Thoughts of Josh Dryer

Believe In Christmas: Joseph Believed Matthew 1:18-25 Introduction The theme…I believe in Christmas! Each family has their own traditions for Christmas. What’s the point of Christmas? I am going to tell you an ancient story. One that includes many spectacular things. An angry king who is afraid of losing his throne and is willing to do anything including murder to keep it. Shepherds who witness an act of God and come seeking His face. Men who come from a far off place seeking out answers to the questions they have from the placement of the stars. All of this begins in a small village town called Nazareth. A young woman who is engaged to be married receives a visit from a messenger from God. She will become pregnant with a child.   A young man is faced with the choice of believing in the impossible and walking by faith in God or acting on his own understanding. This couple is chosen by God to raise His only Son, to parent the Messiah of the world. What God planned since ...

Luke 1:26-56 Believe in Christmas Mary Believed Introduction Last week we were challenged by the Lord to worship Him with hopeful expectation. We asked ourselves: Do I worship the Lord expecting the radical transformation of my heart and life? Do I believe His promises in the Bible and make decisions based on it? Last week, Zechariah acted like many of us act: in a faith-lacking way. In today’s passage, Mary will exemplify faith, trusting in God regardless of the circumstances. Today’s primary question: Will I trust in God no matter the circumstances? Let’s look at the circumstances of Mary’s life…   :26-33 A Confusing Message 26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. Gabriel, God’s angel for the sharing of big events, is sent by God to an obscure town in Galilee named Nazareth....

Psalm 107:1-3 “Give Thanks” Introduction Big Idea: Give thanks for He is good!  On Thanksgiving, we have the opportunity to consider the things for which we are thankful… As you can see, many of our Fifth Street family members are thankful to the Lord. He sure is gracious to us and I am thankful for that! Sometimes we are thankful for things that didn’t happen again, right? Twitter shared their 20 best Thanksgiving horror stories and I’ve picked out six for you! Thought I’d somehow forgotten to order most of the ingredients I needed for thanksgiving cooking. Turns out my husband just forgot to get any of them out of his trunk 7 hours ago. Botulism here we come! The oven door just broke off mid turkey bake #thanksgivingfail First Thanksgiving, forgot to take the liver, neck and giblets out of the body of the turkey. Also salt instead of sugar in the pumpkin pies. Next Thanksgiving was at my sister-in-law’s. She set her deck on fire frying the turkey. Our cat ate a chunk o...