in a lunch bag, or a delivery of flowers, or a call in the middle of the day just to say, "I love you." Maybe you communicate love by not turning on the flat-screen and being willing to talk instead. Maybe love gets communicated by fixing something broken, just because fixing it would make the other's life easier. Maybe it would be best communicated by your willingness to take over a duty that has usually fallen to the other. There is no want for opportunities to love; the issue is, do we see them and are we committed to respond to them when we do. Would your spouse call you a loving per

Written by Matthew Simpson nearly over a century ago speaking about the uniqueness of the sermon event & the awesome responsibility that the preacher has: His throne is the pulpit; he stands in Christ's stead; his message is the word of God; around him are immortal souls; the Saviour, unseen, is beside him; the Holy Spirit broods over the congregation; angels gaze upon the scene, and heaven and hell await the issue. What associations, and what vast responsibility!

This past weekend Christ Fellowship Bible Church had a retreat with the theme on the beauty & glory of Christ and I had the joy of preaching 5 sermons on this magnificent theme! SESSION 1 1. The beauty & glory of Christ — His HUMANITY (Luke 4) SESSION 2 2. The beauty & glory of Christ — His DEITY (John 11) SESSION 3 3. The beauty & glory of Christ — His REDEMPTION (Mark 14) SESSION 4 4. The beauty & glory of Christ — His JUDGMENT (Revelation 1) SESSION 5 5. The beauty & glory of Christ — The JOY of SAVORING Him (Matthew 5)

Counsel in the Dark Nights: How To Find Hope in Hopeless Times. Biblical Counseling Geoffrey R. Kirkland Pastor, Christ Fellowship Bible Church The Text: Psalm 13:6 [13:5-6 Eng]:  6 וַאֲנִי בְּחַסְדְּךָ בָטַחְתִּי יָגֵל לִבִּי בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ אָשִׁירָה לַיהוָה כִּי גָמַל עָלָי Author’s Translation: But as for me, in your covenant love, I have trusted; my heart rejoices in your salvation. And I sing to the LORD because He has dealt bountifully with me. In the context of Psalm 13, David cries out to God four times with the identical question: How Long? In essence, David finds himself gravely perplexed about his life circumstances. To name a few, David faces tremendous hardships such as: feeling forsaken by God (v.1a), feeling isolated or separated from God (v.1b), feeling burdened by excessive counseling in his soul (v.2a), weighed down with much sorrow and depression (v.2b), suffering from anxiety, bad relationships, and many enemies (v.2c), drawing near death or some life-threateni