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08/21/2026

Moment with The Master

Happiness

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Most of us take life and liberty for granted. The pursuit of happiness, however, is something we are very focused on. People strive in different ways to obtain happiness and joy. While many will find and live a good and even happy lives for a while, real and everlasting joy can only be found in Jesus.
When happiness is based on material wealth, it can be lost. If the is lost or stolen, so too is the joy. When joy is based on people and relationships, what happens when those people betray us, leave us, or are taken from us in death? We lose our joy. When our joy is found in the Lord and His word, however, we have a joy that is not circumstantial. We have a joy that lasts, not only here, but in eternity. Don’t squander your life pursing worldly happiness. Turn to the Lord, believe in Him and obey him, and go on your way rejoicing forevermore!

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08/19/2026

Moment with The Master

Liberty

Each year around this time we celebrate our independence and liberty. Liberty is a cherished thing, and we are rightly thankful for it. There is a liberty, however, that could not be won by armies or governments. There is a liberty offered only through the blood of Jesus.
Quoting the prophet Isaiah, Jesus said in Luke 4:18-19, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” There is no bo***ge worse than sin, and no oppression worse than death. Yet Jesus has vanquished the enemy; He has broken our shackles, opened our prisons, and given us liberty. Through His death and resurrection, He has offered us redemption, liberating us from sin and its curse and offering us eternal life. Now that is a liberty worthy celebrating!

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08/17/2026

Moment with The Master

Life

Last time we discussed the ideas of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These are wonderful things we enjoy as American citizens, but we noticed it is God who truly offers these things spiritually. For the next few days, I’d like to look at each of these a bit further.
Life is truly an unalienable right endowed and given by the almighty Creator. Human life is especially unique, for mankind is created in the image of God. As such, we should respect life. We should treat one another with dignity and honor. Life should be highly valued.
We should also recognize that earthly life is not all there is. Life is not limited to our few years here, but as beings created in God’s image, we have an eternal soul. Thus, our life here is not about pursuing worldly pleasure, but preparing for the life to come. The only way to prepare is through Jesus. As the Lord, said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

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08/14/2026

Moment with The Master

Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness

In the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence, our nation’s founding fathers so eloquently stated, “all men are created equal... they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” While there have been needed course-corrections along the way, this ideal has driven America through the past two and half centuries. Today, we should be thankful for the life, liberty, and happiness we are afforded in this country.
These principles are wonderful truths, but we must recognize that no secular country, man-made government, or set of ideals can offer us true life, liberty, and happiness. For those things to be truly gained and enjoyed, one must know the Lord. American citizens enjoy a life of liberty in a land of opportunity. The citizen of Heaven enjoys life eternal, liberty from sin, and everlasting happiness. Those gifts are likewise endowed unalienably on all that believe and obey the Lord.
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08/12/2026

Moment with The Master

Walk in Light

This world can be a very dark place. Too often we hear of reports of terror, tragic killings; cruelty and other abuse. From small lies and petty thefts to tyranny and genocide, the world is plagued by the darkness of sin. Despite this great darkness though, there is hope, because there is a greater light. That light is God
First John 1:5 says, “God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” The greatest news is we can find that light, and we can walk in it. A couple verses later John would say, “if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanses us from all sin.” You don’t have to walk in darkness; you can walk in the light of God’s love. If you’ll believe and obey Him, you can be freed of the curse of sin and darkness and will one day walk in the eternal light of God’s Heaven.
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08/10/2026

Moment with The Master

Walk in Love

Too often, people’s lives are filled with jealousy, anger, and even hatred. The Christian’s walk should be far different. Ephesians 5:2 says, “And walk in love, as Christ has loved us.” Yes, the Christian’s walk is one of love. This is more than a sentimental phrase, and to walk in such a way we must understand Biblical love.
Biblical love is a love of choice and action. The Christian chooses to act in a loving way – dealing kindly and respectfully with others, even when they are unkind or don’t deserve our love. Christian love is not a silent love. True love rebukes when necessary, so that one walking in error might correct their path. And Christian love is obedient to Christ. Second John 1:6 says, “This is love, that we walk according to His commandments.” The Christian’s walk can’t be one of flippant disobedience, covered up with mere words about love. The walk of love is one which obediently follows all the Lord’s commands.
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08/07/2026

Moment with The Master

Walk in Spirit

Last time, we discussed walking in newness of life, but how exactly does that happen? One of the keys to walking in newness is to stop walking in the ways of the flesh, and instead walk in the spirit. Paul deals with this extensively in Galatians chapter five. In verse sixteen he says, “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” Then Paul provides a list of actions that are ‘fleshly.’ Things like fornication, idolatry, hatred, jealousy, selfish ambition, drunkenness, and others. These are all things that gratify our flesh, and some may even seem natural. But the Christian walks a different path – that of the Spirit.
Walking in the Spirit involves attributes like love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Are those concepts found in your life? Are you loving and kind? Are you peaceful and gentle? Do you practice self-control and seek goodness? Focus on these traits and seek to use them in your life, and you can walk in the Spirit.

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08/05/2026

Moment with The Master

Walk in Newness of Life

Last time we noted that the Christian life is often called a ‘walk’ in the Bible. One such example is found in Romans 6:4, where Paul says, “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” When someone is baptized in obedience to the Gospel, they are reborn. Nothing physically changes about the person, but spiritually they become a new creature in the sight of God. They are no longer a sinner - they are something new – a Christian; a new child of God.
When we become new in Christ, we should not continue in our old ways. Instead, we walk a new path – the path of God’s will. If we look at our life and see we’re living the same as we always have, then we can’t be walking in newness of life.
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08/03/2026

Moment with The Master

Walk Worthy…

Sometimes people view the Christian life as a status or a passive lifestyle, but the Bible paints a much different picture. Scripture shows us that Christianity should be the driving force behind all we do and being a Christian should be an active lifestyle. The Bible often uses the metaphor of ‘walking’ to describe the Christian life. Clearly, if one is walking, he is not idle. That’s how the Christian life should be.
In Ephesians 4:1 Paul says, “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called.” For those that have responded to the call of the Gospel, there is a walk; a manner of life that should define them. God expects our lives to be transformed by His word, and He expects us to work in His service and share His word with others. So, this week on “A Moment with the Master” we will review various attributes of the Christian’s walk.

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07/31/2026

Moment with The Master

Marvelous Things: Heaven

I hope this little series of messages about The Marvelous Things of God have been encouraging. I hope they’ve recalled the power and love of our Creator. For our final message, I want to mention that God has not only done marvelous things, but has promised marvelous things for our future. All that God has done for us has been done so that we can live with Him forever. This world is a powerful testimony of God’s goodness and power, but this world is not our home. Our real home is a truly marvelous place, for our real home is God’s home. God promises that those who faithfully obey Him will one day be welcomed into Heaven to live with Him forever. God promises that in Heaven there will be no pain, no sickness, no tears, to temptations, and no death. What a marvelous place; what a marvelous home! And it can be ours. How true the prophet’s words; “Fear not...be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done marvelous things!”
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