Rhea Baptist Church of Rhea Oklahoma

11/27/2025

10/13/2025

Every 40 seconds someone commits su***de. National Su***de Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.

Thoughts of su***de are fiery darts straight from the pit of hell!!
Those fiery darts may be quenched with the shield of faith (Ephesians 6:16).

Increase your faith and your ability to resist these evil thoughts as we are told in Romans 10:17: "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

12/04/2024

From the Burning Bush Devotional CHRISTMAS PROFILES IN COURAGE by Ed Wrather:
Yes, Heaven came down some 2,000 years ago to give us a Savior. Heaven came down and we have the Christmas story, because of incredible courage and obedience of all those involved. Let their courage and their obedience encourage you and give you strength to move forward to see God’s ultimate will, and purpose to be fulfilled in your own life.

11/28/2024

Let us remember today the great blessings our God has showered upon us!
Thank you Lord for Rhea Baptist Church!!

03/28/2024

From the Devotional "No Shortcuts"
Jesus could have taken a shortcut by accepting the devil’s temptations of Matthew 4, but He defeated those temptations by the Word of God. Jesus could have rejected the cross in the Garden of Gethsemane, instead He prayed in Matthew 26:42, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” Just before being nailed to the cross, Jesus could have taken a shortcut as we are told in Matthew 27:34, “they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.” This would have been a shortcut, a small shortcut at best, around some of the suffering of the cross. But Jesus refused to take that shortcut, going to and through the cross because of His great love for us. There was no shortcut to Jesus becoming our Savior. It was a long hard road that Jesus traveled.

Life can be difficult, and your Savior knows that all too well. There are no shortcuts to a life well lived, but Jesus will travel with you on that difficult way. Jesus says, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light (Matthew 11:29-30).” - Ed Wrather.

02/19/2024

God has a testimony of love, and that testimony is that He gave His life, shed His blood, so that you could have a testimony. Do you have one? Have you invited Jesus Christ into your heart and life and asked Him to forgive you of your sins? If not, there is no better time then now to do that! Jesus says in Revelation 3:20: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”

01/23/2024

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” – Psalm 50:15 NKJV.

01/10/2024

What is God’s plan for your life in 2024? To find out, we must "abide" in Him. If we "abide" in Him then we will find that we have the strength physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually that we need for each step of every day. Allow the Lord to empower you for the challenges of this New Year. Make the commitment now that your plan for the New Year will be to "abide" in Christ and to seek His strength for every area of your life. - Ed Wrather