After Sermon Notes

This past Sunday, Storge was the emphasis of our four-week series, focusing on the quartet ofGreek types of love in the bible. It is an uncommon word in our daily vocabulary. Storge isinnate affection, a natural family love. This type of love resembles the instinctive love betweenmother and child, intuitive and unforced. Pastor Andriel discussed…

When hearing the phrase, phileo love, I always have three mental images.  One is Philadelphia, which is one of the seven churches addressed in Revelation and is one of two churches that receive only praise and no criticism. The second is of the city called Philadelphia that can be found in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,…

As Pastor Harry led the Christ-following body at Mosaic in a time of prayer thispast Sunday, a response of worship manifested itself among the attendingMosaics. The total body attending was engaged in focused prayer for eachperson individually, for the collective Mosaic body and for the nation. Theservice caused a recollection of the meaning of worship…

As we wrapped up our study of Standing Firm, aka putting on the armor ofGod, this past Sunday, Pastor Lawrence led us through the need for prayer, thedefense mechanism which follows putting on the armor. Ephesians 6: (NKJV) 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in theSpirit, being watchful to this end with all…

In this past Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Lauren returned us to Ephesians chapter 6 where Paul exhorts us to “be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might” by choosing a robust life in Christ through taking up the whole armor of God.  The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of…

We often sing songs about Jesus being our everything. It’s even more interesting when you think about him in relation to the armor of God we have been studying. When Paul says to put on the breastplate of righteousness, we may think we need to be more righteous in our actions. But he also says…

Hebrews 1:1,” Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” As Pastor Harry dissected the above Scripture this past Sunday, I couldn’t help but think about the ups and downs Joseph went through.  However, through it all, his faith never let him down.  He was sure of his…

Words are fascinating. They can capture so much meaning sometimes, and other times convey nothing at all. In the case above, there is meaning, and it is to give personification to non-material ideas. For example, in ancient Greece, wisdom was often depicted as a woman. This is the case in the Old Testament Proverbs as…

In this past Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Harry covered five types of righteousness and the Christ-follower’s transformation from a dead life to a new one of truly living, enabled by the Holy Spirit.  This metamorphosis is described by Jesus in the Book of John, chapter 6, verse 63: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the…

Pastor Harry led us through the preparation for putting on the armor of God this past Sunday.  Without proper preparation, we don’t know how to utilize the armor God provides.  We can try without training but as an example, how do we use the sword of the Spirit (the word of God) if we haven’t…