Author archive for Pastor Bob Barnett

  • Oct122019

    HOLD ON TO THE LORD

    Habakkuk shouted praises to God when he beheld the vines without fruit, the fields burned and bare, the stalls without herds.  He rejoiced because he had faith in God…

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  • Aug292019

    REAL SUCCESS!

    Our natural tendency, even among Christians, is to believe that success of one kind or another would relieve us of all our difficult times…

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  • Aug292019

    REJOICE IN THE SUCCESSES OF OTHERS!

    It has been said that there are really only two classes of people in the world — “those who are millionaires and those who would like to be…”

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  • Aug242019

    OUR PERSONAL AUTHOR AND FINISHER

    Only when we are “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews12:2) are we truly walking in faith…

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  • Aug242019

    NO DISAPPOINTMENTS!

    Our challenge as Christians — as children of the all-powerful and ever-loving God — when tempted to stoop low under what we believe to be a burden of disappointments, is to claim the words of the prophet when he said, “Should you pass through the sea, I will be with you; or through the rivers, they will not swallow you up…

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  • Jul292019

    RADICAL BELIEFS

    “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die.  Do you believe thins?”  John 11:25-26

    “Because Christianity’s influence is so pervasive throughout much of the world, it is easy to forget how radical its beliefs once were…

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  • Jul292019

    WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW…

    “Love…bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  Love never fails.”  I Corinthians 13:7-8a

    The old song, What the World Needs Now is Love, made popular by Jackie DeShannon in 1965, is a message needed so desperately today…

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  • Jul122019

    LIGHT YOUR LAMP!

    “You are the light of the world.”  Matthew 5:14

    A man was killed at a railroad crossing one summer evening in 1891.  His relatives sued the railroad, claiming negligence on the part of the watchman.  During the ensuing trial, the watchman was called to the witness stand.  The prosecuting attorney asked him several questions.  “Were you on duty at the crossing at the time of the accident?”…

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  • Jul122019

    SMALL BUT MIGHTY!

    “I know your deeds.  See, I have put before you an open door that no one can shut.  I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.”  Revelation 3:6…

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  • Jun032019

    INVEST IN THE PRESENT!

    One of the biggest contributors to not being content is for us to continually look to the future for happiness because of our unfilled expectations in the present…

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