Wheatland Baptist Church

08/11/2026

InTouch Ministries
Dr. Charles Stanley

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

—Romans 5:1

Chapter five of Romans is one of the mountain-peak passages in all of Scripture. Having spent four chapters establishing that we are justified by faith, Paul now turns to the benefits, the blessings that belong to everyone who has been saved. And the very first one is staggering: “we have peace with God.”

To feel the weight of that, you have to understand what we were before. The world is at war with God. Every person born comes into a cosmic conflict between light and darkness, heaven and hell, and we arrive on the wrong side of it. We are born little rebels, with the writing of judgment already on the wall. Sin is not a small misstep; it is rebellion against a holy God.

So, peace with God is not a mood or a feeling. It is the end of a war. When we come to faith in Christ, we lay down our weapons, we stop the resistance, we surrender. And the war is over. We are reconciled to God.

When Jesus hung on the cross and cried out, “It is finished,” He meant more than that the plan of salvation was complete. He meant the war was over, that God had won the victory and was offering peace to every rebel who would lay down his arms.

Now, here is where we have to be careful, because there are two kinds of peace and people confuse them. This verse is about peace with God: the objective, settled fact that the hostility is gone, that you are no longer God’s enemy but His child. That peace never wavers, because it doesn’t depend on your feelings. It depends on what Christ accomplished.

There is also the peace of God, that inner tranquility Paul describes in Philippians, the peace that surpasses understanding and guards your heart. That’s real and precious too. But it flows out of the first. You can only enjoy the peace of God once you have peace with God.

And so many people are chasing peace in all the wrong places. They think it’s found in a process, an achievement, a product, even a pill. “If I could just get the dream house, the dream job, the dream vacation, then I could finally take a deep breath.” But peace was never in a place or a possession. Peace is in a Person, and His name is Jesus.

So, let me ask you plainly: do you have peace with God? Not religion, not church attendance, not good intentions, peace. Has the war ended in your life? It can, today. Lay down your weapons. Surrender to Christ. And the moment you do, the conflict that has defined your whole existence is over, and you are at peace with God forever.

07/27/2026

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07/24/2026

InTouch Ministries
Dr. Charles Stanley

Encouraging the Pastor
Just as God calls pastors to shepherd His flock, He calls us to uplift them through prayer and encouragement.
2 Timothy 1:1-6

Do you attend church? If so, God has placed people in your path whose job it is to train you in righteousness and speak truth into your life. Your pastor, who loves you and cares about your spiritual well-being, needs to know you care about him too.

In his second letter to Timothy, Paul models the way we’re to encourage those who minister:

Tell your pastor—and his family—you love him. Nothing is more uplifting than to know someone cares. Words are valuable, and actions can speak even more loudly. So intentionally seek ways to demonstrate your love for them.

Express confidence in the pastor. Let him know you recognize the sincerity of his faith and appreciate his commitment to instill God’s truth in your life.

Affirm the call of God on his life. Work with your pastor; respond to him in a way that shows you understand he’s been called to minister and God’s hand is upon him. And when you experience the Lord working through him, let him know.

When was the last time you expressed appreciation to your pastor and his family? This week, look for ways to show them love (1 Thess. 5:12–13). And above all, pray for them: Ask the Lord to guide and strengthen them as they follow Him.

07/08/2026

InTouch Ministries
Dr. Charles Stanley

Understanding God’s Promises
Every trial carries the potential for the Lord to teach us something new.
Psalm 19:7-11

Yesterday we noted that to understand divine promises, believers must consider the whole counsel of God. For example, the Lord’s commitment to supply our needs connects to other parts of Scripture that show how we cooperate with His provision:

We trust God to provide (James 1:6-7). God’s trustworthiness is clear throughout Scripture and in believers’ lives. When we trust Him confidently instead of doubting, we’re better able to recognize and receive what He wants to give.

We wait upon His timing (1 Sam. 13:8-14). Rather than wait for Samuel to arrive, King Saul took matters into his own hands by making a pre-battle sacrifice. Though his army won the battle, Saul’s impatience cost him God’s favor and eventually the throne. When we manipulate circumstances or rush ahead of God’s timing, we often miss His best.

We accept responsibility (Prov. 19:15). We should be alert and ready to participate in our Father’s plan. If we want to discern His direction, we must seek Him through prayer and study of His Word.

God knows our needs and has committed Himself to meeting them. Our responsibility is to trust Him and be patient. Then we can rest, knowing He will provide in His way and His time.

06/25/2026

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06/12/2026

Everyone had a wonderful time this week sharing God‘s Word with His beloved children! Thank you to everyone that helped out and a special thanks to Cheryl Brock-Dawn for being such a wonderful organizer and decorator. God bless you all!

06/12/2026

In Touch Ministries
Dr. Charles Stanley

When God Disrupts Our Plans
God can use trials to redirect our path—what feels like disruption might be divine intervention.
Psalm 119:71-72

Perhaps you’ve seen a TV show where a man is about to step in front of a moving vehicle. Then someone else races onto the scene, tackling him to prevent catastrophe. Stunned and indignant, the near-victim fumes at the rescuer—until realizing he’s just been saved from a far worse outcome.

Our trials can serve a similar purpose. It’s easy to get so caught up in daily routines or consumed by chasing a goal that we miss what God has in mind for us. When we’re this focused on our own desires, we become more vulnerable to making choices that don’t align with His Word.

But our heavenly Father wants the best for His children. He’ll go to great lengths to position us for blessing. That’s when we may suddenly find ourselves facing unexpected difficulty—a job loss, a health crisis, a broken relationship. We wonder, Why is God letting this happen to me?

