Category: Building Blocks

Pastor Louise Teaching on the Day of Jubilee and It’s Meaning for Us, August 12, 2023

Pastor Louise teaches today on the Day of Jubilation, often thought as belonging strictly to the Old Testament, but having a significant meaning for us as Christians today.

A wonderful web site, on Biblical Questions and Answers–https://www.gotquestions.org/Jubilee.html– prepares us for today’s lesson by Pastor Louise. “The word “jubilee”—literally, “the blast of a horn” in Hebrew—is defined in Leviticus 25:9 as the sabbatical year after seven cycles of seven years (49 years). The fiftieth year was to be a time of celebration and rejoicing for the Israelites. The ram’s horn was blown on the tenth day of the seventh month to start the fiftieth year of universal redemption.” “The Year of the Jubilee involved a year of release from indebtedness (Leviticus 25:23-38) and all types of bondage (vv. 39-55). All prisoners and captives were set free, all slaves were released, all debts were forgiven, and all property was returned to its original owners. In addition, all labor was to cease for one year, and those bound by labor contracts were released from them. One of the benefits of the Jubilee was that both the land and the people were able to rest.” “The Jubilee presents a beautiful picture of the New Testament themes of redemption and forgiveness. Christ is the Redeemer who came to set free those who are slaves and prisoners to sin (Romans 8:2; Galatians 5:1; 3:22). The debt of sin we owe to God was paid on the cross as Jesus died on our behalf (Colossians 2:13-14), and we are forgiven the debt forever. We are no longer in bondage, no longer slaves to sin, having been freed by Christ, and we can truly enter the rest God provides as we cease laboring to make ourselves acceptable to God by our own works (Hebrews 4:9-10).”

Louise Teaching on the Parable of the Sower of the Seed, Aug. 12, 2023

Pastor Louise Teaches on the Parable of the Sower of the Seed in this Bible Study. It is quoted below from the Book of Matthew, Chapter 13, verses 18-23:

18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

Fellowshiping with God, by Louise Clayton, Saturday May 20, 2023

Louise teaches on putting God into the center of your life.
Be quiet and in his presence is God’s way of instructing us.
Trust in him for everything.

God is our best friend. Run to him. Let him take care of you.

God wants to take you and change you from a moth to a butterfly. God is always working on those areas of our life that need to be changed.

Your Love Walk, by Louise Clayton, Saturday May 20, 2023

Louise speaking of love

Louise speaking on the many virtues, meanings, and applications of love, such as agape love, phileo love, etc. Agape love, for example, is that God loves you do or say, while phileo love is a kind of friendship love, like between two individuals. And there are variations of each of course.

As Louise teaches, your love walk with God may be the most important area in the your relationship with God and she explores the subject and lessons to be learned and applied, in this lesson.

Louise Teaching on How to Bring Up Your Children in a Godly Home, Sat. Feb. 4, 2023

Pastor Louise teaches today on how to bring up your children in a Godly home. All parents and grandparents should listen to how Louise weaves in the lessons and principles of Scripture into teaching our children in today’s world, so driven by secular interests, technology, and educational ways not in keeping with our Christian lessons.

She draws not only heavily from principles and teachings in the Bible, but also on her own experience with three children and four grandchildren.