Christian Harvest Church of The Way

09/14/2026

A Reading to Bless and Edify God's children September 14th...

“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.
For with the judgment you use, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the log in your own eye?
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a log in your eye?
Hypocrite!
First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

“Keep asking, and it will be given to you.
Keep searching, and you will find.
Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them — this is the Law and the Prophets.
“Enter through the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who go through it.
How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
“Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves.
You’ll recognize them by their fruit.
Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.
A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit.
Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
So you’ll recognize them by their fruit.
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord! ’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven.
On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name? ’
Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!’
“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.
The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house.
Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.
But everyone who hears these words of Mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed.
And its collapse was great! ”
When Jesus had finished this sermon, the crowds were astonished at His teaching, because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.
Matthew 7:1-29 HCSB

09/13/2026

A Reading for Worship and our message today September 13th at the Christian Harvest Church of the Way...

“Be silent before Me, islands! And let peoples renew their strength.
Let them approach, then let them testify; let us come together for the trial.
Who has stirred him up from the east?
He calls righteousness to his feet.
The Lord hands nations over to him, and he subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword, like wind-driven stubble with his bow.
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning?
I, Yahweh, am the first, and with the last — I am He.”
The islands see and are afraid, the whole earth trembles. They approach and arrive.
Each one helps the other, and says to another, “Take courage! ”
The craftsman encourages the metalworker; the one who flattens with the hammer supports the one who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good.”
He fastens it with nails so that it will not fall over.
But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend — I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners.
I said to you: You are My servant; I have chosen you and not rejected you.
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.
Be sure that all who are enraged against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will become as nothing and will perish.
You will look for those who contend with you, but you will not find them.
Those who war against you will become absolutely nothing.

For I, Yahweh your God, hold your right hand and say to you: Do not fear, I will help you.

Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel: I will help you — this is the Lord’s declaration.
Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board, new, with many teeth.
You will thresh mountains and pulverize them and make hills into chaff.
You will winnow them and a wind will carry them away, a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and springs in the middle of the plains.
I will turn the desert into a pool of water and dry land into springs of water.
I will plant cedars in the desert, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees.
I will put juniper trees in the desert, elms and cypress trees together, so that all may see and know, consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.
“Submit your case,” says the Lord.
“Present your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.
“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell us the past events, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome, or tell us the future.
Tell us the coming events, then we will know that you are gods. Indeed, do something good or bad, then we will be in awe and perceive.
Look, you are nothing and your work is worthless. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, one from the east who invokes My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mud, like a potter who treads the clay.
Who told about this from the beginning, so that we might know, and from times past, so that we might say: He is right?
No one announced it, no one told it, no one heard your words.
I was the first to say to Zion: Look! Here they are!
And I gave a herald of good news to Jerusalem.
When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
Look, all of them are a delusion; their works are nonexistent; their images are wind and emptiness.
Isaiah 41:1-29 HCSB

09/12/2026

09/12/2026

09/12/2026

A Reading to Bless and Edify God's children this Sabbath Day September 12th...

Don’t boast about tomorrow, for you don’t know what a day might bring.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth — a stranger, and not your own lips.
A stone is heavy and sand, a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
Fury is cruel, and anger a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Better an open reprimand than concealed love.
The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb, but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.
A man wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.
Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend, and don’t go to your brother’s house in your time of calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy, so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.
A sensible person sees danger and takes cover; the inexperienced keep going and are punished.
Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.
If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.
An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike.
The one who controls her controls the wind and grasps oil with his right hand.

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever looks after his master will be honored.
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and a man for the words of his praise.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.
Know well the condition of your flock, and pay attention to your herds, for wealth is not forever; not even a crown lasts for all time.
When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered in, lambs will provide your clothing, and goats, the price of a field; there will be enough goat’s milk for your food — food for your household and nourishment for your female servants.
Proverbs 27:1-27 HCSB

09/11/2026

A Reading to Bless and Edify God's children September 11th...

After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.
He cried in a mighty voice: It has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.
For all the nations have drunk the w**e of her sexual immorality, which brings wrath.
The kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from her excessive luxury.

Then I heard another voice from heaven: Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or receive any of her plagues.