Does this sound familiar? It may be that He’s protecting you from something you can’t see. Or drawing you back to Himself. The psalmist understood this and wrote, “It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes” (v. 71). If you’re going through a trial, consider whether God might be redirecting you—disrupting your plans so He can implement His.

06/12/2026

PowerPoint Ministries
Dr. Jack Graham

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”

— Exodus 20:8

God had more to say about the Fourth Commandment than all the others combined: ninety-four words in the English text, more than any of the remaining nine. God is nothing if not a God of emphasis. And when He gives the most words to a commandment, perhaps we ought to give it more than a passing glance before we sprint past it to the next item on the weekend agenda.

And yet the Fourth Commandment may be the most casually, consistently, and almost cheerfully broken of all the Ten. We take the command against murder seriously. We at least feel guilty when we lie. But the Sabbath? We have declared it optional. We have decided that our productivity schedule, our kids' soccer tournament, and our general busyness outrank what God called a holy day. And then we wonder why we are burned out, dried up, and running on empty.

God did not command the Sabbath because He needed a day off. The Scripture is clear that "He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep" (Psalm 121:4). When God rested on the seventh day, He was not recovering. He was modeling. He was demonstrating the rhythm He built into creation, the rhythm of work and rest, of effort and replenishment, of output and intake. He built it into the structure of the week because He built it into the structure of the human being. You are not a machine. You are a creature made in the image of a God who knows you need to stop.

Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27). In other words, this is a gift. It is not a burden designed to restrict your freedom. It is a provision designed to restore your life. One day in seven to put the phone down. To step back from the endless demands of productivity. To worship with God's people. To be with your family. To remember that the world does not, in fact, run on your effort, and that the God who holds it together has not asked for your help.

Rest is not laziness. Rest is an act of faith that says: I trust God enough to stop. Do you?

THE GOD WHO MADE YOU KNOWS YOU NEED TO REST. STOP LONG ENOUGH TO LET HIM RESTORE YOU.

06/11/2026

Dr. Jack Graham
PowerPoint Ministries

“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”

— Matthew 12:34

I have heard people defend their use of God's name as a curse by saying "I don't mean anything by it." And Jesus would say: that is exactly the point. The mouth speaks from what is in the heart. If the name of God flows out of you with contempt or carelessness, it reveals something about what is stored in your heart. You cannot separate the language from the life. The tongue is the overflow valve of the soul.

We live in a generation that has made vulgarity and profanity marks of sophistication. The foul-mouthed comic, the executive who curses to seem relatable, the teenager who swears to sound grown up; all of them have mistaken crudeness for authenticity. But authentic is not the same as unfiltered. A person of genuine character and genuine faith has a vocabulary that reflects what they actually believe about God, about people, and about the dignity of language itself.

I remember as a young pastor telling people: if you struggle with profanity, the answer is not more willpower. Willpower works for a while and then caves. The answer is a new heart. Jesus said "you are already clean because of the word that I have spoken to you" (John 15:3). The Word of God, taken in and meditated on, begins to change the reservoir. And when the reservoir changes, what overflows from it changes too. You cannot get clean water from a dirty well. Fill the well with clean water, with Scripture, with praise, with prayer, and what comes out of the tap will change.

Paul put it plainly in Ephesians: "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up" (Ephesians 4:29). The test for every word is not whether it is legal or socially acceptable. The test is whether it builds up or tears down. Whether it honors God or diminishes Him. Whether the people around you are stronger for having heard you speak.

What is your conversation doing to the people who hear it? Is it pointing them toward Christ? Today, let your words be a gift.

FILL YOUR HEART WITH GOD'S WORD AND LET WHAT OVERFLOWS HONOR HIS NAME.

06/09/2026

PowerPoint Ministries
Dr. Jack Graham

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.”

— Exodus 20:7

A name is never just a label. It represents everything the person behind it is: their character, their reputation, their authority. When you sign your name on a check, you are not just writing letters. You are authorizing your bank to act on your behalf because your name carries your word. When the President of the United States signs a bill into law, it becomes law not because of the ink but because of the authority behind the signature. Names carry weight.

Which is why the Third Commandment is so weighty. The name of God represents not just one person's character and authority, but infinite character and infinite authority. Every name God carries in Scripture is a window into who He is. Jehovah Jireh, the Lord who provides. Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals. El Shaddai, the God Almighty. And above all these, the name above every name: Jesus. "You shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). That name carries the power of eternity.

To take God's name in vain is to use it without meaning, to drain it of its weight and treat it like background noise. Profanity is the obvious form: coupling the holy name of God with a curse or hurling it as punctuation for anger. That is a direct violation. But there are subtler forms. Frivolity: saying "oh my God" without a thought, using the most sacred name in the universe as a filler word. And then there is hypocrisy: bearing the name of Christian while living in a way that misrepresents the One whose name you carry.

You bear the name of Jesus Christ. That is what it means to be called a Christian. And the Third Commandment calls you to live in such a way that the name you carry is honored rather than embarrassed. Not perfectly. None of us will manage that. But intentionally. With the awareness that the world is watching what it looks like to belong to Jesus, and that your life is either making His name look glorious or making it look cheap.

Let your life be a praise to His name. And let the words of your mouth, in private, in public, in frustration, in conversation, reflect the One you belong to.

YOU CARRY THE NAME OF JESUS. HONOR IT WITH THE WAY YOU LIVE AND SPEAK.