New Melody Church

The Night Cometh  1/15/16 “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” (John 9:4) These words were spoken by Jesus, to the disciples regarding the healing of a blind man, after their question of whether this man who was blind from birth, was blind because of his own sin, or because of the sin of his parents. The simple answer was that neither the parents, nor the blind man had caused the blindness, but simply that the healing would be done to glorify God, and to give hope and proof of that hope of God’s power to correct any and all affliction, no matter the cause, no matter the time, no matter the perceived legality of what was clearly God’s work. After having been healed, the man, of course, let everyone in on the news of that healing, leading to the criticism of the Pharisees who looked for any breach of protocol to convict Him of to perpetuate the power of men, namely their own. Th...

Somewhere in the middle 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceansa write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest*, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him...

“God is Still in Charge!” 1/13/16 “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22) As men continue about their business, continue in their greed, continue in their hatred and contempt of each other and their contempt of God himself, God remains in charge of all that occurs throughout the entire universe and particularly the occurrences on this puny planet inhabited by a creation of His called man. The very realization of the existence of God, and the power that He holds should be adequate incentive for men to seek Him out, and adhere to the things already planned by Him for them. Too many have not actually come to that realization, claiming to have done so, but continuing to ignore all that is entailed by that actual coming to terms with their own insignificance in the scheme of that master plan, put into place and into execution from the beginning of time. ...

In Integrity of Heart 8/8/14 "And if thou wilt walk before me , as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according  to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye, or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:  Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this thy house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done this...