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Rick John Apr 22, 2025

Rest in Hope

Dear Friends, In the final strophe in the prayer in Psalm 16 David expresses his confidence in life beyond the grave! These verses are quoted by Peter in Acts 2:25-28 and applied the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is the reason the psalm is called a Messianic psalm.  Psalm 16:9-10 NIV9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, 10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. “Therefore” is the link between what is stated before with what is…

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Rick John Oct 5, 2021

October 5 EncourageOgram

Dear Friends,  NIV  Colossians 1:28-29“He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.”  These words summarize the Apostle’s goal for his life and ministry.   First, we must proclaim Jesus Christ!  We dare not substitute anyone else.  He alone is our Lord and Savior.  No one can do what the Wonderful Counselor will do in a life who trusts in Him.  The good news of the gospel is used by God as the…

Rick John Jul 26, 2021

July 26 EncourageOgram

July 26, 2021  Dear Fellow-Worshippers!  Today I am thinking about the shout > Hallelujah!  Surprisingly, this cry only appears in Revelation 19 in the NIV translation!  Surely the announcement of the reign of our Lord Jesus deserves a long and loud shout of praise!  After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his…