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We have some upcoming events and news to share with you! On September 10, 2026 join us online at 7pm for a Facebook Live as Moriah introduces To Live: Finding the Mind of Christ. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hagelbooks and under events, join us for the session. September 12, 2026 we invite you to…

Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” I read the other day about Christian families who are being persecuted for their faith. They were put before their town leaders and told to renounce their faith or suffer the consequences – beatings, loss of home and livelihood, and death.…

Amos 7:2-3 “…I said: ‘O Lord God, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, for he is small!’ So the Lord relented concerning this. ‘It shall not be,’ said the Lord.” This plea for God to relent happens twice in chapter seven of the book of Amos: once with the pestilence and the second…

“…I discipline my body and bring it into subjection…” 1 Corinthians 9:27 I recently heard a sermon where the pastor encouraged his listeners that we are in charge of our own bodies. Our body, our flesh, does not control us; it speaks loudly and complains ever constantly, but it is not our master. Therefore, we…

“…gather together the tares and…burn them…” Matthew 13:30 (NKJV) I was weeding the garden this past weekend, and I saw an important lesson in my life. As Christians we are each given a garden to grow for the kingdom of God in which we are to produce a harvest. As with all gardens, there is…

As I walked the beach, I watched this small brown and white sandpiper make his way across the glassy wet sand. He would push his beak into the earth, pull it out, and pitter-patter across the shore. When a wave came he simply moved out of the way as it sailed in and then returned…

“The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it” (Proverbs 22:3, ESV). I walked toward the creek intent on spending some quiet time with God. In my path I spotted a snake. Instead of taking it as a sign to go elsewhere, I walked a good space around…

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us” (1 Samuel 7:12). Happy 4th of July, and happy Independence Day! As we celebrate Independence Day, we remember what it took for our country to become independent. In Scripture, Samuel sets a stone as a…

Psalm 18:49 “Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, and sing praises to Your name.” Sometimes, in today’s society, we are afraid to praise God before the Gentiles, non-believers. But here David chooses to praise Him especially among them. How else are they supposed to know the ways of God,…

James 5:7 “Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord…” If we continue to read through verse eleven of chapter five, James gives three different examples when he encourages the brethren in patience: the farmer, the prophets, and the man named Job. From each example we can draw something different. The farmer shows…