Briarwood Church

In today’s society, the real meaning of love has been lost. However, the apostle Paul gives to us a biblical definition of real love. He tell us what love is and what love is not. In I Corinthians 13 beginning with verse 4, he says: “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful [...]

In Exodus 3, Moses has an incredible experience with God. Moses sees this bush that is burning, but it is not consumed. God speaks to him from the burning bush. God speaks to him an amazing truth in verse 14. “And God said to moses, ‘I Am Who I Am’. And He said, ‘Thus you shall [...]

This is probably the most important week of celebration in the Christian World. It is when we celebrate the death and the resurrection of Jesus. He died that we could live. He arose so we could live in victory. It was all a part of God’s perfect redemption plan. Some look at the death of [...]

So often in our times of disappointment and need, we lose sight of the blessings of God on our lives. Regardless of how difficult life may get at times, there is so much for which to be thankful. Today, I saw a youtube song, sung by Jeff and Sheri Easter. It was a song that [...]

One of the great truths in scripture is that God answers prayer. We sometimes get confused about that because His answer is not always what we want. However we need to remember, He always knows what is best. That’s why He answers in different ways. Sometimes He answers”yes” and something happens immediately. That is always [...]

In the 18th chapter of Matthew, Jesus tells a story about a servant that owed a debt that he could not pay. This servant owed his master, in our present day economy, millions of dollars. His master, the king, called him in to collect the debt. The servant could not pay, but pleaded with the king [...]

Abba Father is a name for God that Jesus and Paul used in approaching God. “Abba” is actually an Aramaic word of affection for “father”, similar in meaning to “daddy or pappa”. The religous people of the New Testament avoided such an affectionate term for God. They thought of Him as an exalted and larger [...]

Paul writes in I Thessalonians 5:16-18: “Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” Paul first of all makes it clear that, being joyful, praying and being thankful are all choices we can make. We can decide to be joyful. [...]

So often we spend a lot of time and energy blaming others for the mess we are in. And there are times when, because of the actions of others, we have hardships in our lives. But we must not allow the fact, that we are where we are because of the doings of others, to [...]

As we here in the panhandle of Texas have experience the snow, I want to share with you a passage in scripture that talks about snow in a symbolic sense. God speaks the following to us in Isaiah 55 verses 10 and 11: “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and [...]