For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
Pay her back the way she also paid, and double it according to her works.
In the cup in which she mixed, mix a double portion for her.
As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and grief, for she says in her heart, “I sit as a queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.”
For this reason her plagues will come in one day — death and grief and famine.
She will be burned up with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.
The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and lived luxuriously with her will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying: Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour your judgment has come.
The merchants of the earth will also weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their merchandise any longer — merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; fine fabrics of linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; all kinds of fragrant wood products; objects of ivory; objects of expensive wood, brass, iron, and marble; cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; w**e, olive oil, fine wheat flour, and grain; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and slaves and human lives.
The fruit you craved has left you.
All your splendid and glamorous things are gone; they will never find them again.
The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, saying: Woe, woe, the great city, dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls, for in a single hour such fabulous wealth was destroyed!
And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out: “Who is like the great city? ”
They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning: Woe, woe, the great city, where all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her wealth, for in a single hour she was destroyed.
Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has executed your judgment on her!
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying: In this way, Babylon the great city will be thrown down violently and never be found again.
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; no craftsman of any trade will ever be found in you again; the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again; the light of a lamp will never shine in you again; and the voice of a groom and bride will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen because your merchants were the nobility of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery, and the blood of prophets and saints, and of all those slaughtered on earth, was found in you.
Revelation 18:1-24 HCSB

09/10/2026

A Reading to Bless and Edify God's children September 10th...

The reflections of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Commit your activities to the Lord, and your plans will be achieved.

The Lord has prepared everything for His purpose — even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.
Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness, and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.
When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Better a little with righteousness than great income with injustice.
A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps.
God’s verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth should not give an unfair judgment.
Honest balances and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, since a throne is established through righteousness.
Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he loves one who speaks honestly.
A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise man appeases it.
When a king’s face lights up, there is life; his favor is like a cloud with spring rain.
Get wisdom — how much better it is than gold! And get understanding — it is preferable to silver.
The highway of the upright avoids evil; the one who guards his way protects his life.
Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble than to divide plunder with the proud.
The one who understands a matter finds success, and the one who trusts in the Lord will be happy.
Anyone with a wise heart is called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning.
Insight is a fountain of life for its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
A wise heart instructs its mouth and increases learning with its speech.
Pleasant words are a honeycomb: sweet to the taste and health to the body.
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger urges him on.
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
A contrary man spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
A violent man lures his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good.
The one who narrows his eyes is planning deceptions; the one who compresses his lips brings about evil.
Gray hair is a glorious crown; it is found in the way of righteousness.
Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s temper, than capturing a city.
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
Proverbs 16:1-33 HCSB

09/09/2026

A Reading to Bless and Edify God's children September 9th...

After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five colonnades.
Within these lay a large number of the sick — blind, lame, and paralyzed — waiting for the moving of the water, because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had.
One man was there who had been sick for 38 years.
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had already been there a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well? ”
“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don’t have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”
“Get up,” Jesus told him, “pick up your mat and walk! ”
Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.
Now that day was the Sabbath, so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath!
It’s illegal for you to pick up your mat.”
He replied, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
“Who is this man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’? ” they asked.
But the man who was cured did not know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
After this, Jesus found him in the temple complex and said to him, “See, you are well.
Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”
The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
But Jesus responded to them, “My Father is still working, and I am working also.”
This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
Then Jesus replied, “I assure you: The Son is not able to do anything on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing.
For whatever the Father does, the Son also does these things in the same way.
For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything He is doing, and He will show Him greater works than these so that you will be amazed.
And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to anyone He wants to.
The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father.
Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
“I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.
“I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted to the Son to have life in Himself.
And He has granted Him the right to pass judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come out — those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of judgment.
“I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
“If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
There is Another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony He gives about Me is valid.
You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.
I don’t receive man’s testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.

“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish.
These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me.
You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.
You don’t have His word living in you, because you don’t believe the One He sent.
You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me.
And you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life.
“I do not accept glory from men, but I know you — that you have no love for God within you.
I have come in My Father’s name, yet you don’t accept Me.
If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
How can you believe?
While accepting glory from one another, you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God.
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
John 5:1-47 HCSB