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Sleeping with the Enemy

David Grows Weary, Focusing Upon the Circumstances and His Emotions

March 15, 2020 • Dr. John Waterloo

We must have adequate physical and emotional rest... lest we faint. The biggest danger of weariness is COMPROMISE or GIVING IN. When David compromised and fled to the Philistines, he endangered...

* His Faith
* His Fellowship
* His Family, and even
* His Future

The Inside Out

December 13, 2020 • Dr. John Waterloo

* The outside does matter, but it’s not priority one. * The outside can be deceiving. But it is revealing! How to know a person’s heart? 1—Look at their works and behavior; you can’t fake fruit! 2—Listen to their words; out the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

When Your World Comes Crashing Down

December 9, 2020 • Dr. John Waterloo

* Everything is not always as it seems - God sent an earthquake to convert a soul! * Not every tragedy is tragic - God doesn’t cause evil, but He can use it to bring good! * Sometimes it takes a tragedy to get our attention. * If often takes a sacrifice to turn things around - Paul and Silas sacrificed their freedom in order to be available for the jailer.

Truth or Tradition?

December 6, 2020 • Dr. John Waterloo

* Traditions have their place. God set up many traditions, to cause the people to REMEMBER! * Traditions are not a replacement for true heart-worship of God, i.e., Lip-religion vs. Heart-religion. The Pharisees were so careful to keep laws and traditions, but they had no relationship with God! Outwardly they were religious but inwardly they were wicked and lost. * When traditions supersede God’s commands, there is a big problem… and the problem is with our HEART! When we hear the Word, and do not embrace it and live it, we make it of none effect!