Starting on December 2, I will be posting daily a prayer guide.  This prayer guide is designed to prepare our hearts for a new modern worship service starting on January 6th. Historically, almost every great move of God has been preceded by a powerful prayerful emphasis.  As we look for God to move greatly in our midst, I am calling us to a period of daily prayer.  I am excited about the future of Dublin Baptist Church and a focus on reaching an unreached group living among us.  The need to reach a younger demographic is fueled by the Great Commission, “To go and make disciples of all people” (Matthew…

“Now when Jesus heard this, He withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by Himself.  But when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the towns.”  Matthew 14:13   “Now when Jesus heard this” is a reference to is the death of John the Baptist.  John was the last individual in the lineage of the Old Testament prophets but he was also the forerunner for the Messiah.  He was that unique individual who reached back to Old Testament prophecies and stretched forward toward their fulfillment in Jesus.  John was also a cousin to Jesus.  Jesus and John were connected as a spiritual family and…

Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.   These are the generations of Jacob.   Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.  Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.  But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to…

In Hebrews 11:17-19 we read about Abraham and how God called him to sacrifice Isaac.  Remember that Abraham was living under the promise that God would make a great nation from his descendants and that Isaac was the only son God had agreed to be in the lineage of what would become Israel.   Abraham demonstrates great faith as God tests him (v.17).  There is a key difference between a testing and a temptation.  Satan tempts us to fall and God tests us to be able to stand.  Abraham does not fall in the testing but steps forward and demonstrates incredible faith in God to keep his promise.   So…