Pastor Brad’s Notebook

03 Aug Devotional Thought – The Strength Of The Savior’s Sacrifice

"Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay...

01 Aug Devotional Thought – An Arm, A Shoot And A Root

"Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?  For He shall grow up before Him as a...

27 Jul Devotional Thought – Why There’s No Temple In Heaven

"But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple." Revelation 21:22 Is this a threat or a promise? The Revelator says that as he surveyed the sublime sights of the heavenly city he "saw no temple in it."  Seems sort of strange, doesn't it? Certainly it makes sense that there would be no pain or sorrow or suffering or death in this place called Heaven. That makes perfect sense to man's mortal mind. But to consider a heaven with no temple seems about as out of place as a sky with no sun, a forest with no trees, or a sea with no water.  Doesn't it?

25 Jul Devotional Thought – Divine Environment

"As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever." Psalm 125:2 "The LORD surrounds His people..." Or, "The LORD is His people's environment," because "to surround" is the same as "to environ". One's environment isn't just important, it is essential. When a bird is captured, caged and kept from its environment - the open air - it mourns. When a fish is taken out of its environment - water- it dies.  So it is with man. When man is kept from his environment - God - he mourns and he dies.