By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: Psalm 91:1-6, 9-16 While many have heard of Psalm 91, it has become a favorite of many since the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic, as the psalmist touts the protective cover of the Lord who guards his people from the “destructive plague” (v. 3) and “the plague that stalks in the darkness, or the pestilence that ravages at

By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: Psalm 116:1-9; 15-17  The focal point of our lesson for this week, is that God is with us and restores us in times of trouble, sorrow, and grief. In this great psalm the writer gives us at least four reasons why. First, we see that the Lord hears our prayers in our sorrows. In verse 1, notice that

By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: Romans 10:9-17 The mission of God is simple: to glorify Himself by giving eternal life to everyone who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ. The question is, are God’s people committed to His mission of redeeming a people for Himself? Is the church of Jesus today committed to seeing, “all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the

By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: Psalm 99:1-9  Psalm 99 is part of a group of five psalms (Psalms 95-99) that are called by most scholars, “Royal Psalms,” or “Coronation Psalms.” They are a group of Psalms that exalt God as Creator, the righteous Judge, and the Sovereign Lord who forgives and saves. Well, in the last of these five psalms extolling the greatness

By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: Colossians 1:3-12  Now while the admonition to pray is an all-encompassing truth, the main idea in our text for this week is that we commit to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ.  Yet, in truth, we seldom actually pray for one another as we should. We are experts at the “I’m praying for you,” statement, but

By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: Romans 12:3-16  The epistle of Romans is often called Paul’s theological treatise concerning salvation and God’s work of grace. However, when you arrive at chapter 12, the apostle’s message moves from the theological to the practical. One could say that Romans 12 begins Paul’s practical application of the gospel he declared in Romans 1-11. And in our lesson

By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: Psalm 119:1-11  Remember the words: “I pledge allegiance to the Bible, God’s Holy Word, and will make it a lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path, and hide its word in my heart that I may not sin against God.” While we do not know who wrote Psalm 119, we can see that he was a

By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage:  Mark 10:13-22  In the passage this week, there are two main thoughts that teach what commitment to Christ looks like. First, when Jesus received the children in Mark 10:13-16, He was teaching His disciples that salvation and entrance into the Kingdom of God is a work of God alone in that we “receive” it by grace through faith

By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: Romans 5:6-12, 18-21  One of the great truths we see in the New Testament is that long before we committed ourselves to Christ, Christ committed Himself to us by dying for us. The fact that “God demonstrates His love towards us” (Romans 5:8) through the death of Christ should produce in us songs of praise and worship.  I

By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: Exodus 20:15-17; Psalm 37:1-6  As we come to the last three commandments, we need to remember that these commandments are just as important as the others.  They should not be thought of as add-ons just to make the commandments an even 10. They are as important as the first seven, and some scholars even believe that the tenth