The Weeping Of Jesus
By Stephen Leonard “Jesus wept.” John 11:35 The Scriptures tell us that Jesus wept and, consequently, tears rolled down his face and fell to the ground. Why? Why was Jesus moved to the point of tears over this great sorrow? Was he weeping for Lazarus, who had »
An Unobstructed Perspective
By Stephen Leonard “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 With an easy »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, March 2023
Easter By Stephen Leonard Jesus Christ was resurrected in his sealed tomb in the early third of the First Century. He visibly died from crucifixion two days prior in front of numerous eyewitnesses, some friendly and some not. There is no doubt he died, but what proof is there »
Perseverance of Whom?
By Stephen Leonard “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6 Once saved, always saved? Is this really true? Let’s say you thought you gave your heart »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, February 2023
The Most Important Thing By Stephen Leonard Jesus’ answer to the question put to every man of what the most important thing in life was, “Love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, soul, and mind; and the second (most important thing) is like it, love your neighbor »
Words Without Knowledge
By Stephen Leonard “Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Dress for action like a man; I will question you and you make it known to me. Where were you when I laid the foundation »
Strength In Your Weakness
By Stephen Leonard “But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me; for the sake of Christ, then, »
“I Can’t Hear You!”
By Stephen Leonard “Each evening, they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips—for ‘Who,’ they think, ‘will hear us?’ “ Psalm 59:6-7 This is exactly what these rebels think; that the “all-hearing God” »
Battle From Cradle To Grave
By Stephen Leonard “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 This life is a battle from cradle to grave »
Man Knows Not His Time
By Stephen Leonard “It is appointed unto man to die once, and after that comes the judgment.” Hebrews 9:27 2023 is upon us. We often reflect back on the last year of 2022. Recently reviewing 228 “famous” persons who died in the past year, causes one to once »
Personal Invite
By Stephen Leonard “When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.’ And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, January 2023
New Beginnings By Dr. Jeff Padgett Well, it's that time of year again, when in a fit of optimism, many of us make grand promises to ourselves about what we are going to do in the New Year that we usually abandon about the second week in January. This »
