Calvary Chapel Of Lafayette, Louisiana

Most of us who have done any last minute travel know how if feels when you stop at a hotel for the night only to see the sign in the window blinking “No Vacancy!” So imagine how Mary and Joseph must have felt when they came to Bethlehem and she was about to have a baby and there was no room at the inn. That was not the only time that Jesus has come to a place only to find […]

Today we will take a look at two of the greatest hymns ever written–Elizabeth’s Hail Mary and Mary’s The Magnificat. Both of these hymns have found there way into the Catholic liturgy as a part of their worship of Mary, but as we will see today these songs were never intended for that purpose. Instead, they were given to honor Mary, and more importantly to glorify and worship the Child in her womb. George

Today we will begin our study in Luke and it will start out with a bang as the glorious supernatural swallows up the mundane ordinary when the angel Gabriel comes to announce the coming of John the Baptist to his father Zacharias. And excitement will fill the air as the word gets out that “the King is coming soon!” George

In today’s lesson in Exodus, we will see how the Israelites went from having an attitude of ingratitude to an attitude of gratitude very quickly. And maybe we can learn from their experience and fix any leaven of ingratitude we might be harboring in our hearts in the tough times in which we live. George

It’s interesting to see all the different ways people dress when they come to church. Some wear suits, others wear t-shirts and blue jeans. But as we will see in today’s lesson in Exodus, what we wear on the outside when we come before the Lord isn’t what really matters, but how we’re dressed spiritually is of utmost importance. We’ll learn how to dress for spiritual gory and beauty in Exodus 28 as we study about the Lord’s instructions for […]

In today’s lesson in Exodus we are going to look at the instructions the Lord gave to Moses for the construction of the Tabernacle. And we are going to place special emphasis on the horns of the altars, because they represent the pain of the sacrifice Jesus suffered for us so that we could have an everlasting relationship in the Holiest of Holies with the true and living God. George

There are a lot of pastors out there today who teach that as Christians we are still under the law. Well, today in our study we will take look at the very beginnings of the law when the Lord gave the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic Law to the Israelites, and then we discuss the end of the law so that we can determine just how the law is applicable to us as modern-day believers. George

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

John Trapp rightly said, “The fear of God is both a virtue and a keeper of other virtues.” That’s exactly why in our lesson today, the Lord is going to appear to the Israelites in such a way so as to give them a healthy fear of Him and His laws. As we look at this text we will explore some of the reasons we as Christians are to fear God and how our fear differs from that of these […]

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

In today’s text in Exodus 17 we will be introduced to one of those great names for the Lord: Jehovah Nissi which means, “The Lord is my banner. It’s His flag that I fly when I go to battle. He is the one I fight for.” When we fight under His banner the victory is sure, because “the battle belongs to the Lord!” George

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

There is a movement abreast in Christendom today to try to unhitch the Old Testament from the rest of the Bible. But that is a critical mistake because the Bible is and always will be one book with two testaments. That means that what we study in Genesis is every bit as important as what we study in Matthew, because all the books of the Bible are hitched together forever! We’ll explore the importance of the unity of Scripture today […]

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

In today’s lesson we’ll see the Israelites head from a place of joy down to a valley of bitterness. It’s a route they will follow for much of their history. A lot of us are on an emotional roller coaster that takes us down that same path and causes us to become bitter. Is there a cure for bitterness? There is, and we will learn all about that cure in this morning’s study. George

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

Today as we come to chapter 14 of Exodus, we find the Israelites in one heck of a predicament. They are boxed into a canyon with cliffs on their left and cliffs on their right, the Red Sea in front of them, and Pharaoh’s army is at their rear coming to attack them. About all they could say at this point is “Oh no!” But it was God who got ‘em in this mess and it would be God who […]

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

Last time when we left off in our study in Exodus, the terrible plague of darkness had ended, but as we come today to chapter 12 an even more terrible plague is about to begin–the plague of the death of the firstborn. But with that plague the Lord gives the people a way out. He will pass over and death will not enter the home of any family that has the blood of the lamb on their door. In this […]

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

There’s a lot of people out there today who are seeing all the weird things going on in the world and they are asking the question, “What’s next?” In Moses’ final days in Egypt, after all the plagues, the Egyptians as well as the Israelites had to be asking that same question, “What’s next?” Well, the answer to that question was “the Exodus,” and as we will see today, that very well might be the answer to that question in […]

Ezra’s purpose was to accurately record God’s fulfilling of His promises to the Jews and the events of the return from the Babylonian exile after a seventy-year period and the events that surround the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.  

