When we read the Scriptures do we take the time to make the connections between God’s promises and His fulfillments? Often what God speaks is generations, even centuries from coming to pass and if we are not careful we can read right through and miss that everything He speaks comes to pass. He told Abraham...
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CORF UPDATE #15 | JUNE 12
Hello CORF Family! Our faith in God compels us to live out a life of thanksgiving as an expression of our devotion to God, His word and each other, but also as an expression of our yielding to His will no matter what the circumstances may be. We don’t live in hindsight, we live in...
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“Trouble, Courage, Victory,” John 16:23-33
The last sentences of the last verse of our text are the ones that most of us have heard. They are the ones that are most often quoted and possibly they are the ones that are the most misunderstood. The NIV says it this way, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart...
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CORF UPDATE #14 | JUNE 05
Hello CORF Family, We pray that the peace and love of our just and loving God be with you in these trouble times. If you had the chance to drive around today, you would see fallen trees around the neighborhood from the recent storm, and this on top of the pandemic, the protests and riots,...
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“Another Pentecost,” Acts 2:1-4
I decided to step away from John 16. One reason is because it’s Pentecost Sunday, the day that we remember what we call the birth of the Church, that we remember the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The promise of the Father that Jesus has been preparing the apostles for. It was when the day...
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CORF UPDATE #13 | MAY 29
Hello CORF Family! May the love of God and the everlasting peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. We thank you for your continued giving and for the way you choose to be the expression of God’s love. Let’s push on and continue to do our part as the Lord allows us...
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Then, Now, Later | Revelation 6:12-17
When the sixth seal opens in Revelation 6:12, both the heavens and the earth are shaken. There is an earthquake, the sun goes dark, the moon like blood, stars fall from the sky and mountains and islands are moved from their place. Nothing like it has ever happened before. People, all people, are not only...
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“From Sorrow to Joy,” John 16:16-22
The conversation was almost over. By the time we read our text it was late at night. Jesus and the apostles must have been nearing the garden of Gethsemane. Judas had probably already betrayed him. The soldiers may have already been on their way to arrest him. We know from Matthew’s account of that night...
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Prayer Meeting – Zoom: May 25th
Prayer Meeting – Zoom: let us know if you would like to join our Zoom prayer meeting.