Hiawatha church of Christ

  We live in a world that is always reaching for more. Satisfaction is a scarce commodity. One day you can purchase the latest and greatest cellular phone and just about the time you figure out all its new features, the next model is already being placed upon shelves in stores everywhere. Trying to stay on top of the newest products is like trying to apprehend your own shadow, or as Solomon said it, its like trying “to grasp the wind”. The apostle Paul wrote, “Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:11-13) The question is, “How do we find contentment while living in a culture striving to keep up with the Joneses?” The answer is found in Scripture. First, remember that contentment is not bas...

  David wrote in the book of Psalms, “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go into the house of the Lord’. Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!” (Psalms 122:1-2) David recognized the great joy that only comes from going into the house of the Lord. He wrote many Psalms of praise unto God. Many of these we sing today. He loved to meditate on God’s holy word. He recognized the necessity of His word for guiding through all the pitfalls of this life. Today, we also recognize the unmistakable joy that comes when we gather together on the first day of the week. It is during which that we take a timeout from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives and focus our minds back to what is most important. We focus on God, His great love for us, and the great hope that we as Christians have. Think about some of the great benefits we receive when we come together. We exhort one another. The Hebrew writer stated, “And let us consider one another in order to stir ...

It is good to work hard and achieve our goals. In fact, there are few things that compare to the joy we feel when all our hard work pays off. During this time, however, we should always be mindful of overconfidence. The mindset of overconfidence can fill our heart with pride and blind our eyes to the next battle we face. In competition, we see this folly often. A well-trained athlete will look at his next opponent with contempt and quickly underestimate him. He enters competition thinking it will be an easy win only to find that his competitor was fiercer that he originally anticipated. We see examples of this in Scripture. We remember men such as Goliath who thought the battle against David was going to be an easy win. Goliath looked at David and said, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!” (1 Samuel 1...

The devil sat down to have a meeting with his top advisors. He said to them, “America has been known as a Christian nation for far too long. We need to employee a new strategy against them to bring    them down and make them repulsive in the eyes of God.” One of his advisors spoke up saying, “We could flood America with great temptations for immorality. Once they start going after the lusts of the flesh, they will surely be downgraded before the world and repulsive to God.” The devil responded, “We have tried this. America has been on a moral decline for decades. Homes have been broken, they do not trust one another, and their love for God has been greatly reduced. Despite this, there are still far too many Christians. We need a new approach.” Another spoke up and said, “We could convince them that God does not exist. We’ll make up some other explanation for the origin of the earth. Once, they are convinced of this, we will make them believe that they are their own god...