Committed To God
Committed to God Joshua 24:14-27 By: Ysrael De la Cruz At the beginning of each year people tend to make resolutions, pledges, or promises of what they would like to achieve. 2020 was an incredibly challenging year for most of us, sickness, deaths, lost jobs and business, isolation from family and friends. Business and…
What’s your response?
What’s your Response? Matt.2:1-12 By: Ysrael De la Cruz I hope and pray you had a great Christmas celebration. Just like people respond differently to Christmas, they also respond different to the good news of Jesus. When the angel announced to Mary that she would have a baby, she was, she responded with trust…
Good News for Everyone
Good news for all Luke 2:8-20 By Ysrael De la Cruz If you were to ask people what comes to mind when they think about Christmas, you would hear things like “A time together with family and friends; lights and decorations; generosity and good will toward others; lots of food and goodies. “Christmas is…
Shocking News!
Shocking News! Luke 1:26-38 By Ysrael De la Cruz Some information tends to carry huge implications to our lives. Some news could change our lives drastically. The visit to the Dr, as you wait for the test results to find out you have a terminal disease. Sudden death of a loved one in a…
Good News in the midst of chaos
Good New amid chaos Genesis 3:15 By Ysrael De la Cruz Today is considered the 2nd Sunday of advent, a Sunday of preparation for the arrival of Christmas. Once Thanksgiving is over, many people start their preparation for Christmas; going to the stores you are reminded that Christmas is coming. Taking a walk in…
Showing Gratitude
Showing Gratitude Luke 17:11-19 By: Ysrael De la Cruz Dennis Prager, in his book “Happiness is a Serious Problem” states “There is a secret to happiness, and it is gratitude. All happy people are grateful, and ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that it is being unhappy that leads people to…
The Biblical Reality of Hell
The Biblical reality of Hell! Matt.25:31-46 By:Ysrael De la Cruz I have Heard people say that they refuse to believe in a God who would send people to hell. I too would have difficulty believing in a God who would condemn people just because he wants to. According to Lifeway Research (2014) 61 %…
The Wrath of God
The Wrath of God Romans 1:18-32 Last week I talked about the faithfulness of God; today I would like to talk about the wrath of God. God tells us who he is in Scripture; it tells us about his character and attributes. We may be familiar with some of them as his holiness, his…
God’s faithfulness
God’s faithfulness Jeremiah 29:1-14 By Ysrael De la Cruz I would like to remind you today of God’s faithfulness. God is always faithful and I want to remind you of that since we are living in trying times; in the midst of a pandemic; we are on the verge of a very important election…
Kingdom Focus
Kingdom Focus Matthew 3:2 //4:17 By Ysrael De la Cruz With everything that is going on in the world, in our nation, even in our own lives. It is easy to lose focus of what truly matters. Amid confusing times, chaos and on the brink of a presidential election, it is easy to lose our…
Beware of Spiritual Blindness
Beware of Spiritual blindness John 9:13-41 By: Ysrael De la Cruz Go and tell this people: “‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Isa.6:9 This phrase tells us of a disease that was common before the time of Jesus, during his time and even in our time. It’s called…
Open Your Eyes
Open your eyes! 2 Kings 6:8-23 By: Ysrael De la Cruz You have heard it say or read it in the Bible that we are commanded to walk or live by faith and not by sight.(2 Corinthians 5:7). I do not think we quite understand what this means. In the same book the apostle…