The title of the message today is “The Grand Puppet Master.” The dictionary defines a puppet master as “the person who pulls all the strings; the one that is controlling what is going on beneath him.” That sounds to me like a good description of God, because He certainly is sovereign over everything that goes on beneath Him. It’s an aspect of God that we will see in play clearly in today’s lesson as he deals out His plagues on […]

In the book of Exodus we are given a vivid type of our Salvation. In that typology, Israel is a type of the church; Egypt is a type of the world; Pharaoh is a type of the devil; and the Exodus is a type of our salvation. As we come to chapter five, God will use the plagues not only to judge the Egyptians, but also to prepare the Israelites for their departure by weaning them off their lives in […]

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

I’m sure you’ve heard the old expression, “What goes up must come down.” But in God’s economy that expression doesn’t necessarily apply, because whenever God comes down things go up and they keep going up. As we come to chapter 3 of Exodus, life couldn’t have been lower for Moses and Israel. Moses was in the wilderness of Midian thinking he was living out his last few years as a lowly shepherd. The Israelites were laboring hard as lowly slaves […]

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

As we head today into our study of Exodus, we will see three people taking a stand for the Lord: Moses, Jochebed, and Miriam. The days in which we live are every bit as dark as those of the Israelites shortly before the Exodus, and the lines are being drawn clearly in the sand between good and evil. That means we are going to be faced with the choice of cowering to evil or taking a stand for Christ. Hopefully, […]

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

In this last chapter of Genesis which we will be looking at today, Joseph’s brothers are going to send messengers to him to beg him not to kill them– because they believe that’s exactly what he intends to do. Why do they believe that? Because they don’t trust him, and the reason they don’t trust him is that they don’t love him. As we examine Joseph’s brother’s folly today, we can learn why trust and love must work together in […]

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

As we come to Genesis 49, the clock is about to strike midnight in Jacob’s life. But before he dies he wants to bless all his sons with a prophecy about their lives and that of their future descendants. Right in the middle of giving his blessings, Jacob pauses and says, “I have waited for your salvation, oh LORD!” We will take a look the significance of that statement in our study today. George

In today’s study in Genesis 48, Jacob is going to pass down the very best of his inheritance to his son Joseph and his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh. The best part of his inheritance was his relationship with the Lord. Jacob wanted them to know the Lord as he knew the Lord: As his companion in life; as the shepherd of his soul; and as the angel who redeemed him from all evil. Not only was that inheritance passed down […]

Listen to these encouraging studies by Pastor George from the Book of Psalms.

In today’s lesson we are going to see the Egyptian people suffering from a famine so severe that they will be forced to give up their material possessions and wealth, along with their freedom, in order to survive. Their plight closely mirrors the situation in America today as we struggle through this Corona pandemic. But the good news is that just as God protected His own in the famine of Joseph’s day, He can protect us and even prosper us […]

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

In today’s lesson, Jacob has a decision to make: “to move or not to move?” And so he steps out in faith, but before he reaches the point of no return, he plants himself in Beersheba and seeks the Lord for a word of direction. George Truett said that “a long time ago I came to the conclusion that there is no failure in God’s will, and no success outside of God’s will!” That’s why the Bible teaches us that […]

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

In our study today, we’ll be going back to the story of Joseph as it comes to an improbable climax when everything has worked out in such a wonderful way for all the people of the little nation of Israel. Earlier in our study, it certainly didn’t look like things would ever turn out so good. But they did, because God, as always, was behind the scenes working his perfect will, so that in the end Jacob and his sons […]

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

   

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

In today’s lesson Joseph is going to give his brothers a test to see if they have really changed, and it’s a test they will pass. It’s the same test the Lord often gives to us to see if we really have been changed by the Gospel. It’s the test of love: Do we love one another as we love ourselves. If we do, it’s not of ourselves, it is of the Spirit of love who dwells in us. George

Listen to these encouraging studies by Pastor George from the Book of Psalms.

Abraham Lincoln was known to speak out against the heresy of fatalism which says that you can do nothing about your future, while at the same time opposing the opposite heresy of humanism which says you can control your own fate. In today’s lesson, Jacob will play the role of the humanist as he sends a bribe to the leader of Egypt, while at the same time speaking as a fatalist when he says, “If I am bereaved, I am […]

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

In today’s lesson, Joseph’s brothers are going to realize how much their lives have turned into one big mess, and they are going to ask the question: “What is this that God has done to us?” And even though much of their mess was of their own making, it was a valid question to ask, because ultimately God is sovereign over everything that happens in this world. Not only will we look today at the circumstances that brought them to […]

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.  

I’ve often heard it said that the primary mark of guilt is the fear of judgment. In today’s story in Genesis 42, it is the fear of judgment that awakens the guilt of Joseph’s brothers for the crime they committed against him some 20 years earlier. Guilt is a terrible thing to live with, but as we will be reminded of in today’s lesson, through salvation in Christ, it can be dealt with once and for all! George

The purpose of Chronicles is to bring hope in the future Messiah who will come from David’s line. While the history of God’s people is marred, it does not lead to despair. Chronicles helps us to look to the King of Kings, trust in His word, seek Him with all our heart, and let Him fight our battles.