Sulphur Baptist Church

06/16/2026

Most of us know that carbon monoxide is known as the silent killer, but did you know that there are silent killers in the church and in the Christian life?
Legalism is a silent killer. It kills joy, causes fear, discouragement, anger, and it can be a dangerous source of pride. It misunderstands the heart of God’s Word, misses the spirit of His commands, and it misses God Himself.
The Sabbath was a subject of legalism in Jesus’ day.
Are we going to church every Sunday because it’s expected of us out of a sense of duty, or are we going to rest in, engage with, and to intimately worship our LORD and Savior?
Legalism blinds us to Jesus. It causes us to be stiff-necked and stubborn. The solution is to be transformed by the grace of Jesus and focus on who He is.
True rest is found in the One who paid it all on the cross of Calvary.

Questions to ponder:
-Am I growing in grace?
-Am I showing compassion and showing up for the hurting, broken, and lost (the bruised reeds and smoldering wicks) that the LORD has placed before me?

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06/09/2026

Do you need rest for your soul?
Jesus invites us into a kind of rest that we live in…that we operate out of… no matter what else is happening all around us.
Pride keeps us from seeing, from hearing, and from responding to Jesus. This prideful unbelief shows itself in many ways: self-sufficiency, self-love, self-importance, self-medication, self-hatred, self-loathing, self-pity, self-righteousness, self-justification…
Pride is also what robs the believer of maturity… it beckons us to live for ourselves… And when we do, as Christians, we are giving up the rest that only a life of faith can provide; taking things upon ourselves that we were not meant to bear and carry.
Jesus says to take His yoke, go at His pace, learn from Him, and we will find rest for our soul.

Questions to ponder:
-In what area of my life am I striving against Jesus?
-What areas still need to be yielded to Him?
-Where have I refused to let Him be in charge?
-What am I holding back from Him? Am I stiff-necked…refusing His yoke and resisting the Holy Spirit?

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06/01/2026

Doubts… we all have them.
What do I do when living my faith out loud becomes hard, and it feels like the burden has become heavy?

Alister McGrath once said, “Doubt is natural within faith.” It comes because of our human weakness and frailty.

When we have unmet expectations, limited perception, and difficult circumstances this is the recipe for doubt to creep in, and our faith to be shaken.
Our expectations can cause us to become impatient and frustrated. So what are we to do? We are to continue to trust and remember that God’s timing is not our timing.

-Question to ponder:
How do we deal with doubt(s)?
-Answer: with biblical revelation.

Here is a short list of the many Bible verses where God has made us promises that we can lean into during difficult times, when our faith may be small, and we find ourselves doubting His faithfulness, steadfast love, grace, and mercy:
-Psalm 23: His protection and restoration
-Psalm 34: His comfort
-Psalm 62: His peace and rest
-Psalm 147: His healing and Hope.

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05/27/2026

Question to ponder:
-Do I have a fearless faith? When I examine and test myself in the faith (2Cor. 13:5) would I see a boldness for Christ or a timidity in Him?

Fear is the biggest reason we hesitate to share the Gospel with those God places in our path.
In Matthew 10:28, Jesus tells us to fear God and do not fear man.

The cross is both a symbol of victory and a sign of what Christ requires of us when He says to take up our cross daily…He means we are to turn our lives completely over to Him.

As a Christ-follower, we are ambassadors of Jesus.
-What do others hear and see from me?
There are people who will never know Christ unless they see Christ in me; His love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control and forgiveness.

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05/18/2026

Please join Sulphur Baptist in praying for the hurting, broken, and lost all around us.
I will be out here until 11:00 today. If you need prayer, or are free and would like to come out and pray for others, please stop by. I am on KY-146, 1 block from the KY-157 junction.

1 Timothy 2:1: "First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people."

05/18/2026

There is a cost to following Jesus and spreading the Good News of God’s love and salvation plan through the death of His Son on the cross for the forgiveness of sins.
Jesus faced all kinds of opposition while He was here, and He makes it very clear…that We Will also face opposition.
Persecution Will Come. He sends us “out as sheep in the midst of wolves…”

The questions to ponder:
-Am I willing to risk the comforts of this world: my possessions, plans, dreams, money, and time for the Gospel?
-Am I willing to risk my safety and security in this world to spread the Good News here, there, and to the ends of the earth?
-Am I willing to sacrifice for the sake of others? Our lives are messy. Am I willing to have my heart broken, and my knees worn out and dirty from intercessory prayer, as I invest in others and in their mess?

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05/15/2026

We are surrounded by hurting, broken, and lost people. The one thing I learned about God, throughout all of those years that I spent running and rebelling against him in my sin (looking back) is this: God pursues us. He comes after us. He meets us in our pain and brokenness.

He uses people who are wanting and willing to be His hands and feet.

This prayer tent has been the means of God ministering to people who come, believing in the power of prayer.

People have also come, not believing, but are in so much pain that they come with a “hope.” A hope, that there is a God who loves them, who is listening, and will meet them in this dark place that they are in.

And that is exactly what God does. He goes into those dark places and calls them out. He has used this prayer tent to pour out His love, His grace, His mercy, and His forgiveness to those who need it.

I have set up just outside of New Castle. Take a left off of Ky-55 and I am just a couple blocks down before turning right onto Ky-157 to Sulphur.

I will be out here every Friday from 7:30 until I leave for work at 12:30.
Please pray with me.

05/14/2026

As we study Matthew 10:1-15, there are four truths that stand out:

First, we see from the list of these 12 men Jesus chose as His disciples, we see something remarkable… we see how unremarkable they are. He chooses to use ordinary people, like you and me, for His purposes.

Secondly, in this list of 12 men, the testimony of Judas is a tragic and scary reminder that we can be near to Jesus, but still miss Him. The most dangerous place to be is close to the gospel but not changed by it.

Thirdly, Jesus calls His disciples to imitate Him on His mission to reach the hurting, broken, and lost.

Lastly, whatever it is that you love and are looking for, WILL impact, what you are living for.

Question to ponder: Am I willing to risk my reputation wherever I go (work, school, gym, grocery store etc..) to spread the Good News to the ends of a lost and broken world that need to hear from and about Jesus?

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05/10/2026

Sulphur Baptist Church would like to wish all the ladies in the community a Blessed Mother’s Day!
Thank you for all you do to pour into the lives of our future generations.
“Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.” Psalm 127:3

“Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.’ Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:25-30

05/07/2026

Questions to ponder:
1) Am I persevering in Hope despite my circumstances?
2) Am I following Jesus into the margins? (Living out those things that God has spoken directly to me, through His written Word, that I have written down in the margins of my Bible).
3) Am I being the hands and feet of Jesus to those He places around me? ie: the marginalized, the widows, orphans, those in need.

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